Home again

I came back home yesterday afternoon after a wonderful time away, sewing, eating and chatting.

Maria finished a quilt for her brothers 70th birthday present, made in fabric reminiscent of the checked shirts he work to work, she also included sayings

Apparently he is a sayings person.

I finished the strip quilt it needs borders now

And put shashings on this lovely panel I got in Coonabarabran two years ago.

I love the images on the fabric

Another is in production, plainer this time

oh yay!! Blogger has turned it upside down!! Will fix it later.

this was dinner Wednesday evening and it was amazing!! Followed by paclova with berries,no photos of that sorry!!

the garden at the retreat was showing signs of spring. 

That is all from me just now

Happy stitching. 

Progress

 on challenge #7 has been slow here as I have had a cold and cough that has laid me out for several days. When I returned to the Daylesford quilt I needed to do a Pinwheel border, that wasn't happening as my brain was too foggy, so instead I did a strip border

I was happy with that, the next border was a straight strip and I managed that.

Today I sat down to make a 9 patch border, not too hard, I needed 3 strips of the main fabric and 2 of the contrast as one strip of contrast was used to separate the 9 patches. Yep, got that I thought as I happily sewed all the strips together and then cut another to go in between. It wasn't until I started to cut into one and a half inch strips that I realised I had mucked up, you only need three strips for a 9 patch

 

so, I just sewed the strip on!!

There are no quilt police here and the quilt can be how I want it or make it I have decided!!!!

Fortunately the next few rows are plain strips, hopefully I can  do them ok!

Spring has come in the garden, along with very windy and sometimes wet weather

the orchids are inside to stop them being destroyed by the weather

the have new hazards now, small boys and dogs!

The wisteria on the back deck is beautiful and the perfume is amazing, the back door has been open today and the perfume is blowing in on the breeze.

the ornamental peach tree is now in flower, the dark blossoms are the ornamental, the light pink is the fruiting peach that has come from the root stock and produces the most tasty Queen Ann type peaches.

If we can get then before the birds and possums!

progress so far.

I am off to try again!!

Happy stitching. 

Sunday

 afternoon I decided out of the blue to make a quilt top I had had the pattern for, for a while, so I thought I had better get it finished today

So, one pixelated heart, made with left over charm squares - I find random quite hard, luckily I didn't see how the colours would work out until it was sewn into rows and then it was not going to be changed! I have a large bag of 5 inch squares cut for another project but might make this pattern again one day as it went together quite quickly.

Sunday was a nice day to be out sandwiching a quilt together, the breeze was a little cool but the sun was lovely.

In the big gum tree next door this galah was preening, chatting and generally showing off. I missed getting a photo of the wings out and the strutting up and down the branch.

Same bird

The view over the bay was lovely.

This morning I cooked up lasagne and macaroni cheese with bacon and onion, meals ready for later in the week.

I found out there was a new geocache down the beach not far from us so had to go and find that today when I went for a walk.

It was windy by the beach but refreshing

In the park area over from the beach the spring bulbs are flowering on mass!! No perfume but they look wonderful, and they survived the council mowing!!

I had better go sort dinner

Happy stitching.