FNWF results

I joined the FNWF last night and I'm so glad I did .... why does it feel better when you stitch with others even if it's in cyber land ...

I trimmed and put the binding on my quilt so tonight I can begin to stitch it down and I also made 3 more blocks for "Miss Matty's Parlour" so I was very pleased about my nights work.

  I've just noticed that it was a blue night for me......

So we are having a BBQ this afternoon with family and then I will be able to check out other blogs to see how other ladies went last night.....

FNWF come and join the fun.

Another night of stitching with friends...... its great to know everyone is enjoying this time together.

If you would like to join the fun pop over to here.

FNWF

I did get some stitching of "Love Among the Roses" block and also preparing for another "Fleur" block with the FNWF......
 Thanks for hosting another fun night Cheryll.

It doesn't look as though I  did much but I'm pleased with my effort.

I'm off to check out other blogs now.

Naughty stuff and FNWF

Well I had to have more naughty treats as today was my last visit to the dentist.....

the root canal is now finished and 1 small filling.....

Yayyyyyy

Apple pie and cream..... chocolate for stitching later tonight.

Block 4 finished of "A Little Bit Country" by Libby Richardson.

It's been a long time since I joined in the fun of 

So I'm looking forward to getting a bit of stitching done and of course eating chocolate.

You can join in the fun too...... here

FNWF and a Birthday.

FNWF organised by the lovely Cheryll.

started out quite well, my blocks were sorted and set out for sewing but as usual things don't always go according to plan. 

I didn't get as many done as I wanted but 4 isn't too bad, I was aiming for 6 plus a little bit of stitchery.

My excuse is.......

Corinne and Kenny are living with us for a while..... well they are in the fully self contained granny flat which has an adjoining door, we do get  lots and lots of visits which I love really ..... shhhhh don't tell them that though, they might never go......lol.

It was Kenny's 23rd birthday yesterday, they did go out with friends and when they arrived home after tea we all had birthday cake and very yummy it was too.

 Kenny wants a dog but until they have their own place its not practical so Corinne thought a dog cake  might do the job but it did seem odd cutting and eating the poor thing.

I'm off now to blog hop and see what other ladies were up to last night.

FNWF and cleaning

Here are my blocks ready for sewing, I hope to get 6 blocks sewn together for my "Crazy Christmas" quilt, fingers crossed that all goes to plan.... I also have hand stitching to do if by any chance I finish earlier than expected.

If you would like to join in the fun then pop over to Cheryll's blog...... 

Tomorrows picture should look terrific.....

This is my kind of cleaning...... love it......

your not cleaning I hear you say........

Oh that's right I'm resting my poor broken toe so I have employed my g/daughter ... Corinne to do my cleaning..... good idea I think.

Do you see my blank wall under the air/con.... I am working on the wall hanging for that spot, it is a great incentive to leave a space especially when its right in front of my chair.

Gosh I feel so tired after watching her work...... I even had to move for her to clean under my chair..... the cheek hahahahaha.

Well I guess that's enough of my waffling for now, I hope to check out other blogs tomorrow to see what other FNWF sewers got up to.

Happy stitching.

Pledge and FNWF progress

My 2013 Pledge.

Cheryll, has invited everyone who would like to participate in her swaps to join us in the pledge,you can add it to your sidebar.

MAKE THE  7  STEP  PLEDGE  

 I   Helen  will try my utmost .........

1.  To always swap on time.
2.  To always email a  THANK YOU  to my partner.
3.  To be considerate and thoughtful when choosing a gift.
4.  To give my partner the quality of gift that I would like to receive.
5.  To communicate when it's required.
6.  To NEVER over commit and let a partner down.
7. To advise the swap mama when I receive my gift.
                               
                                         This I sewonly pledge......


                       Well I'm back to report on my FNWF sewing.

 Yes I can hear you ask..... why on earth has she put a photo of a blank wall with hooks in it.......its in anticipation of the "Fernhill" button BOM quilt by Lynette Anderson that is ear marked for this spot. I should have been stitching it when it began last year but of course that didn't happen and my "Tis the Season" Christmas quilt stayed there all of 2012 so this year I have removed it and I'm leaving the space empty as I know it will annoy me and keep me motivated to finish.

                                        Here is the first block in readiness for FNWF.

My other project is another  Lynette Anderson "Crazy Christmas" that I bought a long time ago..... no I'm not saying how long trust me thought it was a long long time, I will have this finished for this Christmas.

This is the progress I made on Friday night, doesn't look much really but that's all I got done.

As you can see here ..... no progress was made on this one at all...... why you ask ?

Well I decided to use a few different colour threads than the ones used in the pattern so I always take longer to choose fabrics and thread colours so that took about 1 1/2 hrs and got me no where so I gave that away and got on with the above stitchery.

I was a bit disappointed with my nights work but some work is better than none I guess.

I have been checking out the other blogs to see how others went on the night and there is some great crafting going on, well done girls.

wrong title.......should have been ..... Whinge post.

 Sorry girls this is just a waffling post
 

Well I was going to put up some photos but my internet is soooooo slow that I can't do it now, I have been at the Telstra shop this morning having a bit of a whinge .... as you do...... our plan only has 5GB per month and thats  not doing the job so we were told that we could upgrade the internet at any time for $10 month so thats what we tried to do....... hmmmmmmmm sounds easy enough but of course you can't do that now you have to spend $20 and you get 200GB, silly as we don't want that much so I did a bit more complaining (nicely of course) but was told "thats just the way it is" .... theres nothing they can do as it goes from 5GB or 200GB how stupid is that. Wasn't happy but its amazing if you complain enough how all of a sudden they can change things so we now have 25GB for $11 but it won't start until 12 tonight......  $20 really wasn't the problem but its the principle and misleading information when you sign up for these plans.

Ahhhhhh I do feel better for that whinge......
I will be having a look at everyones progress from the FNWF tomorrow and also uploading my results too.