Scatterday ...... The letter Y

Well the letter Y didn't prove to be as hard as I expected once I thought about it. Here is what I came up with

Green........Yuletide means Christmas season which we are just heading out of, so naturally what is green and associated with Yuletide. Christmas tree, now I could have just photographed the Christmas tree but that was too easy so I photographed two ornaments that are Christmas tree and green, one a beaded one which you need to look hard to see and another was given to me in a swap.......

School Days...... a little harder till I drove past the school yard the other day and saw it. A yellow slide in the school yard. So I asked Hubby to go back and photograph it for after all he likes playing this game too. He said I will get him locked up but he didn't and got the photo.

Animals....... We are a little short on animals starting with Y and I thought of Yabbies but hubby said enough was enough he was not going looking for yabbies in 30+ deg heat so I cheated and googled this one.......

So until next week that is it for us. Hubby and I.

I am off to do some more packing we are moving house in a little under two weeks

Scatterday The letter S

Well here we are Saturday again, and it is Scatterday, I found today quite easy and took all but one photo this morning.

Christmas... Was easy as already had this photo, Sam with Santa and of course Amy is there also. Two of my beautiful grandchildren and look at the magic of Christmas in their eyes.

Medical Things..... Our local Dr's surgery such as it is taken this morning in the midst of the storm. Don't get me started on this surgery, we have one to service the town here and they are not very dedicated Drs. Took Hubby there this week, he has emphysema and his breathing is getting much worse, he has pain in his lung and a bronchial cough. Dr practically ignored hubby all he did was ask if he was still smoking and when hubby said yes he said I can't help you till you give up. Now I know their policy but hubby suffers PTSD and he has tried every way known to give up and not succeeded, so I do think the Drs should be a little more understanding. Well guess we now find a Dr in another town.

Beverages....... Soft Drink and this was all I had in the fridge, Lemonade for Amy as she likes upside down lemonade and cordial.(that is where you put the lemonade in first) Coke for Hubby and Ginger beer for me.

Okay Merry Christmas to all the fellow Scatterdaisies and looking forward to next week

Two More Quilts go to Children

Today we had our monthly GTG of our group Quilts for Kids. And we prepared blocks for three more quilts, two of which are already promised to children.

We were also able to share in the joy of presenting two more quilts.

Firstly we gave one to Maddie's brother Liam. You may remember we gave Maddie a quilt a little while ago. She is progressing well with her treatment for Leukemia. Well we like to give quilts to siblings in some cases and we believed in this case it was apt. So we made Liam a Pokemon quilt one of his favourite characters. We presented it to Liam's Aunt Nikki.

Then we gave little Blakey who is three and has Perthy's disease a degenerative disease affecting the hip. He was delighted and asked us could he keep it and we said of course and he said "good I am not letting the doctors or the hospital have it,I will tell them you said it is mine." A delightful little boy who may face two years of plaster casts.

So our supply of quilts is depleting so we will have to get busy and make more.....

Scatterday the letter D

Scatterday again and I found this week difficult.Never the less I have managed to take some photos with the help of hubby as you will see

Sewing.... Was hard till I thought about it and founds some Dragon blocks that I have ready for a quilt for the quilt for kids group.

Vehicle.....Now this may be a cheater. DH's( Darling Hubby) car and he is a darling he drove all around town last night looking for a car that started with D and even went out to a mate's to take a photo of his Dodge truck but it wasn't there. So we had to settle for his car. Which technically isn't his car as it is registered in my name but he drives it the most.

Touchy Feely ........... Firstly our Dog Ebony she is definitely touchy feely and here she is begging for a scratch. Secondly two of my Darling grandchildren Amy and Sam, enjoying the wonderment of Christmas. Amy with the Advent Calender her clever mum my daughter ( Michelle ) made and then meeting Santa.

Onward to next week will go check what we have.

No Scatterday again.

There is no Scatterday this week as I am afraid I have not had enough time, where the time has gone I do not know. Will make sure I get on the ball for next week.

