WANTED - A Humongous feather duster!!!

WELL WELL WELL........What a day we have all had here today. I woke to a gorgeous orange glow beaming through every window of the house this morning which I might add were WIDE open and with the out of the ordinary weather we have been having lately I presumed it was bush fires.

Yesterday was a barming 30 degrees celcius and windy and with no real rain for quite sometime it was definitely on the cards that it could be a bush fire. Me....having no sense of smell (that's another story, hey Sandy.N.) I could not smell if it was a fire. With my peepers only just open I peered out the window and to see nothing but orange haze. I opened the front door to see my car was no longer white but orange! HELLO! What's this all about??? I phoned my hubby at work and he said turn on the telly, we are having a huge dust storm.  What the.....

Now Sydney has never ever had anything like this ever before. We are only 1 hour's drive north of Sydney so it came powering straight up the east coast. It seems that it has come in from country NSW and it told me nothing but how hard it must be for all the farmers and people living out that way. They haven't had rain since man invented the wheel....well not quite that long but that's how dry it is and it apparently blew 75,000 tonnes of dust our way. Don't quote me on that but that's what the weather man said.

He's always right you know!!!!!

Jack was a happy camper as he had the day off school, I was a happy camper because I didn't have to leave the house and do the usual morning school routine and got to stitch ALL DAY!!!! on my latest design. More on that later. I do not want to know about the clean up but the car wash man will be mortgage free in a few days I'm sure! LOL

Now I would just like to say thankyou for all the terrific comments that are coming through for my latest giveaway! You have had me giggling with a few and just to let you know that I do still have hair on my head. Not sure how much but there is still hair there 8-) LOL My hairdresser is pleased about that............

In the next few days I will start writing the pattern for "Wishful Thinking". I know you are all bursting to see it so here it is...............

As for every single woman who wishes for it to be raining men......well sometimes LOL, every kitty cat wishes for it to be raining mice. But don't worry these guys are related to speedy gonzalez!!!! Areeba Areeba!!!!!

Now that's what I call "Wishful Thinking"

Perched in the garden with her Parasol, Clarice is in her element. Surrounded by all things happy, this is one lucky kitty! The pattern will be available by next week. It is a single bed size and I made it using one layer cake and some assortments as usual. Just have to have those polka dots in there!!

I had a lot of fun machine blanket stitching and I used a verigated thread for the stems and leaves for some variation. I love the little extra zing it gave them.

Well I hope you like. The fabric range I have used is called "Spring Magic". It is a Moda fabric by April Cornell if you are wanting the same fabrics.

I shall be back on saturday to announce the winners of my giveaway. I'm off to enjoy my evening cuppa with Barry.

 “Two for Tea In Stitches”

 

     Natalie

Comments

[Stephanie]

I've seen this dust storm on some other blogs. It's amazing. I had to giggle about the mortgage-free car wash man! Your projects always make me smile. It says alot about the creator. :o)

[Mary Grace McNamara]

Oh my goodness! I cannot even imagine dust like that! We have snow like that sometimes though! But eventually it melts and goes away on its own.

Your quilt is just too cute! Love the colors and the blanket stitching. Wish my machine did that, but I think it's too old!

I'll be waiting to find out that I won your giveaway soon :)

MGM

[Paulette Doyle]

Hi Natalie,
We have never seen a dust storm here before- YIKES! We do see that in Palm Springs (where we spend out winters)- they get the desert winds all the time. NOt fun!

I love your new quilt-kitty is so fat and happy and LOVE the raindrops- very clever!
Paulette

[Ann-Christin Norén]

Oh this is a big story about your dust storm. We have heard about it in Sweden. A very long way from you! I have expierenced it in Spain once on Lanzarote. It was dust everywhere! I hope you like cleaning up!

Anne in Sweden

[Tracey McCombe]

Oh Natalie just a bit of a scary way to wake up. Love your new quilt how cute is it....... would look fantastic in any little persons room.

[clare bower]

I love your new design but I so love Barry !

[SandyN]

Hello Natalie,

Yes!!!! I know what it is like not to smell.....

Yes what a crazy day.... red and orange.... everywhere....

I LOVE your new quilt...

Sandy N

[Simone]

Hi Natalie ~ we had a large picture in our daily newspaper of the red and orange view. Unbelievable. It must have been very impressing.
Love the quilt you appliquéd and the thread you used for it. Lovely lovely colors!

[Kym]

Gorgeous quilt, can't wait for the pattern..I've had the same fabric in my stash waiting for inspiration to be made into something for my pregnant sister-in-law. Perfect timing!!

[Kris Meares (Tag Along Teddies)]

Hey Nat! Yep, we copped that nasty dust storm here in Toowoomba too an it was HORRIBLE!! Watching it roll in through the sliding glass door of my work office was a bit freaky - felt like any minute aliens would be knocking on the door and asking to be taken to my leader! :0) Thankfully it didn't happen, but a massice dust and spring clean will have to happen here tomorrow - they say more will roll in today, so we're waiting til tomorrow to do it all at once! GROAN!! Hope you've recovered! Bear Hugs! KRIS