Wombats are back!

This is a gorgeous wombat, is it not? Sally sent me this lovely bag all the way from Missouri and I love it. Embroidered wombat, pretty leafy fabric (lurve that fabric) and it has mesh sides too. I'm thinking it will be just the right size to go to quilt group with me tomorrow, to hold my lunch and a few other things. So far I have been to the Thursday quilt group, and another group which meets at different times.
Before we moved house Debbie sent me a PIF gift, part of which was a kit to make this splendid pincushion. The kit came all the way from The Quilt Patch in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, to Debbie in Alberta, and then halfway across the world to me, which I think is rather cool. I started it while we were still in Sydney, then it came to a halt during the move, and I finished it a few days ago. It's made of three little pillows in graduated sizes stacked on top of each other and tied with a pretty ribbon, and is a good idea because one can use it for pins of different sizes and types. I have quite a lot of pins......flower pins for quilting, pins for jersey fabrics, fine pins for lace fabrics, glass-headed pins, and just plain pins, so it will be very handy. The fabrics are a lovely fruity purple - think of plums or grapes - and are printed with fruit, so it is a lovely addition to my sewing table.

Speaking of rather cool, today has been! We are fast descending into winter now. The sun doesn't peep into our kitchen until 8am these days, when we moved here (a month ago already) it was just after 7.30am. This morning the reserve over the back fence was quite white with frost. I have been busy today so haven't really felt too cold, but by gosh it doesn't take long to cool down when you stop being busy. We had some rain last week and the visiting kangaroos didn't seem to mind it at all, but we haven't seen them for a few days because there have been three horses grazing (and leaving their calling cards which are probably good for the garden) and apparently roos don't like horses. Our two cats saw the horses through the large window at the back of the house, the horses were fairly close to the fence.......the kitties looked appalled.......then Binky the Brave turned tail and ran for shelter. I don't think they have had anything so huge in their little lives before. Bianca the Slightly Braver stood her ground for a while longer then she, too, quietly disappeared.

We are slowly settling into our new house. Nearly all the boxes have been unpacked, there are still two boxes of CDs remaining and a couple more boxes with stuff like Christmas decorations which we certainly didn't rush to unpack. Christmas comes soon enough without getting decorations out early! The dining room table still has quite a lot of things to be put away, and so does the desk in my sewing room. But we are slowly clearing those surfaces. We will need the table next weekend as our older son and his girlfriend are coming to visit, the little card table we have been using in the other dining space is barely big enough for two people let alone four.

This afternoon I layered and pinned the table runner I made from some of the pretty fabric I won earlier this year in Tammy's giveaway, I'm thinking it will look really good when it's on the table, it's cheerful and bright in red, pink, brown and white with lots of dots, hearts and curls. I found the perfect backing fabric, a tiny red dot on cream, one of Robyn Pandolph's fabrics. Haven't really done much sewing since we moved here as the unpacking has really consumed our time, and also getting other things we needed for the house, but never mind - I will get back to it. I had a dose of the guilts when I sewed because I thought I should be unpacking and sorting, but I have moved on past than now.

"Keep yourself quiet and composed under all circumstances. Do not get fidgety. If you feel that time drags heavily, do not let this be apparent to others by any visible sign of uneasiness."

Have a lovely week!

Jennifer