tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55110368832263351812024-03-14T04:28:21.920+02:00Kathy's Quilting CornerRamblings of a quilterKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458176081208243977noreply@blogger.comBlogger249125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511036883226335181.post-44454615510260617202017-04-18T16:58:00.002+02:002017-04-18T16:58:50.685+02:00Kitties and other critters<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have not spoken in a while and it all comes down to turmoil in my psyche. As I had written before, my beautiful boy cat was missing. This is still the case and this fact alone could put me in a funk for a whole long while. After the little boy had been missing for 6 months I decided to pull myself towards myself and get another boy cat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I found a person that had rescue kittens and went and rescued one. My husband and I love ginger cats and they luckily had one. While we were picking up the latest member of our family we saw one of the other cats which we could not resist. This kitten was perfectly black and the most handsome boy ever. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two new boy cats have been lovely in the house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So now all was well. The ladies of the house took a while to accept the little boys. It sounded as if we had steam trains going through our house, with all the hissing that was going on. It is now four month later and all the cats are tolerating each other quite well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All was settling in well and then on the 1st of December my <a href="http://kathysancestors.blogspot.co.za/2016/12/george-alexander-pope.html" target="_blank">father</a> passed away. This was in no means unexpected as he was 84 and had been suffering quite badly for about a year. It is just one of those things, it may have been expected, it may be the best for the person, but a death in the family is always unsettling. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> He willed me his stamp collection, which was extremely large. I did not particularly want it, though, i did realize that he had dedicated many hundred of hours to it and the fact that he trusted it to me means that i would have to respect his wishes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will pass it down the line hopefully in the same or better condition that I received it. It was extremely unsettling receiving this collection. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another portion of turmoil was getting my youngest daughter through her finals and get her into varsity. She needed to do a portfolio of work to get into the particular course at varsity. The requirements were large and I felt that it put extra strain on the poor child whilst writing her finals.This too has past as she passed her finals and was invited to two varsities to study at. She has started and seems to be semi-happy with what she is studying. I saw this with my eldest as well. When you pay for your children's studies, they make you feel bad for their varsity experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When all was settled again, the last member of my parent generation within the family passed away. When I gave my sympathies I found out hat my cousin had died the year before. All so sad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I suppose all of this is the natural cycle of life. This is what I fully expect, except it created turmoil in my psyche.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been making great strides in my family tree and made connection with some amazing family members that I would not have known about except for doing my family tree. This is a fun hobby for the naturally inquisitive. It does shock me however that there are so many organisation that have gained data from government institutions and hold this information hostage for large payments. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have taken up reading novels again. I used to be an avid reader, but studying for a degree broke it for a while. I found that we when I picked up a novel i tended to read it in such a way that I could have written an exam on the characters within it. Cramming a novel is not that much fun. This may tell you how I faced my exams. When my husband and I were doing our degrees i was bad and smoked. On more than one occasion, I would be writing an exam, work out that I had answered sufficient question to pass the course, and left to have a cigarette. I would be so unimpressed if my children pulled that sort of stunt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I had the last 10 days off work and it was fabulous. We got in supplies and had the most relaxed time ever. This may be why I am able to greet anyone who happens to read these words. My psyche is smoothed out and ready to face the world again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope that all of you have been keeping creative and have survived both summer and winter.</span><br />
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458176081208243977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511036883226335181.post-83182924086791549982016-10-16T08:22:00.000+02:002016-10-16T08:22:36.205+02:00Put a label on it<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yay! I have been creative this weekend. I made a fabric ball. So much fun and actually got me energized to create something. I have made a few of these as it is my go-to present for babies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It does not take too long and it is a fun gift to give. </span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I made almost 2 of them as I went off and started without planning first. </span><br />
