Still Waiting

Katie is very uncomfortable and sore, but that little baby has its own agenda and its sticking to it - come hell or high water or quad bike rides or tractor rides.

I was supposed to start back at art yesterday at 9am, but Ken & Lyn didn't get away until after 10. I tried and tried to contact my teacher to let her know I wouldn't be able to make it but I couldn't get through.

Lyn and I were very busy during the two days she was here. Tuesday morning we went to Kraft and Lyn had oodles of Show and Tell for the ladies to drool over. Here is one of her tops (my favourite), this one she has left here for me to quilt, she doesn't mind when, which is good, because it won't be until the shed is up and operational and that won't be until mid year.

This photo is of the lovely house warming gift Lyn made me. She made two blocks and attached them to the canvas blocks you can pick up at any cheapie store. Makes a very effective hanging in my guest bedroom.

We spent most of our time together working out exactly which quilt we were going to make for my youngest brother's 50th birthday in November. We changed our minds that many times. In the end we went back to our original idea of 4patch scraps because we didn't have enough of co-ordinating fabrics without going out and buying some, which neither of us minded, but we really wanted to use up some of our scraps. But, then we found a quilt in a Patchwork and Quilting magazine from 2005, all using scraps and just 1½ metres of background fabric needed. I had just the right material in my stash. The pattern is large Ohio Stars made from scraps with small Ohio Stars intersecting in the sashing. We have now cut the fabric into the respective sizes and halved it so we can both work on the blocks, just have to have them made by Stitches and Craft in April/May when we shall place them on Lyn's design floor (no wall) and work out how they will go together. From there we shall work out how we are going to border the quilt.

Yesterday I left home at 11.30 for my appointment with Dr. Debbie in Bundaberg. I'm now down to fortnightly appointments. I also picked up one of my jewellery laybys - my new sleepers. Gold and large - not that large but certainly different, makes a change from my little ones.