current observations

Author: Libby

  • Happy Flags

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    Floriade is almost finished for another year, and not as awe inspiring as previous years. It could have been for the fact that we went on a Sunday (too crowded) and spent half our time looking for a lost pink pig that my youngest insisted on bringing with him (we didn’t find it). I did…

  • Quilt Project – Take Nine – It’s Finished!

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    I have finally finished! It’s only taken me… what… 8 months. I simply cannot understand how some people churn out 20 quilts a year. Anyway, it looks fabulous on our bed and is incredibly warm to sleep under, thanks to the bamboo batting. A big thanks to Joy and A Joyful Soul Fabrics for assuring…

  • Sportacus in the house!

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    My youngest is completely enamoured with Sportacus the character from the TV show called Lazy Town, which hails from Iceland of all places! As a reward for all his stickers on his toilet reward chart (yes we are tackling toilet training) he got this very cool Sportacus suit. He loves dressing up and he decided…

  • The Vanishing Boy!

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    This is just so strange that I had to take a photo of it. My eldest has taken to laying out his clothes, as above, when he’s getting undressed for a bath. We have no idea why. I walked into his room and saw this! It reminded me of the Wizard of Oz when the…

  • Ahhh Poppies

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    Spring has well… sprung in Canberra. Yesterday was so warm and the outside so inviting the perfect start to Floriade – our annual tulip festival. Today is a cold, rainy and very windy but at least we’ve had a taste of what’s to come. I can’t help but take photos of flowers and this bunch…

  • Quilt Project – Take Eight – Just Missing a Cat

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    I thought I’d include this picture that shows I’ve finally got around to putting the binding on my quilt. When I looked at it it reminded me of many other pictures of quilts in sewing machines that always seem to have a cat lurking nearby. Now it’s time to do a little hand sewing… sigh!

  • More From Etsy

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    It will come as no surprise to you that I love Etsy. It’s the one site that I can waste so much time and, if I had it, I would probably spend a lot of money there also. I am always looking out for quilt inspiration even though I manage about to create one quilt…

  • Quilt Project – Take Six and Seven

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    A little belated I know. Here’s the tale end of my quilt project. It is now on it’s way to be professionally quilted. This is the backing fabric drying on our line. There was 9.5 yards of it so it was quite unruly to handle. My last step was to lay it all out on…

  • In Memory

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    No pictures today. I just wanted to stop and pause and remember my dear old uncle who shuffled off this mortal coil a year ago today at the ripe old age of 87! In doing so, he left all his earthly possessions to me and his gift has done much for our family in the…

  • Going crazy at Etsy

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    I have been having a lovely time browsing Etsy lately and in the process have bought myself a couple of housewarming presents. This one completes my Utensils collection. My eldest chose this one, I couldn’t decide between the spatulas and the egg beaters so he chose the egg beaters. It was such a good choice…