Cows home and little girls..........

Well this is the last of the little girls that I will get stitched while on the road with the cows and the good news is the cows are now home as of today.
The bad news is there is no feed for them to come home to. No choice though as the stock routes are closing up until good rain. Everyone off. Will work out what we are going to feed the cows in the next few days. Bit of pick around for them but not much. We need rain…. oops have I said that before…..
Other good news ….now we will enjoy the first weekend that we have had together as a family for the last 2 months. It has been a very long 2 months.
Anyway for the little girls I still have lots to do but I will try and get some completed during the evening when watching TV. Now that winter is here I get some things done in the evening as things are usually finished up early with the shorter days.
More news later.....Happy sewing...

Where do Little Girls come from?????????

A few people have commented on my Little Girls. So to answer a few questions……..
What I call my Little Girls is actually Little Sweethearts but for me it is just not right. I got the pattern from Totally Patchwork. It came as a block of the month a few years ago but I didn’t get it done then. This year it is my goal to get it complete.
Each row has alternate little girl and then a heart. The hearts are lots of work also and I don’t really like that many which is probably why I didn’t get into this when I was receiving it a few years ago. I do love the little girls though and decided not to do the hearts at all.
There are 39 little girls in this quilt and I am about ¼ of the way through them. I have really enjoyed stitching them. (Sorry not the best picture)
While I have been sitting with the cattle down the road I have been getting some stitching complete. It will be for my little princess so I have to get moving before she is toooo old for it. She does love the girls but I am not sure she knows why I am sewing them.

Anyway the little girls have come to a stand still since Sunday afternoon. We have been shearing all our sheep and I have spent several days on the 4 wheel motorbike (which gave me a very sore hand so much – no stitching for a few days) mustering all our sheep as my husband was in the shearing shed and the inlaws have helped out with the cattle down the road. It has been a very hectic week and I am absolutely exhausted. Oh that’s right I also went to work one day in town.
After I catch up on my sleep I will need some time in my house which I have not had now for a month. Thank goodness the kids are on school holidays now for 2 weeks as that wipes out a couple of jobs.
More later……………

Another Little Girl

Got another little girl finished and nearly have another complete. Traced 5 onto material but no power or iron down on the road so will iron the pellon onto them tonight and stitch away tomorrow.

Got a couple of surprise packages today. 2 new little calves. They are so cute I knew one was calving last night when I left the cows and I found it this morning a little black steer calf but this arternoon when I was putting the cows back in the break there was another cow and she had just calved. She also has a little black calf but not sure what sex. Will try and take a picture tomorrow. Will need to catch them tomorrow and put tags in their ears.

More little girls!

These girls were nearly finished last week except for there faces which I finished and I have started stitching another. Should finish her tomorow and will hopefully post her.

I am cattle droving at the moment so if not to dusty I can get some hand stitching done.

Evenings Work

I have been working on these again of an evening. Got them as a block of the month from Totally Patchwork. Never got then stitched. Just kept hording the packets each month. It is going to be finished this year though by hook or by crook. There are only about 30 + girls and there are supposed to be the same amount of Hearts blocks but I am not doing them. I will keep them blank. I will post a few as I get them done. Have got about 6 done at present so push me along!!