Progress and catching up

 I am having trouble believing it is February already - January vanished so quickly!

I have been having a few walks, I try to go out most days

Indented Heads today

St Leonard's a few weeks ago when the bush fires were happening down the Otway's and Great Ocean Road

Back at St Leonard's

The flowering gums are doing their thing at the moment, the bees are very happy and out in large numbers. Sorry about the finger in the photo 😊

The shirt quilt is finished, I used trimmed off backing to bind.

and the Peas In a Pod is also finished, I used left over fabric for the binding.

In the bag of shirt pieces I found a nearly complete shirt, it had part of the fronts cut off so I decided to try and rescue is and make it mine

I added some fabric to the back just under the collar

and two pieces either side of the fronts, they were not cut off evenly and I didn't even them up just added the fabric I wanted. I am going to add more but have not decided what else to do yet.

I finally got my act together and hot glued thread to the back of the shapes to be added to Glad Tidings Christmas wall hanging, now I need to add buttons. This is going to a new home in April so I will get moving.

I have been spending some time with this little man

he enjoyed painting (with water) the screen door one hot day, until he had had enough and threw brush and container over the edge of the deck! Game over!!

He loves the camera and spent ages taking selfies with my phone until the battery went flat! You can't get your phone out as he wants to use it straight away. We deflect with kicking the soccer ball and playing cricket. Usually indoors which is getting dangerous for the house!!

I have been stitching away on the Under the Sea quilt, I am slow and it is taking a while. This was started in a class with Kathy Doughty last year, the challenge was to go big...think I failed, but I am happy with it.

This is a cushion that goes on a couch Beth bought for the office of her new business. Adam and Beth's Dad went to get it and part way home it blew off the trailer. Luckily someone stopped by them at the traffic lights and let them know, so back they went and there it was in the middle of the lanes of traffic, luckily it had not been run over by a truck! The end was ripped and not much fabric was missing thank goodness so I was able to sew it back together. I sits towards the back of the couch so will not be too obvious. 

Life has been a bit busy of late, we have finally managed to get David in to a Parkinson's support programme at a hospital in Geelong, he has had two interviews so far, the third one is in a week and a bit. today was the "Speechie" and OT, next time is the physio and maybe another session with the OT.  We came away pleased with todays sessions, I think it will be really good for David in the future.

Ok enough from me and it is time I was cooking dinner.