things I have noticed + cute baby pics

over the past week I have spent a LOT of time on the train. I always have my trusty ipod, sunnies, some hexis and train food to keep me awake and occupied but despite that I always do a lot of thinking and notice quite a few things. I thought I would share some with you.

- when the bathroom sign says 'out of order' no amount of pressing the door button, sighing pacing and laps of the train makes it work, sorry love. There was one girl who amused me for almost an hour the other day, she came back to the loo which was in my line of sight about 8 times and did this.
- talking to yourself on the train combined with humming, tapping or other really irritating noises make people realise they need to get off at the next stop a lot sooner. ( not me of course I had trusty ipod but was enjoying the looks on everyone elses faces caused by the guy in front of me.
- occasionally you meet some very nice people on public transport. I always take up two seats because i have a suitcase and really hate being boxed in with my suitcase at my feet, handbag on my lap and someone next to me. When the train was packed the other day I had to move suitcase from the seat next to me so an older woman could sit down and she wouldnt let me move it, she sat on the seat with her legs to the side so i wouldnt be squished. bless her heart. i love nanna-types.
- boyfriend is a wimp and had no idea how much effort it takes to get myself and my suitcase on a bus and two trains being cramped up for 5 hours to visit him. this is evident by him carrying my suitcase in from the car and saying 'jeez this is heavy, what have you got in here'. well exCUSE me buddy but i brought that here all the way from wollongong so get over yourself. oh and I just love when i say how exhausted i am when i get off the train and he says 'why? you sat down all day'

moving away from trains now...

- despite being past high school and hating it then i am susceptible to peer pressure and everytime people post in the forum about spotlight having their $40 off voucher i wonder whether i can justify spending that much as a lowly student.
- yay me, i havent caved yet. but am seriously thinking about it to get some cotton basics for my bag making and i really do want a bias binding maker and ive been looking at craft storage bags and always cringe at the price, maybe now its the time....
- speaking of high school, i always have a little giggle when people who didnt speak to me the entire 6 years we attended the same school add me on facebook. why?

- my nephew is the cutest and brightest baby i have been around recently. he has one of those gorgeous baby mohawks with the really soft spiky hair. i love him so much.
- this same child however manages to look like a stunned mullet in photos cuz my phone focuses then flashes then takes the pic and of course he gets distracted. he also likes eating the phone.
- since pledging OPAM I havent finished a darned thing!
- no seriously! I finished some whoppers for christmas, a table runner last month and several bags but all before I signed up. not happy jan. need to get my act into gear.
- still havent started this months hexi, oops sorry Leanne, will get to it..today? maybe tomorrow. have to put washing on first , and you know get out of my pajamas. so worn out from trains the last two days.
- speaking of washing, need to bind the faux chenille quilt i started last week and put it through the wash so it fuzzes up nicely.in a pillow case of course or mum will shoot me for leaving stray threads in her machine.
- there are an awful lot of people at UWS who are VERY unhappy with class offerings and the stupid uni computers accidentally on purpose logging them out as they are scrambling to get their classes before they are full and frantically refreshing. i on the other hand manged to get exactly what i wanted and tried really hard not to burst out laughing at these poor stress heads.
- i really really REALLY heart the MADE website, (check it out on my blog roll) shes hosting boy month at the moment and it almost makes me wish i had a bubba of my own to make cute things for. oh well, maybe cute nephew will get some cute clothes for his birthday of his favourite aunty Rach.


That is all for now. I need to actually carry on with my day. As well as putting washing on I want to cut some bags so i can try out applique on the front to go with my post for the forum blog hop. oh yea.....

this weekend there will be no posting - i will have to hold back. sad :(

as i have mentioned before i am part of a craft forum and to entice others to join some of our members are taking part in a blog hop. for the entire weekend we will all have a post up telling you about the forum. if i'm not mistaken there will also be some giveaways and tutorials floating around too. what am i doing?.... you will just have to wait and see.

I love getting mail! (part 2)

These are the Henry Glass fabrics I ordered all cut and rolled ready to sell. Now I have my laptop back I can do that. Woot money!

Jelly Rolls - for sale or just to drool over

Some jelly rolls I re-wrapped to better suit what I wanted to do. The first are from Alfie and are called 'Peace', 'Jungle' and 'Forest'. The last made up of Moda strips and some cotton basics.

