Welcome 2012.
Happy New Year everyone.
I am hoping that this year will slow down a bit and allow me to catch up. Last year went by to quickly and i think i may still be at the month of september. I don't usually make resolutions as i never stick to them so this year i am just going to go with the flow and see what happens.
The only thing i will say is i hope to do more crafting, whether it be patchwork, knitting, crochet (I will have to teach myself this one) or other crafts. I also hope to finish my UFO's and start on some new and exciting projects. And keep up with my blogging on a bit more of a regular basis.
I also aim to do more for myself this year and i am learning some alternative therapies. That i hope will make me a better person and allow me to explore different and new things.
I hope that 2012 brings everyone out there whatever they deserve and everything they hope for and all your dreams come true.
Ciao
Jan 2, 2012
Dec 1, 2011
Please Excuse me for Being tardy !
Oh my Lord, has it really been 6 months since i last posted?
I am sure it was only yesterday. To say that life here has been busy, is extremely understating things.
I finished my TAFE course last week and hopefully i have passed. The ferals are still at school for another 10 days or so, then hopefully things will start to slow down.
With all the after school activities and work commitments and TAFE, not much has been sewn, cooked (except the have too meals) or crafted for quite a while now, i am still trying to get through the UFO's, without much success, but at least i have not started anything new.
And to make me feel even older feral #1 turned 11 yesterday and tomorrow feral #2 turns 9, where have the years gone and where have my babies gone, these 2 have turned into wilful, independent, beautiful young girls.I think i just got some more grey hairs just thinking about it.
Christmas is almost around the corner again, i am positive i just took down all the decorations last month and cleaned up the new years mess. But obviously 12 months has passed in the speed of light or sound (which ever is faster).
Well i thought I'd drop a few lines to let you know i am still in the land of the living (just) and when things get a wee bit quieter i will hopefully resume normal transmission and be a better blogger. And maybe just maybe even show you a finished craft or too.
So until then watch the sunset, have a glass of wine and enjoy life.
Ciao
I am sure it was only yesterday. To say that life here has been busy, is extremely understating things.
I finished my TAFE course last week and hopefully i have passed. The ferals are still at school for another 10 days or so, then hopefully things will start to slow down.
With all the after school activities and work commitments and TAFE, not much has been sewn, cooked (except the have too meals) or crafted for quite a while now, i am still trying to get through the UFO's, without much success, but at least i have not started anything new.
And to make me feel even older feral #1 turned 11 yesterday and tomorrow feral #2 turns 9, where have the years gone and where have my babies gone, these 2 have turned into wilful, independent, beautiful young girls.I think i just got some more grey hairs just thinking about it.
Christmas is almost around the corner again, i am positive i just took down all the decorations last month and cleaned up the new years mess. But obviously 12 months has passed in the speed of light or sound (which ever is faster).
Well i thought I'd drop a few lines to let you know i am still in the land of the living (just) and when things get a wee bit quieter i will hopefully resume normal transmission and be a better blogger. And maybe just maybe even show you a finished craft or too.
So until then watch the sunset, have a glass of wine and enjoy life.
Jul 30, 2011
YooHoo anybody home?
Well to say the last month has been hectic around here is an understatement. What with work and the Ferals and all the sewing and pinning and unpinning and unpicking of projects to say i haven't had much time to myself is quite accurate. Plus for the past 2 weeks i have also managed with a head cold.
These little aprons are for birthday presents for Feral no 3s friends.
A great way to use up some fabric remnants.
This lap size raggy quilt is for the King.
This baby quilt was made for a friend of mine to sell on her website.
Unfortunately this photo does not do it justice. All i have done on this is straight line quilting, and the effect has been amazing.
This past month the King and I also celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary, who knew we'd make it this far.Hopefully we have many more to come.
I am going to be finishing up some more UFOs next month now i have a new found love of quilting. so the first one i am going to finish is Twinset and Pearls that has been sitting here for about 4 years now and not getting any younger. I am also trying to be more economical in the fabric depo too, using up small fabric scraps to make stuff for homemade pressies.
Next week will be a huge week for me too, I am going back to school. I am going to start at TAFE next Thursday to do some study that will hopefully enable me to start my own business. So wish me luck. It has only been 21 years since the last time i was at school.
So until next time happy crafting and ciao.
Jun 2, 2011
Take a look at these Beauties.
As i have not been doing much in the sewing area, i thought you might like to take a look at some of the blogs that i like, that you may have not seen. (That are not in my side bar)
ENJOY !
The domestic Diva http://www.thedomesticdiva.org/
Sew Take a Hike http://www.sewtakeahike.typepad.com/
Imagine-Dream-Create http://www.imagine-dream-create.blogspot.com/
Sew Useful Designs http://www.sewusefuldesigns.blogspot.com/
Amanda Brooke http://www.amandabrooke.typepad.com/
Crafty Cupboard http://www.craftycupboard.blogspot.com/
Oh Fransson http://www.ohfransson.com/
I hope you like reading them as much as i do.
ENJOY !
The domestic Diva http://www.thedomesticdiva.org/
Sew Take a Hike http://www.sewtakeahike.typepad.com/
Imagine-Dream-Create http://www.imagine-dream-create.blogspot.com/
Sew Useful Designs http://www.sewusefuldesigns.blogspot.com/
Amanda Brooke http://www.amandabrooke.typepad.com/
Crafty Cupboard http://www.craftycupboard.blogspot.com/
Oh Fransson http://www.ohfransson.com/
I hope you like reading them as much as i do.
