Xmas List pt 3

Mum's tablerunner and placemats are nearly finished.  All I have to do is sew the binding down on the back and they are done.

My sister is getting a bed runner - it is assorted pink/purple japanese prints on a navy background.  Actually a pattern I bought from Anne Gadsby,  I will buttonhole stitch all around the heart shapes with gold metallic thread by hand.  I hope she likes it.  I hope I have it finished for Xmas day. 

As they say in the classics.......... 

If it wasn't for the last minute, nothing would get done.

Kitchen Update

I now have a new pantry and over fridge cupboards.  No wall oven, and no over bench cupboards.  There is small space in the ceiling still, so we have to watch where we sit things (kettle, coffee machine) as the cats can get into the roof space thru this hole.  There's no light either, so when I stand at the bench I am in my own shadow .... making coffee is a bit hard in the dark .......

We have had to send ALL the cupboard doors back - every single one of them has marks and / or scratches in the front face of them .....  So it looks like it won't be until the end of Jan before the kitchen is complete - and that is assuming Hubby gets all the carcasses together..

Adventure kitty

Neo, the Adventure Kitty, went exploring the roof space again 2 days ago.  Hubby had removed the wall oven tower.  That left the wall studs and noggins free, so Neo went up the wall.  It didn't take him long to find a way up.  It took him forever to come down.  We put the tall ladder at the manhole, so all he had to do was step donw onto the top step and make his way down the ladder.  But no.  He just sat there poking his head over the manhole and crying out to be gotten down.  In the end I got sick of him miawing, grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and dragged.  I thought for a moment I would end up with all his claws in my face.  Luckily, not.

Today he has decided to sit with me, head over my arm, whilst I type.  Very annoying.......

Xmas List pt2

Made neice's bag the other day.  I think it turned out quite nice - hope she likes it.  It is a largish satchel type in a black fabric with an all over white print and has dark purple trim around the bag flap and 3 suffolk puffs in the same fabric with pink buttons in the centers.  I may need to add some velcro to hold the flap down, but it is big enough, I think, to not need it.  The pattern did not say to put any on - so maybe I won't.

Mum's table runner and placemats are part way together.  They are all cut out and the applique has been fused on.  Now all I have to do is sew the appliques down and then quilt them.  I have used a white cotton damask for the bases and assorted blue fabrics for the applique.

All over

Well the calispastic year has finally come to a close.  Concert is done and dusted, programs printed and handed out, medals received (or not if you didn't pay your fees), costumes to be washed.

Now is time for Me, Me, Me!! 
So here's some pics of things I made during the year.  There's 3 Owl softies and a couple of dolls.

                    

Xmas List

This event is running at me full speed.......

We usually go to my sisters for xmas day lunch-come-dinner.  This year she is having her arteries lasered and is not suppoed to work for 2 weeks after the operation.  So I volunteered our place to our Mum.  Got the usual excuses - her kids like to be home and see their Dad (sister is divorced) and their other Grandma comes over....

I get a bit sick of hearing this every year.  So we will see if my sister takes me up on the offer.

Either way, I have decided to try and make some pressies this year.  Mum is going to get a table runner and some matching placemats; sister is going to get a bed runner (I think), my niece may get a bag with some money (got heaps of patterns to pick from) and the nephew - yeah, well, no idea.  12yo boys are hard to buy for.  Even more so when they are not your own.

So got some fabric for Mum's pressie, found the pattern I want to use; washed fabric today so it's ready to go.

As for my 3 children and hubby.......no idea for the kids.  Have an idea for the hubby (a wet gear bag for when we go 4wding).  He saw one ages ago and thought it was a good idea.  Luckily that idea got tucked away in the memory banks.  Luckier still that bank opened.  Actually I do have an idea for the kids.  1 has been overseas and the other 2 are planning to go in the future, so I think I will get them all passport holders.  Well that's a start anyway

Kitchen Update

2 Weeks ago we found out that the company that we had engaged to make the flat panels for the kitchen could not supply it anymore.  Any wonder we had not heard fom them after 6 weeks.  So this has meant that we have had to find another company that could make a similar thing.  Luckily hubby had kept that sort of info on his computer.

So we are back at square 2 with the kitchen renno.  Found a new company, got a quote, and have paid a deposit.  They have contacted us a few times with some questions about appliance sizes - so It looks like they are actually doing something.  Maybe I'll have a new kitchen for Christmas.

Hubby has done a bit more demolition and a bit of building.  I'll post the pics of where we are at soon.  The demolition has enabled Neo to become Adventure Kitty and sissy, as he calls her, to become Tahnee Fluffy Pants. (She always was that, but she too has gone adventuring into the roof space.)  They are a troublesome pair and will pull away the plastic we have taped over the wall space to get inside it.  We have had to put some boxes in front of the space too in an effort to stop them getting in there.  Not that they can do any harm whilst in the roof, it's just a pain getting them to come back out again when they walk around up there miaowing.