She went home yesterday so it was a quick visit but we went hard, beach every day, beer every night. Ridiculous. Tuesday was particularly party town, 5 of us went to the beach with 36 beers and had the most fun ever. Home by 5, replenished the beer supply and had a party in mine and my neighbour’s homes. Dancing. I’m covered in bruises again.

I have another friend coming this week but I suspect it won’t be as out of control.

No words necessary on this picture.

Be kind to each other, hug more, laugh more, take the time to visit a friend or relative that has fallen off your radar. Spread love around and stay strong.

Love that gingham. The back is all red gingham too. The second is a bookshelf block that I knocked off from here:

I didn’t use her actual pattern but I did copy it more or less. I loved the idea of using selveges as book titles and I’ve been saving strips of them for a long time with no real plan. Nice to use some of them up. One in particular made me laugh:

I’d read a book about what not to use as children’s sleepwear, wouldn’t you?

The next meeting is this coming Sunday at the workroom. You should go even if you have the smallest amount of interest in quilting. It’s so great to share ideas and to learn new skills and to work outside my normal box!

She’ll be ready to join Ninja and Yo-Landi Vi$$er on their next tour. So fress!

In other news, I made Ari a new place mat for school. Her old one (that I also made, just a simple rectangle crocheted in cotton yarn) was getting really grotty, so I used old jeans of Shannon’s, zigged on her name and some flowers then used iron-on plastic so it can be wiped. I think it’s cute.

I’m not sure how long the plastic will last, it’s not top quality stuff. And if it were mine and there was an edge rolling up, I’d definitely pick at it. Eh, doesn’t really matter, it was only a half hour project using throwaway materials.

And, as you can see above, I’m still thinking about my hexagons, even if I haven’t been actively making any for a while. It’s a wintry occupation if you ask me. I have no plan for them, as such, but I did really love everything in this flickr pool and am using it for inspiration.

You can see there are a bunch of them, I could make a few pillows if I wanted. Or maybe a denim apron? Decisions, decisions.

(This is what works it’s way into my brain when I have insomnia, between the hours of 4 and 7:30am)

It’s seriously the very best banana bread ever. Perfect.

Here you go.

You can tell by the bulging vein on my forehead that I am completely chuffed.  I can not WAIT to be on shower duty (as in, Saira calls me when she needs a 5 minute shower so I race over and sit on a baby). I’m so glad we live so close.

Here’s what I bought her (and that she won’t fit into for another 4-6 weeks, I guess):

All size 0-3 months, a denim skirt with built in diaper cover, 2 sleeveless onesies, and fish print harem pants. Yes, you read that right, HAREM PANTS.

To. Die. For.

Oh, and here’s daddy Michael with Kiran Maureen. Gosh, I just got all choked up!

No, I didn’t fiddle the colour in this picture, just corrected the levels.

Still sore. And numb. Pretty much the bruising is where it’s numb.

Good thing my favourite colour is yellow!

And I adore her.

These are our legs:

We went to The Grange for lunch and I ate the most amazing mango salad at the Thai place. So.Good.

Then I visited Bill and Daniel et al at The Pearl Harbor Gift Shop and Tattooing in Kensington. Their big opening is this weekend, yay!

And it’s a pretty darn funny thing to spray paint on a building. This is the building formerly known as The Big Bop, corner of Queen St W and Bathurst.