WOW or WIP’s with Esther (Aliu) 12th Feb 2014

A couple of more days work on these and they will be on there way.

Dr Catherine with some of her patients and their blankets we help make.

Sun is trying to come through. We have had a monsoon trough over us the last 4 weeks so while we are needing gumboots to walk about our poor southern country men are having their homes destroyed by bushfire.

I could see the range this morning for the first time in weeks and even some blue sky but sadly it has closed in again and rain is coming yet again. I saw the dreadful floods in England last night and they were forcasting it to be be a lot worse today. My heart goes out to those who have water through their homes.

This is who visits us when we are so wet, they live down by the river in the swamp areas but as it is so wet they move up the hill, he was about 3 metres long and was in the garden Monday night?????

Night spider who built his web right across our drive way last night around 3 metres wide, and he was a mean looking spider, I went to close the gates and when I saw the web and him I left the gates open LOL.

Another interesting night beetle at present, he is around 3inches long.

I have been procrasternating for about 6 months over making my second 8 hearts for my circle of hearts, for some reason I kept thinking they were difficult to do, finally yesterday I cut them out and today basted with needle and thread and they were no trouble at all. LOL Now to find time to appliqué them and the tiny flowers to the Centre.

Close up of those hearts that I kept on putting of making LOL.

Close up of my other circle of hearts that are finished , I have made my tiny peepholes with french embroidery knots instead of cutting the fabric and doing needle turn appliqué.

I've made up the pieces for my second vase, I have been hunting for the main part of the vase fabric for months, I had folded it in side another fabric and each time I searched for it I could not see it, oh the frustration of a quilter????? So finally I can now start my stems on my second vase hopefully later today I took this photo at 1.30am this morning!!!! .

I have just made my vase 3 and 4 (it is 4.30pm) out of the same fabric as my first two vases, I think I will go with the same fabric for all 4 vases now.

To day I have these wee cherries to cut out and make, I have around 20 cones prepared ready to baste with thread for part 8 , this takes time but I can not use glue as it is around 90% humidity and it is silk. I will sit and watch the winter games while sewing what a lovely day to spend a wet rainy day . I also want to make up lots of wash away clogs to iron on to my fabric for Part 8!!!! Yes I'm along way from Part 8 but it is fun to make all these repeat pieces when I feel like it and not all at once.

Found this dear wee Rabbit dressed partly in a Kimono in a give away box at an opp shop, so I brought her home and dressed her completely, she had on a knee length navy skirt and bow in the front, so she now has a lovely long kimnon on and the bow is at the back where it should be, and she looks so much happier. She even has a wee crocheted flower in her hand and a wee bag in the other one????? She is 4 inches high and is resting on a pin-cushion.