soooo frustrating.....

Hello!  Once again I have been a remiss blogger - my last post was in June?!  Really?!? Time does fly....

But, all of a sudden I have lots I want to post about, and my home internet has suddenly died.  Which means I can write posts on my computer at work, but cannot upload any photos.  And I have so many photos to share, and currently no way to upload them until I can get my home internet fixed - hopefully soon.

I have been a busy little bee these past couple of months - some quilt classes and workshops, an amazing weekend retreat with art quilter extraordinaire Helen Godden, an extra long weekend spent in Canberra which I had never visited before, and some craftiness to share....

Hopefully I will see you all again very soon - photos in tow!

T xxx

a gorgeous surprise.....

My lovely friend Sue brought me these beautiful flowers on Friday - "just because", she said.

I think it is "just because" she is a truly wonderful, kind and thoughtful friend, and I am very lucky....

sooooo cute.....

My lovely and already very talented, soap-maker extraordinaire, and sewing friend Gabbie has recently started a photography course.  While she was visiting a couple of weeks ago, she took these lovely photos of Ollie for practice -

I really adore these photos.  Just as well he had been groomed by his "canine stylist" (my sister) recently; he was suffering from a rather severe case of bedhead prior to having his photoshoot (yes, that is one naughty (and very cute!) little doggie who sneaked into my bed one morning.....)

m.i.a.

Yep, I seem to have been missing in action. Not really sure why, only that sometimes life kind of just.... happens. A few things have been worked on -

the cushion for my niece now finished (and she loved it) -

a few more of the windmill blocks -

a new scrap quilt in pinks and greens, just cut into simple squares -

the centre medallion block for the Round Robin challenge -

and some more of my crochet blanket -

I have also been working on an Irish Chain style of quilt, done in mostly William Morris fabrics.  Looking forward to posting piccies of that soon.

monday musings.....

You may know, if you have read older posts on my blog, that I had a part time job at one of my local quilt shops, one of the two in my town. Sadly, the shop has now closed down, closing it's doors for the last time yesterday. I am happy to have my weekends free again, but I will also miss the fun I had with my wonderful co-workers, the lovely customers, and of course playing with all the beautiful, colourful, much coveted fabrics that I loved each week!

Strangely, although I still work 3.5 days at my office job, I feel like I am actually on holidays - suddenly it seems as though I have so much free time. The reality is that I will need to try and pick up some extra hours somewhere but in the meantime, I mean to enjoy my weekends. Free weekends = lots of sewing time = a very excited Tania!

And Ollie is very excited to have his Mum home on weekends too, instead of being left at home on his own.

So, where to start with my sewing?? There is SOOOO much I want to do, but for the moment my priorities are my Round Robin centre medallion block, and my niece's birthday quilt - her 'Americana' quilt. Watch this space for some new sewing soon!

a bit of kaffe love

'working on' wednesday{5}.....wordless

happy Ollie-versary!

This weekend just past was our first Ollie-versary. This gorgeous little guy came to live with me one year ago - and what a wonderful year it has been. He is the perfect little companion - so affectionate, so cute and just such a well behaved, gentle little doggie!

I do just so adore my little Ollie-bear!