It's all a blur really........

Wow.....last time I posted it was June 1 - now it's almost June 14!!  Not sure what I have been doing...or where the time has gone .......this weekend was a long weekend....my plans to spend most of it in the sewing room didn't eventuate........did some house cleaning/dog sitting/baking/washing/visiting/entertaining...watched some TV.......cleaned the oven...replaced the filter in the water jug...LOLOL...you know all the important stuff! Saturday I had lunch with my stitching girls......then headed off to the footy to watch Mark play......had to rug up for that...it was freezing....came home and put the heater on and put a hot water bottle on my feet to thaw them out!  It wasn't cold enough for my beanie though...Terri wore hers....but she does hats really well ......unlike me.....!!  She had this little knitted hat on when she called in to drop Lexi off yesterday.........

I stitched way too late on Saturday night........well into Sunday morning.....I was on a roll....my little companion was "helping".......

I have been working on the Twelve Days of Christmas over the past couple of weeks after not touching it for a year or so........gradually getting there!

I took these pics sitting on the lounge with the work on my lap......I guess I could have got up.....but I was too settled!  :)

Mark and Terri had a day out on Sunday and Lexi came to stay for the day (and night)....Rose was delighted to see Lex again ....and they didn't stop ....well they did sleep last night.......but the rest of the time it was play, play and play some more.....Since Lexi went home this afternoon Rose has hardly moved from this position.....

I got into the sewing room today and spent some time clearing a space to work.....it seems ages since I have been in there!  The 'Tis the Season top is now together........I really had my heart set on the paisley for the outer border......so didn't cut it as wide as the pattern suggested and since it was still going to be a bit short I added some cornerstones.....I am pretty happy with the way it has turned out.............I might have to tea dye the cornerstones they are a bit lighter than the main stitcheries.........

The fabrics for this one came entirely from the stash....which was pleasing.  These blocks stitch up quite quickly - I am pretty sure I will be making up some of the other projects from the book. 

The winter sky cast a purple haze into the house this evening......the now leafless Manchurian Pear tree was a nice contrast......

Well....that's about it from me....it's back to work tomorrow - oh....make that "today"!!  yikes.....

'Til next time...........................Lorraine