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I worked out that as it takes 20 hexagons to make a ball, I could make it with 4 flowers. I thought that these could be arranged to create a ball. I tried and tried even going so far as to make paper balls and then using a marker to draw flowers at different position. No luck, that which I wished would not work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I restarted the project and went with a random concept. I rummaged though the boxes of fabric and chose 20 pieces that seemed to go together. From start to finish it took about 12 hours. I am happy with the result. I am happy also to have had a needle and thread in my hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I put a cat ball on the inside of the ball surrounded by stuffing. The ball now makes a delightful tinkle.</span></div>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458176081208243977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511036883226335181.post-63718989674204219012016-09-19T14:12:00.005+02:002016-09-19T14:16:03.567+02:00Granny's garden<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">I had always wanted to create a granny's garden quilt. I love the way that all of the flowers come together to create this picture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hand piece and hand quilted all the flowers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The flowers remind me of family members and how together we paint a picture of who we are. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The last stitch has been stitched and the quilt is done. The center triangle were the pieces that held the boarders together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This is the quilt all finished. I had gone through a whole spool of thread and a few packets of needles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And lastly here is a picture of Taz. The silly cat has been missing for a week and I am so worried about him. Please send him "Come Home" thoughts.</span></div>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458176081208243977noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511036883226335181.post-32584034833246574912016-09-19T14:05:00.001+02:002016-09-19T14:05:40.326+02:00Zen moments<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">Quilting for me are my Zen moments. I find each part of the process quieting to my soul. The vibrancy of the fabric and the act of either stitching the pieces together or quilting and embellishing the piece all bring calm. Here is a piece inspired by this.</span>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458176081208243977noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511036883226335181.post-47874887760921318782016-09-01T13:14:00.001+02:002016-09-01T13:14:12.152+02:00Serendipitous September <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">September is always a surprise. Will it keep being warm or will we be surprised by another dash of winter? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The peach tree is wearing a coat of blossoms and looks glorious.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The garden is bursting with prettiness. The row of Lavender and Rosemary that we planted outside the study seems to have settled in. Flowers are appearing on the lavender and the Rosemary shrubs look nice and healthy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They still have a way to go. Once they have grown to fill up the empty space between each plant I will be extremely happy. I love both the smell of lavender and Rosemary. A bucket list item of mine has been a Lavender farm, as who could ever be stressed growing lavender. The cats love to nap between the bushes. It could be the fragrance or it could be the stone wall that absorbs all of the suns heat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The mesh that my husband put up for them seems to be working. None of the ones I tried to grow from seed germinated. It may have been still too cold. I will try again once spring has actually sprung. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The pansy and the primula are from the seedlings that I planted in the rose garden. How rewarding little plants can be. Spring and autumn are when they will look their best. At the height of summer it is normally too hot.</span></div>
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Hopefully soon I will be a healthy bunny again. I was feeling up to getting more info for may family tree, so things are slower getting back to normal.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">August come blowing in with the promise of the end of winter. We have an election in 3 day’s time with all the parties not being people who I would pick in a normal world. I will choose the least bad one and vote for them. It is sad when you realize that the country that you live in does not represent you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With spring being just around the corner, I have been preparing a new veggie patch. The patch has been cleared. Compost is going to be added. I have bought the seeds and in my normal way there is now a spreadsheet with all their info captured. I have the seed trays waiting and in a week or two all the plants that need to be sewn in seed trays will be in the potting soil. The carrots and other root plants will need to wait until September to be sewn into the earth.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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As the month of June comes to an end, I am sitting in a
hospital bed. I have a horrid flair up of an infection I originally had 5 years
ago. I have to admit that it started jiggling about a month ago and I tried to
wait it out. Kathy's belief in ailments is that they will get bored and go
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This Sunday however the pain won, I conceded defeat and have
been here ever since. being under the weather is such a gross thing. They did
surgery on Sunday night and just to show me that I was really bad, I am walking
around with a drain. Major gross! The damn thing won't stop drawing and that is
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After a week of drippy antibiotics, I am happy to see that
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That is an improvement, on Sunday they were 35 times the
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He isn't very good at the game that he is playing, so he
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think they can play a game where the character seems to be constantly running
up buildings and the falling off them. So in a way, Sunday was an intervention
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458176081208243977noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511036883226335181.post-20342636091266934452016-06-01T13:36:00.001+02:002016-06-01T13:36:28.938+02:00Chilling in June<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
June is here and so is the chilli weather.<br />
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This cats have become extremely friendly and can be found most nights doing a cat pile in which we all contribute warmth.<br />
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All of the leaves are falling in the garden and our swimming pool looks like a witch's cauldron rather that a sparkling oasis. We retained a new pool cleaning company 2 years ago. The first winter they managed to keep the pool a delightful blue. The romance has obviously faded and the pool looks sad. It seems that you need to change companies annually to maintain the sparkle. The previous pool company and us parted ways after 7 years. The last year that they maintained our pool was a study in green. It was interesting to see how many shades you could get in one pool.<br />
