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I have joined "The Perfectly Pleasing Pincushion Parade" for the first time.....

Thanks to  Ida and Sis for this fun Parade.....

This pincushion was a kit that I had put off making for a longggg time, I'm so pleased with it and can't really understand why I didn't make it earlier....

It was a fiddly little devil..... lol

I do love this cute little pincushion..... 

bought this one from a craft shop, just couldn't leave without it.....

These are among my favourites.....

what did I just say ?????

they are all my favourites......lol.....

From the tiny cup and saucer pin cushion to this one.....

it is very big ... 

what is a pin cushion without the metal stand......

I do love working with wool so this one was fun to make.....

I bought the kit at The Home Patch shop in Bathurst on a recent trip there....

Big ones......

smaller ones.....

Old Worlde' ones.....

Gifts, swaps, gifts from me to me and bought ones.....

and more on my "to do list".....

Oh dear .... I do think I have a problem.....

There is nothing more tempting than a pretty pincushion.....

if you would like to join in or just check out all the beautiful pincushions then go here.......

I did try to find an ugly pincushion but alas I couldn't see one anywhere in my collection.....

This has been such fun.....

Toodles.....

FNWF

A very  productive night for me..... 

it is fun knowing so many lovely girls are stitching together in cyber land.....

I finished my tweeny weeny Hexigon purse.....

pattern by "Hugs and Kisses"

Also finished a "Simple Life" stitchery......

pattern by Hatched and Patched.....

Did some preparation for "Fleur" 

I'm off to see what the other girls got up to.......here

Toodles.....

FNWF

I'm joining in the FNWF tonight..... I have a little something I need to finish....

So pop over here and get stitching.....

See you there.....

Toodles.....

Pin Cushion Parade.....

I do love a pretty pincushion so I will be joining the fun at the "Pincushion Parade" 

if you would like to join in then just go here to read all about it.....

Toodles......

Random stuff....

  I was soooo excited to get one of these Oliso irons.....

BUT .....21 months later I'm not soooo happy.....

big waste of money, it will be going in the bin.......

Very sad......

Happy face now......

this is a  $35 Kambrook iron and it works like a charm.....

how many irons could I have bought with the money I spent on the stupid Oliso iron.....

Oh welllll ....  enough whinging.....

My slippers have found a new home with Liz.....

cute modelling.....

A Simple Life block done.....

I also finished a block for our No Fuss Stitch-a-Long.....

"Ruth's Quilt" by Leanne Beasley....

Once again.....

Toodles.....

What a day .... fun fun fun......

Tuesday was as usual a great fun day......

I thought I would make the girls hot scones for morning tea with strawberry jam and cream of course.

Sandi had to pop off for an appointment which left just me and Teresa so that became scone making time.....

Teresa had soooo much fun, she has never made scones before....

here she is ....
 up to her elbows in dough.....giggling her head off......

I did lend a hand.....

Yes.... I took this stupid photo..... 

Teresa making sure that Gavan wasn't left out.....

so she took him some morning tea....

Thanks Teresa for helping and making it such an awesome day.....
We did  have so much fun.... giggling till it hurts.....

They were yummmmm

I did stitch as well as mucking about.....

Another great day....

Toodles......

Sunday Stitchers

Our Sunday Stitchers group had another fun day even though some of the girls were missing due to the flu..... I hope they are all on the mend now.

Show and Tell.....

Maria (on the right) is gifting this beautiful throw  to a friend.

I think I could be called "The Bag Lady" now.....

Thanks for the fun girls......

Toodles......

Short and sweet post.....

Out for morning tea with Gavan today.....

Teeny Weeny stitching for me this week......

more on that later.....

Our Corinne (GD) is working in Japan teaching English at the Campus below.....

she was excited to see they used her photo in their marketing brochure ......

how special is that..... Congratulations Corinne.....

That's it for today....

Toodles.....

Oh my goodness.......

Another post..... 

I can't believe it but I am trying to be more positive with my blogging....

It was great to join the girls today, 

they are so uplifting and as usual we laughed and chatted a lot.....

We went to a lovely cafe near Nor's home for morning tea.....

butterscotch and white chocolate muffin.....

yummoooo

Valley Kitchen Cafe, Kooralbyn 

Then back to Nor's for stitching.....

