Bird top is done

Finally the top of the bird-quilt is done. It suppose to be a present for my Dads 70th Birthday last December but he died in August. After a long break I start working on it again at the end of January. I´m sure he wouldve loved this quilt.

I just ordered the back fabric and a matching multicolor thread to finish the quilt.

And I could kick my cats ass - while I was taking the pic Bizkit was entering the top, nothing new he is always laying on tops, fabrics etc. BUT this time - I couldnt even react this fast - he was peeing on my top. I screamed as loud as I could and he starts running and me after him to get is furry butt spanked. I took the top to wash the pee out and the brown fabric around the birds starts bleeding while drying even if all the fabrics were prewashed - THANKS Bizkit!!!

Right now he is sitting on my lap - like nothing happened!!!!

Close up - the birds still need eyes

Just some pics from the yard

The gardening is going on also - salad and kohlrabi are growing unless the freaking snails find a way to the plants - well one saladplant was a victim of the snails.

So here are just some pics from the yard

Some time for blogging again

Since saturday I´m busy with working outside. There is alot of stuff to do at the yard + I decided to fix the garage-roof/balcony. Water is running inside the garage and this needed to be fixed. The tiles were loose and the balustrade totally rusty. The balustrade got cut off and the tiles were removed. Tuesday we placed the form boards around the balcony so the loose and broken off concrete can be replaced. Tarboard on - oh I tell you - dont get to close to the gas burner when you wear safty-shoes with metal caps - hot hot hot............ Yesterday we finished the floor fill - so far so good - the underside needs to be plastered (? is it called like this) and when ever I have time I will go and look for some new balustrade and tiles for the balcony.

the tiles and and old corncrete weighed almost a tun

The view from my home-office window - balcony with floor fill

Many thanks to my uncle Eckart and cousin Bruno - they were helping me alot

Der 2te Umschlag vom Geburtstags-Stoff-Wichteln ist da

Es kam mittlerweile der zweite Umschlag von der Geburtags-Stoff-Wichtel-Gruppe an und ich muss noch VIER Wochen warten bis ich die Umschläge öffnen darf. Aber wie schon ein paar Posts vorher erwähnt passt ja meine Mama auf die Umschläge auf.

Birgit aka bidoz1

Liebe Birgit hab einstweilen vielen Dank!

More postcards

I got two more postcards from my quilting sister of QLR. I love it.....

Alicia - AQM9 - the movie "The Christmas Card" was filmed there. Hopefully I can find the DVD in German - I would like to see it

Leisa - Quiltbrain - I love the painting on the card, the buildings with the stores, the old cars

Am I still sewing?

Yes I am. Still working on my bird-quilt and birthday-block-quilt - just don´t wanna post pics of the UFOs right now. But be patient - the tops will be done very soon. I also fixed some other stuff - like horsi-blanket with some wholes in it, halters aso. Still trying to finish a pair of socks - whenever I dont sew or fix anything. Hopefully I will be able to do some more little crafty stuff in the next weeks.........

Happy crafting

Greenhouse and around the garden

Yesterday I was checking out the salad and kohlrabi in the greenhouse. Doesnt look like they have grown since saturday - well was quite cool for growing - but know..... such beautiful weather outside with temps around 60 F - so grow salad and kohlrab grow..........

Salad

Kohlrabi

I love the smell of hyacinths

This is little Tiggers grave