I'll show you mine...

Kate and I were talking about 'doing something' with the blocks we've swapped using African fabrics. I was hoping to put some of mine together for a quilt.

On Kate's blog you can see her blocks and here you can see mine...



I started making blocks with another friend so there are a few other's to Kates...
(The 'sun' one with the orange background has been made by Donna)

Then there are a few that I have made using Carol Doak's free patterns from her website and her group BOM's.
BTW Carol has just started a blog, you can visit her here! (I haven't had a chance yet, but will do soon!!)

Then there were blocks that have been made 'just because' for Kate and I...

I seem to have quite a few so it was difficult to take a picture of them altogether (plus I'm using DH's computer so I don't know how to crop the toys out *LOL*). I'm thinking I may make a quilt using most of them, but we'll see how it goes... I hope to keep making them because they are fun to do...

I'm still waiting for a new charger, but I am being 'allowed' to occassionally check email on DH's computer when he takes a break from setting up a website for our self-catering holiday home on Thesen Island in South Africa, you can check his hard work out by clicking here.

I have my orders!

Oh boy! I sure do!


I have not been blogging much and this situation won't be improving for a bit as 'I have been told!':
Quote:
This is the most cluttered house I've ever lived in and that's saying something as I'm not the tidiest person
Unquote!

So there you have it. I will be de-cluttering and why this sudden urge? Well, (happy dance here), I have been offered a treadle sewing machine and I have ALWAYS wanted one. I was visiting a friend and she had one in her hall. I was enchanted. She said they want to get rid of it when they get a 'proper' hall table and I can have it. I was so happy. Until I came home. Well, we have struck a compromise, I clear out and he means 'big-time' then I can have it (happy dance again!!)

So besides doing a few repairs for friends and family, I am no-sew, just tidy! (I guess this resolve will last til I've pressed publish on this post LOL)

I didn't have my camera with me and I guess even if I had I probably wouldn't have taken a photo and risked being taken for a nut so here's a photo of my commanding officer at our holiday house. And insert a horrible little hoarding wife behind him pushing him into the lagoon LOL

Why I'm feeling cluttered...

Ok, where are my scissors?

This house is a mess! I'm trying to tidy up, but it's going very slowly. I have managed one room so far.... And I am sewing a few little strips together for Bonnie's Orange Crush mystery quilt too... BUT I just can't find my scissors. I know I hid them so that nobody would be tempted to cut paper with them. Now, of course, I can't find them...

Here are a few pics of our SA house. This should give you an idea of why I am finding our Yorkshire house so messy:










Believe me, our Yorkshire house doesn't look like this. If it was as neat and tidy (and clutter-free) as our SA house maybe I'd know where my scissors are LOL