Friday once again (photo heavy)

 I am not sure where this week has gone, despite being at home the days are zipping by.

We have had some beautiful weather which has been ideal for walking along the beach

down near the yacht club

I spied a container ship coming into the bay

I also found a new Little library, not far from us, they are a great resource when the library is closed.  I had a call from the library yesterday, I have 4 books waiting to be collected and they are going to be posted out. The Geelong Library service has introduced and new click and collect where you can order books and they will post out once a month. Great idea. 

I have been out on the front deck putting quilt layers together, this day was ok, but the day earlier was super cold and windy.

The orchids inside have all decided to flower again, this is the third time this year for this one.

Playing out in the garden with gum blossoms and the sky and sun.

Tuesday I decided I need to sort out the heaps of fabric bits that were on the sewing desk, so I cut into squares and then on both diagonals

And I have a collection of pieces ready for the flying geese.

The smaller bits left over were cut down for little stars epp. I have some left over bits from the stars and they will be stamped and cut for the little hand sewing project. My enthusiasm for sorting deserted me after cutting the others. 👩

In the week I made a chewy fruit slice, a favourite for us both.

Wednesday saw the making of another Anthology block, this one needed some creative trimming!!

Thursday I made some kiwifruit jam, hubby had gathered kiwifruit from where we used to live, which  surprised us as one of the vines has died and you  need a male and female plant to get fruit. The only thing we could think of was there was another plant nearby.

Such a pretty colour and pattern.

I am using the recipe from my Mums cookbook, the photos are back to front, this is the chutney recipe

this is the jam recipe, it has been a long time since kiwifruit have been called Chinese Gooseberries.

Very happy with my jars of jam and it has set!!! WooHoo!!

Now a mix of kiwifruit chutney is on the stove, I might have added too much vinegar, I guess I will now when I taste it!

I still have this many kiwifruit left over, they are very tart, but I might try having them for breakfast.

Yesterday saw the making of this weeks Sylvia's Bridal Sampler block, this block has been languishing in the tub for a very long time, I had problems fitting the inside curved seam and had to unpick many times. I was too scared to try the outer curved seam so it went into the tub. Yesterday i git brave and decided to just do it, and it has gone on ok. It looks like there is a tuck near the top, but the seam is fine, it is just the shadow on the photo.

So I did a second block again with foundation paper piecing, it felt like it took ages but came together very well in the end. Hopefully I haven't put you to sleep, I am off now to put the binding on a quilt.

Have a wonderful weekend and happy stitching.

FNWF

Yes once again it is Friday and the first Friday in the month, so it is time to sign up over at Cheryll's for an evening of sewing with lots of virtual friends. It is lots of fun and very motivating.

This morning I took the washing down the yard to hang on the clothes line and came back with plums!!

was not what I had planned to do today!

so now we have plum chutney

and plums stewed with brown sugar and cinnamon.  Now to do what I wanted to do today...

cutting some shapes for leaves on the trees

and yes, the supervisor is right with me!!

See you tonight for FNWF.

Happy sewing.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone...hope it is a healthy, happy and productive one for all.

Well despite the very hot weather I have been in the kitchen making chutney and sauce..the plums are ready and I wanted some before the birds ate them all

also the beetroot decided to be ready all at the same time, so now we have jars of happiness!! lol!!

I finally got to do some sewing yesterday..some is secret so can't be shown yet, others are blocks that have wanting attention for most of last year...

now they are sandwiched, quilted and done...such a good feeling!!I have another two to do.

In November I joined a postcard swap group hosted by Sheila...she has some lovely things on her blog, well worth a look...I sent this card on Dec 2nd to Linda and it arrived yesterday in Canada...must have been traveling with Santa...or decided to have a round the world trip.....I am very happy it finally arrived.

I received this card 

from Linda..who also has many beautiful creations on her blog. Love this fabric and Linda's quilting is amazing!!

I am off now to go make friends with the sewing machine!!

Have a wonderful day.