Nor pondering over her  bag, she will be finished  soon.

My stitching.....

Sandi's stitching.....

I guess you must be wondering what on earth that stitchery is for......

well..... 

we, the Tuesday girls.....

me ...Sandi....Nor.... Teresa

are doing a "Stitch-a-long" together.....

It is a quilt I have wanted to do for a long time but just never got around to it so the girls have decided to join me with this project.

Our lovely Sandi kicked us off by making us all this block.....

So if you have this pattern and would like to join us.... 

feel free to join in......

It is called "Ruth's Quilt"  in this book......

not sure where it is available now, I did google but could only find it in an American store....

Thanks girls for another lovely day.....

Happy mail when I got home.....

from  The Patchwork Angel......

something to add to my pin cushion fetish.....

Once again it is "Toodles" from me....

A bit of hexie business today......

                    Working on a tiny hexie                                             project today......

                   

              I think this is going to take me quite                         some time to complete .......

                   more on this later......toodles......

Ho Hummmmm

I have been doing a bit of stalking today..... blog stalking that is.....

looking for inspiration and motivation.....

I have found some lovely blogs to help with my problem so thank you blogland.....

I felt soooo bored and a bit flat today, no reason just did...... lol

So I went and bought a solar light for the garden.....

pretty happy with it tooooo.

I have been doing a little sewing, not a lot but some is better than none I guess....

Plodding on with "Fleur" slowly but surely.....

A lovely memory of my Mum .....

Mum didn't like animals so when Pippa jumped on her lap and started to pat her it was a huge shock to us...... such a giggle.....

it was just after Mum's  happy hour so that could be the reason lol....

it just doesn't seem like 7 years since Mum left me.....

Well I'm off now to find a few more blogs to browse.....

Toodles......

Tuesday naughtiness.....

We were supposed to be stitching.......

but chatting and giggling was all we came up with.....

so Sandi, Teresa and me decided to go out for coffee, cake and maybe even lunch....

French toast...... yummooooo

at the Green Frog Hollow.....

We just couldn't help ourselves.......

So back to Sandi's for a bit of stitching...... or not

I blanket stitched 1 tiny bird.....

Sandi did 1 stitch.....

Teresa did open the zip on her stitching bag but shut it again.....

you had to be quick or we would have missed it......

Naughty girl was on her phone...... ooooowa

    

Nor wasn't with us today......

We were soooo naughty but who cares..... 

we had fun ......

So you know what is said now !!!!!

Toodles......

I have been busy......

Slack with my blogging but busy so all is not lost.....

I seem to have a bag fetish at the moment.....

I bought this bag kit while on retreat in July at Glenrose Patchwork.....

" The Essential Tote" pattern by Around the Bobbin......

Love the fabric in this one....

While on our Bathurst holiday I bought a bag kit from Hatched and Patched.....

"Daisy Purse" pattern by Anni Downs.....

So happy with it..... fiddly but worth the effort....

Speaking of fiddly are these slippers......

"Snappy Slippers" pattern by Cool Cat Creations......

Back to the bag theme......

"Scalloped Dresden Bag"

a free pattern by Amy Friend at During Quiet Time blog

It has taken me far tooooo long to make this bag, I changed my mind about the main bag fabric that I had bought but couldn't quite find anything else so after much pondering just went ahead with the original fabric and now I'm very pleased...... surprise surprise......

More news to come soon....

Toodles....

My son Robert......

Life often  throws us a few curve balls and early (4am early) Sunday morning my DIL rang to tell us that our Rob had a massive heart attack and was on his way to hospital......

The phone call took my breath away as he is only 47 years old....

He was taken straight to surgery on arrival at the hospital to have 3 stents put in his heart.....

he is having a 4th stent in approximately 4 to 6 weeks.....

He is such a lucky boy and I'm so grateful that he is still here with us.....

I never expected to be sitting in coronary care looking at him in the bed, it usually is Gavan I'm watching.

Love him so much.....

it is so hard to get a photo of him, he hates it.....

so this one I forced him to have with me in 2015.....

Life is pretty trying for Rob and Mel (DIL) at the moment.....

Mel was diagnosed with lung cancer 2 years ago, unfortunately she isn't doing very well at all......

Hopefully life will improve for both of them soon.

I hope to be back with good news soon.....

Toodles.....