Pockets!

Entered Dale's (The Thread Studio) competition on Facebook for a pack of Victory rayon threads and shock of shocks...I won! I'm on a bit of a roll, because I won a raffle prior to Christmas and now, this...up until the raffle, I had never won anything, so this is a bit of a surprise. Thanks, Dale!!!

I have a plan for the threads. I want to use them to make a pocket for Dale's challenge 'Pick a Pocket'. The ideas are fermenting and it does mean I have to go to the NGV and see the Lace exhibition. Poor me, I don't know how I'll cope!

The main issue, however, will be employing a bit of Nike philosophy and 'just do it', rather than think, plan, imagine and what might have been!

The quest of a bit of creativity each day is the aim...

Puppy Stuff!

Went with Allison to buy 'stuff' for the new pup: new bowl, a tiny red collar, ball on a rope, and Kong for her to chew!

Finally, got back to quilting the big quilt that has been sitting here for too long! I just had to let go the 'it has to be perfect'...it will be as perfect as it is and that is that. It was just a great sense of relief to begin stitching it again, a few stitches at a time.

Read Anna Goldsworthy's book, Piano Lessons and would highly recommend it! It made me want to dig out my very old copy of JS Bach's Minuet from Anna Magdalena's notebook, but couldn't find it...so headed to Allans and bought a copy, with Beethoven's Fur Elise, easy version. I was never allowed to learn it when I was a kid, so now is as good a time as any. It will be on the electronic keyboard, but the piano sound is fine and I feel a little bit inspired!

New family member!

Let me introduce our newest member of the family...we have only just met and she will come and live with us in a few weeks!

Like Portia, who I miss dreadfully, she is a Cairn Terrier and seems to like a bit of adventure. We haven't named her yet, though there is a short list, and soon she will romping around the backyard with Angus, trying to chew his floppy Cocker Spaniel ears!

Dates!

I just realised that my dates were wrong for the posts...didn't seem to occur to me that they would be on US time and not Melbourne, Australia time!

More drawing for the Creative Quilting course: this time, lines. Pen is definitely easier! I like the top drawing of the cat, fossil and shoe.

Happy New Year!

Just wishing everyone a happy New Year!

The view of the fireworks in Melbourne, was very impressive from home...and the ones a couple of houses down, even more so!

Today spent cleaning out the pantry, which was a job that desperately needed doing! I swapped the food processor, blender, and rice cooker to the drawer under the microwave and put the stuff from the draw (super huge casserole, stockpot) in the cupboard, under the crockery. Hopefully, it will make me use the processor and blender more than I do, 'cos they were just so darn awkward to get out!

I am still deciding whether to take part in the Sketchbook Challenge or if the Creative Quilting course is enough...