A finish and phew it is hot!!

The baby quilt is done except for the label on the back

Sunday saw hubby and I walk to the pier and back

the pelicans were off to the fish cleaning table as a fisherman had just set up to clean his fish...free handout coming!!

It was a beautiful sunny morning

scuba divers were having a lesson under the pier

heading back home, the pelicans had moved to the camping ground to get a feed there!

Last night there was a big golden moon...my fuzzy shot between the neighbours trees

Today we have been to the beach between Point Lonsdale and Queenscliff

Taking photos of Shane taking photos, we walked along the beach and then back along the bush track

with glimpses of the water, it was very hard going for me, way too hot for walking,

we went to the nearest beach, which happened to be the dog waking beach

and had two great swims to cool down and then took some sneaky photos of people enjoying the beach with their dogs, this one would NOT give up his ball for it to be thrown.

this one waited and ran when the ball was thrown

general view up the beach.

Well we returned home and found it was 35 deg C...phew!!! Now dinner is ready and we are eating outside, with the air con on inside for when we return.

Best wishes to everyone for a very happy Christmas and I wish you all the best for the coming year.

Friends are the best.

This afternoon

I have been quilting the baby quilt I started a few weeks ago, the great grandmother of the baby is coming here on the 27th so I thought I should get my skates on and get it finished.

there is quite a nice view out the window today

the horse block is finished...yay!!

Quite a bit of my time has been spent sitting staring at this trying to work out where the pieces go, this is a wasgij, the picture on the box not what you can see but what someone in the picture can see. Keeps you thinking!

the quilt for Victor is bound, wrapped and under the tree.

These cats are so cute!

Last Tuesday evening I went with the past Guild president to a Gratitude Garden Party. It was at the Bluebird Foundation in Geelong and they were thanking everyone who had donated/supported them thru the year. The Guild donated quilts to them for their reading programmes at two venues. This drawing was created by the man who teaches the boys street art classes, how clever is that. I hope the Guild will support them again next year.

On Wednesday there was supposed to be a last meeting of the St Leonard's girls, but the venue was closed for a clean up, so we went to Jill s house and got to meet Molly. Molly could no longer live with her owner so Jill is seeing how she fits into their house and gets on with their dog. She is a beautiful quiet cat.

Jill has finished this cushion cover she got as a kit when we heard Margaret Mew speak, it is the most beautiful applique.

Here is Jills dog, after she got over being excited about visitors being in the house and had plenty of back and tummy rubs.

I emptied a gin bottle, not in a day I hasten to add, and decided the bottle was too nice to thrown away, so it has been turned into a light, not really dark enough to see it properly, but you get the idea.

Are you still awake?? Hee hee.

I am off to finish the quilting before the dinner needs to be cooked.

Happy stitching.

Finally some sewing

Yesterday was the final sit and sew at the Bellarine Quilters for the year and as I didn't have any hand sewing I pulled out this much neglected block and button hole stitched around the horses. The plan today is to do the brown pieces. This block is from the Farm Yard Frolics BOM from 2013!

I also began a quilt for Victor the cat, who lives with my son and his partner

Very simple, stippled and ready for some binding.

the supervisor and I went for a walk this morning , I love the glimpses of sea through the trees.

we were followed along the beach bu a willy wag tail, I guess the Supervisor was disturbing insects and things for the bird to eat. The Supervisor was blissfully unaware, just sniffing and weeing on anything vertical!!

a family of galahs were feeding on the grass

a magpie came by and scared them all away, I think they might have been too close to the magpies tree.

I brought the Supervisor home and then went for a short bike ride, luckily the rain that was threatening didn't happen.

I spent Sunday in the sewing room, making a t-shirt dress. It took me ages to get the fabric to fit to the T-shirt, the the iron on stabiliser wouldn't iron on to the t-shirt or anything else for that matter!! Eventually it worked out, hubby says I look like a blimp but the dress is comfy to wear. If I make another one I would put less fabric in the skirt part I think and get a softer fabric for a better drape, this fabric is a bit stiff even after a wash.  It was a learning experience for me!

I am off now to do some binding before lunch hopefully.

Happy stitching,

This and that, here and there

Last Sunday I was supposed to be tidying the sewing room, an ongoing should be, when we heard the rumble of bikes in the distance..I very happily spent the next nearly two hours watching bikes of various sizes and shapes go past the house.

There must have been hundreds of them, I was told last year 1000 gathered at Queenscliff, would have been close to that again this year. 

Got lots of waves and toots, even a blat from a big guy on a Harley.

Santa went past at one stage!!

After all that excitement I went to see what hubby was up to, not his best angle I must admit, but he was very busy putting in an outdoor chess game area

Hubby was given an outdoor chess set for his birthday and Christmas, I told him he could have the black pieces for his birthday and the white for Christmas. He didn't think that was funny!!! Anyway since construction we have had very heavy rain so the base is very well settled in.

I found some Christmas paper piecing on the internet so decided to have a go, it took a long time to get my head around working backwards again.

I was watching/listening to this movie while sewing, everyone I have spoken to finds this movie happy, for some reason it makes me cry, once in the movies and again at home!

During the week I received this beautiful card and decoration from the lovely Michelle, I love these little gonky guys, thank you very much Michelle, these are very special. I first came across these guys in Germany a few years back.

The Supervisor and I went for a walk in the week, in between the rain storms

the galahs were having a feed by the road

we found lots of puddles

and it looked as though more weather was coming from the North.

Today was sunny

the Supervisor had a swim

the native clematis is covered in seeds, aren't they beautifully delicate?

the Asiatic lilies are flowering, a bit battered from the rain but still  looking good

I rescued a bee from the rain gauge, it hung about for a while and then flew off.

I brought the Supervisor home and then went for a bike ride to the local book exchange and back.

I finally finished the paper pieced decoration, the seams nearly met up!!

And now I have to go sort this mess in the sewing room.

Happy stitching.