WOW (Work on Wednesday) 11th Jan 2012!!!

Start of a new year, I just hope it does not fly by so quickly as last year did.  I still have not written my yearly letter I send out over Xmas and New Year for 2011 yet?????

Over the last 6 months we have had lots of family and friends to stay and this makes the days fly by.

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Lazy Kate stand for my hand sewing chair!!!!!!!!!!!

What a way to start any fresh hand sewing  year, this is my Xmas present form my darling Hubby, it was his idea and he has made it for me, custom designed for me. I just LOVE it. Each table turns and each table can be set to any height. Every hand sewer should have one???? My blog this week is covering the last week as I was going to blog last week but forgot till Thursday!!!! So make a pot of tea as it will take that long to read to the bottom this week!!!!!!

Projects to complete in 2012!!!!

My challenge this year is to complete the 3 quilts above. Back one needs to have the applique finished on it, middle quilts needs to have the hand quilting completed, and the front hexie quilt needs 30 more hexes to complete it, 18 of these are just plain blue so hopefully I will finish these before March when one of the family are coming home for 3 weeks and all quilting will be put on hold again!!!! I started my hexie quilt with Sue Daley in 2010 but have added my own spin to her design that was a weekly online session then. I have been also making hexagon’s to add on the back around the border so I can have the edge as you see it now. More time consuming but I think it will look more interesting than straight sides??????

A gem of a find in a Opp Shop

Some times you are in the right place at the right time,  On Wednesday I pulled this out of a box of old used fabric and could not believe my eyes as it grew and grew, all in one piece and NO  rips or holes. It has been washed and the dark blue has bleed but it is still a beautiful piece of hand applique. I could not under stand why they had stitched it on to a heavy heavy tightly woven cotton but when I arrived home and had more time to look at it closely it is actually a cushion cover with zip and all. It is 1 metre square so some of the needle turn applique pieces are very small. I just love it and will turn it in to a wall hanging. yet another project for 2012!!!!!!

My Xmas table centre has some blood spots on it, I did not realise I had pricked my finger so bad till the next day, now I need to add 4 wee bees to cover the spots!!!!!!!!! Would you believe that I forgot to use my centre on Xmas day!!!!!! Hobby horses were handed in to the Opp Shop very much  pre-loved and to dirty to sell as is, so they came home with me and I cut the stitching around the neck and the stick sleeve and head went through the washing machine, they are so well made they came up like new, now to find time to sew them back together for sale???? Red bag needs a new zip in it, it is also a well made bag and needs rescuing for a friend who loves these bags. Love never fails is my last piece that needs the Stem stitch around the outer shape, Peaceful Pathways corner stones for my HD now need the hearts in the corners, main part is done on 3 and the last one 1/2 done!!!!  Birds need to have the buttonhole completed around them, I’m using invisible thread and it is so frustrating to use????? I need 25 more paper pieced hexagons to complete my This Goes With That Quilt!!!!! Looks like 2012 is all ready full does’nt it as far as hand stitching goes??????

Bees now instead of tiny spots of blood

I have finished all but the red-work and blue Hexagons but I still have the 15 pieced hexagons to make!!! I used bottom line from superior single thread for the bees, they are 1/4″ long and 1/8th wide. Hobby horses are sewn and ready for the Opp Shop Tuesday,  wee heart has been completed and sent to some one special, I forgot to take a photo of it though???? I can not believe I have been sooo productive this last week????

Old settlers cottage restored beautifully Mt Molloy

Valley farmland of beautiful Mossman valley FNQLD on the Great Barrier coast

FNQLD'S most famous tourist beach Port Douglas.

Port Douglas Beach miles and miles of it.

We took a day off and went for a drive up to Mt Molloy about 40 mins inland from home, on to Mossman back down the coast to Port Douglas and Cairns along the coastal road just breath taking.  A lovely lovely day out. May be we should do it more often.

Stoney Beach 40 mins from home just beautiful.

This beautiful drive is so close to our our home, it takes 3 hrs with a good lunch stop to drive inland up through beautiful country, down to the coast and a beautiful drive home along the coast. we really do live in paradise lost.

8inches long and flies!!!!

8inches fat and mean looking!!!!

Big and mean!!!!

In my garden now at this time of the year we are having so many Hugh insects, I have not seen so many of them here like this year, it must of been an exceptional breeding season for them all. I use to see them like this in PNG where I lived for 6 years, up there the stick insects grow to 14inches plus!!!!! Big and mean managed to get in to the house last night and land on me while sewing, I was not amused as he had long legs with little fish hooks all along them and they scratched my skin, I finally caught him and sent him on his way out side!!!!!!

We have what these wee frog call frog heaven!!!!!

These wee fellow all of 1/2 inch to 1 inch long come as soon as we get the first monsoon rains in the hundreds, they are sooooooooooo sweet but oh what a noise they make, they all came out last night as I had the sprinklers on yesterday!!!!!!

I’m just of to the beach I will upload some photo’s if I remember to take them!!!!! Have a wonderful day every one. Cheers Glenda

up date 1.50pm

Trinity Beach looking South this morning picture perfect!!!!

Trinity Beach looking North.

Look out point going down the range to Cairns from Home this after-noon.

I remembered to take some photo’s and this morning the beach was picture perfect, we walked from one end of the beach tot he other, it takes around an hour just perfect as we start at 7.30am before it is to hot. I also took a photo from the range look out looking towards Cairns at about 800feet above sea-level, it also looked beautiful this morning. Then After breakfast at the beach I went in to the city and spent some Xmas money see all the goodies I bought, you need to zoom in and see the delightful piece of yellow fabric it has the most delightful wee birds on it, it is just 3/4 of a yard I found it in a pile of material, what a find, you will see these wee birds popping up here and there over the next year!!!!! Then I went and bought my self a DVD Limited addition of Lord of the Rings with another Xmas voucher from Hubby, I love this story so I had  a WONDERFUL morning and home by 1pm, oh yes I also bought a length of drain pipe to extend the wet season torrential rain run off drain which I’m going out fit now!!!!!!

I splurged this morning Xmas money, and Paola's long zip at last!!!!!!!

I have been busy on my hexagons will show my progress next week!!!!!????? 

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