Catch up and FNSI

I have had a busy week this week and nearly missed FNSI which was last night

but I did manage to get some sewing done

I had a play with some yellow hexies

and finished another hexie block for the New Hexagon Quilt.

Sandra, a friend from NZ, who now lives in Singapore came to stay for a night so we explored the bollards in Geelong and walked from one end to the other and back

we have perfected the art of the "selfie" after some very strange photos!! Sandra walks 15,000 steps a day to keep fitand we managed to meet that target by the days end.

Thursday we went to Queenscliffe and Port Lonsdale, did some caching, and then went to Jirralinga Wildlife Park in Barwon Heads

we got to pat a koala and wombat...

in fact it was fantastic for Sandra as she saw nearly all the Australian animals in one place, she was very excited!!

Then yesterday we had a visit from the lovely Ondrea and her hubby...the men folk disappeared into the man cave and we had a wonderful time talking and exchanging ideas..Ondrea brought me a beautiful present

a beautiful pincushion to add to my collection and a wash cloth and soap...thank you Ondrea, that was very nice of you and I love them!!

anda bag of fabric that Ondrea no longer wants...I have used some of the yellow for the hexies already! Perfect timing Ondrea.

Today I am off to Guild meeting so had better get my skates on!!

Happy sewing.

FNSI and Easter

I managed to get two New Hexagon blocks finished for FNSI

purple seems to be the dominating colour here so far!! Lol!!

You can visit Wendy to see what the other Friday nighters got up to this time, I am sure there are some beautiful creations.

Adam and Shane came for a visit on Saturday, it was wonderful to have a catch up and spend the evening with them

compulsory photo with the mother!! Lol!!

trying to get the chow to pay attention and have his photo taken!!

Success!!! 

Tupai, Shane, Adam and Eve.

We have had a great weekend...off to finish the wasjig now...well hopefully!!

Happy sewing.

Easter

This weekend is along weekend and of course is Easter but is it also an extra long FNSI

Wendy our host over at Sugarlane designs is hosting this sew in...you can go over there and sign up and join in.

I have Eve here this weekend with her little dog Basil

Basil is a Jug..Jack Russell Pug cross and boy he is an active barky little dog, so different to the chow!!

Yesterday I had the need to eat a hot cross bun!!! We found some at the supermarket but they had things in them I prefer not to eat,so I decided to try and make some. I bought a packet of gluten free pancake mix with apple and cinnamon in it, added some extra gf flour, cinnamon, mixed spice and sultanas, a little yeast and warm water...

and into patty pans they went...into the oven for 16 mins or there abouts..

and they came out like this....and they were edible!!! Yay!! The only problem was they stuck to the bottom of the patty pans!

Is a beautiful afternoon this afternoon, have been walked by the dogs along the beach,

had some lunch and now a hot heavy bun!!! No cross and boy they are heavy but they taste fantastic!! You can see what we are doing this afternoon!

When I brought Eve back from Melbourne we stopped at one of the antique centers on the way through for her to look for postcards, Basil and I went for a walk and passed this old building, I think Melody went here and took photos a few months back.

I seem to have an interest in graffiti art at the moment, or maybe my eyes are just more open to looking!! Lol!!

Am off now to do more of the puzzle and maybe some stitching.

Happy sewing.

FNSI Results

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After a slow start I got fired up last night and did a little quilting and tracing stitcheries from Gail Pans new book.

these ones I managed to get the fabric back to front so they are traced on the back!!!! Memo to self, so not do this at night!!!

Last night I started quilting the waves on this Aussie hero quilt, but then stopped and finished the binding on the Charm Square quilt, I completed the quilting this morning. Thank you to Wendy for hosting us you can have a look at Wendy's blog to see what others got up to! Off to tidy up this quilt and organise binding.

Happy sewing.

FNSI

Tonight is Friday Night Sew In and as I have just finished vacuuming I am running a bit behind!! I had big plans for today, but they have vanished in shopping for groceries for the weekend and then cooking, which is not like me, but all I can say, is that it has been raining all day and it is the ideal temp for the oven to be on!!
You can sign up over at Wendy's for an evening of virtual sewing group and then return over the weekend to see what people have been doing

today I have made some muesli, gluten free, with nuts and seeds and puffed rice and millet, some cranberries and dried apple and other goodies

the recipe came from Marg, it was in a magazine just before Christmas, Marg made it and I tasted it and now about six weeks after she gave me the recipe I have made it!! It makes heaps too, considering I will probably be eating it on my own as hubby doesn't do cereal for breakfast! 

while I was at it I made another batch of these breakfast bars...hubby will eat these for breakfast!! Lol!! Mine never comes out golden like the picture though!!

bit of a dull day here today, rained pretty much all day..

but my day was brightened considerably when I found this in the letterbox!! Another wonderful Gail Pan Christmas designs book....might be doing some tracing tonight!! Many thanks to the wonderful Cheryl, who sent me a copy of this book from her place of work the Stawell Craft Shop.

