Sunday, December 18, 2022

Back again (photo heavy)

 Life has been a little busy of late, hubby had an overnight in hospital having an ulcer removed from his leg, caused by a mosquito bite. He then had a week at home keeping his leg up with a pressure dressing on it, with a pump attached. We were visited daily by the hospital in the home nurses, who were wonderful. A visit to the hospital a week later, saw the pump removed, dressing changed and one happier hubby. He has had the best attention at the public hospital in Geelong, but boy the wait for each appt is so long and the time of your appt means nothing! I did manage to get quite a bit of reading done. Hubby now gets visits every third day fro the community nurse to have the dressing changed, healing is going well.

A little sewing has been happening here, some are secret sewing, some are me finally getting binding onto quilts.

The horse quilt is finished and has gone to Belinda to be taken to the new owners

I loved the horseshoe quilting, done by On Point quilting in Clifton Springs

The Schoolgirl Sampler finally has binding and is finished.

I finished the wasgij, this was a bit challenging but good to do.
The heart quilt is bound. labelled and finished

as is this quilt made by Lisa of the Geelong Guild, I quilted and bound it and it has now gone with the heart quilt to SJOG to the Oncology ward. I am sure it will make someone very happy. When I took the horse quilt to Belinda, one of the patients waiting for her treatment told me she had been given a quilt and she loved it and really appreciated the sentiment behind it. Very nice to hear.
I have been plugging away at the blocks for the Wendy Williams pattern Thought Bubbles


A few more flowers needed here

The colonial knots I found really hard, some were beautiful and others a mess!!

I have another three to make and then they can be joined together, the I need to make lots and lots of fabric circles. 
The garden is still looking good, although we have had very windy days lately, the rain we have had has kept everything green.
The poppies have flourished. I was given this seed, the seed I bought and scattered has not taken at all.

These were all supposed to be the same but some have different colours. They range from the red in the front to the purple at the back.

A line of mushrooms has sprung up, I have no idea if you can eat them or not, nor am I game to try!!


From near the back of the garden looking towards the house. The fig tree in the centre has done so well, no hot north winds to tear its leaves off so far.
We had some wonderful news last weekend
Adam and Beth got engaged! We managed to surprise Beth by meeting them at the pub for lunch after Adam asked the all important question.

The ring is made with a ruby from a ring belonging to Davids mother and the diamonds are from my maternal grandmothers engagement ring. Beth was super happy with the family connection.

Here we are Palmers to the left and McConnell's on the right. We are all very happy for them. 
Last Tuesday we went over to Sorrento to meet David's sister and brother in law for lunch, to celebrate David's birthday. The Spirit of Tasmania passed us on the way.

We went over on the small ferry, had to sit outside, it was cold and windy and not a pleasant trip

Cold and windy was the weather for the day, but we enjoyed ourselves anyway.
Well that is enough from me for now.
Happy stitching.















15 comments:

  1. Congratulations to the happy couple and what a stunning ring! So lovely to have the 'family jewels' in there too. Your circles are delightful and I love the horseshoe quilting on the horse quilt. So pleased David's leg is healing. xx

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  2. Congratulations to your son and his engagement. A wedding quilt may have to be started. All the quilts are wonderful.
    Sorry to hear about David’s mishap. At least the hospital was good. Hope he heals well. You garden is growing nicely.

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  3. busy girl - sorry to hear of hubby's mishaps - but the home visits must be much easier to manage. Love your Wendy Wiliams project - and as for the french knots... no one is going to see each individual one.
    Great work on the charity quilts...it is encouraging when yu hear a "thanks".

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  4. Congratulations to the newly engaged. Lovely poppies.
    Lots of quilty goodness too.

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  5. You two have certainly been "in the wars" lately. Hoping both are back up to speed very soon. You have been busy in the sewing department both by machine and hand. Lovely work. Congratulations to the happy couple. Love and engagement ring.....very pretty and a lovely story to go with it. There is nothing colder and wetter than the outside of a ferry of a windy day.

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  6. What a nice newsy post. Congratulations to Adam and Beth. Such a lovely ring. The horse quilt turned out so well, as are your other projects. The Wendy Williams circles are coming along so well.

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  7. Aaah congrats to Adam and Beth, the ring is gorgeous and so lovely to have the family connection. You have been very busy with your sewing - good to hear Davids leg is healing well.... between the two of you the health system is being kept busy this year????/ hope you are very well now...

    Hugz

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  8. Your quilting s totally fantastic, I love the panda especially. Congrats on the engagement of your daughter, too, that's great. Glad to hear that your hubby is getting better, that ulcer sounds nasty. Have a great week, merry Christmas, hugs, Valerie

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  9. Oh my goodness you have had some hard times. Hope alls going well now.
    Great to have lots of finishes.
    Congratulations to the young couple and I love the special ring.

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  10. Congratulations to the happy couple. What a lovely story behind the ring. Your Wendy Williams blocks look great Sue.

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  11. Congratulations to the happy couple! The ring is gorgeous. How special! Beautiful quilts and flowers, too. Mosquitoes are dangerous, aren’t they?

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  12. What wonderful news about the engagement, and a beautiful ring with family connections. Your quilts are marvelous, as always. I really like the idea of the thought bubbles. I generally don't bother with Colonial knots, though everyone tells me they are easier. I don't find it so! I use French knots, because they always come out right for me. =) It's so nice to be catching up a little with your blog. I know I'm far behind.

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  13. Congratulations to Adam and Beth. Such a lovely engagement ring and the familial history of the stones is touching. So many lovely quilts here which will give quilty hugs to the recipients. The embroideries for the Thought Bubbles quilt are gorgeous. This is going to be a fabulous quilt. Goodness me, you and your husband have had a time of it with your health of late. May 2023 be a healthier year for the two of you.

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  14. finally on a blog reading marathon to catch up after the last couple of weeks. Congrats to the happy couple, now there is a wedding to plan. You and hubby have certainly tested 2022, so hope the health news for 2023 is much better.

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  15. Congratulations to the happy couple! I recall reading this post a month ago, but just realized I didn't post a comment. I like the story of the gems in her ring. I am sentimental I suppose.

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