Busy days

The  last few days have zipped by, we have had Dr visits to the city..one more to come this week, hopefully they will ease off from now on.
I went to sewing with the St Leonards girls today

but first this is the floor at St Vincents, in the old part of the hospital....love the hexies!!!!

Kaths clamshells are growing each week

so are Marys

Linda has been working on this quilt as you go quilt for a grandson using the twisted four patch blocks. Love how it is working out.

I did some more stitching on the Minerva quilt.....taking a break from the hexies that are getting a little closer to finishing!!

Happy sewing.

Tuesday today

Today was Seachange day,so off to Barwon Heads I went and had a very enjoyable morning of sewing and chatting. I managed to get some leaves appliqued on the Minerva applique

poor thing has been neglected!!

I came home about two gathered up hubby and dog and we went back to Ocean Grove, picked up a coffee and cake for hubby, a chai and cake for me (gf passion fruit sponge slice) YUM!! We parked where we had a good view of the beach and enjoyed our afternoon tea. Once finished we took the Supervisor for a walk along the path above the beach, the tide was full in so we couldn't walk on the beach itself.....luckily as we set off the sun was starting to come through the clouds.

the view from the car window

the Supervisor refusing to go if I don't go to!!! Hee hee!!

looking towards Point Lonsdale, the light house is off in the distance

the end of our walk

yep I was there too!!

we think  we were there at the peak of the high tide...the water came right up past the fence on some occasions 

cool but lovely in the sun.

Heading off home now

Happy sewing.

Hexies and applique

I have been out and about this week with sewing days at Port Arlington, Barwon  Heads and here in St Leonards..my grab and go projects are still the hexie quilt and the applique wall hanging, Minerva pattern by Irene Blanck.

the hexie quilt probably looks the same each photo but I have added some black flowers and some single black  hexies to fill gaps.Have decided to add another row of hexies on the bottom, it is either that or unpick the black hexies on the outer edge, not something I am keen to do!!

I have also made progress on Minerva although again it is hard to see, most of the side stems are sewn down and several of the small circles. Now I need to sew down the central green stem, then on to the leaves!!

Jill has made amazing progress with her quilt

I didn't take a very good photo I am sorry but all the floating squares are on and two sides have their vine and leaves borders. Such a beautiful quilt!

Well I am off to pack some fabric and my machine, I am off on a retreat for a few days with some of the Bellarine Quilters girls.

Happy sewing.

Today

the Supervisor and I have had a walk this morning, early!!!

It was very calm and peaceful wandering along the beach front.

I went to Seachange quilters for sewing and chatting today, sometimes more chatting than sewing!! On the way home I stopped at Ocean Grove for a chai and a look at the beach..I was going to go for a wander along the beach but the tide was high and there were some clouds coming over so I sat and watched and listened instead.

Wonderful!  Love the sound of the surf.

a panoramic view of the beach

some random tourist!!!! Lol!! Nothing like a forced, when will the camera take that photo smile!!!

this group went in for a swim and screamed and squealed for a good ten minutes!! I admired them for even just getting wet, but not for the noise they were making!!It was 15 deg C today but still very cold for swimming.

Lots of surfers out today.

Back home...

Last night I sewed the binding on the Santa wall hanging, have gone for white and green spots. 

Today I have been sewing away on the Minerva applique from the Irene Blanck class I did, mostly the bias strips and the large circles on the blue flowers and the tiny circles. Once I get the stems done I will attempt the leaves! 

Party at the Chookshed

I had to take hubby into Geelong yesterday to catch the train to Melbourne,so had a little wander about, did a little shopping, found an organic shop and bought some yummy veges for soup, then ate lunch by the bay...was a little different yesterday

the fog didn't lift all day...well not while was there anyway!! Lol!!

Last night I finished this flower,also put the yellow centre on the middle flower

and made 9 more little circles for the Minerva quilt, next they need to be ironed and starched, then they can be glued on.

It has been a beautiful day today, I have been sitting outside playing with paints

creating the next row for the Christmas Row by Row challenge at Seachange...oops just missed the supervisor going through!!

Ta da!! stencil and paints and we have the next row done...will free range quilt around these when all the rows are done, I am still a bit behind but will slowly catch up. Have Christmas trees, angels and presents to do and I think snow people comes up soon, am not sure what else there is. 

Such a lovely afternoon here, some fishermen heading out.

And the supervisor is here with me as per usual!

This weekend I am linking up with Chooky at the Chookshed for her 4th birthday celebrations! 

the supplies are in for tonight

and pizza is being delivered later, so there is no reason for me to not be able to sew up a storm tonight and over the weekend!

If you would like to join in the birthday celebrations you can sign up over at Chookies and also see what other people are creating over the weekend.

Happy sewing.

More class time

Today was the second day of the Irene Blanck class, we had a closer look at some of Irene's quilts

this wonderful quilt has this...

wonderful fabric on the back

beautiful leaf quilt

a close up of the clam shells...this class is happening in Geelong on July 15th.

a beautiful hexie quilt

detail on the top

Irene herself

and this is where I was up to at the start of the morning...I forgot to give the birds a branch to sit on and legs!!

now I am launching into needle turn applique!!!! Aaaghhhh!!!

One happy group of students with Irene...Jill with her version under construction

Look at these two!! You can see we had fun!

Showing of a tiny bit of work!!!

And then it was home time, which came far too soon...and this is where I am up to now

I need to add more flowers and leaves but will get to that sometime!!!! We had a wonderful two days, I would be happy to have another day tomorrow!! Irene is a great teacher, we had so much fun but learned lots as well. 

Irene challenged us to a Mintie wrapper competition today, I managed to get a length of 50 inches,  and the four who had a go were given a pattern each!! How good is that!! This is the pattern I chose

It is called Gardenhurst....something to add to the to do list!! it was very generous of Irene.

Back to reality now, I had better go and sort some dinner!!

Happy sewing.