a few beautiful days, to be enjoyed outside, so today I took myself off to Curlewis to get some exercise , disguised as doing a bit of geocaching!
I started at the Curlewis Woolworths car park and found where the cache was but could not reach it, will have to go back another time with my magnetic pin picker upper and see if that helps. Then I went to the Percy Cherry Park, the hint was the cache was under the ANZAC sign, but no joy, I felt around everywhere I could feel. It was interesting to read about Percy Cherry, but sad to see he didn't come home.
Then I walked along the pathway, past the Beware Birds signs, yes it is magpie breeding season here and the magpies are very active!
Theis is at the entrance to a housing subdivision, no joy finding the cache here either, I did enjoy the music coming form the house over the road though, as did the owner, he was singing along happily!! Not sure what the neighbours would have been thinking!
From there I went to the old Drysdale tennis courts and finally found the cache there!! Thank goodness!
I was getting a bit disheartened by then.
I had a little wander through the trees
had a look at the lake and then headed home.
I sat on the back deck for a while and sewed in all the threads on the top of a quilt I have quilted
I did free motion quilting around the flowers and then crossed the yellow squares so there are hundreds of ends of thread to sew in, I still have to do the other side but will do that later today.
The weekend this quilt has been finished
And late last week this quilt was quilted and finished. These quilts are all going to the oncology dept.
A little girl koala has joined the boys
And after I finished the thread sewing in I sat in the sun for a while and finished off this book. It was a good read and I had not come across one before.
Here are last weeks and this week blocks for Sylvia's Bridal Sampler, I finished this weeks and went to put it away and realised I had already made this one (the one on the left) and hadn't ticked it off in the book! Ah well might have to make two this week to make up the bungle.
I am off to make a couple more Kevin's.
Happy stitching.
Your walk sounds lovely and challenging......
ReplyDeleteSo industrious with your quilting.... Congrats....
The geo caching is a good way to you out and about. Makes the outing more interesting for you but pity you couldn't find them all.
ReplyDeleteLove the quilts as usual but not the thought of sewing in threads.
Sewing in the ends of a granny square are enough for me
Lovely place to walk around, but you had a difficult time with the geocaches. Gorgeous quilts, especially the blue one. You are so generous to make these. The koala girl is very sweet!
ReplyDeletePleased you finally founch the cache but you did have a lovely outing and walk...
ReplyDeleteMy hubby plays his music very loud too in his shed but thankfully we are on 5 acres....
Great work completing quilts and soon all the threads will also be sewn away.
Cute Karla Koala to join the boys .
Nice blocks too !
Sounds like a good outing, but pity you couldn't find / get at some of the caches. Still, it was a trip out! Your quilting is fabulous, as always. Love the koala girl, so sweet! Enjoy your weekend, hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of "geocaching". Had to do a Google search on it. It sounds interesting and you will have to enlighten me as to who organises it etc. It looks like you enjoyed a lovely walk while taking part. It is nice to be able to sit outside and do the "boring" bits to get the quilts finished. There are quite a few quilting books written by that author which make for a light and enjoyable read.
ReplyDeletelovely to get out and enjoy the sunshine.
ReplyDeleteLoving the oncology quilts and Miss Kathleen Koala is very sweet. Love her little bow...
You've certainly been busy Sue... on some great projects.
ReplyDeleteGreat time out doing geocaching... I haven't done any for over a year or longer but it's always fun. EnJoY the spring & it's sunshine...xox
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful wander even if not that successful. Love all the quilts you have been working on. Sounds like a good read.
Look at those blue blue skies in your photos Sue. Stunning weather by the looks. I love the girl koala with her pink bow.
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking me on the walk with you, even though you had trouble finding what you were looking for, don't know much about geocaching either. Well done on finishing all those quilts.
ReplyDeleteYou've had a busy time. Love the blue and white quilt.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a lovely walk in the sunshine.
Glad you found one cache lol. Sad memorial there . Lovely quilts. Have you used tge needles without eyes for sewing all the ends in? Much easier than rethreading eyed needles all the time. Love your blocks ( and love the OTK block on your header).
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the Elm Creek Quilts series. I have them all and will probably read them over again.
ReplyDeleteA lovely walk Sue even if a bit frustrating..... youfind some interesting places to see. Well done with the quilts... hyou do get a heap of them done including all the quilting....
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Sue - glad you found a cache, finally! The first quilt in this post - the one with the yellow, gray and red is really eye-catching! Enjoy the rest of your week!
ReplyDeleteHow frustrating to come across (or not come across) a series of elusive caches!!! Glad you found one, and yes, it's a great excuse for a walk and some exercise. Another great pile of quilts for the oncology dept. Nice to see a female Koala; a great solution for running out of boy names!!! It looks like you are doing those blocks in a Quilt as You Go method - great idea - and are the koalas fused and then free motion quilted around them? I've read some of the Jennifer Chiaverini in the past and quite enjoyed them too.
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