May 30, 2011
Lazy Days
We have been away, on a road trip and this is a few of the things we saw;
some Scaly Breasted Rosella's having Breakfast.
So needless to say no sewing has been done.
This was the first holiday the Feral family has had in 3 years (where we have gone further than a 3 hour drive away) and we absolutely loved every minute of it. The ferals were well behaved, the King behaved too.Now we are planning next years trip and we hope to do the same but go further south to Esperance. We started in Mt Magnet and traveled the gold trail east, until we reached Kalgoorlie and then through the wheatbelt and home again, visiting all the little museums and out of the way places and learnt a lot about the hardships of our forebears and all about the goldrush days of the Victorian era in Western Australia.
These are the sorts of trips everyone should do in my opinion and I believe my kids learnt more about their state and it's history than they have in the classroom.
Well until next time Ciao.
Apr 24, 2011
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter Everyone.
Liddel Stitches wishes everyone a safe and hoppy Easter.
The palace has been extremely busy the last couple of weeks unfortunately no crafting, sewing or cooking has been going on but the House has been painted and is wonderfully bright, and we are in anticipation of a road trip coming up. The ferals, King and myself are going on holidays and we can't wait. Plus the ferals think it's extra cool because they get an extra week off school. We are going the inland route to Kalgoorlie and going to visit mines and museums along the way and possibly do some prospecting, wouldn't it be lovely to find a huge nugget of gold along the roadside somewhere. The ferals are going to keep journals of their trip to show to their classes when they get back to school, and i am going to be the official photographer (will probably be very blurry, or have no heads).
Although yesterday i did sew a small camera bag for my camera and another pouch for #1 ferals point and shoot camera and they turned out quite well but as usual i forgot to take a photo, so i will try and get one done to put on here, my camera bag is just a small tote that i adapted to fit my camera and the manual. I am very pleased with how it turned out. i used a tutorial from super eggplant that i have used many times for totes for kids birthday presents. Although i would love one that i saw on Etsy as they are to die for.
anyhoo have a great Easter and don't eat too much chocolate. ciao.
Apr 10, 2011
Well call me Miss Tardy!
I have been absent for a while and it shows i suppose, i have been a busy girl lately, and i mean BIZZZZZY.
I decided that i was sick and tired of all the clutter in our house and have therefore been decluttering. It all started out in the kitchen with a few things that were taking up valuable cupboard space and i thought i would get rid of them as they hadn't been used in a million years (well at least 12 months). But the urge to purge didn't stop there and i must say i got a wee bit carried away and eventually nearly the whole house has been purged of it's wickedness and gluttony. What stared out as a small pile of junk manifested itself into a huge monster taking over nearly a quarter of my dining room. I was going to take photos but i must say i was ashamed that i had that much stuff that i was hording so that is why there is no photo. As i was cleaning though i noticed that the walls in my house had been a little worse for wear and a little abused after 3 feral princesses have been growing up here that i thought they should be painted. NOT by me mind you. this little black duck learnt her lesson last year. I rang a handyman and he quoted and i said yes, and the rest as they say is history, hopefully it will all be over this week and my palace will look clean and fresh and almost new.
The rest of the junk was taken to the school as part of a fundraising effort (car boot sale) and i made a little spending money (to pay some bills of course). The rest will be sold on the weekend in a garage sale just to try and get rid of the stuff that i had to bring home with me.
But it feels wonderful to be freer of the mess that was habitually making my life uncomfortable.
It feels as though i have been spring cleaning though and we are in Autumn does that mean i should move to the northern hemisphere.
Because of all the cleaning that has been going on not much sewing has but i have managed to pin and baste another UFO ready to be quilted.
Well that's all for now in the dreary life of Liddel Stitches so happy crafting and ciao for now.
I decided that i was sick and tired of all the clutter in our house and have therefore been decluttering. It all started out in the kitchen with a few things that were taking up valuable cupboard space and i thought i would get rid of them as they hadn't been used in a million years (well at least 12 months). But the urge to purge didn't stop there and i must say i got a wee bit carried away and eventually nearly the whole house has been purged of it's wickedness and gluttony. What stared out as a small pile of junk manifested itself into a huge monster taking over nearly a quarter of my dining room. I was going to take photos but i must say i was ashamed that i had that much stuff that i was hording so that is why there is no photo. As i was cleaning though i noticed that the walls in my house had been a little worse for wear and a little abused after 3 feral princesses have been growing up here that i thought they should be painted. NOT by me mind you. this little black duck learnt her lesson last year. I rang a handyman and he quoted and i said yes, and the rest as they say is history, hopefully it will all be over this week and my palace will look clean and fresh and almost new.
The rest of the junk was taken to the school as part of a fundraising effort (car boot sale) and i made a little spending money (to pay some bills of course). The rest will be sold on the weekend in a garage sale just to try and get rid of the stuff that i had to bring home with me.
But it feels wonderful to be freer of the mess that was habitually making my life uncomfortable.
It feels as though i have been spring cleaning though and we are in Autumn does that mean i should move to the northern hemisphere.
Because of all the cleaning that has been going on not much sewing has but i have managed to pin and baste another UFO ready to be quilted.
Well that's all for now in the dreary life of Liddel Stitches so happy crafting and ciao for now.
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