Photos I forgot

After doing the Scrub Stitching posts I was scrolling thru photos on my phone and found some more I would like to have on the blog...love the memories and thoughts they bring back.

Cat in the Hat quilt top finished, thank you Jo for your help and encouragement!!

Chooky had a 6am zoom session for an hour  I was up late, no surprise there and found Jenny outside with the sun coming up thru the cypress trees

some Aussie ladies, Kiwi ladies , Canadian ladies and American ladies - I hope that was right!

A Cat in the Hat pillowcase to go with the quilt, again thank you Jo for your guidance and help, not much fabric left over now!

Melinda's Elmer elephant  which will be the centre of a quilt for her son.  Made with foundation paper piecing, first time for Melinda and included curved seams, she is amazing!

Sunday morning sewing

I saw this wee frog late Saturday night, it was very shy,  but the next one I saw posed happily

First time I have seen a green tree frog in the wild  I was quietly excited!!☺

I think that is all now, I had better get sorted and de idea what to do today, it has been raining gently for most of the night and is still raining. Perfect weather for sewing and Quilting.

Aussie Hero quilt

Another Aussie Hero Quilt top is nearly done, just needs a trim, good press and some sashings on the sides

you can probably guess the request was for fishing!!

I have also made a little baby quilt to go over a humidicrib...I am helping Jo, she is busy making little things for the hospital at Mildura, you can see what she is up to here.

love the cute animals

I had a wonderful surprise in the mail yesterday...a pen friend , from a Month of Letters, and journalling buddy in the US sent me a gift

we had a conversation about Budweiser via the internet and he could not believe I would drink that beer !! Hee Hee!! I have fond memories of a trip to the US and enjoying Bud Light where ever we stopped in the afternoon!!He also sent me some PURPLE ink so the next time I write in the journal I will write in purple!! He challenged us to us a nib type pen and ink.  Boy it slows you down!! But it makes you think about what you are writing and also makes you try to write  in script. So very special to get something out of the blue!!

I am off to the beach now for a swim and a sit in the sun/shade to read my book.

Happy sewing.

Visitors

Today there were some visitors to St Leonards and we met down the street for a cuppa...on the way I saw these amazing cloud formations

Isn't that amazing?? I drove down to the shops to check if the visitors were waiting for me,

they weren't so I went down to the jetty to get another cloud photo but of course by then it had changed and moved, still looks spekky though I think. I went back to the shops and to the coffee shop where I was meeting the visitors only to find it closed.....mmmmm...no visitors so I nicked in to the  newsagents, as I was paying for a magazine, my phone rang and I could see the people I was meeting outside the door!! Guess who it was??

Yep, Jo and her hubby Tony. They are visiting family in Clifton Springs, so were able to come over for a while this afternoon. We had a great catch up in another cafe, then they came home to meet the Supervisor, who I must say was not very friendly!!! Was wonderful to spend time with them both!

Later in the afternoon I found these in a basket, I was working on these before we left Gisborne and they have been languishing in a basket, so after a little sewing,I had

these. One day they will all be joined together, after I sew some more together. Now I had better go and check dinner!

Happy sewing.

Bloggers meet up

Yesterday we had our bloggers meet up at Patch'nQuilt in Gisborne...much fun and laughter was had, I am sure the other customers in the shop were well entertained by us, even though we were in the back room

here are some of the lovely ladies who were sewing, we had a larger group but some were getting coffee and others shopping. ..there are lots of wonderful tempting things in Mary's shop, our swap challenge for the day was something bird..

this is the wall hanging I made and it went home with Kim,

Jo with her sewing kit

Elyte with her lovely bag

Anne with a beautiful bag made by Lyn

plus a sparkly bird and a pattern

Christine with her beautiful bag made by Elyte

Lyn with her reversible bag made by Marg...how good is that!!

Shez with her fantastic hanging and the most modern in head wear....great bird fabric!!!

Barb with her sewing caddy owl and bag in a bag

Marg with a beautiful pincushion little bird  and fabric..

These swaps are wonderful as everyone has different ideas....the gifts are always something different.

the table of swaps.

just to show there was some stitching done on the day, Annie, Christine and Lyn

Elyte and Anne (aka Robyn)...Shez got a little confused for a while there. .lol..

Oooo...Hello Shez!!!!

Lol !!! 

We had a wonderful day and I am so very lucky to know this amazing group and to be able to have stitching time with them, we are always laughing and chatting and having a great time and I can never look at a packet of Tim Tams the same way again ladies!!!! 

Happy sewing.

I have been

out and about and catching up with wonderful blogging people the last few days...I started off with lunch at Port Arlington with Shez, Jo and Lyn...we had lunch at the Old Bakery and found a table in their beautiful garden area at the back

I have pinched a photo from Jo's blog

Look at these two cheeky girls!!!

Jo's lunch!!! Lol!! No not really, just kidding!!

If nothing else we kept the waiter entertained!!!

Lyn with her lunch...

Guess who couldn't find a pole????Had to make do with a tree instead!! lol!! 

I stayed the night with the wonderful Tracee.....just love the view out of the doors....evening light makes everything look softer...

The next morning we set off and collected Marg and then set off for Craigeburn to meet up with the City girls....

Elyte, myself, Marg, Marina, Clare (aka Sylvia) Jo, Robyn and Tracee.

We had a wonderful lunch at a cafe near the Craigeburn Lakes complex...it was sooooooo hot outside, but lovely inside...and we had wonderful food...when we went back to Tracees car to return to Marina's, the car temp said 46 deg C!!!!!!! Far TOO HOT!!!!

Back at Marina's in the cool house, Clare, Marina, Robyn and Elyte sewed on..

so did Tracee and Marg...

looks like serious conversation over there....Robyn, Elyte and Jo...we had a wonderful day...thank you so much Marina for organising the day!

On our drive home the weather started to change......but the cool took a long time to happen...I stayed at Tracee's again and had another yummy dinner and a couple too many G & T's!!! My excuse was it was a hot day!!! lol!!

Tracee's puppy Justice.....the puppies are 6 months old now.....he has been playing in the mud from the dam, so I took the photo from the window as I didn't want to get mudded!!!! Isn't he a handsome boy! My car had to go in for a service in Melton...so Tracee came with me, and took me to a wonderful fabric shop and some things were on special.....very hard to resist!!!

two panels, the flower one and the little girl one, some gray and green fabric and buttons...and a beautiful batik fabric for an Aussie hero quilt...

after the service was done I did some geocaching...there is a run of caches at the back of Melton based on Aussie sayings....this one was "Has rocks in the head"!!!  Was very entertaining for me!! Well I had better stop now or you will all be asleep!

Happy sewing.