susan in stitches

Felicity asked me how the Challenge piece is coming along so I thought I'd better get up to date. The ground rules are that we have to ...

Something happened yesterday that made me profoundly unhappy and I'm still not exactly over it. I have debated whether I was going to sa...

You can tell the summer break is coming to an end. Life is picking up pace again. Yesterday was spent : learning how to milk a goat and gene...

okay so it didn't start off the best. David decided to see just how long Mum's favourite vintage-look retractable brass tape measure...

The most important news today [ and yesterday actually ] is RAIN. After a week of well over 30degC , we have rain ... 11 mm yesterday and I ...

I've decided to share the pattern for the fingerless mitten / wristwarmers from yesterday's post with all the usual caveats. I'm...

I know that I've mentioned before that we're not on 'town' water out here. My supply comes off the roofs and into a 113,000 ...

Warning! Baby photos ahead. Dave and I did the unthinkable. I actively CHOSE to drive down to Melbourne on Sunday without there being some s...

You know how it goes. Someone says " So what've you been up to in the last 3 months?" and you don't have much of an answer...

I wouldn't go as far as saying I have too much yarn. As stashes go, my yarn collection is miniscule compared to some I have seen. After ...

I think that there must be some kind of intergalactic 'hot spot' centered on my abode. Strange things have been happening. Take, for...

Quick ... while Blogger is behaving ... here are some more photos from our mini retreat: first is one of a series of seasonal wallhangings t...

Picture this scene if you will: 35 degree C [ something mid 90 ish F ] and stick-you-to-your-seat humid because we'd finally had some ra...

I avoid checking the Post Box for up to 2 weeks at a time. I love collecting [ and sorting ] buttons. I've done this ever since I was ti...

I only wear 5 colours. Blues, teal/turquoise, reds, plums/purples and black. The couple of pieces in my wardrobe that don't conform were...

My only resolution this year is to be happy. I suspect that this will involve much reading, gardening, knitting, quilting, friends and hopef...

I've been mentally tallying up the FOs for the year and the news is all good. On the quilt front I finished 10 things that I can remembe...