My day so far......Firstly a quick tidy up as had the Quilt for Kids group was coming this morning to see two quilts presented. Then SIL arrived early crying help. She had forgotten how I told her to make the carry bag for one of the quilts so I quickly whipped that up giving me time to quickly wash the brekkie dishes and we even had time for a cuppa. Ladies arrived followed at 11 am by the mother of one of the babies and the great gran of the other. One baby is 12 weeks old and has a hole in the heart, had a stroke last week and is blind in one eye. She has an operation this coming Friday so keep her in your prayers. The other baby in Brisbane was born 3 months too early weighs about 600 grams and is not doing so well. Both were overwhelmed with the quilts and very grateful.

Then after all left Hubby arrived home and SIL stayed and had lunch with us. After she left I decided to make the Christmas puddings three in all. All Gluten free, they are cooking as I type, five hours cooking. Have to make three as we have Christmas dinner as a family Christmas Eve, then we go to SIL for Christmas lunch so that takes care of two and I give the third to a niece of my daughter's who is Coeliac also.

So now to decide what is for tea.....

No Scatterday this week

We are going away Friday for the weekend and will return home on Monday. I will publish my photos when I return home because I know my sister has a hobby which starts with M and I am sure she will have some weapons that start with M also.
See you all next week
Christina

Scatterday

Scatterday is here again. this week the letter was T and the categories were

Clothing...I chose a T shirt simple, in fact all my choices today are simple.

Purple... Tye Dyed Fabric, not 100% sure this is Tye Dyed but it looks like it could be.

Hot Things..... Of course had to be my morning pot of Tea could not start the morning without my cup of tea.

Looking forward to next week.

Quilt delivered and On it way

Late this afternon I met the Aunt of the little girl, Maddie, who will recieve one of our first finished quilts. Nicki, the Aunt is a lovely lady and was so grateful for all we could do. She loved the quilt and was amazed with how much work had gone into it. Nicki told us Maddie's grandmother will deliver the quilt to Maddie this weekend.

She told us about Maddie, she is just 3 years old. Just on a week ago she had an odd looking rash on her tummy that spread and her mum took her to the local Dr in Shepparton Victoria where they live. within 24 hours Maddie was in Melbourne in the Royal Children's Hopsital and had begun aggressive chemo and other treatment. They have been told she may lose the ability to walk for a while because of the treatment and it is looking like that will be the case as she is tottering over a lot. Maddie faces several weeks of this treatment then chemo once a week for two years, yes I did say two years. She has a98% survival chance so that news is good. Presently Maddie , her mum, dad and baby sister (4 months old) is staying in Ronald Mc Donald house.

MAddie has an older brother who is 10 years old. He is staying with his Grandparents in Shepparton. He is devastated with all that is happening and very confused. So I offered him a quilt also. His Aunt was astounded. I asked her what he would like and she said he likes Pokemon, it jsut so happens we have a pokemon quilt on the go, so a quick ring around tonight and we will finish it off for him tomorrow.

The Photo above is Maddie's Aunt recieving the quilt From me this afternoon.

We have been informed Ronald Mc Donald house in Melbourne would like to recieve quilts to pass on to sick children, so after we send the first batch of quilts to Westmead Hospital we will be sending quilts to Ronald Mc Donald house for a few months.

Quilts for Kids Update

While I haven't been writing of our progress with the Quilts For Kids, it doesn't mean we haven't been busy. I have a band of willing sewers and I have to work hard to keep in front of them.

We have finished five quilts, four cot quilts and one single bed quilt. We have three single bed quilts almost ready to quilt and we have7 other quilts in block stage some almost finished and some still a little way to go.

I have made a mosaic of the quilts we have finished. The bag is for the Southern Belle Lady quilt. Recently we heard of a local family who has a niece in the Royal Children's Hospital, she is three years old and just diagnosed with Leukemia. She faces years of frequent trips to hospital so we decided to present her Aunt with a quilt and ask her to pass it on to her niece. The only single bed one we had finished was this one so we hope she likes it. I made the bag and added the soft toy so that mum just has to grab the bag when she heads off to hospital.

Scatterday The letter H

Oh dear another week goes by and I have not posted to my blog. Life gets rather busy sometimes....

This week the letter was H and the Categories were

Human... And I thought Human Hair, and my beautiful granddaughter Amy has her ballet concert this weekend she is preforming 5 dances on two nights because the theatre was not big enough to hold everyone . Last night was the first performance and tonight we are going to watch her. It takes hours for my daughter to do her hair and she sits patiently while her mum does it and she is only 5 years old. Doesn't she look lovely.

