OFF AND ON

Hi there!

I actually did some SEWING last night.  I joined the Friday Night With Friends - I had a great night working on little Maisy's Teddy Quilt - almost have the quilting finished!!!  woohoo!!

THIS IS HOW I HAD LEFT THE QUILTING... THE LAST TIME I DID SOME!!
IT'S BEEN SITTING LIKE THIS SINCE THE HORRIBLE HOT WEATHER HIT BRISBANE!

HERE IT IS BEING QUILTED LAST NIGHT - NATURALLY WITH  MY iTUNES PLAYING TO ENTERTAIN ME!

I tried to get clever and do a video of me sewing.. lets see if this works.....

If this does work, you will have to excuse the poor sound - Dean Martin was up a bit loud!

Basically I apologise for the flash hair do (too hot to be "doing" the hair!)

and explain that I'm quilting Maisy's quilt.

I hope everyone had a fun Friday Night With Friends!

Now, why did I call this post OFF AND ON   ..  because I have a new gadget...

I bought myself a remote controlled power board!!!   How neat is that?  !       I have my computer charger, sewing machine lead and bendable bright light already plugged in and I have one more point to plug in my other sewing machine or overlocker if I have those set up.  So, now when I want to switch off, I just press the button which I have sitting beside my work area on my sewing table --- no more bending down to the floor to switch off the individual points or reaching behind my table to switch off at the wall.  Once I press the button, all the power to anything plugged in for the remote will turn off - at the board!   On the board there are two points for "non remote" power.  So, if I had something I did not want to switch on and off with the remote, then I would plug that item in one of those points.

Okay, I might do a "Saturday afternoon sewing without friends" and get back to the quilting,

Happy Sewing!!

FNWF

I have been watching the Friday Night With Friends posts on Cheryll's blog, wanting so much to join in but up until today I just felt it was too hard to commit some time to it.   Well, as you would have read in my previous post NEWFO # 1...  things will be changing here at Aunty Henny's!!  As Fred has now completed the chemo treatments, I feel there is definitely a different atmosphere in the home and I feel somewhat "released" (not sure how to explain that!)   Of course, it's early days but anyway, it's just different and therefore I feel so happy to finally link up with Cheryll and join in on the Friday Night With Friends.

So, what will I be working on I hear you ask???       Poor little Maisy's Teddy Quilt is STILL under the presser foot where I left it some weeks ago (before the horrible heat set in) so I will try and get the quilting finished on that.

Today I went out to my friend's home for a morning of coffee and chat (supposed to be sewing but didn't have anything to take!) so you could say I have also had a Friday Morning With Friends!!  Thanks Morag and Sue!!!  I feel all inspired to get into some sewing again!

Fred can have the tv remote all to himself and I will spend an hour or two in my sewing room.....  I will report in tomorrow...

Happy Sewing!!