A week

 has gone by already since I was last here. Time certainly is going by quickly. The weeks seem to be busier now that some groups have started again and I am also going swimming twice a week. Trying to get some fitness back again!

So,

We had very heavy rain on Friday but Saturday afternoon was windy but fine enough to get outside.

last weekend I sandwiched and quilted the Garfield quilt, fabric sent to me by Fiona. Not the best photo, I laid it out in the door way but you can get the idea. The quilt now needs trimming and binding,

Another block for the Schoolgirl Sampler

And row two complete.

Ingrid gave me the jar in the centre to make a terrarium, hubby was going to the hardware shop so I asked if he could get me a very small fern to go in the jar, you can see what he brought home. 😀

Luckily I had a huge jar in the pantry so one fern is in there, the other is now in the bathroom.

another block for the Schoolgirl Sampler

and a partial row done, I am trying to add the sashings as I make the blocks, I have hit a dead stop as I can't get the next block to work so I am going to choose something different from the end of the book to make next.

I have been hand stitching each evening this week and slowly getting the rows of the Old Time Kaleidoscope together, one more row to go and then the side blocks.

Yesterday I made some blocks for the Anthology quilt, holidays are over so Ingrid and I are back into this challenge

I also made the Sail Away block for Anthology, the ship is going in the wrong direction but it did at least fit together and is the right size!!

The last block I made for Anthology yesterday, Butterfly. Today I am off for a swim  (pool not sea) then back home to make a Sylvia's Bridal Sampler Block.

 I am hoping to join in with Friday Night with Friends, you can sign up over at Cherylls and join an evening of virtual sewing.

We are away this weekend staying at Lake Burrumbeet and going to Tarnagulla on Saturday for the farewell to David's step father. The Lake also has geocaches along it so you can enjoy the views, I just hope the weather is good for us/me to go searching.

I had better be off, things to do before heading off for a swim.

Happy stitching.

Home again

Well life is back to normal or what  passes for normal here, we had a great retreat and some wonderful projects were worked on

I learned how to make bias strips for the Doing the Rounds quilt

And stored them in a special way!!

Maria is making this quilt for her great nephew, she produced so many flying geese!! 

This is the mystery quilt some of the Bellarine Quilters are working on this year

This is the raffle quilt for the show in September for the Bellarine Quilters, Maria has just finished the quilting and binding 

These are 3 bags I made for the oncology quilts to be delivered in.

This is a beautiful bed runner Maxine has made

Another bag finished off Thursday morning

Barbs beautiful fox quilt

Today hubby and I went to the local nursery, we stopped and got petrol on the way and noticed some flowers and plants for sale..we went to have a look and came out with three orchid plants, will take a photo in the daylight tomorrow.

We did some geocaching on the way home, down a quiet farm road

It was such a beautiful afternoon, calm and sunny

Towards the end of the road we had some puddles to navigate, I was sent out to see how deep they were, with the old stick test, once deemed safe by hubby, we continued on.

Back at home I put together a little terrarium , am quite pleased with it.

Hope it grows ok.

Off to do some stitching now, 

Happy weekend.