Toys... Horatio and Hamish Two of my wonderful teddies given to me by my youngest son quite a number of years ago when I had to go to hospital for an operation. Also the letter H in the alphabet train hubby makes. The other H set in a mosaic.

Soft... My beautiful Healing Heart Quillow is so soft and cuddly.The hearts were sent to me from two online Quilting groups in May after my sister died. I had enough to make my quillow and four cushions one for each of my sisters and one for mum. They all love their cushions as much as I love my quillow which lives on my bed.

Scatterday

Another week has gone by, the time sure goes fast these days.

Today is Scatterday and the letter O was quite difficult. Just when I was about to give up some inspiration came to me yesterday afternoon

The categories are

Breakfast I chose Organic Cornflakes Unfortunately I had thrown the box out and was going to go to the supermarket and photograph another box but was not feeling well all week so you have to believe me. They are Norganic brand cornflakes and have organic on the box

Small Things Now I was really stumped with this one walking around the house and there staring at me were all my little Ornaments. So I photographed just some of my small ornamental bears and some of Hubby Peter's ornamental Buddhas there are plenty more

Shiny things Now this one was more difficult and I had to cheat. Opals, but I don't have any and was going to go to Jeweller's but again have not been out much this week so I took some photos off the Internet.

Oh almost forgot to mention that the wooden O is part of an alphabet train hubby makes.

Well now another week is gone I have met the challenge so onto next week.

I Did it !! Thanks Kate

Kate has been helping me through making a Mosaic and I have done it. thank you Kate!!!

This is a quilt I have just begun called Summer Pond. Pattern by Sindy Rodenmeyer of http://fatcatpatterns.com/ she is brilliant and her patterns are very cheap or free.... For the last couple of days I have been tracing ironing cutting and ironing and I have finally now have 20 blocks ready for appliqueing..

The pattern of course is a little rough as I couldn't rotate the corners so you have to imagine them facing the right way and I now notice I have the same photo twice twoo fish the same they should be different fish.

So now I will be as clever as the rest of the Scatterdaisies and be able to do Scatterday photos in mosaics easy when you know how........

Scatterday

Scatterday again! Where does the week go! I actually found this week hard thought it would be easy but thought about it for ages and if it hadn't been for my brilliant hubby and his tools I wouldn't have got a round thing....

Round Things....Angle grinder, hubby says the handle is round and the disc is round so I guess that passes

Vegetables.....Avocado, my favourite

Something you like the smell of.....Okay now this was hard too, so I came up with Aroma of freshly brewed coffee. I don't have coffee very often as it aggravates my panic attacks so every now and then I brew some decaffeinated coffee and enjoy it and what better excuse did I have. I love the aroma of the coffee....

Okay now what's on for next week seems it gets harder every week.

Oh Dear I failed No Scatterday today

Oh dear I have not got any photos for Scatterday today. I have had an extremely busy week this week , in fact I don't know what happened to the days between Scaterday and Scatterday. I did look for some of the catergories but living in a small country town limits me and my creative brain failed me. I aslo thought of cheating looking for photos online but couldn't do that. Also thought of copying your ideas but I think it is better to fail than cheat....So onward and upward to next week please make it easier......

Monthy GTG of Our Quilts for Kids

We have had a lovely day together with some of the busy workers of our group and we have achieved a lot today we have 5 quilts sandwiched ready to quilt. And we worked hard tracing a dragon design onto some hand dyed fabric for a stitchery and visofixing some lovely cars ready to be sewn. Again used some hand dye fabric and some beautiful spotted fabric.

Had to take a photo and hubby wanted to be in it as he says he helped which he did he helped sandwich some quilts.... We are so pleased we should have twelve quilts to send in December.

Christina

Oh Dear It's Scatterday Again

Here is it Scatterday again and I haven't posted again this week....Been very busy sewing cushion covers for this new cafe some friends are opening and this morning up at 5am to bake 4 dozen Gluten Free Muffins for them. And they have decided they need more cushion covers.....

Okay here are my photos...This week's letter was P and the categories were

Sweet Things....My darling hubby and one of our grandaughters okay I hear you say "sweet things?" His name is Peter and he is very sweet.

