Should I admit that I am an idiot?!

I have had the same rotary cutter since I first started patchwork about five years ago. Somehow I always found rotary cutting tedious, difficult and not very accurate. It was also a bit of a pain in the wrist but I decided I had to persist otherwise everything was just too slow. Imagine my amazement when I realised that I had been putting Olfa blades in a Kai handle. That was the clunking I couldn't get rid of! The most amazing thing is that I have admitted this to the outside world!

While I wait for a new handle to arrive (cheaper than throwing away my 10 pack of blades) I managed to cut out this:

...but it was not easy to put together! Entirely my own fault!
It will eventually be put with lots of other blocks as a group surprise for someone. I had better not say any more!

While on my travels I couldn't go past these Lecien fabrics. The colours are lovely and nice to use instead of flat plains.


Oh and spring has finally come to Melbourne. We have gone onto daylight saving time and our darlings are enjoying the sunshine!

Siblings!

Quick post while the teens are in the kitchen baking brownies and bickering as only sisters can!!

The two youngest members of the family (pictured here) are also trying to kill each other under my desk. Situation normal! We have tried to get them to love each other but just like siblings they have other ideas. Teddy (the gorgeous grey boy) loves Molly (the elegant older lady). Unfortunately Molly treats Teddy like she brought him in on the bottom of her shoe (if she had any)! So 99% of the time they avoid each other and 1% they fight at my feet!