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.

This and that...hefty with photos

Here I am having another catch up! I have been up in Melbourne helping Eve this last weekend, we have been to a card (postcard, cigarette card) fair where I was the gopher for Eve, had walks along the beach, sewing days..the usual kind of thing.

Morning walk along the beach

Lovely scallop shell

Maybe this is not a visitor as I assumed...he/she is back

the sky looks heavy today

The beginnings of an Aussie Hero quilt

and I got this far....the theme is shark!! Hubby thinks I should take away his extra tooth..what do you think?

I went on a bike ride down Cliff Road and returned books to the free library and brought home a couple more!

while I was out I also saw this...quite appropriate foe the day I thought!!

We have had some beautiful sunsets, the camera didn't really pick up all the colour, it looked much more intense in real life.

the supervisor took up a guarding role as I was sandwiching the clam shells

pinned and ready to quilt

No photos but I spent the weekend with Eve, gardening and taking her to a card (think postcards and cigarette cards) fair.

When I got home BOM #4 was waiting

yummy fabric

and all the supplies I needed.

A bit of expertise should have been included for me too, as I had three attempts at fussy cutting a hexie today......mmmmm

Today also was Bellarine Quilters day

Madga has been working on the raffle quilt for our Exhibition later in the year, the embroidered squares were donated to the group, it is looking a bit special.

Irene showed us her Bargello quilt

Judy had a lovely mini she made for a friend who had dimentia

Jan showed us a QFO she has made

Mary was working on the binding for her Japanese fabric quilt.

These blocks are Natalies, she and Mary are doing a Jen Kingwell BOM, they look amazing and quite different as each has put their own fabric in as well as what comes with the BOM.

and I managed to get three hexie sets done for Doing the Rounds..imagine how many I could have done if I could cut out properly!!

We are having shepherds pie for dinner, so I had better go and get it started or we will not be eating!

Have a great week.

Today

has been a .lovely calm day, not too windy or hot. The Supervisor and I went for a walk this morning along the beach

the water was really calm, so nice after the weather of the last few days

we do not usually get many shells, but there have been lots washed up in the heavy weather

the Supervisor trudged along the beach heading back home, he prefers the track!

When we got back home I got my bike out and went for a ride...love the light windy days, so much easier for bike riding for me!!

I went along Cliff Street, which is a dead end, and found this  along the way. So on the way back I stopped, chose a book and carried on. I will return it once the book is finished.

I am here with Doing the Rounds...BUT...

I went into the sewing room this morning and found this!! Mmmmmm...where have I gone wrong??

On closer inspection, this section is missing a circle and they are more spaced out! Think I must have been spaced out at the time of sewing!! So some unsewing and repinning needs to happen tonight.

Today I prepared the EPP shapes to go over the seam between the rounds, so I am linking up with Anthea over at Hibiscus Stitches for her Piece Yourself Together celebration of all things EPP.

If you visit Anthea you can see what people are making with EPP.

Happy sewing.