WOW with Esther 1st Jan 2014 http://www.estheraliu.blogspot.com/ Jan 2014

Where I love to be every Wednesday morning. Happy New Year every one.

Local rescue helicopter going in to up lift a hurt tourist on Monday from the bottom of the Barron Falls a sad ending of 2013 for our wee tourist village.

An old saucepan and a plastic bucket is much more fun than all the new Xmas toys?????????

A female Huntsman spider sitting on the wheel of the tractor she is BIG!!!!!!!

I préfère thèse wee créatures????? Around 200 in the trees around the swimming pool Herald in the New Year for us, at times we have to shut the windows so we can sleep they make so much noise.

These wee fellows only grow to about 1'' long but we also have the lovely green tree frogs that grow up to 6 or 7" long I have one who has made his home in a pottery vase on our patio. He climbs out after dark and goes back in just before dawn!!!!!!

DGS 12 made this painting for his mum from paint he found under our house all old house paint???????

DGS mum with her painting Xmas morning she was very happy as they have a very big new home to move in to in 10 days time

All though I spent many hours here and there on Janets quilt I did not get it finished in time to send it to her for Xmas. I have finished all the tying but now need to hem the bindings and appliqué the butterflies on.

Hopefully I will see this quilt top finished by the end of the year????

Buttonhole stitching the broderie perse down with DMC single thread or double thread, butterfly made from flower petals.

Back of Janet's quilt an antique Chinese silk panel

Cakestand blocks were made but different quilters whom I swapped with many years ago. Then I added the flowers which I used blanket stitch to appliqué them on to the quilt, blanket stitch is much quicker than buttonhole stitch as the stitches are not so close together.

Close up of one of the flowers using buttonhole stitch but I prefer blanket stitch when doing the broderie perse see top photo of blanket stitching.

I'm still plodding on restoring this lovely old afghan there are a lot more squares damaged than I first thought!!!!! But I do love the throw so will keep on till it will last another 50 years or so.

Every couple of evening s I manage to crochet a couple of rounds on a tiny square. It is in 1 ply wool.

Xmas Ice-cream pudding turned out of bowl ready to be cut for eating Xmas Eve dinner

I showed how I made this pudding just before Xmas on one WOW and some of you asked me to show what it looked like when out of hr bowl. My boys demolished it in 2 sittings??????