Temperatures high and low....

I can't believe how quickly this week is flying by, here it is Friday already! It's going to be another one of those weeks...!

On Wednesday, after a little stock work, I managed a WHOLE day in The Palace to do as I wished ♥ 

I fought the urge to continue on with my Christmas Ornament blocks and tried to focus on some of the other things on my list.....

It was temperature quilt time - I just had December's blocks to do —

I thought I'd work on it in the morning and then pull out something else after lunch. Here was where I'd got to before lunch. The five blocks for December done, some hot days in there.

I decided to carry on with it after lunch. December's blocks sewn together —

By afternoon tea time I'd got this far. December joined onto the rest, and the temperature scale blocks for the outer borders pieced —

I have totally run out of one fabric. I need 3 x 2" squares out of the 'bright green' —

Hopefully there's some more floating around the shop. If I get really desperate I have big enough scraps to piece ONE 2" square!!!

By dinner time I had got it to this stage. I have put the first border on (white strips). Sorry it's not a very good photo - it was taken inside in the early evening light - that is the same white fabric used throughout! —

I mentioned a little farm work before I got sewing. Before breakfast we'd got a mob of beefies  (Angus cross) in as they were off to their new home.

Earlier in the week the elder twins had their very first ever sleepover. They came to ours for the night.

They enjoyed home made pizza for tea —

(After declaring she needed to use nearly all of the tomatoes, 

Saydee decided she really didn't like them on her pizza!)

Had breakfast while drawing in a 'chair hut' —

And we went out on the farm to climb hills and trees —

And Thursday, the younger twins were here for a few hours. Very excited to travel in 'ganma's car' when I picked them up. Here they are resting after intense tunnel building for cars, cows and trains. They always like to use the 'baby cups' at Ganma's. 

(You may have noticed a few more family and farm photos on my blog these days. Since I'm not doing the 365 photo a day challenge this year,  I'm finding I want to put them somewhere!)

Today is a work day for me so I had better get myself organised. I am hoping we have some of that bright green grunge left!!

'til next time,

happy stitches,