I’m sure we all feel the same that the weeks are sneaking in faster and faster even my grandchildren 13 and 15 say the same thing.
To day I will be leaving very early to be driver for a lovely couple as one of them has to visit the local cancer clinic for treatment. I have pre done my blog for today and I hope to upload it before I leave this morning.
This week I have been working on making more of my Zig Zag pieces for the border and sewing down my first 1/4 of them.
First I tacked where my Zig Zag border was to stitched down then pinned the Zig Zags on these points I'd tacked.
SLowly working on appliquéing on my ZigZag border.
I'm appliquing the Zig Zag border down at the top and bottom of the ZigZag at the same time using two needles it is much easier this way and the threads do not get caught on the pins.
Close up of the two needles been worked as I go across the Zig Zag border. These are number 12 needles shorts. I'm removing the basting stitches I used to baste the fabric around the iron on washaway if you zoom in you can see on the right it has been removed I'm also stitching down the centre of each join like quilting so the middle of the Zig Zag is not floating.
This is where I'm up to now and today I will be making more Zig Zags for the other 2 sides of my Centre. My hearts are not appliquéd down yet i have to make the reverse peep holes first then appliqué them on to the backing fabric.
A walk on the wild side???? this is a photo of a spiders nest where the babies have all hatched out at once, this spider had made her nest on the end of a crow bar!!!!!!!
Baby spiders just hatched out waiting for a wind to come through and carry them away on it????
Spiders nest on the end of a builders crow bar, not something you really want there??? LOL
two tiny insects, they a attached to each other and move around like this, one goes forward and the other follows it backwards then the other one goes forward and the other follows backwards, they are the funniest wee creatures to watch, both are around 1/4 of an inch long and so so colourful. I found them in the grounds when cleaning up it is only the second time I have seen them in 17 years.
One morning you can walk around the grounds and there is no colour then the next there is colour all round you.
A wet miserable day this morning from my kitchen window.
This is a cross stitch wall hanging which is in the waiting room of the local Cancer clinic. I asked if I could take a photo of it this morning.
Every time I visit the cancer clinic I stop and admire this beautiful piece of art, I don't think many people realise it is all done by cross stitch. It is a thank you to the staff from a family who attended the clinic
I’m looking forward to reading every ones links when I get back from the hospital this after-noon over several cups of tea!!!! Cheers Glenda Australia.
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