Beautiful sunny day today

This morning I checked my emails and saw Chooky was having a zoom for an hour so quickly got my things together and joined in.

It was lovely to catch up with everyone.

 Summer has returned again today and it is quite hot. I did some gardening this morning and came in for lunch looking like tomato face!! 

I cleaned off the table on the front deck and sandwiched two quilts out there, it was a bit breezy but not too bad

I can hear many boats and jet skis out on the water.

Yesterday I went to the quilt shop in Gisborne and did a class with Irene Blanck, she is a wizz with applique. I have had a project of hers for many years so decided it was time to relearn applique and get it made.

Irene helped me with the curved seams and did the beak as a demo, there are a few more circles to add before this part is finished.

I have also finished the binding on two quilts

Such a good feeling to have them finished.

Last weekend we went to David's niece's 30th at her place in Wonthaggi. We stayed in a cabin at the campground at Kilcunda. Sometimes, well most times, this is a very windy place as the southerly wind hurls straight of the ocean, but we struck a beautiful weekend.

Friday evening I had a beach walk

Saturday morning we went for a bike ride along the rail trail

me following hubby

we stopped to look for a cache and found some kangaroos watching us

and I finally found the cache, thank goodness!

I had another ride, early afternoon before we went out, the trail went inland away from the coast, I was looking for caches but saw a snake so that changed my mind pretty quickly!

View to the ocean heading back.

The figs are ripening on the tree and I can't do much with them, but I did see a recipe for fig vodka, which was a bottle of vodka put into a large glass container, then you add three cups of washed, chopped figs, give it a swirl around and put it in a dark place. I was supposed to swirl it each day, but often didn't remember. It was in a  cupboard for 7 days, then I took it out and strained it off. I had a taste the other day and it is pretty good!

I think that is enough from me for now 😄, it is fish and chip night at Adam and Beth place, hopefully by the time I get there the footie will be nearly finished 👍.

Happy stitching and have a wonderful week.

Still at home

 We have had the lockdown extended for another 7 days....hopefully that is enough to stop this variant of the virus from spreading.

I have been doing some sewing and a lot of reading, I finished three Harry Bosch novels this week, once I get my nose into them, that is me gone for the day.

But some sewing has happened

Schoolgirl Sampler has had her problems fixed and two borders added, two more to go

The Drunkards Path quilt I made at Baradine has had two borders added and now is in the to be quilted pile

The Guild Mystery quilt has had it's last border added and is also in the to be quilted pile.

A little more progress on Tea and Cake

This weeks Anthology blocks are done

Out in the garden the other day I noticed the jasmine flowering, a bit early I thought, but I have some in the sewing room and it smells wonderful every time I walk in.

Margaret Mew had a destash sale on Instagram and I was able to buy a quilt top, on the right, with beautiful Japanese fabrics and linen and on the left a large backing piece, so for very little outlay I have a quilt ready to be added to the quilting pile. 

I am off now to sew together 4 x 23 half square triangles together for the next Schoolgirl Sampler border. Might put an audio book on at the same time.

Stay safe.

Happy stitching.