More Little Projects

This year I said I'm going to work on one UFO/WIP/PHD (unfinished object, work in progress, project half-done!) a week and try and get some of them out of the way using little baby steps.  Well the baby steps got my three bassinet quilts all done.  They are for the maternity unit at our local rural hospital.  My daughter REALLY wants to keep the colourful one.

 This week I'm working on these blocks.  They were started in a 'Recession Quilt' class.  Hmmmm.  Not my kind of colour combinations, so I've put them away again and again, lost for inspiration.  But I think I'm getting somewhere now.  I'll show you a finished shot when I'm done.

I was meant to be working on a big blue and white quilt that I've had half sewn together for ages.  However, on laying it out, I'm missing several blocks.  Grrrr!  Frustrating.  I'm hoping they'll turn up as I work through other projects.

It's also the time of year for Christmas themed fabrics to be on sale.  And since I can now buy fabrics again (!!) I have in my possession nine metres waiting to be turned into gift bags.  I ran out of bags at Christmas time and they save so much wrapping paper and time spent wrapping that I'm determined not to run out this year.  I've made eight new ones so far.  Several more metres to go.

I'm snuffling today with a summer cold.  Not pleasant in the sweltering heat and humidity we are having.  Plus the builders are banging and crashing outside, but I'm not going to complain about that at all.  They are putting on cladding so I'll take a few more pictures soon.  Almost finished!!!

Happy Mother's Day!

I got blueberry pancakes for breakfast - yum! My darling husband heats up frozen blueberries with a bit of sugar and then spreads this on the pancakes. This way you really get to taste the blueberries rather than all mushed up in the pancakes. Mmmmm........and watching the two wee ones turning their mouths blue and saying,"More, more!" is good entertainment at breakfast time.

Then my best present was four childfree hours. Funny how on a day celebrating mothering, all I wanted to be was childfree! But this way of being childfree isn't like when I have them in daycare for a few hours. When they're with their Dad, I never worry that they are being psychologically damaged or neglected (I might worry that they're eating junk food!) but I know that they are with a person who is entirely devoted to them. So I can really enjoy myself, guiltfree.

And of course, I sat down and sewed till I didn't want to sew anymore. Which is a very, very rare occurrence.

I worked on a lot of WIP's - works in progress. Many people call them UFO's - unfinished objects, but I get a complex about never finishing anything so WIP's they are. I've been stalled for a while on a blue and white quilt top that needs setting triangles because the blocks are on-point. Because I had all the time in the world, I found this little tutorial for working out how big to cut your setting triangles.

Happy Mother's Day everyone (a little late I know). I hope you Mum's had a wonderful day however you and your whanau celebrated it. My Mum died almost 15 years ago so it is a day tinged with a little sadness, but it makes it all the sweeter to know that I have a wonderful Step-Mum and I know so many Mother's out there who are working day-to-day just being the best Mum's they can.