Back to it....

My task for today is painting our two downstairs bathrooms. We are finally having our shower screens installed on Thursday so it dawned on me last week that we had better finish painting the bathrooms before it is impossible to do so after the shower screens go in.

Having baths everyday was so great in the beginning, after not having many over our long and awful drought, but it really does wear off after a while and, now, I am longing for a shower!

So, this morning, I have puttied the nail holes and siliconed the gaps so that they are dry and ready for painting as soon as I have finished blogging this morning!

That's a pretty good use of time is it not?

Here are just a few little snippets of other happenings.

These were flowers from my parents' garden which Dad brought with him last time he was here helping us out. I say "were" because they are all dead now but they were beautiful while they lasted!

I cut out a stack of my Matryoshkas last week. These are a simpler version, to the others I have for sale, and will be a bit cheaper - perfect for Christmas presents or stocking fillers!

I will be adding the "Christmas" section to the website again very soon - as soon as I have finished a few more "Christmassy" flavoured goodies!

And, I will post a few photos of the house at a later date when we have actually finished something!!!

I hope you have all backed a winner in the "Melbourne Cup" today?
I think I like the sound of "Roman Emperor" trained by Bart Cummings.
Not because he is trained by one of the world's leading horse trainers but, just because I like the name. How girly is that!!!
I will have to remember to put the paint brush down at 2pm and watch it.
If you have the day off today, enjoy it!
Kathryn. XX

Quilt #3 Stacked Coins

Well, here it is finally finished. Quilt #3 The Stacked Coins Quilt.

I started machine quilting it on Friday afternoon at "Sewjourn" and by Friday evening had finished it completely. It was a good start to the weekend. I had planned to have it finished on Friday so that I could work on the Irish Flower Chain Quilt for the rest of the weekend.

I quilted it about 1cm inside the seam on the coins then stippled around them on the white.
The binding was even made entirely of scraps!
I must say it is really pretty and I love the fact that a lot of my favourite fabrics are in here.
A lot of the scraps were my last bits of these fabrics. :(

I didn't do any sewing yesterday - maybe I was all sewed out from the weekend!!! But I did have to finish this order for a lovely lady in the USA today.

Christmas Stockings already - this lady is organised!!

And this pretty number has just been popped into the shop and etsy.

What quilt will I start next I wonder?

Kathryn. XX

Christmas is here!!

The "Cottage Christmas" section of "Our Shabby Cottage" is now open for business!

This is another larger patchwork stocking that I finished off yesterday - yes, I do like to leave things until the last minute!!

My two boys will be on school holidays after today. It's a "Footy" theme for their last day. and it was wondeful to see so many kids dressed up and joining in. I'm so glad the holidays are here. Now, I can stay in my PJ's till after 10am..watch movies...play games...go on outings together....and generally not run around like a headless chicken in the mornings!!

You get the idea!

Don't forget to enter the giveaway in the previous post. You must leave a comment on that post to be in the draw.

You have until Monday night.

I will do the draw with my boys on Tuesday!!

Hope everyone will have a great weekend.

Kathryn XX

More Christmas Goodies...

I made these pretty stockings yesterday and added the frilly bits last night whilst watching T.V.

I'm pretty happy with how they turned out and, I must say, I am very tempted to keep them!

Now, this stocking has taken me ages to finish. I have picked it up and put it down so many times. But, today, I finally managed to get into the right frame of mind to get it done.

It has beautiful shabby fabrics, buttons, roses, bells, ribbons, lace, chenille, ruffles, rhinestones, vintage trim and more!

Here is where I need help.....

I have no idea what price to put on it for the shop. I estimate, it has taken me, 10 hours to finish.

What would you pay for something like this?

I hope everyone has a great weekend,

KathrynXX