Writing a little about what happened in Dec so I don’t forget to much My blog is like a diary for me????? I write each Wednesday to share on Esther’s blog this keeps me on track each week, but I missed all Dec and Jan due to my home been filled with my wonderful family who flock here for Christmas I’m so lucky!!!!!!
Cutting my main stems for the 4 borders of Love Always by Esther Aliu. Ive ironed iron-on-fussing to several lengths of fabric then cut my stems out, storing them on a piece of swimming foam. I use them all the time for rolling quilts around or like this? Keeps the stems clean and tidy.
More Pulled fabrics these are cotton though.
These colurs make my heart sing they are cottons I’m thinking of using for the 2019 BOM ?
Back ground fabric for my LA it’s 100 % silk woven with a beautiful design in the weave then dip dyed so it is a deep blue one side of the fabric and fades to a soft grey.
Have traced the pattern on to some kitchen cooking paper so I can cut this up instead of my main printed off pattern, I find this an easy way to mark my back ground. I cut out the stems on this sheet then mark the background silk with white tailors chalk.
Some times we finally get what we think we want ??? We ahve sooo many power cuts here during the wet and its frustrating when you want to sew that 5inchs of seam, it needs machine doing as its so thick so you can not do it by hand, well in Dec my wish came true????
I was given this machine that was electrical by adding a free attached motor on the back of the machine these came out around 1910 may be later may be earlier???? I do remember my mum getting one put on to her treadle when I was about 4 or 5?????? around 1948? This one came out around 1960 looks like the Bernia’s that came out around then, this was made in Japan though? These machines were built to last and be repaired not replaced LOL
Hubby removed the portable motor and foot treadle
Drilled a hole and added a knob till we fine a wooden handle to crank the machine. SO no more frustration when the power goes off? I can still sew? Only frustration is I could not find time to try the machine out in Dec or Jan, have my fingers crossed I get to it this week?????
A wee Sunbird decided it liked our porch and started to build her nest on our hanging Christmas lights?
Dawns were so beautiful in Dec I would get up at 5am to watch?
Then the sunrises were just as magical
Had many cloudy days from mid Dec so the sun had to fight to find its way down to us here it is just peeping down a sun beam on to the fish pond? K
TAken just before the rains started 6 weeks ago, now we are water logged?
Some of the oldest living plants in the world, itis nearly 3 metres across! That ball in the middle is a new bunch of leaves about to unfold like a flower!!!
Reason we need ants???? they keep the place clean of rotting creatures in hrs this insect was nothing but a empty shell?
Our wee Sunbirds nest up close?
Thanks for visiting and catching up on a little of what I have been doing .
Cheers Glenda