A Tassie visitor and advent goodies....

Last Saturday we were very lucky to see Cathy from our online group "Friends in Stitching"

It was so exciting to finally get to meet her in the flesh .... so to speak...

We even had a lesson on taking selfies.... not sure if I will ever get the hang of it though.

Yes we had lunch together at the Jupiter's Casino Gold Coast.

Food ..... well of course..... I did have a healthy lunch followed by these.

Thanks so much for the pressie Cathy.... it was soooo yummie but all gone now.

I hope you enjoy your stay here in QLD and have a great Christmas, it was so good to meet you.

Friends in Stitching Christmas swap....

 Bec was sending to me, I can't show what I sent to my partner as I'm not sure if she has opened anything yet.

5 small gifts and then the Christmas Day pressie.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Thank you Bec, I'm looking forward to Christmas Day opening.

And the celebrations continued......

Here we are enjoying more of my Birthday, this is the real celebration, the other day was only a practise day..... nah just kiddin'.....

Whisky Business is where we had a beautiful High Tea......

we took our Ladylike  behaviour with us this time....

Tuesday girls...... on a Thursday lol

Me, Teresa, Sandi and Norreen.

Yep I'm the star of the day.....

I won't be having anymore birthdays so I was making the most of this one.

Why aren't I having anymore you ask...... well just because I don't want to....

I'm having unbirthdays from now on..... we still get to party though.

This did taste as good as it looks I can assure you.

Just when we thought we were full to the brim out came the dessert OMG....

being good girls as our Mum's told us to do ..... we ate it all.

Norreen is such a naughty girl but we love her....... 

see I'm not the only one who is naughty but I was sooooooo good this time....

Before having our High Tea we took a little visit to Bayside Stitchcraft to see the lovely Joy...

we also had a little peak in at Linen and Lace but no photos of these this time....

Advent pressies..... from Sandi and Mystery Box

Day 11

Day 12

Day 13

Day 14

Friends in Stitching advent pressie has arrived but can't open any till 20th.

To finish off this post I had to show you my 2 babies with their Christmas Jelly Roll quilts....

don't they look a treat ? 

Now they match the Christmas decorations.

That's all folks.....

Meeting friends and sewing......

What a terrific day we had with Vicki and Glenn last Friday when they came to Brisbane for a short break............... I guess we could call it a  "FIS "get together with a couple of hubbies thrown in.

from the left...Sandi, De, Greg, Glenn, Gavan, me and Vicki ohhhh my goodness how spookie is that all the men's names begin with "G" 

We met at a lovely cafe called "The Nook" and enjoyed yummie food..... this was my lunch

                                                             Vicki's meal.

I'm enjoying this social butterfly stuff.....

Well look at that..... a couple of heads showed up too..... you had to be there, trust me.

Now for some sewing ...... this little bag is so cute but a bit of a pain to make.... fiddly actually but I'm happy with the finish......its a Mariko Japan pattern called  "Mini Ami"

Love this Birdhouse pattern ...."My Heart Sings".... looks great in my sewing room.

Last but not least I have finished my Spider Web Quilt, its been a long time coming.... the colour isn't showing up very well, the plain fabric is a very very soft delicate pink.

                                                                    Label of course.

               Its so nice to get a few finishes to start the year off......