When making a quilt that requires filler blocks .....do them as you go....don't leave them to do all at once!........This week I have spent three days in the sewing room...ok...I came out for toilet breaks and to eat occasionally......but for the rest of the time......sewing! Loved it! The CW quilt isn't quite ready for it's blog debut yet....but here are a few of the little pinwheel fillers ready to stitch......
Three catch up blocks for the Civil War BOW......check
Christmas Wecome wall hanging finished......check
Fabrics chosen for the Tis the Season StitchAlong....... blocks traced...and one complete....check
I was stitching away last night then realised it was 2am! Yikes! and this morning I was up early - I had to go shopping........I got these.........
....you thought they were shoes ......but no........that box is now my storage container for these........
see.....I told you in an earlier post I was a gardener .......and my skills now include watering system repair restoration. I can reduce from 19mm to 13mm and put in shrublers with the best of them....thanks to some instruction from my sister.......and the best bit.......when we turned on the tap it all worked......!! How very satisfying! I impressed myself .....LOL (I am easily impressed)
Since Rose destroyed modified the watering system I have been hand watering....can be relaxing....but mostly just something else that had to be done when I got home from work (or before work).......so now it works as it was intended....one tap.....a timer ....and the back garden, front garden and lawn are all watered - too easy! (A temporary fence has been put up across the back garden to discourage Rose from any more modifications to watering systems OR plants!)
Had to call a plumber in yesterday morning....seemed like there was a blocked drain.......wasn't looking forward to a plumber's bill....but it wasn't something I could ignore....he came.....wandered over and pulled the top off a couple of IPs....."hmmmmmmmm"....."oh"........and more "hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm"...I think it was plumber speak for "holy crap" and I could see dollar signs......! He then went out to the footpath and took the lid off the IP out there..... "hmmmmmmmmmm - it's blocked"...REALLY????? the good news was he said it was blocked "on Council's side".....which meant they would come and fix it....yay.....not my blockage to deal with! So a quick phone call to the Council (love my Council) and a bit later they turned up - apparently the whole line was blocked which would have affected more than just my house....but no one else had called.....? Not to worry it was fixed...speedily and with good humour from the Council guys......and didn't cost a fortune!
So that has been my week....it's been very productive...and I have enjoyed it (a lot)....checked today to see that Jazz is still in the garage where I left her on Monday.......thought she may have felt abandoned and gone out on her own!
Gratitudes:
drains that are blocked "on Council's side"
long days in the sewing room
watering systems that work (yay)
'Til next time.................Lorraine
