Yesterday and today

Yesterday the Supervisor and I went for a walk along the beach

it was a bit cloudy but good for walking

the tide was high,

we came back thru a new bush track

and found some fungi

a wattle tree in bloom

and more fungi growing from a tree branch under the ground.

Last night I finished the quilt for the Guild

just the label to sew on

and the quilting on the bear quilt is finished too, the binding on, just the hand sewing to do.

Today I have made another two churn dash blocks, I made a few blunders and had to bin one and start again

I was very happy to finish these two and then realised I had used two different reds in the one on the left!! Aghhhhh!!! Might just keep it and see how I go in the future. 

Poor sad mistakes that are heading for the bin!!

Seems to be the case today!!

Happy sewing.

A quilting we go

Today I have been over to Barwon Heads to the Seachange sit and sew and managed to get the charity quilt for the Guild quilted. It was not without hiccups, the machine was not threaded properly so we got some interesting loops underneath, there was a lot of fluff in the bobbin case which made life interesting for a while, but we are learning as we go.  This afternoon I trimmed and put on the binding, I decided to use the left over backing material as it is nice and bright.

Here you can see the quilting pattern we used.

And here the border.

Last night I finished the binding and tidied up the threads from the quilting

And made another churn dash block

And now it is time to sort something for dinner!!

Happy sewing.

Pleasant visit

Today we had a visit from an old neighbour, we lived next door to this lovely lady and her family for 8 years and she got me to hospital when I went into labour with number 1 son and couldn't get in touch with hubby, so she is very special to me.

we had a very happy few hours having lunch and a natter, catching up on life over the last few years

and had to have the catch up photos!!

I managed one foundation pieced block this afternoon before dinner duties called

one block down, many more to go for the Bellarine Row by Row quilt. Might get some more done tomorrow.

Happy sewing.