Metal.... Now had I had my camera with me yesterday I could have snapped numerous metal signs with "Porepunkah" on them as we went through Porepunkah to go to Bright, but no I didn't have it so my sweet thing came up with Prime mover, and we found this toy truck, yes it is metal it is old has our family name on it "Kuhne" My daughter saw it in a shop years and years ago and bought it for us.

Red....Now that was hard looked everywhere for a red Porsche but none in this small town so I came up with this red post pak as I was about to throw it out.

So now I look forward to next week.....

Christina

Scatterday The letter F

Seems my life is busy and I am not getting round to posting as much as I should. Goodness me if it wasn't fro Scatterday I wonder when I would have time to post.

I found this week hard but once I got started it was easy.

This week was the letter F, categories were

Cold Things And I chose the Freezer and a painting I did a few years ago called A Frozen Place

Signs Now I thought I would take a photo of the Fire Brigade sign but they didn't have one, so I took a photo of the CFA sign and then I got home and realised there is a For Sale sign on the house across the road, one on our place also hoping it doesn't sell then we won't have to move.

The Elements A few years ago we lived in an old farmhouse on an orchard and a Flood went through most horrible thing I have experienced. so here is a photo of the Farm Flooded . Also we are experiencing drought and need rain and we get what I call False Hope Clouds which we got yesterday,clouds that look like rain but don't have any rain. The photo was taken through my kitchen window.

Something seems to be wrong with my date when I publish this it will say Friday and Friday's date but it is actually 7:29am Saturday October 13th.

My goal this week is to publish a post more than once this week. I am busy making the bench seat cushion covers for teh Cafe but will try hard to publish more posts

Christina

It is finsihed

This afternoon I sewed the last stitch in my heart of hope quillow it is finished and I am so so happy with it. It certainly has been a healing experience as I sewed I read the hearts and remembered each of the people who sent them. For those who don't know I belong to two Internet quilting groups and when my sister died earlier this year they sent me hearts. This is a practice that the groups do they applique a heart to an square of cream fabric and they write a message on it. Sending it to anyone who is sufferring.Such a wonderful experience to be a recipient of these hearts. For the last month I have been working on sewing the hearts together and today I finished my quillow. ..... I received 120 hearts in total.

I will take my quillow along to my Craft group tomorrow they have asked about it's progress since seeing the hearts and they want to see the finished quillow. It is our open day tomorrow to raise funds for the local hospital so will display it for all to see.
As well as the quillow and the cushion for the quillow I had enough hearts for four cushions one for each of my three sisters and one for my mum. Margie's is the largest as some of the special people sent hearts for her also. The rectangle one is for Louise. The orange one for my youngest sister and the blue one for mum. They don't know about them so will be a surprise in the post for them soon.
I am so so happy with the finished result.

Hugz Christina

Scatterday Again

Wow where does the week go!!!! Here it is Saturday and I am running around at 6am trying to take photos.

Here is the result

This weeks letter was C. The categories were....

Hobbies...Now that should not have been hard, I am hobby mad and so it hubby. I found these two Cross stiches that a friend of mine made me a few years back. I need to get hubby to frame them. This friend is a male and his cross stitching is lovely. He did the fishing one for us as hubby loves fishing, and of course me with my teddys here they are going fishing too.

Furniture.....this was easy although difficult to choose what to photograph. Hubby is always making things especially coffee tables I have three. This one is his latest creation

Pizza Toppings.... At 6am??? Where do you find a pizza. Hubby had cheese on toast for brekkie so cheese is a topping hence my photo. Although hubby did tell me cheese doesn't go on top it goes on the sauce. Do you think I should stop asking for his help?

Okay on to next week looking forward to seeing what it will be

Christina

Busy Busy

Haven't been spending much time here but I have been busy sewing. In the last week I have made 8 swap blocks and yesterday I finished the first of three quilts for my niece. She is expecting a baby in November and wants a quilt for the floor a small quillow and a cot quilt. I made the floor quilt and today will start on the small quillow. The cot quilt she wants made when the baby is born.

The floor quilt is reversible first one I have every done like this wasn't easy but think the final product is not too bad. I did the centre panel and quilted it then add the side panels sort a method of QAYG.

