Looking forward - dodgy knee.

Moving to our new home was,  in part, a result of  the fact that I injured my knee a couple of years ago.  Our Mount Eliza home became unmanageable.

Preparing our home for sale was lots of fun (and some stress).


Having put a deposit on our next home meant that we were under time pressure.  Fortunately we had already decided on an agent to sell our house.  Marc was to become a very important person in our lives for a couple of months.

Whenever we have sold a house I have bought new linen for the bedrooms and bathrooms.  This way I have new linen for the new home.

The people at Adairs Mornington were so helpful and I was very pleased with the result.

I was also doing a little stitching of course but most of my creative energy went into the house.

I did a short course on using Photoshop which was lots of fun and very useful.

It is time to cook so I'll be off now.

Thanks to everyone who visits and comments.

Felt

 Although life is rather busy and disrupted at present I am making time to be creative.  Using felt as a background and adding fabrics, stitching and embellishments I have created a container for pens or scissors: my husband tells me it is an ideal size for a small bottle of beer. 

 The second one is made from some felt I made quite a long time ago wrapped around a tin which is lined with shop bought felt.

These are quick and easy projects and are good for using up the bits and pieces in the stash.

Changing houses

Moving house is an unsettling process but it can also be really exciting.

We decided to move from our house in Mount Eliza when I found the hilly block just too difficult to manage.   We had looked at several houses fairly close to where we were as we love the area.

I must admit it was a difficult time emotionally as we had a lot of work to do to prepare the house for sale.  We had developed a very close relationship to our next door neighbours (including the twins who are my god daughters).

Then one Saturday we made a list of five properties to view in a last ditch effort to find our dream home.  
 The first two just did not suit us and we were already feeling discouraged.  The third house was not what we were looking for, with only three bedrooms.  We need a room for Mike's office and a studio/office for me.  We also need space for the grandkids to come and stay.  There were many reasons not to like the house but as soon as we walked in the front door we were captivated by the house.  It just felt right.  It is not glamorous.  It is not modern and it is not characterful but it spoke to us.

 We inspected the house on Saturday, made an offer on Saturday.  Then we had to sell our existing house.  Panic.  More about that next time.

Buttons and Bees

I am busy making some items for sale at the Spring art show.  This will be a little button and is coming along nicely.

This little bee was very busy a few weeks ago and now we have apricots to look forward to.  I love having a productive garden.

Finding time

It is a long time since I posted on my blog:a lot has happened.

We sold our house and bought a new home.

My grandchildren have grown and changed a lot.

I still stitch.

Our new garden is beautiful with so many flowers.  It is very different from the previous garden.  There are lots of bulbs and shrubs. 

I have a new work area and we needed to have a wall added so I can shut the door on my "work".  Now that the wall is complete I have to tidy up the space.

The Spring Art show is approaching so I am busy working on some things for sale.

Now I need to do a bit more in this room.  I'll be back again soon.

Time to stitch

 It has been a very busy few months: we are working hard renovating our house ready for sale, busy with family and friends and lots of medical appointments and tests.




Well the health issues are sorted, the house is coming on well and other responsibilities are settling down too.




I have found it difficult to make time to create and even harder to blog but here I am.




You can see I have been doing some free machine stitching using scraps of fabric and  threads between two sheets of water soluble film.  I added some lace as well and then rinsed it leaving it a little sticky.



I wanted to make a candle holder (for led candle) so I wrapped it around a bottle and left it overnight to dry.



I am quite pleased with the results so far.

Bugs and roses

 Today Ally (my granddaughter) and I went to the Mornington Botanical Rose Gardens for a bit of photo therapy.  

We have had a lot of rain and cold weather lately and a lot of the roses are showing signs of damage.  

 

There are also plenty of bugs around.

The  roses are still beautiful though.

We are really lucky to have these gardens so close to our home.