Dorothy's threads of life

It started last night, pouring down with thunder almost on top of us. Needless to say the spouting filled so quickly it overflowed. It raine...

On Fridays I go to Somerset   patchwork shop and sit and chat and sew with about 16 - 20 other ladies. We laugh, sometimes too loud for the ...

The weather is lovely, the sun is shinning and it is not too hot. A Beautiful Day. I finally got some photos of my Leannes House quilt. S...

Yesterday I went to Castlemaine for the 1st Applique Society meeting of 2013. I was picked up at 6.45am and off we set with a wonderful day...

Not long ago Lori of Humble Quilts  had the pattern for a little quilt called Abundance and I took a copy of the instruction. So after some ...

I 've been sewing a project that I bought a number of years ago and although I had all the fabric, threads and cloth that were cut out a...

I,ve been watching the Aus Open tennis and doing a bit of X Stitching. It's a Stacy Nash pattern which I've had for a while and when...

  I finished   machine quilting my wallhanging with the houses. I try and do the smaller quilts I make and leave my large quilts to the p...

Today we had a visit from our son, daughter in-law and 2 of our Grand daughters, Grace and Indie. It was a very hot day, 39C. and we had a ...

I have been trying to finish some of the projects I started in 2012.  The the last few days I've finished Block No.6 Of Yoko Saito's...

Happy New Year   to all, may 2013 be a Healthy, Happy and Quilty.   I have been busy sewing between Christmas and the New Year as I...

I cut some of the Kangaroo Paw and brought it indoor. Such a wonderful colour for Christmas.     I finished making a cot quilt for...

I made a wool bag for my online Christmas Swap and liked how it turned out so I made two more. One for a Kris Kringle and one for myself. No...

Today is a hot day! 33C. Just the perfect time to wash quilts and get them on the line to dry.  Today I washed my Oak Leaves and Turkey Feat...

My DH saw the flower yesterday, how long it has been there we don't know but this is the first time this thicket of tall strap leaves h...

It has been a very busy month. My new Grand daughter, Indie Alexis arrived on the 8th Nov. while my brother was visiting from Scotland. Mum...