All 4 will be going on my Etsy store tomorrow. The first 3 for $21 for 24 strips and the last $18 for 20 strips.

so what did i tick off my list?

as per yesterdays list i managed to get through most of it. and wouldnt you know it....the second I blogged that post my sister came in and asked me what i had planned for the day.so i read her the post. LOL

There were 2 things I didnt get to do and one i didnt get to finish. I couldnt walk the dog because it started to rain in the afternoon which made it cold and miserable and my dog is a wimp. I didnt manage to get my study done because my parents got back from their trip earlier than i had expected. for the same reason i didnt get to sew either, but i do have the quilt cut and pinned and ready to go and will do it today as soon as my brother leaves for school because hes currently studying where i want to sew.(dam senior schooling having different hours)

i measured the hexi quilt and planned out with my template on Paint so i knew how many hexis i still needed to make and even sewed some more together before i went to sleep. I also took the fabric photos and they will be put up here in about 10 minutes for you all to drool over before i put them on etsy.

so if all goes to plan today will end up with 4 posts today. but for good reason. this one to follow up from yesterday, the fabric one, a 'look what i made today' post and fingers crossed the rest of my USA fabric shows up today because when they tried to deliver it on friday there was no one home. mind you the other posts will be all pictures so it wont be too much reading.

today's to do list

Ive been laying here in bed for an hour or so today checking out the blogs and the forum and googling the odd quilt design and am now trying to work out what to do today. There are a bunch of things I should do, some I want to do and others that need to get done for long term reasons. And then there are some that fit into more than one category. Its like this...

step one: shower. i had breakfast in bed, cuz i can. and i feel that the rest of the day should really be achieved with clothes on and not my pjs.

step two: proceed with ONE of the following, which i dont know, hence the list. and i do say one because thinking too far in advance right now is just major fail because i will no doubt get distracted and lose motivation depending which i choose first.

steps three through forever: continue with something else off my list.


The List 
- treadmill time - its hot and i really dont want to but feel i should/need to put in at least 20 minutes to keep up my doing something active every day mantra
- listening to lectures for my correspondence course. - slightly boring but i should or I'll get behind and that will be bad because face to face classes start soon too.
- going through the fabric i brought back from storage yesterday to see if i can add to my FQ stash to sell.
- find homes for the rest of the...crap? i brought back with me.
- unpack my suitcase from being in sydney the last few days.
- rewrapping and taking pics of jelly rolls to sell- selling is important as it funds things like eating and rent. ok so not so much at the moment, right now its to pay for my new sewing machine.
- send an invoice to the novice who bought my other sewing machine - to add to the new machine funds.
- find out when my phone bill is due to come in next, so i can have my finances sorted out.
- SEW!!!! i found a really easy quilt design the other day that im desperate to try and nows the best time because my parents are away and i can take over the dining room table for the day.
 - cut some fabric for another really awesome pattern that i actually could work on by hand if i wanted
- pull out the backing blanket for my hexi quilt and measure it out so i can see how many more i need on each edge.
 - should probably walk the dog at some stage too.



its tooooooo hot!!! brain does not function well and motivation leaves when its hot.

see why I have stayed in bed so long???????

its all about timing see, and space. I only use the sewing machine when the parents arent home cuz they whinge and bitch about it but i cant do my study when my dad is home cuz he doesnt get it. taking over the kitchen bench to cut fabric can only be done when dads not home and others are occupied and when the entire 3 metre bench top isnt covered with crap that no one can put away.

do you see my dilemma???


will have to post back at the end of the day to show you what i actually did,

what happens when you read quilting mags and forget your scribble pad????

I spent some time in the local library yesterday taking in the air con and reading through some quilting mags. Of course I forgot my notepad so I had to improvise. This is what it looked like after I had scribbled on it and then marked things off as I transfered them into a proper notepad. Now I keep said notebook in my handbag.

I love getting mail! (part 1)

I love purple

I ordered from Thousands of Bolts just over  a week ago and today the first of 2 packages arrived. I ordered 10 fabrics from the Henry Glass Rose Cottage collection and then two pretty purple fabrics cuz theyre beautiful. Check out what I have so far....

The first 4 Henry Glass

When I get next package the Henry Glass fabrics will go on my Etsy store as a FQ bundle or two and maybe some jelly rolls. The purple ones....when I stop drooling over them, will go up as singles.