Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Home alone..... Take 2......


Well I tried for another "Home Alone Day" on Sunday....... 
Music ..... Gav and Pippa have gone model plane flying so looking good at the moment.


Breakfast on the patio
                                                         Banana cake in the oven.  


Oooooops look who popped in for a chat.....June (g/daughter)...... but this time she didn't stay long and she thought it was very amusing to interrupt my alone day...... she lives next door to me so popping in is easy.


I did make it to afternoon tea  and was able to get a bit of sewing done during the day.


This quilt is from a Jelly Roll Book and called "Blossom Time", I'm very happy now its finished.




I started making this "Mai Crystal Ball Pin Cushion" last week and it was giving me lots of trouble but its done now and it will be the last one I do.... its cute but a bit of a pain to make.




Yesterday we visited Norreen in her new house for another fun day. We were a very small group again with a few girls away but Sandi and I made up for them with our giggling......  this is the house warming gift we gave Norreen for her new sewing room.


Thanks Sandi for this photo...... it took 6 hands to put my pin cushion together and I was just a little bit grumpy doing it...... I'm getting a bit of a reputation for silly photos.


I couldn't resist this photo of Corinne (g/daughter) in her feet warmers, she jumped into my sewing with them on and plopped on the floor so I think she should get a reputation like mine....... silly photo girl.




9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good to see you finally got your 'alone time'. Love the quilt and its in my all time favourite, I have put the pin cushion on my NOT to do list, thanks for the heads up.

Anonymous said...

nice to have a quiet day Helen and are you sure you dont want to make another pin cushion,lol,and boy i love that quiet,well done,its gorgeous.xx

Marilyn said...

Hmmm, I think Sandi had just a little better description of putting together that pin cushion. lol. Lovely quilt, and it is nice to have a quiet alone day isnt it.

Michelle Ridgway said...

Alone time especially when it involves stitching, coffee, cake and great music can't be beat. Lovely gift for Noreen and love your pincushion...well done!!!

Tatkis said...

Adorable finished quilt and cute pincushion!
Hope to see you on Sunday :)

Hugs,
Tatyana

Christine M said...

Your quilt looks lovely Helen. I bought one of those pin cushion kits at last year's Stitches Show and it's still in it's bag. I did pull it out when I reorganised my sewing room last week but maybe it will stay there a bit longer!

Lynda said...

Hooray - you had some time to yourself and some lovely visitors. The quilt is wonderful. So glad you finished your pincushion - a wonderful achievement of patience and persistence :)

Cheryll said...

Jam packed post today... love the idea of a home alone day! :)

Anonymous said...

Lovely home alone day. love the quilt :)