AJ's Antics

What do you think? Saw this on the side of the road yesterday near the local shop. So I bought it....much to my husbands dismay... Only place to fit it is in our room for now till I re-sort a few things...he is calling it my $20 mobile phone changer stand (the phone usually sits on the floor)

Aden had his first 'puddle jumping' experience...just as it was getting dark yesterday. He didn't seem to mind the sprinkling rain and in fact it was hard to get him inside! When I opened the garage door this morning the first thing he said was 'more jumping puddles rain Mum' Unfortunately he only had socks on, fortunately there were no puddle left!

WOW It is hard to know where to start telling you about my weekend. I had been booked into Kellie's class for some months and then it snuck up on me rather quick! DH was working all day Saturday and Aunty Bee offered to have Aden for the night so I could have the whole weekend free. Kellie from 'Don't Look Now' was super easy to listen to. She was full of great advice and tips and tricks that helped a lot. It was sad that Rose couldn't make it to sew with me and I was worried that I would have no one to talk to but luckily I sat next to Gillian who was lovely to chat to (Hi Gillian if you found my blog!) We had a bit of a sharing circle and Kellie shared her 'getting started' story then it was time to really get started. Choosing fabrics was hard (and to be honest I don't really like the ones I have chosen especially for the green leaves). Kellie kept reminding us that it wasn't about the fabrics so much in this piece but the techniques that ...

Truth be told this block scared me when I first saw it. And now I feel guilty cause it was soooo easy and fun! Mine will be the last one to return home. Thanks to Amy for providing a great tutorial link and some wonderful fabrics to work with. This is not my colour pallet or usual fabric prints at all but I enjoyed working with them....so much so that I am planning my own quilt using this block....one day.... I only just had enough fabric so Amy won't be getting any scraps back...but she can have a nice photo of the (lovely) mess on my floor!

Rachel is making a quilt for her littlest monkey. Pretty sweet butterflies for Maya. They will all be home soon and I'm looking forward to seeing them all together. My butterflies are missing their antennae, Rachel said she wouldn't mind adding them when the get back....I am yet to master a french knot!

2 Blocks for Kate. I'm really enjoying all the different blocks I get to tackle for this. The colours are just lovely in these moasic blocks. They would look lovely in just about any colour I think. Hope Kate likes them!

This is what my husband says...here is proof they can! Aden had all the right actions! PS. There is NO blade in that cutter. Aden kept wanting (and taking) my new cutter so I took the blade out of the old one and let him play to his hearts content!