A place to call home

Yesterday we went to an auction for this house.

I'm so happy to say it will be our new home. Here's the link if your interested.

Design Wall Monday

Packing has started even though we haven't bought a house yet. I really don't want to leave it to the last minute.

I felt I needed something quick and easy to do. I am currently basting this cute panel and will just do some big stitch quilting. Love the fabric. It's from Birch and 100% organic. Has a gorgeous feel and should be lovely for a baby.

Missing in action

Not much posting going on here at the moment. The search is on for the perfect house and it seems to be consuming most of my time at the moment.

Did find a little time for knitting today. It was cold and blustery so the perfect thing to do.

House Hunting

We were going to have a month off from the house stuff but the Internet makes it so easy to see things. This property popped into my inbox during the week and we love it. It was built in 1880 so we need to get a building report and find out what the heritage restrictions are before we do anything but if that's all good we will definitely be bidding.

The sign changed again...

Missing in Action and stashbusting

What's the difference between this photo and the one on my last blog post. We've gone from For Auction to For Sale. We got very close but not close enough to our reserve yesterday. It's not the end of the world and we are expecting a new offer on Monday. If we don't we will probably take the house off the market.

Laurie has been having severe pain in his back and right leg for almost 2 months. turns out he has a cyst growing that is pressing on his spine. They are going to try an injection on Tuesday and if that doesn't work it will mean surgery. Probably not the best time to be moving.

So what's all this got to do with reducing the stash. I give up. The remainder of the year I'm going with the flow and if that means buying fabric and not using much so be it. I'm still going to try to put a dent in my stash but just won't be counting any more.

It's official

Sign went up this week and first viewing was yesterday. 18 groups through and two contracts taken. Our agent tells us a good start.