The new arival

I left home yesterday for a visit to the horse dentist with one horse on a float and came home with 2, well one and a quarter..lol My gorgeous old friend of 24 years Rebel passed away in December not long after his 34th birthday. I miss him dearly and so did my other horse " Rocca", I felt awful seeing him all by himself with no horse to talk to.

Well it must have been karma as this little miniature pony was offered to me, supposedly a bit of a grump with a few bad habits but hey, we can all be like that cant we. On our way home we stopped for a quick visit and I was talked into loading him onto the float as well ( although he would have fit in the back seat..lol).

Ive called him "Salem" as hes a bit of a devil and does have a few cheeky ways but otherwise hes real sweety. A bit of time spent on him and he will be fine, hes only 3 years old so Im thinking about breaking him in.

Rocca seems very happy with his new companion and the size difference doesn't seem to be a problem, its quite funny to watch them together though. When I call them up for dinner my big boy thunders up and then miles behind with his teeny tiny little legs going as fast as they can go is little Salem, hilarious!..

Scrapalicious !!

Here is my latest finished quilt, I have named it Scrapalicious!!

I sat hand stitching the binding to the back of my quilt by the glow of the television whilst watching Desperate Housewives then Brothers & sisters until finally the last stitch was in place.....ahhhh all done, I love that feeling.

I started this scrappy quilt before Christmas and have finally moved it from the unfinished projects pile to the end of my bed. I was on a bit of a mission to get my stash pile down but as I mentioned in my previous post, I always seem to be missing just that bit of something, I know all you crafters out there know exactly what I'm talking about. I refrained quite well though on this one I think. Its made completely from my scrap pile with the exception of the gorgeous hot pink fabric I used for the binding which I had sitting there waiting for ever ( along with all the rest ) for the right project to come along . As for my scrap pile, well, its still enormous. I think it always will be.

I have two quilts under construction at the moment, one in its final stages with the top being completed and I have just started an heirloom quilt for my mum, I really should learn to finish one thing before starting another but when the mood strikes you just have to take action ( and I might forget my ideas .lol.) ....

Unil next time,

Patchwork Pretty..

I love spots, even my horse has them..

Ive been spending a bit more time in the saddle than behind the sewing machine lately. I did manage to make this pretty patchwork bag the other day. I have so many scraps in my stash at the moment, I thought what better thing to make than a scrappy patchwork bag with some of my favourite pinks. Well one thing led to another and the moment I finished the bag I started on a new scrap quilt which I planned on making completely from my scrap stash, I love making scrap quilts and I cant tell you how many i have made as I have lost count, but I can tell you that no matter how hard I try to refrain from purchasing any more fabric I always weaken ( I havent yet, yippee ), there's always just that little bit of something missing. I have finished the top and am now in the process of quilting the 3 layers together and then of course there's the binding.. Strangely after completing the bag and the quilt top my stash looks not one teeny bit smaller, it could be that half a yard of pink roses that I just had to have or maybe the polka dots.

Creativity !!

I found this so ummm cute? well funny anyway I just had to share. My son made this clay monster a few days ago, now dry he brought it out proudly to show me. If you look really closely you can see he has leaves for ears and arms, his hair is made from carefully selected little twigs. Now if you look really closely, really closely

Can you see what his eyes, nose and mouth are made from?? Can you guess?

If you thought Rabbit Poo then you would be right, yep, very carefully placed rabbit poo. Now thats what I call creative..lol

Dinner Guests

We awoke to a gorgeous drizzly morning this morning, not rain unfortunately but at least a little sprinkle. In the background I could also hears birds, lots of birds. I grabbed the camera to take some snaps of these gorgeous Rainbow Lorikeets feasting on my apple trees. The apples this year have suffered and arent nearly as good as the past few years, many are sunburnt and small but the trees are laden and my guests only seem to eat the ones I cant reach anyway so we dont mind sharing. The ones that fall or get dropped on the ground are then eaten by the sheep, goats and cows so nothing goes to waste at least. Arent they pretty, the colours are just amazing!

