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We built a fence

It looked like this

now it looks like this after two days of hard work with some help from great friends we have a finished fence!

I haven't been doing much sewing as fence building has taken up most of our time the past few days. I have started making some of the wee felt things to go in our advent calender

and cute stocking for the cat and dog.

I don't plan on doing much else to prepare for Christmas today- feeling sleep deprived and grumpy! Hoping for a better day!

Photo Friday

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Take a guess at what we are replacing this weekend!

We had Canterbury Anniversary day on Friday. We didn't take the day off Friday \ and go to the Canterbury A&P Show, we had a quiet day at home.

Sago is settling in well. She is doing really well with learning commands like "sit", "come", "stay"- and it sure does help if there is a treat for her! She is very content at sitting under my chair while I sew. The downside to having her around while I am quilting (laying out the batting and basting) is she quite likes to chew on the cotton batting!

Quilt waiting for binding

Binding

Here are both quilts finished!

Front

Back

I made the lap quilt finished size 106cm wide and 127.5cm long (41.5'' x 50 '')

I made this square block lap quilt finished size 101cm wide and 147cm long (39.5'' x 57.5'')

My knitting is coming along.

I have also been working on these needle books as gifts for crafty friends. They just need some hand stitching for finishing

I harvested Rhubarb

Rhubarb and Hokey Pokey Ice cream for dessert :D Yummy!!!

Quilting, stitching, painting!

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This quilt is a gift for a friend. Looking forward to getting it quilted and the binding on. I hand stitched some words on basic cotton and added them at the end. Words like- smile, family, friends, hope, love.

Front quilt

Close up

Quilt for Kathy is now quilted and waiting for binding. Love how it looks and love the pattern on the back!

Quilt front

Quilt back

Close up back

I started our Christmas tree skirt. Its very green and red (Christmas tree theme this year) I used the blocks I had made for the table runner but decided they looked better here!

Tree skirt

Advent pots with numbers

Font used

I printed out a sheet of numbers 1-25 then used charcoal on the back and a fine pen and drew over the numbers and it transferred the number. Used black acrylic paint to paint on the numbers. Easy and it looks consistant and pretty!

Our christmas cards are coming along! Still lots to do but should have all 60 made up this week.

Hooray for productivity!!!

New addition to our family!

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Introducing our new puppy Sago. She is 8 weeks old and really sweet, full of energy and really happy to lie down and nap! Master B and Master W thinks she is pretty cool!