WOW or WIP’s 1st August 2012!!!!!

A very early start this morning and off to the beach

A ghostly river as I head across the bridge before driving down the range where it was warm and so sunny.

Do you ever feel smug because you have finished a job that should of been done months ago and then find out several weeks later that it is still not completed?????? Well I found one of those chores this morning after coming back from the beach

7.30am Lots of footprints from yesterday and a few from this morning, even people in swimming but far to cold for me been a local and it is winter even if it is 23C!!!!!

My front Patio terrace has been occupied the last couple of months with Solar panels and what goes with installing them and finally on Monday they were all sitting on the roof where they are meant to be and I could have my Patio terrace back again, well this morning I put back the sofa and chair I like to have out there to sit on when sewing or sleeping in the after-noons,  my dad called it resting his eyes?????  When I moved the Patio Chairs to go down stairs I discovered the chair swabs

My sofa and sewing chair back on the front Patio terrace and 3 swabs I thought I had finished????? but I did finish my foot stool this morning one in salmon!!!!!

I had covered  a month ago still had the pins in where I was meant to hand sew them up, 3 of them!!!!!!!!!

I had planned on working some more on my Persian throw see yesterday blog if you want to know the story of where I found it?????

Persian silk needle punch throw that I'm putting a very wide silk Obi binding on. Click on photo to enlarge and see the detail work in this beautiful fabric!!!!

to day,  but it is all ready 1pm????  After finishing the terrace setting I had to try it out so sat down and had a coffee and worked on a red-work design of Bronwyn Hayes

Red-work 8" block. Finished this one last night and now working on the next one

for a missing block from a online group, I have offered to make two up. I do love her designs and it is so relaxing been back doing some red-work as it is a couple of years since I did any, I’m doing them while watching the Olympic games in the late evenings!!!!!!.  While sitting in my sewing chair out there I realised my mandarin tree

Leaves on the right have been whiped with milk and water and look so lovely and shiny again.

was not looking so good;  it is covered in soot mould, yep even the trees get mould up here????? SO I spent 30 mins whipping some of the leaves with a cloth dipped in milk and water, I have done about 1/4 of them but they will be able to breath now, will do a few leaves each day this week.

I washed the babies mossie net

Babies mossie net for over a cot.

this morning now we have the cot and net we just need the baby??????

What else did I have planned for today??? kumquat jam

Kumquats on there way to be come jam!!!!!

Finally I want to make a red felt Xmas tree decoration today as a swap gift I would like to sew this late this after-noon while watching some of the Olympics. Made my Xmas tree decoration

Xmas tree ball in wool felt and pearls.

Was so busy making it I forgot to turn TV and watch the Olympics!!!!!! No jam made yet??????

Off to link this with Esther Aliu’s blog now

http://www.estheraliu.blogspot.com So if you have time pop over and see what Esther is up to and others. May be link there too.

Cheers Glenda