What the ?????

I'd like to introduce you to my cat Mufasa ( named after the Lion king of course ), the boys chose him from an animal shelter a couple of years ago and he is a fabulous farm cat. He is fearless by nature and spends his day hunting rabbits which are bigger and heavier than him, hes quite amazing.
The kennel pictured belongs to Flash the Jack Russell.
We arrived home this afternoon to find Mufasa fast asleep in Flash's kennel, with apparently no intention of moving, even the poor Flash couldnt get him out, he stood there barking for ages, Mufasa didnt even bother to completely open his eyes, he just ignored him... Poor Flashy who will take on a fox without hesitation would not dare to mess with the cat..
Looks like I may have to get another kennel.. I hope Flash's pride isnt too badly bruised. lol
Photos taken in order of the event..

Sweet Cupcakes

Well here they are, my new range of cushions.

I have had great fun making these and there are many more on the way in lots of different colors and textures, my ideas seem limitless at the moment, now all I have to do is jot them down so I dont forget them all.

Does anyone else have that problem? Sometimes there is just no stopping me and other times I have " sewers block " where i just sit and wonder hmm what can I make, but all that comes to me is a big nothing....

I have taken a couple of custom orders Cupcake cushions with little girls names requested underneath in place of the word "Cupcake" and they look so sweet.

Its nice to get back into the swing of things, it sure has taken me a while this year. Time seems to just vanish, where does it go?

Ive managed to list a few on ebay and also a couple on my website.

Take care,

A bushfire Sunset

Beautiful pictures caused by the most destructive fires Australia has ever seen.

I took these pictures on Sunday the 8th from my back verandah, the night after these devastating fires began. This eerie sunset was caused by the Bunyip Ridge fire.
I wont go into it any more than this, Im sure these fires have made the news worldwide and everyone everywhere is quite aware of the devastating effect this has had on so many without me posting devastating details about it.
So many innocent people and animals living through a time that would seem like nothing short of Hell on earth.
To help in this time of crisis you can visit http://www.redcross.org.au/
Stay safe

The " Anna Bag "

Here are some pictures of my latest bag which I made for a friend of mine who happens to be a very talented artist and newly obsessed quilter. If she hasn't got a paintbrush in her hand then shes probably churning out her next quilt .. I love how this one turned out, it would have to be one of my favourites.

The colors were inspired by the pictures of my back paddocks, and although the colors out there are beautiful it would be nice to see a little more green amongst it ... hint hint, c'mon rain!!

Until next time

Have a nice day!

When the cows come home.

We had these new Angus steers delivered yesterday, they certainly wont be short of food, the grass is up to my waist. I went out to check our new arrivals this morning on the motorbike ( no walking in that long grass for me ..snakes !!) with my camera around my neck to get some quick snaps. Very content, chewing..

Ive been inspired by the gorgeous neutral colors of the back paddock this week and have almost finished a couple of new creations. I will post the piccies when Im done.

Until next time,

Have a nice day!

Raspberries and Cupcakes

Wow, halfway through January already! Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas, I know we all did here, plenty of fishing, camping etc and now sadly the holidays are over and its back into it again for another year. I thought I would share a couple of my latest creations for my ebay store with you, strangely everything I have made in the last couple of days is food related, the Raspberry tote bag and then the cupcake cushions, I think it must be because I'm on a bit of a health kick trying to shed the few kilos I received for Christmas, I must be subconsciously have food on my mind, all those leftovers and fruitcake ( my fave ) certainly doesn't help ones figure..lol I adored this gorgeous raspberry fabric and although I have an absolute closet full of fabric ( some would call it an addiction ) I just had to have it. I thought it would be nice on the lids of my homemade jam jars. My raspberries did terribly this year due to the strange weather I guess, the few I have been getting are quickly gobbled up by the kids, so sadly no raspberry jam this year. The plum trees have been good though so we will have plum jam at least. YUMM.
Have a nice day!