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I am still cutting up blocks of fabric which will be the basis of my next few quilts. So far, I have 1 and a half tubs of squares. The fun part will be when I heed to sew them to paper. There are still 4 tubs of fabric to go. I will set myself a challenge in getting them done by July.<br />
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I am still playing with the family tree. I am trying to find documentation for all of the people in the tree. I have been able to deduce so much from Death notices and grave stones. My heart can break with what pioneer women went through. I wonder if we retain within us the handed down sorrow that they felt?<br />
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458176081208243977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511036883226335181.post-84170786662314125612016-05-01T05:00:00.000+02:002016-05-01T07:55:21.166+02:00May you have a happy good worker day!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">It has been a while since I visited my poor neglected page. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I Have been doing some quilt related activity. I have started creating squares out of each of the pieces of fabric that I own. I am cutting either 5 or 6 block of each colour. I am onto my fifth large box and I still have 7 boxes to go. I mark each box with masking tape to show that I am finished with it. This may be either the largest quilt that has ever been made or I will be using these blocks for years to come.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have always been fascinated by postage stamp quilts, and I think this should get it out of my system. I will attempt to the first one as a completely random exercise. Well I say completely, but, I was thinking of separating the blocks into light and </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">dark and then have the coloured randomly collected from either the light or dark box. I think this may make the whole quilt pop.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The other thought is to get a picture, pixilate it and then try and recreate using all of the colours in my block rainbow. I have some software that I used in the past to create cross stitch patterns. I am sure this would work.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are not urgent decisions as I may be making blocks for a whole lot of months. The cutting of the paper square is going to take a whole lot of effort as well.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The family tree is coming along nicely. I am now trying to get all the documentation for each person. It really is interesting what information is out there if you look for it. When I hit a brick wall I have even found that Google can answer these sort of questions.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What I do find frustrating is that women are often not reported on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most men have a death certificate and yet there seems to be a lack of this basic information for most females. There are only two things that I think are happening. Firstly they may not have enough money for the government to need to worry about it, or secondly they probably outlive their husbands and their children are just not that efficient. </span></div>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458176081208243977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511036883226335181.post-75439546770416633262016-03-01T23:16:00.001+02:002016-03-01T23:20:54.972+02:00March marches in 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am sure that I have used this heading before. That is one thing about knowing your self, you become predictable. I was just about to go to sleep when I was shocked to realize that I had not done my first of the month post. </span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Work has been chaotic. I was drifting off thinking that it is three weeks to the Easter break and that I really must decide what my next quilt must be. I don't think that Kathy's quilt is a do-er. I really hate to give up on a quilt, so maybe I will keep the blocks to make a lap quilt or wait for inspiration. What has come to mind is a post stamp quilt. I already have a whole lot of 5cm by 5cm blocks covered. This may be a good idea. The blocks are the left overs from my Irish chain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I could just ease into it by covering a whole lot more blocks and then just start with doing a grab bag and see how it goes. It will soon be the start of Autumn and the cooler weather will soon be here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The family tree is almost there. There are still some relatives that will have to remain a mystery. I have resolved my husbands family and found out way to much about a family that share my ancestors' surname but are not related to us. Is it stalking if the people lived 100 years ago but you have their photos and all their info? I hope not. I almost feel obliged to do their family tree. Weird the information that is out there that can be found out. </span></div>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458176081208243977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511036883226335181.post-71988376538452396182016-02-01T06:00:00.000+02:002016-02-01T06:00:03.964+02:00February - flies in<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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February is here. I don't know whether to happy or sad about this. Jan flew by. I went on a road trip and drove to a town named Ficksburg to attend a court case. It was a long drive down and a harrowing drive back. The harrowing bit coming from the fact that it was raining really hard and the highway that I was taking was full of huge trucks. My car felt the same size as their tires and each time I passed one, my car was buffered with water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The whole Ficksburg trip caused me to ponder my family tree, as a relative in the past was shot dead there. I have since found out where he fits into the family tree. My genetics was in no danger. It was interesting to see all of the beautiful farm land. My ancestors were farmers and from the outside it really does look like a lovely life. I love modern technology, but the peace and quiet would be an amazing thing to experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been doing projects since I was 6 years old. Television only started being broadcast here in 1976, so I was brought up with the concept of having something to keep the hands busy. The other thing is that in my career, I produce nothing that is tangible. In 20 years time, all the systems that I have written would have been replaced. Not that I will care, as in 20 years I would hopefully not worked for 14 years. </span></div>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458176081208243977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511036883226335181.post-56551001563971218382016-01-01T11:40:00.000+02:002016-01-01T11:40:05.629+02:00A very happy 2106 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hope you have all welcomed in the new year. And are now awaiting the next five hundred and twenty seven or so minutes that will make up this year.</span><br />
