Friday, October 28, 2011

block 3- quilt 2


block 3- quilt 2
Originally uploaded by susanriddell33
and this is block 3-quilt 2. I think I like this now, I wasn't to sure but the more i look at it the more i like it.

block 2- quilt two


block 2- quilt two
Originally uploaded by susanriddell33
This block is for quilt 2- for us. I haven't made block 1 yet but maybe this weekend I might get something done. I have made block 3 though.... it;s all a bit backwards but will be back in the right order before block 4 comes out ...I hope.

block 2 -quilt one


block 2 -quilt one
Originally uploaded by susanriddell33
And this is block 2- quilt 1.

block 1 - quilt one


block 1 - quilt one
Originally uploaded by susanriddell33
I have joined the Fat quarter stars Quilt along with Konda  http://moosequilts.blogspot.com/  Every 2 weeks we do a new block with different designers, it's lots of fun then post to the flickr group  http://www.flickr.com/groups/1726536@N24/pool/ Check it out

This is my ist block for FQ stars QL. I am going to make this into a
sort of eyespy?scrappy quilt for my nephew, Chey, he is 7. Then I thought I might as well do 2 at the same time and do one for us. I am going to use just what is in my stash except for the borders and backing which i will buy at a later date.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

"It is growing slowly".

We are waiting for the arrival of my nephew's ist baby...it's a boy! It is due today saturday....I will keep you posted when the big event happens.

I have managed to get a few more rows finished on my ripple blanket. It is growing very  slowly.... Most nights i seem to get about 4 rows done ...that's if I don't make any mistakes and have to undo it.!  I hate undoing it when you find you have made a mistake when you are half way through the next row!!  It all has to come undone and it just feels like you are never going to see the end of that colour!   I have learnt to reconise how the stitch should look when you increase or decrease now, so I know if something isn't right. This blanket is just randomly picked colours just what takes my fancy at the time. I have quite away to go yet so will keep you posted as I progress...just got to remember to take a pic!  There are heaps on the flicker page of these blankets. http://www.flickr.com/groups/1802262@N23/  Lucy has started the group along with little tin bird.  So have a look and you might get inspired to if you like crochet.  It's abit addictive!

I have done a few more rows on my ripple blanket.
I got 2' huge' eggs again last week.  The first one weighed 94 gramms  the other weighed 102 gramms !  They are so tall I can't shut the egg box properly!  We ate one each with our dinner tonight...They were both double yolkers too!  very yummy!!  I will try and put a pic up.
the egg on the left is a normal size ...these others were both double yolkers!

This weekend is a long weekend too.  I am going to try and work on my sscs as time is counting down rather quickly. October is nearly gone!  I know exactly what I am going to make  so I just have to get my A into G and do it.
conor's chocolate log. 
My youngest son has just had his birthday and requested a chocolate log cake so we bought one unfilled and filled it with fresh cream...it was yummy!  I got told off because I put the wrong number of candles on....I forgot he turned 15 not 14 !!!  lol! (sorry the photo has loaded funny again) ??

Saturday, October 01, 2011

My new crochet project.

Well I have already started my next crochet project....another blanket for next winter. I think I will definitely get this blanket finished by next winter as there is no joining required, so making it much quicker.  I have undone a few rows as I was watching our team "the warriors" playing rugby league last week and not really concentrating properly...it was so exciting!!   yer we won and now I can't wait to see the outcome this week for all 3 teams as they are all in the grand finals!  So go "the mighty warriors" (as the mad butcher would say).

my ripple blanket.
The other day when I went to feed my 'girls' ,I found no eggs, not one to be seen!  Usually there is about 4 or 5 on average.....I was cleaning out there trays banging a bit and next thing one chook shot out from under the chook house...Aha! ,.I found there ' hidy hole' and...... 15 eggs !  I took them away and thought that will upset them and  they would lay them in there nest boxes but no ....they decided that a nest between the pongas and bush ferns would be a better spot,  so now that is where they are laying there eggs each day.  It is much easier than having to forage around underneath the  dirty old chook house in the dirt.

15 eggs from the chooks hidy hole
We have  also been cleaning  Shirley's apartment out...done about half i suppose....it's a big job to pack up a person's lifetime possessions ...lots of little things with sentimental value and little memories of how  they came to be there. The glass in one of her  wedding photo's got broken...we will get that fixed  when we get this other old pic of her as a baby restored too. It is a beautiful old picture.  The picture really looks a lot like my oldest son, Gene.  He was about the same age (18 months approx)  We need to get a few copies of it but will have to send it to a professional I think as the glass is rounded ,not smooth and flat as normal ones and it is dirty on the inside. I took a pic but you can see the dirt and dust on the inside.   I have never seen this photo before as it was tucked away safely in the wardrobe as the hanger had broken I think.


Shirley's baby photo 
I have been doing some stitching on my Henrietta Whiskers blocks but will save that for next time.