Sewing and Mowing...

Busy, busy, busy. I'm getting very good at finding reasons not to spend a few minutes posting. Not the least of which is that The Tramp and I seem to be having a bad run of migraines. I'm hoping it's just the seasonal change thing and the days of pain will be over soon.

Anyway...we have been busy nonetheless. I've jumped on the thrift shop bandwagon. I haven't found any "terrific" bargains but I have been buying cotton shirts and things for making Bonnie's Blue Ridge Beauty quilt. This is the photo from Bonnie's website. I'm determined to do the "leaders and enders" thing. I hope mine comes out like this!


So I put my first load of thrifted clothing through the wash. (The stuff on the right) I had shirts, skirts, capris and of all things, a maternity dress.


Ngaire was pretty bored with the whole laundry thing (it didn't involve tennis balls) so she made herself comfortable under the towels.


Then I mowed "my" bit of lawn. I do the part by the gardens with the little electric mower. The Tramp takes care of the rest with the big orange beast. Too noisy for me! The other stuff I bought at the thrift shop were plates. I'm using them to edge the garden.

The garden is starting to shape up. Not that you can tell from this photo. The lawn is still pretty bad. Still full of holes from the tree removal session. And the bit of long grass with the fence around it in front of the garden is our own private little cesspool. We're hoping the septic people will be here by the end of this week!


I had to fence it to stop myself from stepping in it. Which I did.....twice! Ewwwwww.


The weather has been sooooo beautiful I can sit outside with my piles of shirts and things and start to cut them up.


And while I'm working, the intrepid Ngaire protects our yard from the neighbor's cats. She's very serious about it. Just as serious as the cats are about teasing her. Here she is with every hair on her body quivering with excitement.

And she wears a groove in the ground running back and forth. (much to the amusement of the cats)


I have also finally finished putting the little colored plastic backs on my basting pins. Ouch. What a job. I didn't realize it was going to require a pair of pliers and several hours work!

Today I basted the Bargello Bowl quilt...finally.


I even managed to do it without stepping on Madam's nose. :-) (Those cats wear her out.)


I also finished the rest of Part 4 of Orange Crush. Phew! Those last 10 blocks are the hardest. :-) The DVD player in my sewing room stopped working so The Tramp hooked up another one. He also hooked up my dad's leftover stereo to it and attached an Airport Express so I can listen to iTunes in there as well. So I watched Jethro Tull Live at Montreux while finishing the blocks this morning and then enjoyed cranking up iTunes while I basted. Nice. Thanks honey.