Into the city

Today I was up early...actually an hour early as hubby got mixed up and woke me with a cuppa at 5.45 am instead of 6.45 as requested!! Still I enjoyed the cold cuppa at a more sensible time!! I drove to Geelong and caught the train in to the city and wandered down to Jeff's Shed to the Craft and Quilt Show....you can tell the other crafters by the bags they were carrying!! And the flow of women from the train station down the road. I had a great time wandering around and seeing a few familiar faces, Karen and Donna, Jill and Jodi, who were rushing of to do their white glove duties! I have taken many photos of quilts that caught my eye...yep photo heavy again I am sorry...I could have taken lots more, just put the camera away after a while and enjoyed. A feast for the eyes....

Was very surprised to see my name on this list....

I made the orange bucket and spade block for the Quilt In block challenge last year

It was cold and drizzling when I came back out into the real world!!

on the train going in and a little on the way home, I worked on some clam shells

I found these little treasures on a stand...

they go on your finger and light up your sewing as you sew!!I think it is supposed to be on the top of my finger,I need to have  a play with it!!

Off to enjoy pizza for dinner.

Happy sewing.

Sewing

has been happening here this afternoon I am happy to say.

I made three foundation pieced Christmas trees for the Christmas Row by Row

one more Christmas decoration using a button from Barb Smith, love these guys out star gazing,

and the row is finished!!! Yay!!! Now I need to get on and make the present row, the angel row and the holly rows!! That should keep me busy!

Happy sewing

Wednesday wanderings

Actually I haven't wandered very far today, just down the street to join Jill, Mary and Wendy for some stitching, a quick visit to the PO and then home.

here are Jill's clamshells

Mary is working on hers, well she was off making a cuppa but you know what I mean!! Her Japanese fabrics are just beautiful.

I was doing my Minerva applique, half a stem and two leaves...big effort today!! Lol!!

back at home I made this quick Christmas decoration in a hoop, with a beautiful Barb Smith button...love this big Santa.

Off to do some more of something!

Happy sewing.

Claytons Christmas

I joined in the latest swap with the No Fuss Swap ladies. My partner this time was Jo, I opened it last night

it came in this great bag, very Christmas!!

and contained thse lovely goodies!!

a Christmas fat quarter, Christmas buttons, a treat..hubby will love them!!! And a Christmas decoration...Jo has clevery made the Christams deco into a needle keeper.....

the front...isn't that deer cute

inside...isn't that a wonderful idea!! 

Many thanks Jo for a great swap and thanks to the No Fuss Swap girls for the organising.

Tuesday today

Today was Seachange day,so off to Barwon Heads I went and had a very enjoyable morning of sewing and chatting. I managed to get some leaves appliqued on the Minerva applique

poor thing has been neglected!!

I came home about two gathered up hubby and dog and we went back to Ocean Grove, picked up a coffee and cake for hubby, a chai and cake for me (gf passion fruit sponge slice) YUM!! We parked where we had a good view of the beach and enjoyed our afternoon tea. Once finished we took the Supervisor for a walk along the path above the beach, the tide was full in so we couldn't walk on the beach itself.....luckily as we set off the sun was starting to come through the clouds.

the view from the car window

the Supervisor refusing to go if I don't go to!!! Hee hee!!

looking towards Point Lonsdale, the light house is off in the distance

the end of our walk

yep I was there too!!

we think  we were there at the peak of the high tide...the water came right up past the fence on some occasions 

cool but lovely in the sun.

Heading off home now

Happy sewing.

Monday (photo heavy)

has been a busy day...the car was booked in for a service in Geelong at 8am, this meant being up and out by 7.20am.......hard to find that on the clock these days!!! I was a little late but got there dropped off the car and was dropped off at the library, I walked to Market Square, got a hot drink, did a little geocaching (no luck!!) While I was wandering around I discovered alleyways I hadn't seen before and graffiti, so had to get some photos!

We were just talking about this singer yesterday...we think she was a student at the school David's father taught at in Preston

liked this guy...King Billy!!

thought this was cute

liked the sea and boat here

always good to be reminded to smile!!

another Aussie singer who left us too soon.

Then I wandered off to the National Wool Museum to have a look at the festival of the Scarves

the theme this year was Myths and Legends

loved this felted scarf with the little creatures on it

a bit of a view, there are 300 scarves in here, knitted,felted, crochet, some made using reclaimed products, 

I think this was the lady of the Lake...I was being followed around by the lady watching over the display, she was encouraging me to try one on and decide which one I wanted to buy!!! They started in price from $30 and went up to over $300.....mmmmm...no thanks, I think I will stick with the scarves I have!!

another view

this quilt was up in the dinosaur section and was made for a woman who did a lot of work in the area of fossils, I think the darker plant and shell fossils were printed on, it was beautiful!

I went from here to the library and sat and read fora while, then went outside and found a sheltered spot to eat lunch and do a bit of sewing before I was picked up to go and get my car.

sewing in the sun!! With all the cold weather gear on!!! Lol!!

                                              this is a great place to enjoy the sunshine

love the front of the library building

the few clamshells I sewed today

when I got home Ethel (thank you Ondrea for the name suggestion) was all ready for a visit outside, but today I think she needs an umbrella!!

We went to hubby's step fathers 90th birthday celebrations yesterday up in the eastern suburbs, it took us two and a half hours to get there, the traffic was heavy and slow, and about 2 hours to get home so it was a long day, I managed a little knitting before I fell into bed!! We could have been at the South Australian border doing that much driving!! 

Ok enough from me for today, is dark here now (5.36pm) and the rain is coming down heavily!

Happy sewing.