FNWF

And family...I didn't get a lot of sewing done

All I did were these two hexagon units for the Tea and Cake quilt

Shane and Rilla arrived around 9pm  along with Miss Miffy who settled in on the couch.

Saturday we went to Van Loons for lunch to celebrate Shane's birthday  sorry only photos of Finn 😁

So many things to look at here!

Finn enjoyed a bub a chino 

Later in the afternoon we all enjoyed Finn's playing

He was taking off and putting on the wooden ball on the beach glass container and thought he was so clever!! We all did!!

So special to have everyone together.

This morning we found Miffy

Climbing the back door screen

The lure of the birds outside was too much. She did have to stay inside though!

I have done a little sewing this afternoon, we now have Hank and Tira staying for a couple of nights

I am off to the lap top to see if I can turn these sideways photos around.

Happy stitching.

PS All good now!!

Christmas 2023

The big day has come and gone, we had Shane and Rilla staying here, we had Xmas lunch here and dessert at Adam and Beth's place, to fit around Finns sleeping times.

This will be a photo hefty post.

Shane and Rilla down the beach with Hank and Tira

Finn Xmas morning in /behind the Santa Sack I made him.

With Grandad

With Christmas presents

Beth, Finn  David

Finn met Miffy the rag doll cat

Finn played with Uncle Shane

And showed us his new Thomas ride

Played with his Dad

Miffy seemed to settle here really well for a few days, she was fascinated with the outdoors and the birds she could see.

more train rides.

The house is now quiet and the tree is away for another year. I am off to collect Hank and Tira for a walk. We had planned to visit David's sister but there is flu in the family so we are staying home!

I hope to do some sewing later today.

Happy stitching.

Continuing with the catch up

 

Blogger has decided to put all the photos in here back to front and this one is completely out of order!

Jenny gave me this jigsaw for Christmas and we completed it in two days (not a lot else was done!!)

Our usual goodbye photo at the airport, we have collected many of these over the years.

I had a walk one morning

More steps to go

Steps done

someone left their sandcastles from the day before

Quiet and deserted this morning

Jenny asked me to make a mug bag for her friend Debbie in NZ, so we chose some fabric I got in Hawaii.

Hank

Just too cute, Hank.

Tira not talking to Jenny, she is a typical chow!

Food???

Near St Leonards Market, a car Jenny liked

near the market, a car like Jennies

St Leonards market by the beach

I made a banana cake in the crock pot, it tasted wonderful, had 5 bananas, a can of condensed milk and gf flour. The first day was beautiful, the second day it was as hard as a rock!

We had out catch up Christmas once Adam was better, Beth wanted some family photos, so we obliged!!😀

Me, David, Beth, Adam Trish and Brad with Hank at the front.

Brad, Beth, Adam and Trish.

Me, David, Beth, Adam and Jenny, Hank in the front again.

Adam and Beth.

More soon

Happy stitching.

A long catch up....

The renovations are all done, just one bench top to be replaced

this used to be an open space above the fridge, now we have a cupboard, we asked for doors

we now have doors and three shelves. I am thinking the rolls of batting I have downstairs could fit up there 👍

Bathroom all done and plants installed, it is a lovely relaxing place now.

we have had some beautiful days, with amazing clouds about.

I went to a Wendy Williams workshop two weekends ago and stayed the Saturday night before with Tracee and Phil,

here is Justice getting some loving from his Mum, he is a beautiful dog.

This is the Wendy Williams project I am making, it is going to keep me busy for a while!

The workshop was at Daylesford at 320 Create, the retreat owned by Mary, who has the quilt shop in Gisborne. I didn't see any kangaroo around this time, but did hear many kookaburra's.

One of Wendy's beautiful quilts

some instructing happening

Wendy was giving tips on how to make the quilt behind her.

Last week we had Adam and Beth, Hank and Tira staying as their new doors were being painted and made the house really smelly - oil based paint can do that!

we walked the dogs most mornings

the love being down at the beach, but are not happy the grand parents will not let them off the lead - maybe if we were sure they would come back things would be different.

Another beautiful morning at the beach.

My usual walking view, bringing up the rear with Tira trying really hard to get in front.

the wattle is coming into flower.

Last Tuesday I went with some of the Bellarine Quilters to the Portarlington Golf Club. They had advertised they were giving grants to a local community based group that gave back to the community. We were very luck to win a $2000 grant to go towards our Quilts of Comfort, so it will be used to purchase wadding and maybe backing fabric. Some of the donated quilts were taken along to show what we make.

One cheque presented

Beautiful view from the function room out onto the golf course.

Miss Tira visited again on Saturday evening, she is now 1 year old.

This is what happens when you give Shane, #2 son a camera to take a group shot!! Love that happy face and that of his brother in the background.

Here we all are. Shane and his partner Rilla are off to Canada next month, so they came down to visit and to bring some things to be stored. Hopefully we get to see them again before they head off.

One the way home we had to stop for a photo of the moon over the Bay, luckily Shane and I love taking photos, so we leapt out to have a look while the others stayed in the car.

The dogs enjoyed wrestling with Shane

I have been doing a little sewing, mainly hand sewing, it takes a long time sewing the cropped diamonds to have anything much to show!

My sewing room is still not completely unpacked and reorganised, but hopefully soon.

I had better away and hope to do another post a little sooner and not have so many photos!

Happy stitching.