The first thing I did this morning when I woke was to say Happy Birthday to my Mum.
Sadly both of these lovely ladies are gone now. Today February 1st is Mums birthday and her mum, my Gran was born on 29th February.
I have lovely memories of both of these special ladies.
I miss them so much.
We had a slower start this morning, no alarm clock at 5.45 but I was awake and up by 7am and Tony appeared a short time later.
After a leisurely breakfast of bacon, eggs, and as it's Saturday, some mushrooms. I made a start. Spider eviction from the back porch has been on the 'Hunney do' list for quite some time, I was tired of waiting so I went out and made a start, Tony soon felt guilty enough to join in. After I had cleaned everything out he got busy with some spray that will discourage their return for a while.
Next I vacuumed the whole house and threw the duster about too!
We will have guests here for supper, so I thought I should make an effort.
That is who yesterdays Lemon Cream Pie is for. it has to be chilled for a minimum of 12 hours. I think we can safely say it has had that. LOL This morning I also mixed the ingredients for vanilla ice cream to go with the pie. They need to chill for several hours before going into the ice cream churn.
Then as I waited impatiently for Deanna to release this months Chookshed number I wandered into my room looking for 'something' to do.
And this is what I found.
First a bunch of grey and white fabric samples.
They went together very quickly in a hit and miss style pattern. I think maybe I'll add some applique to brighten it up.
OK NEXT!
And out came a charm square pack. Four of each design.
Argh!
Those blacks gave me issues.
I messaged my pal Janice.
She sorted me out. And I was on my way again. Before I knew it I was auditioning sashing fabrics and corner stones.
I should have another top in no time.
Everything ground to a halt while I over thought my sashing squares and border fabrics.
I could have messaged Janice again but decided to go for a walk instead. Another great walk. Tony joined me and we covered 7 km in the scenic reserve. A good walk.
We got home in time to shower and prepare for our guests.
A lovely evening.
We all ate too much.
And probably drank too much alcohol too.
I hope your Saturday was a good as mine.
Tomorrow we will will have Torstein and Charmaine here foe Sunday lunch.
Exciting!
Love hanging out with those people.
9 comments:
Good to see another 2 quilt tops well on their way. Sounds like a very fun evening for you. Enjoy tomorrow with the family
The grey and white fabrics would make an interesting background for brightly coloured flowers - I have done that, and it looks good. Lovely sweet peas for your mum.
Oh Lou I am so slack. I decided that I had enough energy to look at my backlog of blogs and I had no idea that you had achieved such a lot in your time off. I love the Windswept binding. It really works well. The freezer failure while I was in hospital means that I need to buy a few frozen meals. I thought I was all organised. Oh well, it will give me a chance to try a few brands I guess.
7km's is a very good walk! Sounds like you had a busy day and a very enjoyable evening. Happy Sunday!
I've caught up with most of your holiday activities...you are making good use of your days off.
It always helps to message a friend ... I quite like the 2nd pic with blacks in diagonal rows ... look forward to seeing what you came up with.
Onya for getting so much achieved in your week off.
Have fun with your grandies today.
It's great to have a pair of fresh eyes to help with a project
That’s a lovely photo of your Mum and Gran. They both look so happy. The two quilt tops were a bonus, while waiting impatiently. Your evening sounds like it was great fun.
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