The truth of it

Hi there from a sunny day down under. Thankyou all for your encouragement . Now I have a confession to make. I have browsed blogs showing lovely pretty workspaces and I went and looked in my studio that is taking shape and I thought I could take a few photos to show you. So here we go.

This is a pretty corner awith an old sewing machine that I havent used ever but it looks good 

And now this is my usual machine is the same pretty setting. I did decoupage the torso with Kaffe Fasset fabrics some years ago as a prop for our shop where we sold patchwork fabrics and notions in this same room.

Now there is a nice little pile of fabrics ready to be played with . 

And this is a comfy chair where I do indeed sit to dream of my french courtyard outside the window.but the reality and the truth of it all is.........

I am afraid this !  Yes a state of chaos exist in my lovely studio and I dont think it will ever get much better

Though having something to show for it would be good and I do have ideas for quilts that I want to get on with when we get properly shifted into the adjoining cottage.

Yes I tent to be an untidy Kiwi and I have way too much stuff. I have passed on a lot in various directions and will have to continue to do this for as DH loves to proclaim I have enough stuff to last me 3 lifetimes and he is probably right.

Now this is not a set up. I draped my newly finished ripple over the back of the sofa and put goosey and owl back is their usual place and Buffy was quick to take advantage of it. That is his back as he sleeps away the day is the sun. And the basket with my new ripple sits ready for me to carry on at days end when I sit down to watch tv and hooky time.

And around the garden I am enjoying my favourite daffodills with their orange cups.

And here are my pink bluebells. Yes I know. Well I dont know what happened but it has happened to quite a few and the real blue ones will be later to flower. I'll show you them then.
Bye for now and thanks for visiting me, Blessings, Trills

I think Ive got it

Yes I do I think I have got it now, even a profile photo of goosey loosey and some of my patchwork. Now lets enjoy a touch of spring. This is one of our fabulous Taiwan Cherries. The first to flower and the favourite nectar of our native Tui bird. You may be able to see them in the tree. I counted 8. They can actually get drunk and do indeed get very raucaous.

The lovely shed is my prayer retreat and Im sad to say I will be leaving It behind when we move down to the cottage and sell this house. I wonder what will become of it. Will children play in it. Will someone craft in it. I hope it doesnt just become someones dumping place. But now where will we be and what will I be doing.

Now this is where we have been living for 17yrs. Large 3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms. We started with a bare paddock and as you can see its hard to see the house for the trees, my passion.

We are moving into this little 2bed 1 bath cottage built by my folks when we came here. It does have a large garage which became the shop my daughter and I had and now will become my studio. Everything is looking rather bare at present as we had a big clearout of the garden but I have plans.

We are looking back  at the huge garden and lots of work

taking the path through the woodland 

And tadaah. Wisteria Cottage as we will continue to call her. Imagine if you will, a large conservatory across the front of cottage. A rosey cottage garden and I rather fancy a little french courtyard in front of my studio that you can just see on the left.

Ill leave it at that today and hope to blog weekly and keep you up to date with our progress and my projects. I think that blogging will help keep me on my toes as I tend to procrastinate and drift from project to project. So I will leave you with this lovely image of one of our moggies. My boy Buffy.

Blessings to you all, and thanks for your encouragement. Trills

Lets try again

I just love hitting the road and finding places to stop and just be.

and here she is on a recent outing to the hot springs ona lovely sunny winters day.

My first tadaaaah moment . This is my ripple as on attic 24. It was such fun Ive started another. They are for our housebus Emmylou.