I thought I'd share the bedroom paintings insitu ... 

The paintings look smaller on the wall than I thought they would, but at least they are up.   They've just been propped up against the wall since I painted them.

Riscy and I have discussed purchasing a nice bedhead and more modern looking bedside drawers... and lamp bases.  But all in good time.  It's funny that every time we buy a new piece of furniture we sigh and say that 'now we have everything' then something else pops up.  Like we want a hall table and a new lounge suite (which is a bit more dog friendly) and a wine rack.

Quilting has progressed on my new piece.  I'm at that stage where I don't like it very much.  I think I have to mess it up a bit with some more machine quilting then I can really attack it with some more unexpected bits.  Its too perfect at the moment... to predictable.

The photos today are a little crappy because the light was fading by the time I got the camera out.

I took the afternoon off work so I could get some stuff done... like pay the insurance on my car which was a month overdue (It has been in our carport all that time), booking the car in to have stuff done so I can sell it, sending off an order for perennials for my garden, ringing contractors to arrange quotes to put up a new fence between our front and back yards, go down to the pharmacy to buy some new cosmetics (should I get some eye gel/cream??), and pop into the florist to buy some lilies and easter daisies and then bring them home to put in vases.

I like it when I can get this sort of stuff done, stuff that has been pilling up for months.

Here are a couple of links that I have enjoyed:

6.5 stitches: Beautiful handmade clothes for children.  It could be the immensely beautiful photography or maybe heartstoppingly beautiful fabrics... but I'm getting a sudden yearning to make some clothes for myself. All linens, charcoals, embroidered... Do you think I'm channelling this blogger? I'm not sure of her name, but I think she lives in Australia.

Poppy: Another style and design blog... I think I have an addiction.  This is the blog of Jan from Canada. And her blog roll is mind blowing.  I'll be lost in it for months I'm sure.

Altered Books:  A collaborative blog where pages of secondhand books altered so poetry is uncovered.  I like the idea, very much.  I used to write poetry at uni (didn't we all LOL), but actually find it very difficult to read, my eyes wont rest on the words as I get a bit distracted by the shape of the lines of text... am I weird? I don't know.  Anyway, I liked reading these poems.

And I thought I'd leave you with a link to Jade Pegler's Flickr with photos of her wonderful textile works.   I'm not really Flickr savvy, but I do like to peep in there every now an then.