A little update!

I'm generally not a knitter! I normally leave that up to Mum. But; after poking around Lincraft and coming across some wool that I just adored and to top it off I could knit a Cardigan for under $20 I thought what the hell. Lets give it a go.

So far I have the back and left front knitted.

Mummmm......I've made a mistake on the left front it's shorter than the back.

I know she'll help me get it sorted.

 I've also been working on my Matilda Station which I've decided to rename to Perry's Place

One of my finishes, though only small is the completion of this panel. I've had this in my stash for a while. I can now say that it's complete.

Here is the back in an Aeroplane Flannel

 

Nice and snug for a little baby boy.

 Oh! We also had Mothers Day on Sunday. I do love to be spoilt.

I received the inspirational wall hanging and Scan Pan Knife from my Eldest Son.

A beautifully scented candle from his Girlfriend.

 Flowers and $100 to go towards getting my quilt quilted.

A lovely home cooked meal by my daughter.

A DVD Les Miserable from my youngest Son.

So after spending the entire morning in tears....from watching the movie Les Miserable, over all I had a fabulous day. I hope your Mothers Day was as special as mine.

A New Born

Now with the kids back at school, I can gradually get back into some sort of routine.

Yay for me!

On April fools day we received a beautiful surprise from our house cow Schnitzel.

a gorgeous chocolate brown female calf.

We still have to name her, she certainly is beautiful.

Mum and her little creation.

 

Sewing wise I have been working on bits and pieces from many UFO's 

This is my most recent Matilda Station.

More piecing to do today.

Playing around with faces

Having a bit of a play with paints, stamps and markers.

 Just another way of letting the creative juices flow.

 After all of my playing around I decided that these free spirits 

are little tree Nymphs

Matilda Stars

Today I worked on the Matilda Station Quilt.

I was busy cutting and sewing and occasionally unpicking.

 Hopefully I will get all of these pieced and the rows joined tonight.

After all, I'm just glad to be getting some sewing done. 

Especially on this long forgotten quilt.

Arty Party

What a fun and creative day I've had.

I headed off bright and early this morning with Sue to the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne.

This is where the Scrap book and Paper Expo was being held.

I love this old building!

We booked into the Arty Party class with Jane Davenport.

Nothing better than being able to create mess and play with gesso, matt medium, paints and inks.

We also got to rip paper and let our imagination flow.

Jane is a fabulous teacher, she always makes everything look soooo easy.

Until you have a go at it yourself.

This is Janes art work

You can check out her website here

Both gorgeous pieces.

and this is mine.

Lots of practice needed but with patience and dedication I will get there.

Matilda Station

Catching up on a block of the month that I started years ago....

Block 8 of Matilda Station.

Geees...I started this when my youngest; Darcee... was in Kinder.

Where does the time go, he is now 14 and at High School.

Mmmmm, what could my excuse possibly be......

How about... 

Life

boy does it get busy!

North Pole / Feb Mandala

Joining Val with our North Pole QAL

Bottom right 4 Blocks complete.

My February Mandala is completed with inks. It is actually quite shimmery but unfortunately the photo doesn't show it.

Guada's Circle