Today's Wombat of the Week is a cute little feller (I think they are all cute!) - it's a hand puppet. Try as I may I could not get a good picture of this wombat with my hand up its bum, so we will have to settle for a reclining hand puppet resting on one of my quilt books.
This little bag was made as a gift for a visitor from Sweden. The pretty fabric is an Australian wildflower print, the bag is lined with sky blue. The waratah bowl was made at Pilliga Pottery and bought in Tamworth last year; I have a soft spot for our native flowers. And the pretty Teneriffe lace cloth on the table belonged to Kevin's mother, I have a lovely stash of beautiful hand-made linen that belonged to my mother, her mother and aunts, and Kevin's mother and grandmother.Do you know, I could have sworn that yesterday was still January....had my days mixed up...I thought that February started today. It's all the fault of that big machine in Europe, it's mucking around with time.
Last week Kevin and I hung some net curtains in the lounge room, they are very sheer but help keep some of the hot glare out. The receipt was still in the bag of curtain fabric, it was purchased on 22nd January 2005 which means it sat in that bag for four years and one week. Shame on us. I seem to remember we were waiting for Bianca The Beautiful to grow out of the destructive kitten-climbing-up-the-curtains stage before we hung the new curtains.
For the Aussies, stay cool. For those living in the midst of snow and ice at present, you lucky folk!
Jennifer