Right I am off to peel potatoes.....yesterday I put a piece of corned beef in the crock pot and went off to sewing....when I finish with the crock pot I unplug it and don't alter the thermostat.....when I got back yesterday afternoon I couldn't smell dinner ....that was because the thermostat was turned off and nothing had happened!!! So guess what we are having for dinner tonight!! Lol!!

Happy sewing.

FNSI results

Last night I made a couple of black with orange centred hexies to go on the hexie quilt and also added in some black hexies to fill in some gaps...most I have sewed on one side so today when I go to the Geelong guild meeting I can just sit and chat and sew!!

..feel like I am slowly getting this row of hexies added!! Over at Wendy's she has been our lovely host, and you can see what wonderful things other people have been creating.

Happy sewing.

Happy mail

Yes today was happy mail day...earlier this year I joined a swap for a Christmas decoration organised by the lovely Maria, sadly my partner went AWOL and couldn't be found so the wonderful Shez stepped in and today I received my swap from her....

her beautiful elf decoration beautifully stitched...

and beautiful fabric on the back!

You are a treasure Shez....never letting anyone feel let down!! Thank you this is very special to me.

I have been sewing today and another little cushion has joined the family...

the last of the blue fabric...tonight by the way is FNSI, so if you feel like  a virtual sew a long with like minded people you can join up over at Wendy's...hope to see you there

off now to organise the white chocolate to munch on and to give the hexies some attention!!

Happy sewing.

FNSI update

I managed to get more quilting done on the Aussie Hero quilt..still more to go but feel like I am getting somewhere now!

The fabrics colour isn't coming up too well here...it is a fairly bright red....

I had a lovely surprise in the mail on Friday..

my win from Susan at Thimble Stitch arrived....have a look at that!! A beautiful pattern, thread and thread holder with bonus chocolates!!! Look at the tiny hexies on the thread holder aren't they cute!! Thank you very much Susan, a lovely parcel of goodies.

Hop over to Wendy's blog and see what the other FNSI people got up to!

Thank you Wendy for hosting us  once again.

Happy sewing.

FNSI

It is that time again ...isn't the month flying past...I have been busy with the  Aussie Hero quilt today and hope to more tonight..

You can sign up for sewing tonight over at Wendy's, she is the lovely hostess tonight.

Happy sewing!

FNSI results

After scoffing pizza and a G & T, I went off to the sewing room to avoid the footie on the tv and managed to get the binding finished on the back of this mini quilt

I made it for a swap earlier in the year but couldn't swap it as I realised there was a smudge of paint on the left hand side...now it will go on the wall in the sewing room and stay with me...

I made the Diamond Friendship block for Sylvia's Bridal Sampler.....I cut it as per the instructions but the triangles looked too big...ah well I have sewed them on anyway, now it needs a good press and a trim to the right size...then we will see how it looks.

It was lovely to see the sun rising this morning, although it is now raining and gray again...

I had a lovely surprise in the mail yesterday from Diane of the Cheshire Quilter.....she has been very busy coming up with ideas and making things for the sales table at her quilt group, and has been sending me some foundation piecing patterns she has been doing...this time she sent these....

two lovely zippered purses....

filled with tea bags! How nice is that! Thank you Diane, that was a really wonderful surprise!

I am off to the Geelong Patchwork and Quilting Guild meeting today, one of the local sewing machine dealers is the speaker....he is going to answer questions on problems people are having with their machines!

Happy sewing!

FNSI

I am  very late with this post but tonight is a great night...cold wet and windy to be inside sewing and linking up with all the  lovely sewing friends over at Wendy's ,having had a wonderful long soak in the bath and a read of an interesting book I am off to sew! Luckily the cooking fairy is delivering pizza tonight!!

Mmmmmm...not sure about this one! Lol!!

See you tomorrow!!