Chooky's shed party

 I was off to a great start sewing along with all the virtual stitchers.....

yesterday I made these hexies for Miss Matty's Parlour, doesn't look like much when I see them now but they are fiddly little devils....  

Worked on a secret swap pressie.....

Today has been a better ....

I was going to work on a quilt that is waiting on my design wall but other things had to come first.

First I had a very brisk 3 km  walk.....

when I got home "Pippa" was waiting for her morning games....

She loves chasing her ball ....

Followed with a lovely cuppa and biscuits of course.....

another hexie on the way, I found a lovely sunny spot to spend a few quiet moments.

I finished the last 3 blocks of "Love Among the Roses"

only the sashings and borders to do, then to have it quilted.

I did finish the swap pressie but that will have to wait for another time.

Block 32 Splendid Sampler

Well that is it for my weekends work....

holy cow I'm sure I did more than that..... seemed like more ....

I did do some washing.... I guess that took some time.

Thanks so much for the link up Chooky......

hopefully everyone achieved more than I did....

Toodles till next time.....

Family Birthday's......

April is a very busy time in our family......

Sylvio 8th....Corinne 14th....Gavan 16th 

Most of the family came to enjoy a very relaxing day together.....

No photos of the rest of the gang .....oooooops I must have forgotten.....

A small finish for me.... this is a project from the Gail Pan workshop....

Another "Love Among the Roses" block....

The end is in sight..... woohooooo

That is all I have at the moment....

Toodles

A Tuesday treat and the process begins.....

What a lovely treat we had last Tuesday visiting Maree and a few other girls at her home for our stitching day.

Gosh she spoils us ....so much so that we don't want to go home......

We did have a great lunch but of course I only took a photo of the dessert.....

Yes we did stitch.....

Thanks very much Maree for opening your home to us again.

More beautiful Teapot blocks.....

top row..... Maree and Cheryl

then....Cheryl ( naughty girl did 2) and Lynda

Thank you so much girls they are just beaut.

Well the process has begun .....

fabric chosen and plan decided .....

I will get started today....

Another block done from "Love Among the Roses"
only 4 to go..... yay.....

Well that's it for today so.....

Toodles....

Thinking and another block

70th Birthday blocks....

Thought I would have a look at the Teapot blocks and maybe make some sort of plan.....

I know there are a few more to come but it's nice to see them up on the design wall.

So many wonderful ladies have made these for me and signed them on the front so I won't ever forget who you are..... thanks so much to you all.

I'm going to use these fabrics for my Teapot quilt, they were to be used for another quilt which I have now taken off my "to do list" owing to a lack of interest on my part.

I think they will be perfect for this project.

Block 7   "Love Among the Roses"

Slowly getting there...... I'm off now to finish the next block.

Toodles

A bit of catching up needed

OMG I am soooo far behind in my blogging so there will be post overload coming so shut your eyes if it's too much for you.

  I'll start with my beautiful 70th Birthday Teapot Blocks......

Thank you  Maria, all the way from WA

Thank you Sandi.... my Tuesday buddy

Thank you Sue ..... 

I get to choose which one I like but that's easy as I love them both.

Thank you Fiona.... love it

Thank you Lorraine.... so cute

Thank you Maureen..... another very nice block.

Thank you ladies these are going to look soooo good when I put them altogether.

This is turning out to be great fun..... except for the getting older bit.... lol

"Love Among the Roses" is coming along nicely.

This is block 5

Block 6

Well I think that is enough for today.......

1 more block done and a little outing.

Block 4 of "Love Among the Roses".........

slowly getting these blocks done.

They are so pretty.

A little outing with my daughter....Heather.....she isn't well at the moment so we had a relaxing time at this quirky cafe not far from where she lives.

Tuesday's fun and games.......and other bits

Our Tuesday get together was sooooo much fun last week......

we had a visitor, Sandi's grandsons and her daughter Elle ....... 

Hudson with his new baby brother and his Mum.

Hudson looks so innocent in this photo but looks can be deceiving, he led me astray....

Boy we had fun.... Huddie and me, shooting each other and anyone who got in our way....
running around Sandi's house.... I had a ball.

I might give up stitching with the girls and just join Hudson, he is heaps more fun.

Lunch was great today, we all brought a plate with something yummie to eat.

I did stitch...... not much though.

I had to finish my ornie today...... so naughty .

 On Monday Norreen and Sandi joined me for a little shopping.... 

no not craft things but for clothes, so sick of my wardrobe but alas I only bought 1 top.

Morning tea of course.

Shopping and then lunch.

Thanks for coming with me girls..... another fun outing.

Thursday Mel (daughter-in-law) came for her first lesson in quilting....

naturally cutting and sewing straight were first on the list.

She is very keen and has fabric for her first quilt all ready but something small to begin with....

Not sure what it will be yet..... 

possibly a table runner or a doll quilt for her g/daughter Jordan.

Mel won't have any trouble I'm sure as she is an excellent student and is very fussy to get it just right.

Now for a catch up on my sewing......

More progress on my felt train.

Block 2  of  "Love Among the Roses" quilt.

Block 3

Block 2 of "A Little Bit Country"

All in readiness for Sunday Stitchers tomorrow.
I'll be working on block 3.

That's it for me today....... I'm off to do a bit more on the train.