Tornado warnings!!?

Two weeks ago I was off to find a panto for quilting the dinosaur quilt. Well I did find one, dinosaur footprints.  I fiddled and tweaked with it so that I could do it with my machine on the frame. Then made a start and stalled. It is a very involved pattern, especially made smaller!

I procrastinated for a day or two then wound myself up and got back to it. It was a beautiful day when I settled in, all around me the windows showed the gardens looking lovely. 

Iris and peony were showing colour in the long bed.

The wedding cake tree was looking stunning as the flowers started to open.

I quilted and quilted as the sun shone and enjoyed the fresh air through the open windows.

On the other side of the house some rather different weather was brewing.

Huge clouds were growing and dark skies were approaching.

Then the radio said there was a tornado warning!

I marveled at the weather for a while and listened to the thunder coming closer and closer. There were some very impressive bolts of lightening. 

Then down came the hailstones and very soon the rain.

I called to Tony when I spotted these waterfalls forming.

A leaf had fallen into the downspout and blocked it. Tony was able to lean over from the deck and clear it. The storm lasted for quite some time.

I have to say here in Timaru we got off lightly, to my knowledge no tornados put down but  some areas had flooding and hail damage.

I carried on quilting through the storm and got it completed. Then I trimmed and put the binding on. I spent the evening after the storm closing the binding.

And I'm happy to say that Belle approves. LOL

I had intended to take the quilt outside on a nice day and get some photos in the garden, but that didn't happen yet. Maybe sometime soon. For now you will have to make do with an indoor artificially lit image. Sorry.

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Amid work I made what was supposed to be a quick trip out to Geraldine to visit the Pin Tin with Debbie. It turned in to an all day affair and we visited a few different shops. I'll show you my fabric purchases soon.

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I've also been doing some of my cross stitch.  

It's made quite a bit of progress since I last posted about it.

With that eye watching me I feel like I have company now. 

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We have a new member in our local club she likes to do a little thread painting and brought along this show stopper for show and tell last week.

OMG!!

He is beautiful. 

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What else has filled my time in the last couple of weeks?

I've been reading, baking, gardening, working, the afore mentioned day out with Debbie and I left my Christmas ornaments to the last minute this year and have been fiddling about trying to get them done too!  Now I really need to get them finished and also make another quilt for Christmas. 

Oh and I have fabric cut out to make a new top.