PQS3

PQS3 placemat for Caryn, originally uploaded by partitoymonito.

Here's the latest creation - a placemat for Caryn in the US.

I love the way it's turned out and have decided Placemats are the new Quilts! ...Quick and easy to finish and no guilt about it sitting there for months untouched.

Nice to do in this hot weather we've been having. Hand quilting is a nice winter TV watching activity for me as it warms me up as well as stop me eating! Too hot in the summer though!

Embroidery used to be my thing before the lure of the machine overtook, so it was nice to get back into that again after a short break.

I bought the binding ready made from Spotlight ages ago and like the way it looks. I just machine sewed it on, no hand sewing this time which was a nice change.

It's snoozin' in the sun with my Pretty One. I tried to get her to look up and show off the baby blues, but she was having none of it!

Lucas and Barnaby Bunny

Lucas and Barnaby Bunny, originally uploaded by partitoymonito.

I've never felt the inclination to make a softie before, which is surprising considering the boys are both big soft toy fans.

These were and impromptu Easter pressie for them - Dom adores Lucas - Charlie is ambievelant about Barnaby..maybe it's the name!

They chose their own tummy adornments - Dom was hell-pressed on having the leaf despite my protestations about it not being very Easter-y. Ho hum!

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Un film très drôle français

MicMacs





Funniest film I've seen since Bienvenue c'est les Ch'tis.



There's a lot to be said for french humour.
I'm a fan!
(It helps that I don't mind subtitles.)

Wiz-a-licious!

Me and the boysies are watching the Wizard of Oz. 

Well, Dom and I are trying to watch it while Charlie is punctuating it with bouts of "how much of a pain in the butt can I possibly be??"

I've never seen it before so it's a great afternoon for all, baking Afghans, Meat Pies and watching DVD's.

It fits with our current favourite theme song from the Glee soundtrack, Defying Gravity. 

We're a big singalong family!! Well, me and the boysies are, anyway. Dad's an avid listener! You should see us rockin' along in Little Blue belting out Tik Tok. I don't know if the words are completely appropriate for a 5 and 3 yr old but I'm hoping that it's a while before they know what "brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack" really means! 

Interview with a 5.7 year old

Interviewed Dom a la Chaletgirl

Here are his answers:

1. What is something mum always says to you?
I love you

2. What makes mum happy?
Us being good

3. What makes mum sad?
Not listening to her

4. How does your mum make you laugh?
Making funny faces

5. What did your mum like to do as a child?
Play rugby (?!)

6. How old is your mum?
41 (I like!)

7. How tall is your mum?
Tall (I also like as I'm 5'1"!!)

8. What is her favourite thing to watch on TV?
her programs                        

9. What does your mum do when you’re not around?
She goes shopping                                                                 

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
Painting    (?!)                                                                                             

11. What is your mum really good at?
Loving people

12. What is your mum not very good at?
Playing rugby

13. What does your mum do for her job?
Look after people

14. What is your mum’s favorite food?
Carbonara ( actually that's HIS favourite food!)

15. What makes you proud of your mum?
Taking me to Sofia (where said carbonara comes from!)

16. If your mum were a cartoon character, who would she be?
Gwen Tennyson                               

17. What do you and your mum do together?
We go shopping

18. How are you and your mum the same?
We have the same eye colour

19. How are you and your mum different?
Were taller than each other and Mum has boobs                                                

20. How do you know your mum loves you?
Because she says"I Love you"

21. What does your mum like most about your dad?
They're nearly the same age (He'll be gutted over that!)

22. Where is your mum’s favourite place to go?

Home (Ah, nice...! I quite like Paris too)

Tree hugger

So much for not starting anything else 'til I've finished the blue and red quilt I started almost 2 years ago! Here it lies, downtrodden and rejected, once again.

Moving swiftly onward!!! (she says brightly, trying to ignore the unsightly pile of fabric beside her!)

I was going to make a quilt for the Silent Auction at the French Fete that is the big fundraiser at Dom's school, and started it. I then fell a little bit in love with it and had thought of keeping it all to myself...as a wall hanging. My husband's reaction was less than complimentary to it's awesome-ness.

Picture, if you will the following short but succinct conversation...

" You're not going to put that bloody thing on the wall are you?!"
" Yes, I am! If I can put up with your bloody golf trophy for a year in the family room, then you can put up with my work of textile artistry!"

or words to that effect, anyway. You get my drift!

One of the other school mum's put it in my head to personalize it to the class, a la the kinder quilts, so I had a think and came up with this...

I'll keep posting photos of the progress made.

Kids are starving. Better go