Birthdays Are Nice

My oldest daughter turned 19 this week! First year out of school and loving all the new things she's challenged with. Huge was her surprise when she opened her prezzies and out came her first machine, a Janome overlocker (serger). She is keen to do all sorts of easy sewing projects, so hope she will have many fun hours with her new friend!

Quilted at Last!

Finished my youngest daughter's quilt AT LAST. It was pieced 18 months ago already. She chose the center and first border and I picked the rest as it 'grew'. Looks nice and cosy for winter... Teddy thinks so anyway. By the way my daughter is 17 and last year at school, haha.

Mixed Emotions Mother's Day

To all of my lovely blogging friends, I hope you had a special mother's day.

A day of mixed feelings for many, including myself. A day when my mom, living overseas seems especially far away, a day when my granny are deeply missed, passing away only last year at the ripe age of 98.

 A day I thank God for entrusting two gorgeous young ladies to our care to be a mom to them. How I wish I could have a 'game over' and try again to do a better job. Regardless of all my mistakes raising them, I rejoice in the fact that they grew up knowing and loving God and are 2 beautiful God-loving girls. What more can a mum ask for?

                                          Girls and Mom during recent holidays

                                          Me , the girls and Mom


                                          The girls and Mom (Ouma)

Happy Easter

Oi Oi Oi !

On Thursday the 8th March we became Aussies! Raised in South Africa, lived in NZ for 11 years and now we're Aussies! Think this is it! We are very grateful to live here.  

Like we say here..... Aussie, Aussie , Aussie.... Oi. Oi, Oi

Farmer Wants a Wife... One Day

Today I took the plunge and bought The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt book! I have been admiring all the lovely blocks everyone else are making for a while now. This will be one of my long term projects. I am SO behind with quilting my finished tops, so hopefully this will slow me down to catch up! Isn't it just so much easier to start a new quilt top than finishing it!

There is also a new 'Farmer's Wife in Your Life' blog hop starting in March  for those not wanting to do the quilt but rather use some of the blocks in smaller projects. You can see it here....

I'll decide as I go!

Craftsy BOM

I found a great BOM online course at Craftsy . Not only one but two 12.5'' blocks are shown per month and best of all it's free! I am a little behind making them, but after viewing the tutorials for Jan and Feb , I definitely going to join in.   Have a look yourself !    http://www.craftsy.com/

Happy Australia Day

As an immigrant to Australia I fee very blessed to live here. We just missed the cut-off date to have our citizenship ceremony on this special day , but were told we are on the March list.

Our day wasn't very eventful , as we had a rainy kind of day, with very little going on at the beach as per normal. Everybody flocked to the shops instead! Pretty busy! The kids theri annual volleyball competition moved from the park to the church's parking lot, but still had fun!

Talk soon!

Wishing all my blogland friends and blessed New Year !

Thanks to all my blogland friends for all your lovely blogs! I love following them all, getting inspired every time. I hope to be a better blogger myself this year.

Happy Sewing  Everyone!

Something for Me

Today was a lovely day, sewing with my Friday friends ! At last I finished the 10  French inspired placemats (reversable) !  For ME !

Also bought a gorgeous bit of French linen, cut to size, a quick hem, and there it is, lovely runner! ( I just adore how my new little Christmas tree goes with it ).

PS, very excited as my Mum is on her way to the airport in Johannesburg, to come and visit us here in Australia !