Where Have I Been???

Happy New Year!   I’ve been lay­ing low for the last month but I’m back at the com­puter and sew­ing machine and ready to go in 2017!    I have some very excit­ing news to share with you all soon in the quilty depart­ment but for now I thought I’d share a little bit about what’s been hap­pen­ing here at Casa de Peace…

We moved!   This little Post War Queenslander not too far from the city in Bris­bane is where we now call home.    Liv­ing in this house has been a big dream of mine for just about as long as I can remem­ber and it’s so nice to finally be here!   My grand­par­ents built this house in the late 1940’s, my Mum was born and raised here and I spent almost every sum­mer hol­i­day in it.    The house is filled with beau­ti­ful memor­ies of my fam­ily and the fun times we’ve all had here.   This is teeny me with my dear dear Granny in the backyard.

We have a pretty major renov­a­tion and exten­sion planned for this year which will has taken up just about all of my time over the last few weeks.   We’ve been see­ing build­ers, arbor­ists (because I want to save the trees and plants my grand­par­ents planted) and this week we’re meet­ing with the drafts­man which means everything will really start moving!

Once the build­ing works start we’ll have to move out for about six months but, until then, we are here and I’m get­ting used to the space I have to sew in. Ready…

Let’s just say it’s a bit of a let down after my sew­ing room in the last house but I’m grin­ning and bear­ing it because the ded­ic­ated sew­ing room we have planned for the reno is going to be great!   That said it ain’t all bad in here, the light is amaz­ing and I have an awe­some view of two unbe­liev­ably huge crepe myrtle’s that are in full bloom at the moment while I work which is pretty nice.   This end of the house is quite high off the ground so it’s a little like I’m sit­ting in the trees.

I can­’t wait to see and hear about everything you have all been up to on Ins­tagram and Face­book!   I’m head­ing over there right now to check out what’s been hap­pen­ing and will back real soon with a quick tutori­al, some magazine pro­jects and a new quilt!

Happy quilt­ing,