Monday's Making

How was your Monday?

Mine was like this

Very Wet!

So much so that our back room became inundated with water.

Firstly on Sunday night .. around 10pm, then around 8am yesterday and again at 4pm.

So lots of mopping and cleaning that comes with water being inside.

Plumber arrived just after 5pm yesterday so hopefully the problem is fixed ... fingers crossed.

On a brighter note though :)

I grabbed this out yesterday

This is going to be for my Mum for Mothers Day.

I had to leave out all the light charm squares as the pattern got lost

and by 1am this morning I had a completed top!

Here it is this morning :)

I am pleased with how it has turned out.

Not my colours but they will suit my mum :o)

Finished size ended up at 47" Square.

Now when Miss Lily wakes up (she is having a bit of a sleep in as it's already 8.30am) I will hang it in her wardrobe (the only one with room) so when the desire to finish it off and quilt it hits, it is ready to go.

So how is your Tuesday looking?

On the weather front mine isn't looking to crash hot but hopefully I wont be on the end of a mop today!

Have a great one,

hugs, Sharon

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My Creative Space ......

Is also a W.I.P ........ Part 1 of 2

I like to think of myself as an organised and sometimes somewhat of a neat obsessed person! Basically I like everything to have it's place.  Here in lies my problem with my "Creative Space".  I am very luck to have a second dining room all to myself, all I need to do now is work out the best way to have it work for me.

Storage is a huge problem as this area has NO STORAGE :o(  Also, this area is just off one of the lounge rooms, the one right near the front door so I have to keep is organised as there is no door to close, especially if we have visitors. On the up side though is the fact that we usually sit in the other lounge when we do have visitors but like I said I am a little obsessive and this space doe have three doors (all glass) that do allow people to see in  :o)

Here is what I will call a before photo. I took it after I cleaned it out a couple of weeks ago.

I then went and bought this off Ebay .....

I originally had it over near my computer with my table next to it.  Problem was it made the space feel cramped so I had to rethink.  In my rethink was also my desire for a design wall.

But wall space is at a minimum as I only have the one full wall and it has my sewing table in front of it.

This got me to thinking ...... sometimes this process hurts!!  :o)

I wanted something that would serve its purpose yet be put away (or out of sight) when required.

So I looked at this .......

Huge double doors... not a wall but has potential..

Added 3 hooks above the door frame
and a curtain rod

Off to Spotlight I went ......

A couple of metres of Wadding and a few pins later
and I have a Design Wall!!!

Not a perfect Design wall as it does require pins to make stuff stay there as there is no hard backing to push the blocks to to make them stay but for the time being it is an inexpensive solution and I now get to see if I will get the use from it. If so, watch out hubby as I have seen a portable one that you might just need to make for me!!!

And look what I put on it ..........

 It is great to see how all the Farmer's wife blocks are going.

Hmmm.... this still did not sort out my storage and location problem for the unit.  

Back later to show you what I did there as Miss L has just woken and needs breakfast.

Happy stitching,

Sharon

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