I have been asked to make some cushion covers for a cafe. A paying job. they want twelve scatter cushions for out doors and some bench seating cushions. They dropped the fabric off last night so will make a start tomorrow on them. This one is a paying job so will enjoy the fruits of this labour.

Christina

Scatterday Again Already!!!!

Wow where has this week gone, it seems to go so fast. I haven't posted in a week. Have been busy here sewing. Caught up 8 blocks owed for a special swap and now working on a Cot quilt for my niece who is having a baby in November.

Okay now for Scatterday an easy one this week and Hubby is starting to join in and help me.

The letter W

Tools were easy as hubby has a shed full, we chose the welder and the welder mask

Black Thing again easy and from hubby's shed a water pump.

Game again immediately I thought of my grandchildren they are always playing "What's the Time Mr Wolf" so here they are with their mum and dad and grandpa ( hubby) playing their game.

Looking forward to next week haven't had a peek yet to see what it is.

Christina

Scatterday But a bit early

Saturday is Scatterday but I am always a bit slow so decided to publish my photos tonight. This week the letter was B and so much easier than last week's Q. I had so much fun this week and no trouble knowing what to photograph.

My Favourite things ..... I collect Teddy bears so no problem here, well there was a problem deciding as have over 300 in various forms, stuffed, ceramic painted. I absolutely love my Bear Table, was the reason I learned to paint, wanted to paint it, took it along to my first lesson but the teacher suggested something simpler saying she thought I was a little over ambitious. The bear table painting is titled Group therapy as each bears leans on the next. On my Bear table is three of my favourite bears. Edward(Ted) Bear, he sits with his hat in front of him, I made him he is ceramic. Then there is Bear in a Box, given to me by my granddaughter Amy, very special to me. And my Bear plate a Franklin mint plate given to me by my daughter.

Shop.....Bakery a wonderful shop here in Myrtleford. Has the most delicious cakes pies etc, none of which I can eat as I have Coeliac Disease.None the less thought I would share this lovely shop with you.

Big Things....... The Big Tree a tourist attraction here in Myrtleford. Yes it is actually called the Big Tree. It is an ancient Red Gum, once a popular meeting spot for the local Koori people. It has a girth of 34ft 9 ins ( 10.6 meters) Height is 80 ft( 24.4 meters) Spread is 90 ft( 27.5 meters)

Can't wait to see next weeks letter and Category this is so much fun.

Another Quilt Top

I am waiting on the batik fabric to finish my heart quilt so the past couple of days I have been working on a new quilt for our bed.
I am addicted to swaps, although will be taking a 6 month break soon when the current ones are finished. Last year my redworks swap ( which was actually blue work) came back and I decided to make a blue and white quilt. The embroidered blocks are little comical garden creatures and I have used a white tone on tone in between as well as white sashing and borders. Plan to quilt a large daisy type flower in the centre of each white tone on tone block, and perhaps lines on the sashing, then the same daisy pattern on the borders joined by stems. I am a real novice quilter and hoping I can manage this, I am thinking I would do free motion quilting for the daisys if I am wrong please feel free to correct me and tell me the correct procedure.
I am trying to learn how to put my photos in a collage so this is my first attempt at this also so please advice will be gratefully accepted.
Christina

It's Already Scatterday Again!

Wow where did the week go, haven't posted in nearly a week how slack is that?

Okay Scatterday today and I am certainly glad this week is over and hope next week's letter is an easier one. I really thought I would fail but have managed not to but think one could be a cheater.

The letter was Q and the subjects music, clothing and square things

Music was easy daughter had a necklace with a quaver on it so I photographed that.

Square things took some thought and I finally came up with Square Quarters now I wanted some for a swap so I cut an 8 inch block into dour 4 inch quarters

Clothing was a problem, it was suggested to me a Quicksliver T Shirt, short of accosting a teenager down the street (who I couldn't find anyway) I was not sure how I could photograph this one. Now this is where the judges may deem me as a cheater. I googled Quicksilver T Shirt and copied the photo :-)

So next week better be easier

Christina

A Sad Day

Today is a sad day for me today, My sister Barbara lost her long battle with cancer in May and today would have been her 61st birthday.

