And now it's May!

 This year is flying by. 

May arrived here in NZ with a wintry storm. Cold Southerly winds pushing lots and lots of rain had settled in the evening of 29th April and kept on going.  We were lucky here in Timaru just to get a really good soaking with over 48 hours of constant rain, sometimes just light and at other times very heavy. Further North they got even more of a soaking, which caused flooding, road closures and land slides. More than one district declared an emergency. In the mountains the road closures were caused by snow, and there are some beautiful Wintry images to be found.  But it's only May! This is a bit too early for such cold weather. Today things are better, we have a beautiful sunny day here in Timaru. I should be going out for a walk, before the next band of rain arrives but instead I'm playing.

Deanna drew the number 8 for this months Chookshed Challengers. For me that means I should pull out my quilting rulers and have a practice with them. It was too cold in my room for any of that yesterday, I sat in the warmth instead and completed my jigsaw puzzle. Then I fiddled around with my sewing but didn't actually do any!  So today I went digging in my to be quilted pile and pulled out some table runner size tops.

Some pretty black and whites, with a hit of shocking pink.

Some left over Frivol slices.

And some off cuts from Morning Moon Fairies.

All the perfect size for practicing some ruler work.  One or two ideas started to percolate, then the courier van pulled up.

I have a new toy....

As you know, while I was at Scrub Stitchin' I worked mostly on my Down in the Garden stitchery. I had it in a big hoop and stitched the days away. At times it was a nuisance not having two hands free. Once I got home I went shopping online and found this cute wee hoop holder that clamps onto the table.

What's a girl to do?

Try it out of course.

It works a treat.

I have it clamped onto a little fold up table and can pull it up close to my arm chair. Now both hands are free and I can stitch a lot faster and still be comfortable.

I might sit here and sew a little longer.

Thanks Deanna, for trying to keep us all organised.