01.26.10
Australia Day
Hexagon Quilt
Today we had a public holiday for Australia Day and whilst I had the day off I still decided to pop into work to do a bit of work.
The way I figured it, I would be there from 8 – 10(ish) and be home by 10.30am which is when I would normally start waking up so really, I wouldn’t be losing out on any ’sewing time’.
I had a few things that I wanted to do today which included catching up with my internet banking, giving myself a pedicure and just laze around.
I managed to do all of that plus work out a way to watermark my photos in a batch without using adobe – which costs a packet. I feel very smart to have worked this out – gotta ♥ google 
I also finished quilting my 2nd Berries for Breakfast in a shell/feather pattern. I’ll share a pic once I finish the binding and the label. I think it looks ok, ’specially if you don’t look too closely!
But for now, I’m going to log off and play a bit of Ponzi – which my cousin introduced me to on the weekend – and go to bed.
I hope everyone had a Happy Australia Day 
01.25.10
Design Wall Monday – 25/1/10
Ginger
It would seem that in my household Design Wall Monday is a bit of a flop.
I don’t seem to work fast enough to have something different to show you each week and I also don’t finish off the quilts in progress quick enough to show you a new ufo each week.
So instead of me forcing myself to post something every Monday saying “I still don’t have anything to show you” I’ll just update here when I feel the urge or I finish/start something new
01.12.10
Exciting Stuff
Ginger
Tara sms’d me this afternoon to say that my Bento Box quilt was finished and did I want to come and pick it up?
Um, is the sky blue?????
Of course I said yes, so after leaving work I did a slight detour up to her house for a coffee, chat, nosey about her sewing room and pick up my quilt.
It looks gorgeous.
I can’t wait to be able to sew the binding on it and have it finished.
I would really like to do that tonight but I was up at 5am so that I could go for a 1 hour walk before work so I’m knackered!
Perhaps tomorrow night if I play my cards right I’ll get some sewing time and pictures
01.11.10
Design Wall Monday – 11/1/10
Port Macdonnell
I don’t have a photo for my design wall tonight as I haven’t done any more with my sewing since I left it last night. So instead I’ll show you a picture of the beach down near Port Macdonnell.
Work was (still) crazy busy today and it turned out to be 42C.
Then, add the fact that the air con at work is extremely crappy means that I just have no energy to sew at all tonight.
I was hoping to finish the 8 log cabin blocks that I started yesterday and bring my Blue Lagoon quilt to half finished but it’s just not meant to be.
It’s ok though as it needs to finished by December so it’s not like I don’t have time to finish it. I just want to keep the momentum going on it though cause I know if I stop too long on it it will become a UFO and I have enough of those!
01.10.10
Heatwave
Blue Lagoon - 1/4 done
As I’m sure you have all read, Adelaide is in the middle of another heatwave. We are currently on day 2 of 3 of 41C+ and it is killing me. Thank God for airconditioning is all I can say!
It amazes me that Britain is completely snowed in all the way across the world at the same time.
It is also my first weekend home in ages where I didn’t have to do anything or be anywhere. It felt so weird to be doing nothing.
I was going to pin and perhaps quilt 2 quilts but I’m still on a roll with Blue Lagoon so I decided that it was best to keep going with it as I know at some point I’ll get sick of it.
When I went to bed last night I had the first 2 rows completely done and I was part way through the third.
I was interested to see what it looked like so far so I laid it out on the couch and took the picture above. At the moment it measures just under 60′ however, I have yet to sew the blocks together so it will be smaller once that is done.
I ran to Quiltaholics and Spotlight yesterday to pick up a few more blues as I was worried I was going to run out. However, at the end of my sewing session today I have finished row 3 and I’m part way through row 4 and it now seems like I’ll have more than enough
I also popped into Hettie’s to get some backing fabric. It’s really pretty. It’s a dark navy with butterflies all over it.
Anyways, I’m off to get ready for bed. Sitting and doing nothing in this heat is exhausting!
Stay cool everyone
