I Am Still Around!!

Did you think I had disappeared never to return? Well, no such luck I am afraid! I haven't been posting for so long because we are STILL waiting for Sky to sort out our Broadband (Yes we have been waiting since about the 18th Dec 2009!). But rest assured they are CHECKING our account every day! As far as I can make out this means they look at the screen and say 'Oh yeah, that one' then click the 'Checked' button! It is extremely frustrating, particularly as the only people we can speak to are the help desk, not any of the departments that do the actual work or ordering or anything, so every time we phone we just get more 'Well it doesn't say anything on screen'. The latest ridiculous one was that one of these other departments phoned and we were out so they left a message asking us to call back, which we did, but they left the call centre number so ... they didn't know anything!

The major house update is that the floor in the living room is complete, I shall get photos up at SOME point! We have also bought a new vehicle, again photos ASAP. But we should pick it up next Saturday! So it is good bye saloon car hello 4X4! There has also been some baking going on and the first of my seeds have been planted. Once again I shall get more info as soon as I can, but bear with me...

Happiness Award

I have been given this award by Allotments 4 You. This Award is given out to blogs that put that little smile on your face and make you feel that little bit better after reading a couple of posts!

There are a few rules with the award which are as follows;

I have to link her blog to me and I have done that above.

Next I am to list 10 things that make me happy.

(in no particular order)

1. Family
2. The Outdoors
3. Rain
4. A 'smiling' toasty Cat!
5. Making something myself
6. Nature
7. Being at peace to contemplate
8. A cup of tea and hot buttered toast!
9. Nature
10. Growing things.

Now all I have to do is pass the award on to some of my favourite bloggers...these would be;

Bee Haven Acres -- http://beehavenacres.blogspot.com/

Beyond the Sidewalks -- http://lifebeyondthesidewalks.blogspot.com/

On the Way to Critter Farm -- http://critterfarmgirl.blogspot.com/

Life at Cobble Hill Farm -- http://lifeatcobblehillfarm.blogspot.com/

Wrensong Farm -- http://wrensongfarm.blogspot.com/

Why not go along and see if these blogs make you smile as much as they do me.

Making a Curtain - Part One

We have discovered that one reason that our house is so cold is the fact that there is a draft coming in from the front door. This is not an old door, it is a brand new PVC affair that should be fine. But it's not. We have decided that the best thing to do in this case is to create a nice heavy curtain and cover the problem. We don't tend to use the front door, it being a farm, most people enter form the farm yard side, so there isn't a thoroughfare of people coming and going. We decided it was cheaper to make our own curtains and so bought some material.

Sable helped with the laying out of the lovely striped blue material on the living room floor.

She however didn't hang around to help me pin the thermal lining on the back! Now just for the record I have never made lined curtains before so this is all new to me, so if you are an expert curtain maker please look away now....

All I had to do now was sew the pieces together and then it was time to think about how to hang it!!

So now I have two projects on the go, one quilt and one curtain!!

Making a Quilt - Part Three

Once the whole top of my quilt was made I pinned it to the padding for the inside and the backing (I have chosen a nice pinky purple with ducks on!!! Ahhhhh!!!!)

I then cut and created a nice long piece of fabric for the binding and set to work trying to sew it all together.

The bind is now sewn in place but it still needs to be sewn on the back, which I will have to do by hand.

After this I just have the quilting part to do. I intend to 'Stitch in the Ditch' around all of the little squares. I am not going to try anything fancy on this first quilt. Just want to get to grips with the basics! I am still not sure that the block fabric isn't a bit fussy but I think it is looking better than I imagined so I have decided not to dwell on it any longer!!

Making a Quilt - Part 1
Making a Quilt - Part 2