Lest We Forget

My Pop and my mate.

Still sadly missed.

Still busy but not much to post about......

This is block 3 of the "Christmas Fun" BOM by Lynette Anderson, should have been done for last christmas but just didn't happen..... never mind it will be done for this year. We have a little stitch-a-long here if you would like to see more of these blocks.

Block 6 for "Earl Grey Moment" quilt by "Faeries in My Garden" very happy with this one.

Another block for the "My Favourtie Things" quilt.... slow going this one.

Gotta go as Hubbie is wanting to use the computor..... what a hide lol.

Happy Easter to one and all.

HAPPY EASTER

 I'm waiting for my g/daughter "Corinne" to arrive so I can give her an Easter gift, was hoping to see all my g/children for their gifts too but alas thats not happening...... maybe I will get to see them next week.

I hope everyone has a great Easter with family and friends...... don't eat tooooo much chocolate though.

Quilts with legs.... and what legs they are !!!!

Don't you just love my quilt holders..... such cute little legs on display hehehehe.

These are the quilts I was working on at the retreat at Kingaroy.... all finished for my g/children as Easter gifts.

Jake's quilt.... he is 15yrs.

June's quilt.... she is 14yrs.

Clayton's quilt.... he is 12yrs.

Corinne's quilt... she is 20yrs next week.

                                       and the little one is Thomas quilt.... he is 10yrs.

Labels are on so they must be finished.

Easter eggs too.

And here they are the owners of the cute little legs

Sandi and Teresa.

Thanks girls for your help.

I have also finished this "Floral Dreams" quilt .... pattern by "Quilters Barn" such pretty fabric too.

So I'm off to a good OPAM start this month...... 6 quilts woohooooo.

Another great retreat.

Well it was another wonderful Retreat at the "Quilters Rest" in Kingaroy with friends old and new....the weather was good and as usual so is the food.... fantastic.

The outlook from the retreat area.

                                        The craft shop

The "Bower Shed" where Allen cooked our saturday evening meal in the camp oven..... yummo it was great.

I was very optimistic as you could see in my last post..... I didn't get the 5 Shaggy Quilts made but I did get 2 almost 3 done... so I was very happy with that.

This one is for my granddaughter June 14yrs... its very bright and cheerie so I'm hoping she will be happy with it.

This is for granddaughter Corinne19yrs and I know she will be happy with it.

This is for grandson Clayton 11yrs but I still have 2 more rows of stitching so its very nearly finished... I just ran out of puff.

 Here we are and still giggling .... lots of that went on .... that is Laurel's shaggy quilt there on the fence.

                                        Teresa.... Laurel ..... me.

Down tools..... happy hour...... what else can one do but join in .....

Jenny busily working away.

Alan popped in for a chat...... lots of funny stories from him... I seem to have missed getting a photo of Marion and Lorna.... sorry ladies.

                                        Leanne (blogless) oops missed Vickie (blogless) at the other machine.

We had the best time again at this wonderful place so a big ....Thank You to Marion .... Alan and Lorna can't wait till next year..... yes we are all booked in again.

A quick Post before I go.....

I'm off tomorrow to Kingaroy for a retreat at the "Quilter's Rest" with my stitching buddies Teresa, Laurel and Jenny so we are looking forward to lots of laughing.... great food and hopefully a bit of stitching. As you can see in the photo I'm hoping to do lots of sewing.... these fabrics are for shaggy quilts for my grandchildren ... 5 in all ..... I think I'm being a bit optimistic but its better to have big plans than no plans at all hehehehe.

I hope to have photos of these quilts to show when I get back on Sunday..... hmmmmmm we will see.

Well I'd better get going and finish packing and an early night as I have a 3 hour drive in the morning.

Coming along slowly

"My Favourite Things" quilt is happening but slowly, I should be able to put one strip together soon..... "Our Kinda Wonderful" blog girls are doing this together so that helps with the old motivation thing.....

"Twilight Garden" is also slow going but there is a lot of work in each block.

Last but not least is "Christmas Fun" and yes its been slow going as well, this is only block 2...... you can see the others progress on the Christmas Fun blog.

Maybe I have too many things on the go at once...... nah.. silly me why on earth would I say that hehehehe.

Much Loved and a Little Bullied.....

Its great to be back to enjoy Melody's Teddy Bear Picnic so pop over to see other picnicers , I have brought a little friend with me today  but I don't think the  pumpkin is very good picnic food really. I was having a look at Sandi's picnic and she inspired me to join her with the theme  "Anti Bullying Day"  ....so I'm wearing a little Orange ribbon...... which brings me to my story..... I'm " Robbie's Teddy" and I belong to Helen's son "Robert"  I never actually got my own name but that didn't matter as we went everywhere together.... I was bought by "Auntie June" (Helen's sister) as a gift when I was born and he just about loved me to death really as you can see in these photos.... now to the bullying bit of my story, we had a dog called "Penny" and she got hold of me and ripped my face open..... Rob was so upset he wouldn't have his afternoon sleep till his Mum fixed me..... new eyes and a nose job later off to sleep he went and me too of course as I was so tired after my ordeal  so please support the "Anti Bullying Day" tomorrow.

