The wrestling continues

I am pleased with the progress of this quilt.....despite it getting caught on the table, chair, sewing table and being attacked by pins...they sure hurt when they grab onto your arm!!

The very lovely Tracee and her hubby came for dinner last night and when we were laying the quilt out on the bed she was pin attacked too!! Cheeky buggers!!  I feel like I am well over half way so want to get this finished this week, so I have next week to get the binding on. I can dream!!! lol!!

Happy sewing and have a wonderful week.

FNWF results

I had a good evening last night, managed to get some secret sewing finished, which is a bit silly in FNWF as I can't show the whole of the results!!!

I had to do some unsewing...partly because I managed to get a tuck,

but mainly because I had the fabric upside down!! Duh!!

Finished.....two zip bags and a shopping bag.....feeling kind of pleased with myself!

I also sewed together these two sarongs to use as a backing for the Kaffe Fasset quilt..nothing like lots of bright colours!

Thank you Cheryll for hosting us once again.....looking forward to 2016!! You can see what other Friday nighters got up to over at Cheryll's blog.

Happy sewing.

Out and about...

Today I had planned to go to K-mart in Geelong and then head off to Torquay...I had filled two handbags I no longer used with goodies for the Share the Dignity collection, then  hubby decided he was coming too...so off we went to K-mart, then on to Torquay, I ran in and found they had a Christmas tree near the enquires desk and underneath were many many handbags...so good to see!! So I added mine and then we headed off to try and find some geocaches...this is where we started

lots of down steps...the cache is here somewhere but I could not find it!!

beach...

more beach....such a lovely day...

and looking back along the coast..

our next stop near Jan Juc...

this was the cache site but neither of us could find it!!! Loved the seal though!!

looking back up the coast..

and the opposite way....

Hubby was in need of sustenance by now, so we headed back to Torquay, had lunch and then headed back towards home..on the way we stopped at Point Impossible, well we tried to but I missed the turn off!! So we took the next one and once we had parked we walked along the beach to find the cache

we found an old WW2 pillbox/observation box and I am happy to say the cache nearby!!! Yay!!! Finally!!!

Walking back to the car...it was 1.2km from the cache to the car....usual walking situation..hubby out in front!! We have had a great day out...now back home and I need to get organised for 

 FNWF....sewing to be done!!

Happy sewing!

Have had happy mail and

a lovely day today, sewing at the Bellarine Quilters...well not a lot of sewing as there was quite a lot of show and tell...and chatting...I resisted taking too many photos...

this was the mini quilt one lady made with the photo of her father on it....

and another block she has done....there were several other quilts but I restrained myself, actually to be honest I was busy sewing/chatting/eating/looking...and forgot!! Lol!!

I had a walk along the beach at Port Arlington on the way home, it is a beautiful afternoon!!

and this beauty was in the mail box when I got home.....happy mail from the lovely Jacquie, who despite serious health issues is spreading smiles across the world again!! Thank you Jacquie I love it!!

and Just a few days ago I ordered a copy of my blog for 2014...I was told it would arrive by Dec 16th and here it is already!! Have just spent the last hour browsing and smiling at the happy memories contained in it!! Right, I am off to do some sewing.

PS. Don't forget this Friday is the last FNWF for the year...so nip over to Cheryll's and sign up and join us.

Wrestling...

...with the machine and my latest idea...I thought making a sandwich and then sewing scraps of fabric on top would be a good idea.....but I have been wrestling with the volume of the fabric under the machine, yesterday and today...is slowly coming along...a parcel arrived in the post today from Diane...lovely lady...but look at the message she has on the parcel...how can I wait that long????

..some quilting activity is happening...have decided to free range quilt around the shapes and boy some of them are free range!!! Lol!! Have to keep a good grip on the fabric or it moves in a direction I do not want!!!

I keep being distracted by the view out the window......by the way Diane I think we have your sunshine today!!

and the supervisor has given up and is snoring on the couch!!! Hee! Hee!

Hope your week is wonderful.

Happy sewing.

Happy day

I found this on facebook today actually sent to the beautiful woman who took my shirt challenge quilt to the Zoo...hoping to put a link here for a .....
quilted orangutan.

Hope it works...I am pretty excited and happy that my dream came true!!

Happy sewing.

Happy day

Yesterday I caught the train into the city and met up with wonderful friends and finally got to meet Fiona in person!! I met Fiona and Shez at Southern Cross, we caught a tram, after some stumbling and coffee spilling ( no names will be mentioned!! Lol!!)and met the other ladies at Flinders Street Station.

we met up with Christine and then Mel

then Marina arrived.

we had a look around Southbank...Christmas is coming!!!Then made our way to PJ O'Briens for lunch

Great food and wonderful company!! And a very obliging waiter who took many photos!!

Cheers!!

Marina sampled the Guinness....

and sported a Guinness mustache for Movember!! 

Christine and I wandered across the bridge heading back to the city...and we suddenly realised we  had lost the others....then they appeared...

slowly, slowly they caught up with us....obviously serious discussions were under way that made walking impossible!!

Shez decided to decorate herself with the toyvoyagers.....so they could get a better view of the city she said!! Lol!!

Our final port of call was Luccello's...who can walk past there and not call in???

Is very  hard to leave this shop without some goodies....

a nice little collection here that jumped in to my bag!!!

this little reindeer decoration just had to come home with me...

and look at these lovely Batik fat quarters and stitched decoration.....a beautiful gift from Shez.

Thank you to all, Shez, Christine, Marina, Mel and last but by no means least, the lovely Fiona.....it was a treat to meet you in person Fiona and enjoy a wonderful day out with everyone. Let's do it again soon!!

Happy sewing.