When she died so many of my online quilting friends sent me hearts. They applique a heart onto a piece of cream fabric and send to ones in need. I recieved 100 hearts since the day after Barbara died. So I chose this weekend to put the quilt together. I had enough to make a large quillow and a cushion for my sister Margie and 4 left over that I made another cushion for me.

The hearts are all shades of batik and oriental fabric and they all go together perfectly. I am waiting on some batik fabric to use for the borders but have the hearts all sewn together into a top and sharing some pictures above. There is the quilt top, the cushion for the quillow, the cushion with the green hand dyed borders for Margie and the cushion which I will add some lavender to with the four remaining hearts has an orange border.

When I finsihed the quilt top I lay it over the couch and I sat and looked at it and cried and cried more than I have since I lost Barbara. It is so bright and so much love in it I can't wait to finish it and wrap it around me. Need to wait on the batik for the borders. I didn't sort the hearts and arrange them. All I did was put them roughly into colours and take one from each pile to make 10 rows of 8 blocks and it all went together very well

This heart quilt has some much love sewn into it I am still amazed I recieved 100 hearts, they started arriving the day after Barbara died and continued everyday for almost three months was a joy to go to my letter box each day.

So I will spend the rest of the day just thinking about my sister and will probably ring my other sisters and my mum.

Scatterday

Today is Scatterday brought to you by the letter "R". Scaterrday was the brainchild of Dy and Michelle. Check out their blogs link to them below, "Random Applique".

The idea is to find 3 photos beginning with the chosen letter and in the 3 categories. This weeks letter was R and the catergories were The Arts, Childhood, The Plant world. Childhood I chose my old report card and photographed Ro Bear reading it. The plantworld was easy we have a beautiful red camellia bush growing in our front yard. The Arts was a little harder but took along my camera to my Art group on Tuesday and Iwas sure someone would be painting a picture beginning with R. Judith had just finished her painting titled Dick, I asked her was by any chance Dick's real name Richard and she said yes so I think her painting qualifies.

Next week will be a challenge the letter is "Q" and the categories are music clothing and square things. Wow this will be a challenge.

I must apologise for the scattered photos I am new to all this and they wouldn't go where I wanted them to go but lets say my Scatterday photos are really scattered.

Aaaargh !!!!!!

Why oh why do husbands never listen and then when I finally lose my patience he gets all upset....

My hubby suffers from Post Traumatic Distress, along with that he has short term memory, which means you need to repeat yourself several times.....

I try so hard to be patient and most times succeed, but this morning I am trying to do so many things. Visofix some blocks ready to distribute tomorrow for the quilts for keeps girls. Finish my bag just needed a catch for the flap, get ready for my art class and now take time out with my friend Minki and you who are reading this with a cuppa....

Okay getting off the subject here. Hubby ask not once probably at least half a dozen times who rang? Each time I say Lisa, who is the lady that is running the activities program at the school I teach beading once a week there. But the last time I say she has been trying to catch me on my mobile, ( I always forget to take it with me) and it wasn't charged. Hubby says "it is charged "he just charged it for me, I say "not now she was trying another day and got a recording." Few minutes later he says "why did she get a recording", I say "because it wasn't charged"( meaning a few days ago) Hubby says "it is charged". This conversation is repeated a few times till I give up and yell and "Not now she was trying to reach me a few days ago!!!!" Hubby gets upset and says no need to yell and now I am in the bad books. GRRRRRRR!!!!! Come on 12 o' clock when I go to Art.

Sorry to grumble but Minki was my toy cow when I was a child and he always was there for me, I am feeling guilty for my lack of patience and so I turn to Minki and whoever is reading this to make me feel better.

Thanks for reading this far. Better go smooth the waters out with a bit of luck he will forget I yelled at him funny how he never does....... Sometimes I think he just doesn't listen.

What Did I Do Today?

Father Day? What did I do? Well apart from going to Son In Law's father's home for a BBQ lunch I made a bag.

Through the week I saw a bag at the local patchwork shop I liked and the lady showed me the technique which with the help of my online quilting friends I discovered was called chenille. I had a suspicion it was called that. So I bought some tiger fabric, wanted elephant fabric but couldn't find any and I made the bag. Started it this morning and finished it this afternoon when I came home. All I have to do is sew some Velcro on the closing flap.

So let me know what you think of it.