Off exploring

We have hired a motor home for a week and are heading to north west Victoria to follow the Art Silo trail

First stop is Meredith because I took the wrong road and we got a bit lost!! Here we go on another Tiki Tour!!

First Sulo art at Rupanyup

part of the old Railway station building 

We are staying at Mutroa for two nights  there is a walking track around the lake, so we tried that out last night . The caravan park is just to the right of the water tower.

The local pub

Lots of lovely old buildings here

After much searching I found a cache the only.one in town

we think this might be a Silky Oak, beautiful flowers on it.

The War memorial beside the Lake

The sun is going down

 

not a huge sunset but good to see.

Might do some hand stitching today (Monday) looking over the lake. Today is a rest day 😁.

Happy stitching . 

Happy happy mail

 Aust. Post. was very kind to me yesterday, I received a wonderful package from Julie, we got into a conversation a while back about Golly's and guess what turned up in the mail!

Julie's parcels are a work of art in themselves

This little beauty was inside, beautifully made and dressed, look at the shoes!! 

Made with love, sent with love and received with love, and little Suzi will be loved here.

My history with the golly has been a long one, my paternal grandmother used to knit and sew without a pattern, once she knew what she was making off she went. She knitted the characters from the Noddy book series amongst other things.

The first golly she made me, I am told I dropped it out of the pusher and it was never found again. I think this one was fabric and knitted.

My next golly, all knitted, coming home from kindy or school

Dad took lots of photos of us as kids and golly was always there too. I spent many happy day dreamy hours up the grapefruit tree behind me.

This golly I had until is was 21 when my mother decided to throw it out, my Dad got me another one for my 40th birthday 😀.

They might not be PC these days but I have many happy memories associated with my gollies.

Julie also sent me a beautiful Christmas decoration and a NZ magazine which I am really enjoying.

Isn't that so cute? And beautifully made, Julie is so clever. Thank you very much Julie.  I wasn't going to do Christmas decorating this year but I just might now, and bring out the hand made decorations that have been given to me over the years, they also bring back lots of happy memories.

Other happy mail on the same day was this card from my sister in law, she does the most beautiful paintings, takes photos of them and makes them into cards. The has her paintings in a gallery down on the Bass Coast.

Happy mail today were these Tomte who I ordered on line, the family is growing! The two little ones have lights in their hats.

The fat quarter quilt is finished and ready for delivery, I have rubbed at the chalk lines and most have gone now.

Anthology block for this week, I still have over 70 blocks to make!

Progress on the tea and cake quilt top.

To finish up this Tomte came home with me from Van Loons today, they are very popular now and can be found all over the place! 

I had a lovely day today, cuppa with the retreat ladies some of whom I haven't seen all year, some shopping, a browse in the nursery and a chai ( a cheese cake for later 😃) and now it is nearly 5pm. I had better go and do something...not sure what that something is, I will go and look for it!

Have a great evening.

Another week rushes by

 We have been back home over a week and I am not sure where the time has gone, a little sewing has happened, I have been grand dog sitting, reading, going to sewing group, same old same old!!

Last weeks Anthology block was done.

The latest wasgij has been completed, this one took a while.

Several hexies are in production for Tea and Cake

Today a fat quarter quilt is being sandwiched ready for quilting.

Back when we had our weekend away we went to Violet Town looking for info on David John Palmer

One of the lovely old buildings in Violet Town. After wandering around we discovered Violet Town closed on a Sunday afternoon, only place open was the petrol station.

The garden at this house was beautiful, spring had sprung here.

David John Palmers tree was the last one David John Palmer looked at of course!

David now wants to try and find out more about his family.

The entrance sign to Violet Town is painted by Leunig, this is where he comes from we were told.

And some puppy spam!!

Tira loves the garden and jumps on everything!!

Last Saturday I went with Belinda to Feed Me Bellarine to give Lana the vege quilt

I made a bag for it to go it with the left over fabric

I am happy to say Lana loved it.

This was my lunch at Feed me, broccoli steak, with watermelon, beetroot and asparagus, doesn't it look amazing! 

The weather has been really changeable here lately, we have days like this

and then days like this where you are dodging the rai storms.

Time for some lunch and that quilt needs to be finished.

Happy stitching.

FNWF

 And a weekend away.

I got squirreled last night and ended up sewing some of the filler green sections together for Tea and Cake

Next will be to sew them into the right places, I have found the pattern hard to follow, so have to sit and read carefully and make a pencil mark for each hexie I have put in place.

We are having a weekend away this weekend and are staying at Euroa, we went for a drive down to the town this afternoon to look at the War Memorial, it was sad but interesting reading about the young men who went off to war.

This memorial,was created in 2018. The reason we are here is because David found a person with the same name as him on the memorial, he died aged 19 in WW1, so we are looking about for any info on him we can find.

There are many beautiful old buildings here

The old Post Office

I don't have a photo of the hotel as the thunder storm that as threatening dropped its rain on us

This building was built in 1901.

The old flour mill build and operated from 1879, it was owned at one stage by Palmer's, it was eventually closed in 1917. It was one of Euroa's early large industries.

The Euroa butter and ice  factory,  built in 1901, is now a hotel and wedding venue.

We cut our look around short because of the thunder storm and are now back at the motel. Might do some stitching now I think.

Happy Stitching.

 

A Finish and FNWF

 I have been sewing away on another fat quarter quilt, this time a vegetable theme. It was requested by a supporter of a local organisation called Feed Me Bellarine, started by two chefs, they gather or have delivered food that is not wanted by restaurants or supermarkets or growers and then make meals for 1200 people each week, in our local area. They also have a cafe and small market area. So my friend asked me to make this quilt to give to them.

One vegetable quilt! I found the fabrics at Find a Fabric an online shop, the colours are great and print really clear. The pattern used 9 fat quarters.

Tonight is FNWF, time to virtually sew along with like minded people hosted by the lovely Cheryll.

I am aiming to sew these hexies together.

then they need to be pinned in place on the Tea and Cake quilt.

But for now I need to get the washing in, today turned out to be beautiful sunny day, so everything that needed washing was washed!

Have a great evening.