Scrub Stitch'n

I started Thursday afternoon here

The Old Time Kaleidoscope block

this quilt was made from blocks the Scrub Stitchers made in 2018, it is going to the local CWA to be raffled for fund raising for the food kitchen.

and I finished block 1!!

Chooky was laying out a baby quilt

Di made this beautiful block, part of her Circle Game quilt.

Raewyn got busy making blocks for her quilt

I went out and watched the sun set for a while, it was very peaceful except for the mosquitoes!

Raewyn has just sent me this photo!! I think this  was Saturday night.

This is Raewyn's stitched block that goes with the previous blocks.

I got to meet the lovely Sandy from Shiralee Stitches. Sandy did the BOM for the Doing the Rounds and now the BOM for the Old Time Kaleidoscope.

Susan busy at her machine, after what seemed like hours of sewing she produced this

a beautiful jelly roll quilt, with coloured pieces sewn in between each strip, great idea I will try one day.

Raewyn sewing away, she was very productive!

Chooky was busy sewing away in between organising what had to be done and catching up with people.

That is probably enough for now, the Supervisor is waiting to go for a walk, so I had better go get organised. 

Happy sewing.

Road Trip 2

From Forbes we followed a small map we had plus google directions - no worries I thought!
We went up the freeway,

We followed this caravan for a while and admired the paint work

Viewed the mountains from a distance

drove through a herd of cattle feeding by the road

It is so dry out here

Finally we found a sign!! Yes!!! And we turned onto Bramble Road 

and it was 42 kms of this, graded but dirt road with patches of sandy stuff! Great views of the farms around though.

Then we were back onto seal. We got some petrol, a just in case measure after yesterday and went to the supermarket for some groceries and then to Camp Cypress.

this is the front gate

One of the animal sheds

Another shed.

All set for an afternoon of stitching and meeting and greeting.

Exciting news

My Doing the Rounds quilt was delivered back to me yesterday by Raewyn.
Leeanne of Quiltmekiwi did the quilting for me and it was  a huge challenge as I had stretched the curved seams. Luckily after starching and rearranging the quilt Leeanne was able to do the quilting.

These are photos Leeanne sent me, I have not taken any yet . Isn't the quilting stunning?? I am so happy with how it has turned out, Leeanne is just a magician!!

I am keen to get the binding on now.

One very happy camper here.

Thank you so much Leeanne.

Road trip

After spending less that 24 hours at home I was back on the road and back to Tullamarine where I met up with Raewyn. We stayed at a hotel at the airport and this morning headed off up the Hume highway.  We were supposed to turn off onto the Goulburn Highway but I missed the turn off, so we continued on up the Hume.  Never let a missed turn spoil a good road trip!!
We stopped at a road side rest stop for a comfort stop and then I discovered there were 2 geocaches, one at each end of the rest area. One was in an area with lots of black boy plants, I will have to add a photo later as they are on my camera.

Raewyn and I just worked out how to get the photos from the camera to the tablet here...wonders of modern technology!! Not much helped by tired brain!!!

A spot of geocaching.

 We stopped at Holbrook for lunch and then carried on to Gundagai where a compulsory stop was needed for a photo of the Dog on the Tucker Box.

Thanks to Raewyn for the photo.

And a photo with the koala!! 😊

Raewyn perfected the NSW backwards parking manoeuvre in one go, I was most impressed!!

We arrived into Forbes around  6pm on just the fumes in the petrol tank I think, never been that close to empty before!!

Some knitting was done in the car today, not in the mood for it tonight, just blog reading and lolling about.

Off to Baradine to meet the lovely ladies tomorrow!!

Woohoo!!

Back in Waikiki

Well the cruise is over and we are back on the island. We had a good time and saw and learned lots, I have heaps of photos all on the camera but do have a few here on the tablet

We found a quilt shop on Maui, at Wailuku and it was the best!! So much to choose from and to look at. I did come out with some goodies I must admit.

We did a road trip along the north side of Maui, called the road to Hana, there were many many windy corners and many one way bridges, it was an interesting trip. The scenery on the way was stunning, the stop above was at a beach, no sand just the ocean crashing in on the volcanic rocks.

Then we had lunch at a beach that was mostly black sand, comes from the grinding down of the volcanic rock.

Our last afternoon on the ship was spent watching the Na Pali coast line go by

Luckily for us the sun came out as we were sailing by. This area has been used for many movies Durasic Park amongst them.

First night in the hotel we found happy hour, we were encouraged to have 2 drinks, and as they were free we did!! We gope to make it back there again tonight. Last night we were at a Luau, we feasted on roast pig and all kinds of salads and unusual veges

Apologies to any vegetarians,  the presentation of the pig

And the begjnning of the nights entertainment. There was dance and song from Samoa, Tahiti, Hawaii, NZ and Fiji. They put on a wonderful show. At the end of the  show they did knife sword fire dancing, most impressive in the dark,  no photos as they ask you do not use flash on the camera and I was too busy watching. Most of the entertainers are from Samoa.

Yesterday we went on a bus trip around the island this was one of the last beaches we stopped to look at

This was the blowhole

Such a beautiful place, the water colour is stunning, lots of people were snorkeling. 

Today we have been to Pearl Harbour and had a look where the USS Arizona memorial is, very emotional place. No  bags allowed in the visitors centre so no photos on the tablet.

I have been doing a little sewing here and there, not as much as I thought I might

This is block one of the Old Time Kaleidoscope quilt, a BOM from Shiralee Stitches, I prepared 5 of these  before I came away.....mmmmm.....not a lot of stitching time when you are being a tourist.

Jenny is having a snooze now, when she is up and about we are heading off to get some things for her to take home, and I might go to the beach for a swim....there is another quilt shop here in the hotel complex I haven't visited yet though!! Spoilt for choice here.