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458176081208243977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511036883226335181.post-58196286575183145062015-12-25T11:32:00.005+02:002015-12-25T11:32:46.722+02:00Have yourself a Merry little christmas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have yourself a Merry little Christmas. Hope that you are all having an amazing day doing whatever makes you happy. I have being having such a fun creating my family tree. I have learnt so much as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have done the first part of Christmas. My eldest daughter and her husband came over and we have morning tea, nummy eats and received our presents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I was given awesome gifts by my loving family. Joy Joy!. In an hour we are going to go to the before mentioned eldest daughter's house for Christmas lunch. This will be the first time in more than 20 years, where my husband and I have not hosted the Christmas celebration. It is a strange feeling sitting here at 11'o clock on a Christmas morning and not doing the entertain, get lunch ready, juggle.</span></div>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458176081208243977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511036883226335181.post-73554124653582026582015-12-01T13:55:00.000+02:002015-12-01T14:59:50.591+02:00HO HO Holidays<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is part of the problem. Although record keeping was not a problem, digitizing said documents seems to be almost insurmountable. I have started a new blog on which I am sharing what I find. It is still quite chaotic, but I can see that eventually I will be able to solve the riddle of my ancestors.</div>
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My mother told me tale when I was a child. This was a very long time ago and I have overlaid these memories with a whole lot of other sound bytes. I was also the youngest child so these stories were seldom told to me directly.</div>
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Hopefully I will found out lots of details. What I have realized is that settlers of any country certainly lived the saddest lives of all. I find myself being quite moved by their struggles. If you would like you may <a href="http://kathysancestors.blogspot.co.za/" target="_blank">have a read.</a> It is as I say very rough.</div>
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I know, we are experiencing extremely warm weather. Actually we received rain and it has been delightfully cool here. The year-end freeze that I am talking about is at work, where no changes are allowed at the end of the year. This is always a goal post, to ensure that you have nothing just before hand that will cause chaos! So far so good. I have already started fiddling with things that will go into production in the middle of January. <div>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458176081208243977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511036883226335181.post-71468573479022950742015-11-16T16:54:00.001+02:002015-11-16T17:06:15.897+02:00And then the rain came!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Poor November, it is the totally forgotten Month. Christmas has invaded our consciousnesses in all that we see and do. At this point of the year burn-out has occurred and the last six weeks before the year end break have to be gotten through.Though, today is the first day that I have had a permanent job since 1985. </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;">Today the three month probation for a permanent job has finished, and the company for whom I have worked for the last 10 year can't get rid of me without having to do a whole lot of paper work. The thing is: Have I worked harder being a contractor in the last 30 years? Being employed as a contractor, you have to prove that you are a necessary expense, otherwise, you soon find yourself looking for the next contract.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There is a certain symmetry in me now being employed. I worked for 7 years for a specific company, before going out and selling my brain on an ad-hoc basis. This company then left this country. It has now returned, I am now working for it again and I have 7 years work before I reach retirement age. The 10 years that I have put in here is the longest that I have worked anywhere. Hopefully I can make a few more years...</span></div>
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Happy Halloween for last night and happy Guy Fawkes day in 4 days time.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well we have actually got here. The earth is still working the same and people are still people. We watch all of these movies last week, due to the date coming up and they really did last well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I enjoyed all three and they were fun to watch again. </span><span style="font-size: large;">We also watch Star Wars and I think it must be that I have got really old. I found it hilarious. As they say, "What a load of malarkey!" I first watched it when I was 17 and thought the movie was profound. </span><br />
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The theme talked to the teenager that I was. I am no longer her. It was such a whiny piece of entertainment. And spiciest; Why didn't chewy get a medal. So shocking.<br />
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458176081208243977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511036883226335181.post-37230787160262728162015-10-13T16:37:00.002+02:002015-10-13T16:37:59.588+02:00Last Year's Birthday Present<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">It has arrived. This parcel started travelling on the 16th of August 2014 and has finally reached it's destination on the 13th of October 2015. This poor package arrived at a post office that was busy having a strike.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The package was sent back to the shop where it started it's trip. This then took 6 months to get back to <a href="http://www.fabricshack.com/" target="_blank">Fabric Shack</a>. Katie was a star and sent off the package for it's next attempt to get to my house. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is truly a well traveled package. Luckily the insides were fine. The outsides are rather horrid.