I brought along a chocolate..... bit of a play on words ...."Rocky Road"...... see even a Bear has a sense of humour hehehehehe.

Robbie sure did love me heaps, I'm nearly all worn out.

Robbie's Grandma Rose made me the blue outfit.... its so cool don't you think ?

I went to hospital when Rob was 18months old and was very sick, they even put injections in me which I thought was a bit much but if it was helping Robbie then it was worth it.

There is nothing like a cuppa with a good mate.

Love you " Robbie"

He's a big boy now 42yrs so Helen is keeping me safe till he comes to get me......

gosh I hope he comes soon .... I miss him.

Another Earl Grey Moment block.

Block 5 of the lovely "Faeries in My Garden" quilt  "An Earl Grey Moment"

This was a very busy block to do but I think it was worth all the effort, can't wait to see it together but still a lot to go yet.

                                                       Bring on block 6.

Last Minute OPAM

I've called this project "Helbel's Simple Table Topper" I'm mighty pleased with it too, just what I wanted for this table..... love the fabric, fresh without being too bright I think.

Oooooops didn't have this on my " Quilt To do List".....never mind I'll add it now.

                    Its definately an OPAM finish for February but only just.

Not the UGLY fat 1/4 again.......

So the story of the UGLY FAT 1/4 continues...... it begins here which now brings us to the present and look what these girls did .............

                                       Not so Ugly, very cute actually

Thank you girls..... Teresa, Sandi, Tereasa, this has been so much fun.

They did say that I would get it back sometime when I least expected it and they were right..... I didn't have a clue ......the silly thing is that the thread catcher and little needle case look fantastic and not ugly at all........ there can't be much of this fabric left now surely.

While I was making a few more string blocks out of my scraps look what popped up......... that ugly fat 1/4 again ......so it will bring a smile to my face every time I see it.

More hours in the day please

Oh I do wish I had more hours in the day especially for stitching, I have so much I want to do but my little fingers just can't stitch fast enough hehehehehe.

Here is another block of the "Earl Grey Moment" quilt from "Faeries in my Garden", you can see my friend Jenny's block here, so far we are on track  doing 1 block a month.

This really is a delight to stitch.

I hope you all get some stitching time today.

Waiting.... waiting.....

Yes I have been waiting and waiting..... what for you ask .... well we changed plans with Telstra for our home phone and internet of course what happens then....... it got all messed up and we were on a go slow for the internet so no posting for me lately... but its all good now at last.

I'm here now to show my lastest project .... its a "Hatched and Patched" pattern by Anni Downs called "Sewing Angel Toolstore"  I not only love it but I needed it too so its now in full use and working well. Its been great to do a smaller project for a change.

Great little pockets and its so user friendly.

I've also been working on a String Quilt, Laurel our blogless friend made one and it looks fabulous, she has inspired me to get one done too. We have a blog for our little group so if you go here you will see her lovely quilt. I've also decided to call it " The Frugal Quilt" as I'm using scraps of fabric, half empty bobbins and cotton reels, I'm also trying to make a few blocks every time I sit at the machine to do other things so progress will probably be slow.... well not too slow I hope.

I'm leaving all this on the floor next to my machine to keep me motivated.

                                          Till next time ..... Happy sewing.

Keeping Sandi Happy

First things first......

I foolishly said to Sandi " I'm going to add a .... To Do List...... of all my projects to my sidebar" of course she keeps at me about it so here is my confession for today.

I went shopping at my favourite little craft shop "Homespun and Beautiful" last Thursday, sadly it will be no more soon and I'm oh so very sad about that...... but .....the  good thing is the wonderful sale that Tereasa has there, I've been so lucky to meet so many lovely craft minded people there and our friendships will continue so thats the good news.... of course Tereasa is one of them too.

I have borrowed this photo from Tereasa, like most people I'm not happy about photos of myself but this one is just great I think and I love the caption she added.

Sums it all up I think.

Yes I did spend a bundle but hey its only money and we can't take it with us to the retreat in the sky, well I don't think we can but just in case I'm going to take a kit or 2 with me when I go .... you just never know and we girls always like to have a little stitchery when travelling.

So if you look at my sidebar you will see my ENORMOUS list of projects for this year and beyond..... hope I live long enough to finish them all.

I will  pop back later to show that I have started work on the list and I even have a finish.


                                              Are you HAPPY now SANDI  ????????


PS..... check out Tereasa's sale you too can add to your stash.

Not before time......

This is a wall hanging that I started last year in July and this is as far as it got..... pathetic really...... the lovely Sarah and Roseanne were having a little deal together to get theirs done for this Christmas so Sarah has started another blog called "Christmas Fun" so I have joined in with them to get mine done too....its a Lynette Anderson button club quilt called "Christmas Fun" hence the name of the blog.

Thanks Sarah for letting me join you and Roseanne on this journey of "Christmas Fun".