A FINISH!!!

Woohoo!! I have finished the Doing the Rounds quilt!! The extra bit of red fabric arrived yesterday from Shiralee Stitches, I made the last two hexies last night and sewed them on. This has been my project since January!! Now it is finished.

One happy dance here!!

Thanks to Sandy at Shiralee Stitches for doing the BOM and providing support and extra bits of fabric when I lost them!! And to Susan Reinhard of Thimblestitch for designing and making  the wonderful pattern.

One happy camper here.

Now to have a chat with Leeanne of Quiltmekiwi to see about quilting! Exciting!! 

Happy stitching.

Heavy photo post today.....home

This morning the Supervisor and I went for a walk along the beach, these little fuzzy guys have sprung up from nowhere

It is kind of overcast today but warm

this plant is in flower in the park behind the beach

and these fruit are coming along

We have a new notice at the bottom of the steps from the local Primary School children

It is not easy to spot the bird and bat boxes but they  are up in the tree

Back home I was trying to fill the bird bath, the Supervisor had to do a check on  the water quality!!

another lovely pigface flower, this was a cutting Marg gave me from her garden, the best way to grow your garden I think. Plants from other people give lots of happy memories.

this plant is about to burst into flower

such beautiful flowers

the pansies are doing really well

happy in their teapot.

a little bit on NZ in the garden, no real pukekos here, but there are swamp hens down the road at the lagoon.

Such a wonderful time in the garden, before the summer heat comes.

Yesterday I made some poppy blocks for the Aussie Hero quilt

and this applique..I still have some letters and numbers to finish, the applique takes a while.

I had better go get some lunch and then get back to sewing

the supervisor is having a nap beside me and the snoring says he is well asleep!

Happy sitiching.

Remembrance Day

Yesterday we went to the Remembrance Day service at Drysdale, it is the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1. 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month 1918.

Crosses were placed to remember people from local families who served.

5000 poppies were made for this banner, the purple ones are for prisoners of war.

there was a short march, with both the Australian and New Zealand flag, the NZ flag carried by a Kiwi who was in the Australian navy.

Many different hats and berets to be seen

Many beautiful wreathe were laid on the cenotaph, plus names and photos of local men who served and did not return. There was also one woman, I assume she was a nurse, although nothing was said about her. The cenotaph was surrounded with pots of handmade poppies.

poppies were growing in the big raised garden beds outside the adult ed centre.

It was a good opportunity to reflect on those who have served the country and given us the life we enjoy today.

the last petal of the last flower has begun!!

a few more stars have been finished.

I have had these little fabric packs for ages, I decided Saturday afternoon to sew them together, I am not sure why as I have plenty of other things to be doing!!

I finished two, I think I will border them and then decide what to do from there.

I was packed and ready for sit and sew at Portarlington today and then realised it is the wrong day, so I had better go and unpack, take my library books back to the library bus and then get sewing.

Friday sewing

I was going to head this Saturday sewing and then realised we are not at Saturday yet!! Whew!! Time is zipping by quickly enough with out me losing days!!
I have been sewing away today on the Recycled Archibald portrait, which is a challenge for the Guild, and it has been very challenging, I think my ideas need to be backed up with more knowledge, however, this is where I am today

She is the Masked mask wearer...we were given some things that had to be used, the braid is one, the eye mask another, although that could have been on the head somewhere,  I have a lace collar to add and three gold buttons and anything else I have in my stash or in the house! I had the mask and decided to use it but then decided to cover it up a bit as it is scary!! I had planned to sew the mask onto the fabric but that wouldn't work, so it is now glued on. I have also glued on the "fringe" so am hoping that will help keep the mask in place too.

I also made some silhouettes to go on the next Aussie Hero Quilt 

this is part of the quilt as the request, one part was for the Aussie flag

the figures might go here, he also asked for remembrance, and poppies, they are still to come.

Last night two more stars joined the family.

Tonight I am planning on getting back to Doing the Rounds, but have found an interesting programme on Netflix so I might get distracted!

Thursday

Another catch up once again!
I took Eve to the Mill Market on Sunday

Eve searched for cards and I sat in the car and sewed, I had planned to sew petals onto Doing the Rounds, but left the petals at home! So I did some stars instead, and the photo I took is on the phone, no idea how to get it to here!

Monday was a home day

This wasjig puzzle has kept us busy over the last four days and I am still trying to finish it.

We had some super heavy rain Tuesday morning...I hope it carried on to the drought affected areas!

Yesterday I went into Geelong and went thru a really heavy rain shower on the way home, this was the road going down to our place after the rain has stopped.

We  had a beautiful rainbow later in the day

Today we have a beautiful morning, the Supervisor and I enjoyed our wander.

Progress on Doing the Rounds

Sandy from Shiralee Stitches is kindly sending me a little more red for the hexies I have missed doing. I have decided not to put circles over the petals as I can see my progress as I have sewn along.

These stars have been finished over the last few days. I have run out of prepared stars so need to cut some more..another job for today!

Had better go and do some sewing.

Happy stitching.

Out and about

Last Thursday I went over to Boronia and picked up Eve and brought her back here for a little holiday. We have been out and about each day,

Friday morning the sky was a very strange colour

The pig face is covered with blooms down at the beach

The supervisor enjoyed his walk

It was very calm by the water,

Coming home I found this egg in perfect condition lying on the ground under the cypress trees, I looked up but couldn't see any nest.

Friday afternoon we went over to Queenscliff to take Eve to the antique shops

I went here to my favourite shop

this old building is being remodelled into apartments, luckily the outer shell is being restored.

Maybe someone would like this one??

Today we went to the Bellarine Quilters for sit and sew followed by a Ploughmans lunch, we had a great feast and wonderful company and then headed into Geelong to see the Archibald paintings.

These are some of my favourites

In the gallery next to the Archibald was an exhibition..I can't remember the name of the woman!! Aghhh!! Anyway all her work is made with recycled products

junk mail cut outs

Tea bag labels

Price specials sign....I could see quilt blocks happening from some of these. We are now back home and I am about to get some veges in the oven to roast, but an update on sewing..

two more stars were added to the family Friday night

one little flower is finished and another started but as I only managed about 5 stitches today I will not be showing that just yet!!

Ok I am off to peel veges and then collapse onto the couch!

Happy stitching.