Very Superstitious........

My package from Helen of Stitcharooney arrived today! I managed to restrain myself and not rip it apart so I could take photos! I absolutely love everything she sent!, And I love the theme too! The four-leaf clover hair band is already in my hair, the black cat brooch is on my t-shirt, the rainbow hair clip with its "pot of gold" has already been claimed by Laura, and that bag, oh my that bag, Looks even more fabulous on my wrist then I thought it would!! And just look at how she used a hair clip to close the wrapping!! Thank you so much Helen!! Go and check out her blog and Etsy shop, Helen makes some fantastic things!!

Hmmm 49th post....... Look out for the next one!

Buttons!

So a couple of weeks ago I entered a giveaway on Dearfii, I was so happy to hear that I won!

My prize arrived yesterday, and I had finished this beautiful brooch by the time I went to bed last night! I love little kits like these! Thank you so much Fi!

I also won a giveaway from Helen at Sticheroony, I can't wait for it to arrive!

So as you can see, I'm having quite a good run, and this is my 48th post, I think a celebration for my 50th is in order! With my posting habits in mind, that will be in a week or so, so check back to see what I will have on offer!

My Sewing Space.

Way back in March, I posted about the sewing/craft table that Mark was making for me. Well it was finished probably by early April, But It was never tidy or clean enough to show the completed project!

The other day when I took the photos for my last post, I realised that, this was as good as it gets!

So here it is then A Daddy Makes finish!

Pinwheel Progress.

Squares, half square triangles, iron, cut, sew, iron, cut, sew....

Ahh Pinwheel........

And look the points are pretty good too!

5 down, 67 to go, Imogene's quilt is moving forward.

Finished Top!!

Charlotte's quilt top is done, Yay!! Don't look to closely there are some rather largish mistakes! The butterfly and ladybird templates are from a pattern by Kellie of Don't Look Now, I needle turned them on, then embroidered some antennae and flight paths for the ladybirds.

Onto the backing, I'm going to piece some leftover coins horizontally, and I was also thinking of adding in a pieced puppy block. Not sure yet.....

The storm yesterday didn't end up hitting at all, we got only a couple of drops of rain, very disappointing!

Here comes the rain.....

View from the front door.

View from the side door.

(Its not blue so much as dark dark grey)

View looking out over the back.

The way the light is hitting the trees with the storm as the back drop looks way cooler then my bad photos can show!

Linen and Beans......

So I got some sewing for me done, The skirt I made a couple of weeks ago now, it is a very basic A-Line with a drawstring waist, Made with a Grey linen/cotton, very comfy. I made a black one as well, which is exactly the same but a little bit shorter, not much though, I'm a prude when it comes to showing my legs. These skirts are my favorite things ever right now, with a constantly changing waistline (weird stupid hormones) its nice to have something that will still fit at the end of the day.

The Singlet, is well a bit of a mess really! it looks very much like I made it myself, in home-ec in year 7, if you know what I mean! Navy blue, cotton knit with a lot of firm stretch, cream lingerie elastic around the top and for the front straps, re-purposed adjustable pale blue bra straps in the back. I didn't use a pattern, just traced it off a much loved singlet that fit well.

And some beans........ Yep they sprouted and have survived a few days, lets see just how much longer it will be till I kill 'em.

On other things, I think I have worked out my blog addiction problem, I'm separating the blogs in my feed into two folders, Must reads, and general reads. So far so good still have 200+ blog posts, but I have at least managed to look at and leave comments on a lot of my fave blogs today.

Preoccupied

Lots of Spring stuff going on around here, A new Veggie patch and a lot of organising, cleaning still to come (arghhh) Which is leaving very little time for sewing.

Veggie patch with, Tomato's, chives, basil, mixed capsicum (peppers), dwarf stringless beans, then a few nasturtiums in front. This is Veggie patch #3, Long story short I change my mind a lot!

We needed to clear some space in the garage to make a play room for the kiddo's so a garden shed was in order. This was a lot of fun to put up, Adult Meccano!! I highly recommend it as a great way to use up an entire weekend.....

This beautiful rose bush, is a bit of a surprise, I knew that it was there, but this is the first time I have seen it flower, previously it wasn't getting any where near enough sunshine to get it going.

I have been sewing a little mostly this:

A few butterflies and ladybirds here and there across Charlotte's coin quilt, My original plans got scrapped, so I will have to find a use for that massive amount of Bias that I cut, lol!

I'm having a bit of a blog crisis at the moment, I have too many in my reader,(200+) so I'm cutting it down, well trying too anyway, right now I have over 200 unread posts and that is only 2 days worth. I need to get ruthless. (but I will miss all the pretty pictures!) Thoughts? anyone else out there a blog reading addict?

Green and Brown Quilt............

"Mindfulness"

Made for my wonderful mother for her birthday.

Every border was quilted differently, with the inner section done in a cross hatch, then in the 1st border stippling, 2 lines in the 2nd, then a stipple in the 3rd border, a continuous leaf pattern for the 4th, another stipple in the 5th, and then another straight line all the way around for the last. I did a wide binding and I'm so glad I did, I think it sets off the whole quilt nicely!

I used a bamboo/cotton batting which was a dream to work with.

I am so proud of myself, I really love this quilt and I had a hard time parting with it!

But the fact that my wonderful mummy, really, really loved it sure made it a whole lot easier!

My Favorite Food ~ Mum's Quiche.

Quiche, Crustless Quiche, Impossible Pie, Egg and Bacon Pie, I've heard all these names used for similar recipes, Here we call it Quiche, In fact I never knew that quiche was supposed to have a crust until I was an adult!

This is the recipe that I had for my birthday dinner, every. single. year. My all time absolute favorite comfort food! So I thought that I would share......

Mum's Quiche - serves 4-6

Ingredients:

• 4 rashers of bacon (give or take) chopped
• 1 medium brown onion chopped
• 1 cup of grated cheese
• 1/2 cup of self-raising flour
• 1 -1/2 cups of milk
• 3 eggs
• 2 tablespoons of margarine/butter melted

• Pre-heat oven to 180C
• Mix the bacon, onion, cheese and flour in a mixing bowl.
• In a separate bowl, beat the milk and eggs.
• Mix milk mixture into the bacon mixture.
• Mix through the melted butter.
• Pour into an oven proof dish, mine is approx 20cmx20cm and 7cm deep.
• Sprinkle mixed herbs over the top
• Bake for 45 mins or until firm.
• Serve with Salad, and/or Fresh Bread.

An over simplified recipe, for an extremely easy dinner!

Let me know if you try it, and I would love to know what your all-time favorites are too!