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.