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458176081208243977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511036883226335181.post-14346532131624726932015-10-01T06:00:00.000+02:002015-10-01T06:27:01.865+02:00October - let's be festive<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;">Both of my parent had their Birthdays this week with my father reaching 83. Unfortunately my mother has been living in Heaven for the last 12 years. Her birthday was always celebrated on the 4th and 5th of October. This was not due to her being greedy for presents but rather from her having been told that her birthday was on the 4th and then her Birth certificate being registered as the 5th. My mother maintains that her father came into town from the farm and had a party before going to do the registration. Hopefully we can all think of her on either the 4th or the 5th and send her a mental greeting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sewing is coming along fine. I had an exra long weekend. I did not do as much sewing as I wanted to. All sorts of things conspired to keep me away from my needle and thread. It was still fun just to have some time off work.</span><br />
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458176081208243977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511036883226335181.post-84867541915315108652015-09-23T16:54:00.001+02:002015-09-23T16:54:22.450+02:00Happy spring Equinox<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458176081208243977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511036883226335181.post-18580505292651017542015-09-12T09:35:00.000+02:002015-09-12T09:35:23.007+02:00Progress is being made<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another Saturday morning and progress is being made. I now have 4 blocks and 14 triangles. It is really fun just choosing which block I want to do next. I am keeping the progress report on the <a href="http://kathys-quilt-corner.blogspot.co.za/p/kathys-sampler-quilt.html" target="_blank">Kathy Sampler</a> tab. Summer is sneaking in, with a few days this week being extremely hot. It is cooler now and almost seems that it is going to rain again. We have had early rain this year and it is wonderful to see the garden being green again.</span>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458176081208243977noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511036883226335181.post-79162937054620189962015-09-05T10:30:00.001+02:002015-09-05T10:31:20.739+02:00Kathy's sampler started<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">First week on starting my new quilt and progress has been made. I have made 6 of the border triangles and 1 block. </span><br />
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458176081208243977noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511036883226335181.post-27982541713010327472015-09-01T13:42:00.002+02:002015-09-01T13:44:50.780+02:00September springs in<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Blossoms are glorious in the garden. The choice of quilts to use at night is a bit difficult as cotton batting is a bit cool and wool and silk batting is too warm. Oh gosh what a lovely delemer. Tonight I think we will once again sleep under the granny's garden quilt as the weather is supposed to be cold again tonight.</div>
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Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16458176081208243977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5511036883226335181.post-77443904713894706142015-08-29T13:55:00.005+02:002015-08-29T13:56:31.645+02:00New projects gets ready to start - Kathy's sample quilt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After so much procrastination, I am ready to start my next major project. It will be a sampler. I will be taking blocks from where-ever I find them and hopefully at the end of the day the quilt will be awesome. I like the sashing and on-point from the farmers wife, so this has been incorporated. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I always enjoy having a border, so this will be included. Currently I have a border added, but, I very much doubt this is what it will look like in the end. This will be a design in progress until I am actually finished.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I went shopping today to get the sashing fabrics as well as some muted colours for the background portion of the blocks. I am trying to only use solid colours. It will be a stretch for me. I will try and see if I can do this.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> I am going to be documenting this quilt in the same way that I did the </span><a href="http://kathys-quilt-corner.blogspot.com/p/dear-jane_18.html" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">Dear Jane</a><span style="font-size: large;">. I will show each pattern piece as well so that if you want to make any of the blocks, you can just take the pattern piece and copy it. The </span><a href="http://kathys-quilt-corner.blogspot.com/p/kathys-sampler-quilt.html" style="font-size: x-large;" target="_blank">Kathy's sampler quilt</a><span style="font-size: large;"> tab will be have the blocks as I make them. I will probably be driving my self nuts by adding a schedule and a progress chart. It really is difficult getting an A type personality to act like a zennny zennist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Taz was helping with the fabrics, he was all over them when they were having their picture taken. As soon as the fabric was being packed away again, Taz decided that this was a box and it had fresh fabric in it and that he needed to do some investigation.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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Here are some pictures of Taz being himself. <br />
<span style="font-size: large;">He looks so sweet in the first picture. He is trying to show that he is a calm and handsome fellah and will wait patiently while his people take his picture.</span><br />
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These next two are showing him spotting the fact that his tail has escaped and its eventual capture. He had a bit of a chew on it, just to show the tail who is boss. He so enjoys this, though he tries to hide it.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Phew! after so much cuteness he is exhausted. He can barely fit in this silly box. He now has to think what he can do next. Even though he is so tired, he is also very bored. Maybe he can go and chase the birds outside, or nap, or is he actually hungry...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hope you all have an amazing weekend. I know I will.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Have a good one.</span><br />
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