Life is getting busy again

 The days are going by so quickly, seems to be my constant comment!

Progress has been made on the Old Time Kaleidoscope, all the EPP is done, now I need to cut borders and applique the whole EPP section on.

I am stitching on the last blue hexie piece and need to make more hexies for the next row.

A collection of School Girl sampler blocks finished last week

Betty's Medallion has two more borders, I am finding the instructions for this quilt a bit confusing, hence Jack the Ripper has made several visits!

This is the centre block for a Mystery quilt for the Geelong Guild, we had to buy fabrics first and then start our first month, this is going to be interesting and a challenge!

Anthology blocks for last week

Sylvia's Bridal Sampler block, I seem to have some kind of block when it comes to sewing half square triangles, so Jack visited several time during the making of this block too!

Ingrid came to visit on the weekend, we had a great time chatting and catching up and in between sewed up Schoolgirl Sampler blocks

This was another challenge, the half square triangles got me again, Ingrid took this one off me on Saturday evening and we revisited Sunday morning after some unpicking.

I thought I had a handle on Flying Geese but this block gave me a challenge too, I am happy it is done!

It is Anthology day again today, but first I have to go clean the house, I was dusting and then thought I would do a blog post as you do! 

Progress on works in progress

How is that for a mouthful!

A block for Sylvia's Bridal Sampler

A geese block for Anthology

Migrating geese for Anthology

Another block for Sylvia's Bridal Sampler, I think this one was Old Maids Puzzle

Another Sylvia block, but the red pieces are all a quarter of an inch short, I have gone wrong in the sewing.

So I gave it a partial border, fixed! Not sure if it will go with the sashing's or even if I am doing sashings as yet.

The wasgij is finished, little happy dance here!

One filler block for the Old Time Kaleidoscope is done

this one needs it's border

as does this one

and blogger has turned this photo, but this one is starting to get it's edging. I made a mistake cutting the fabric for the centre of this block so had to substitute for something in my stash, it is a bit bright but should fit in ok. (She says hopefully!)

Have a great weekend and happy stitching.

Weekend

 Saturday we drove, with many a wrong turning, to Tarnagulla. On our way we passed through old goldmining townships, some still going, some no longer.

This was from Friday on our way north, there was a cache here, but I couldn't find it! This church was used for something like 143 years before it was closed.

This is in Dunnolly on our way to Tarnagulla, we stopped here for hubby to have a snooze and for me to have a walk around.

Great old buildings.

This is a cork tree and it next to the train line in Dunnolly, it was going to be removed so the train line could be altered but the locals complained, so here it still is in all its glory. Didn't find the cache here either 😔

We were going to Tarnagulla for the memorial gathering and ashes scattering for David's step father. He was 94 and passed on New Years Eve, exactly 20 years after David's father. He, Les, had found and with the help of extended family members, was renovating a wattle and daub hut his grand parents and great grand parents lived in many years ago. The house is on public land in the State forest so will never be owned by anyone, it is currently managed by a family committee.

The front of the house

Down the back

From the back yard

Looking down the hallway to the front door

One of the bedrooms. The house is staying as it is now as any further renovations will change it from what it originally was.

This was our home away from home at Lake Burrumbeet, very comfortable and had everything we needed.

On Sunday we did a bit of caching on the way home

There were caches all along the Avenue of Honour at these information boards

Some of these were very moving. Once I figured out where the caches were it was a quick find.

As we were leaving Ballarat we past the Memorial Arch, a memorial for the people who went away in WW1.

I spent the morning cutting preparing fabric for a sewing day tomorrow but that has been knocked on the head because here in Victoria we are back into lock down for the next 5 days. The UK strain of the virus is here and spreading, it has come out of the hotel quarantine. Hopefully this lockdown will stop the spread.

I am off now to sew some of the blocks I have cut for tomorrow.

Happy stitching.

FNWF and Lake Burumbeet

We have spent a very enjoyable weekend at Lake Burumbeet, we arrived Friday afternoon, after settling in I wandered off to looks for caches along the lake side.

I found the first one

after going around and around a huge gum tree and finally found it in the first place I looked, but I didn't look properly! I am always nervous about putting my hand between rocks and into tree fissures as you don't know what may be living there 

After this I went back to the cabin and got the car as there was a road to follow and I didn't want to walk 6 km! But I was thwarted, in most places between me and the caches were two barbed wire fences and huge pine trees. I did find one other cache but the gave up. I stopped at a look out of the way back

And saw this, not encouraging when I had been wandering around in the undergrowth! Thank goodness I didn't see any. Growing up in NZ there aren't any snakes so it does not come naturally to me to look out for them. Hopefully they hear me coming and move away!!

It was nice looking out over the lake. I got back to the cabin about 6pm, then had to cook dinner, I missed the pizza fairy delivering! Then I got to sewing after cleaning up

I sewed  three of the blue hexies onto the Mystery hexie quilt before calling it a day and heading for bed.

You can see what the other Friday nighters sewed over at  Cheryll's.

Happy stitching.

 

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.