Blog meet in Brissy

 

What a great time we had at the blog meet organised by Maree...... unfortunately she is the only person not in the photo......

 

 

Lots of chatting here.

Noela, Sandi, Teresa

 

 

These girls are being very naughty here..... bags without faces.

 

 

Noela

 

 

                                                Show and tell....Sandi with her doll.

 

Susan and Maria

 

 

Marilyn

 

 

De hiding behind her lovely quilt.

 

 

 of course coffee and cake...... a must at any gathering.

 

 

Thanks ladies for a great day and I look forward to the next get togther.

 

 

Initial Heart swap

 

I can now show you my secret sewing.... I  joined the Heart swap which was organised by Cheryll, if you pop over  here you might get to see some of the lovely gifts made by other ladies. Cheryll was also my partner and it  really was a pleasure to  make these gifts for her.

 

 

 

These pillows are quite small as is the heart both have pot pouri in them and they smell sooooo good.

At last..... hooray

 

Finished at last, it has taken so long to have this quilted that I was beginning to think it would never happen but here it is and I'm so happy.

 

Binding and label done too....

 

I'll let the piccies tell the story......

 

 

 

 

 

Yes I know it says 2013 .... I had the label made last year with the date and quilters name.... the first quilter had it for 3 months and then couldn't do it so I had to pick another quilter, of course I needed to change the name and I just couldn't be bothered to alter the year..... its not far out..... I have been trying to get it quilted since June 2012..... success at last.

 

 

 

Looks like new curtains are needed .....  it will be great to have a choice of quilts and I'll be able to change them when the mood takes me.

 

Yahoooooooo.

 

Fun day out and other bits.

 

What a great day I had on Friday last week, I asked Sandi to come with me to collect my "Earl Grey Moment" quilt from the quilter so of course we made a day of it. We had to travel over an hour to the quilters so we needed to have coffee and cake on the way but we forgot to take a piccie .... it was yummie.

 

On the way home we decided to drop into "Faeries in My Garden" so naturally I had to show my quilt to Lesley (on the right) ... Tracy (on the left) ... and little old me in the middle.

 

 

                           

Lesley and I deep in conversation about embroidery of course, it is great to talk with someone that has the same passion for this craft, she is so lovely to chat with.... Sandi thought I would be there chatting all day.

 

 Thank You Lesley and Tracy for your very nice compliments on my quilt.

 

Can you believe that I only bought 2 fat1/4's from Faeries, I was so amazed at my self..... pat on the back for me showing such restraint. 

 

 

Then we were off to have lunch at the cafe just up the road from the craft shop.

 

This is a great shot of Sandi...... giggling away and boy oh boy did we do a lot of that.

On the way home we called in to see our mate Tereasa, she is working in a craft shop and it was so good to catch up with her..... I think we brightened her day although we were a bit noisy for the shop.

I did buy this fabric for the BOM in the Homespun magazine "Its Time for Christmas" by Bronwyn Hayes, can't resist Christmas things.... Sandi and I are doing this one together for this year...... did I really say this year ?    Oh my goodness.... silly girl I am.

Thank You Sandi for joining me for the day, I had the best time..... my face was aching from all the laughing, it did turn into silliness on the way home.

 

This photo is proof that I have been sewing but sadly its secret stuff so you will just have to wait to see the finished project....I also put the binding on my quilt.

 

 

 

Well I think that's enough chatter from me today I'm now off to continue hand sewing  the binding on my quilt.

Heart swap and other blocks

 

There's nothing nicer than a pressie in the mail and thanks to Carol here are my goodies.

 

 
Heart with my initial and lots of other pressies, how did you know Carol my favourite chocolate is  Rocky Road.... my goodness you must have ESP I think..... it won't  last long either.

                                  Thanks to Cheryll for such a lovely swap.

 

Well I have started on my button quilt "Fernhill" by Lynette Anderson, I'm hoping its not going to take too long as its for the blank wall in my lounge room.

 

 

I also managed to make the other blocks for the "Crazy Christmas" quilt and yes its a Lynette Anderson pattern..... its coming along nicely.

 

 

 

We had another birthday last Friday but I haven't any photos yet so they will be in my next post.

FNWF and a Birthday.

FNWF organised by the lovely Cheryll.

started out quite well, my blocks were sorted and set out for sewing but as usual things don't always go according to plan. 

I didn't get as many done as I wanted but 4 isn't too bad, I was aiming for 6 plus a little bit of stitchery.

My excuse is.......

Corinne and Kenny are living with us for a while..... well they are in the fully self contained granny flat which has an adjoining door, we do get  lots and lots of visits which I love really ..... shhhhh don't tell them that though, they might never go......lol.

It was Kenny's 23rd birthday yesterday, they did go out with friends and when they arrived home after tea we all had birthday cake and very yummy it was too.

 Kenny wants a dog but until they have their own place its not practical so Corinne thought a dog cake  might do the job but it did seem odd cutting and eating the poor thing.

I'm off now to blog hop and see what other ladies were up to last night.

FNWF and cleaning

Here are my blocks ready for sewing, I hope to get 6 blocks sewn together for my "Crazy Christmas" quilt, fingers crossed that all goes to plan.... I also have hand stitching to do if by any chance I finish earlier than expected.

If you would like to join in the fun then pop over to Cheryll's blog...... 

Tomorrows picture should look terrific.....

This is my kind of cleaning...... love it......

your not cleaning I hear you say........

Oh that's right I'm resting my poor broken toe so I have employed my g/daughter ... Corinne to do my cleaning..... good idea I think.

Do you see my blank wall under the air/con.... I am working on the wall hanging for that spot, it is a great incentive to leave a space especially when its right in front of my chair.

Gosh I feel so tired after watching her work...... I even had to move for her to clean under my chair..... the cheek hahahahaha.

Well I guess that's enough of my waffling for now, I hope to check out other blogs tomorrow to see what other FNWF sewers got up to.

Happy stitching.

I'm back in blogland.... woohooooo

 

Well the rain did stop at last and we now have power (no power since last Sunday morning till today)..... I was very lucky to have been invited to Sandi's house for a lovely shower (boy was it good too) she also charged our phones and put Gavan's insulin in her fridge.... things one doesn't think about I guess. I have been unable to contact my  long time friends Jenny and John until today, they live in Bundaberg, my mobile phone was flat and all contact numbers were in it, while at Sandi's today I rang Jenny to find out how she was going, they were evacuated from their home and still don't know how much they have lost..... my heart goes out to them, I just can't imagine how they must be feeling  but Jenny is a tough girl and I'm sure will get through this terrible ordeal.

 

These are a couple of photos of roads near our home ( I  pinched these from Sandi's blog) oooo I'm so naughty.

 

 

 

We have been doing things to pass the time away that we all should do more of, Corinne...Kenny....Gavan and me have enjoyed playing games.... cards, Yahtzee etc.....by candlelight of course.... pity we don't stop to smell the roses more often, we actually had a lot of fun with them. We have only tank water here so buckets have been the order of the day and the gas

BBQ  has been busy, so we have been camping in our own house really..... sort of lol.

 

We are very fortunate here and really haven't anything to complain about, loss of power and the inconvenience of not being able to flush the loo is such a minor detail when others are losing everything they own.

Happy Australia Day

Its a terrific day here in sunny Queensland....... not...... but it is great really, we have rain at last so we are very pleased. The weather may spoil plans for lots of Aussies today but I'm sure they will still have fun.

Here is my parcel for Cheryll's Initial Heart swap and it will be off to a very special lady on Tuesday so I hope the postie gets it to her quickly as I'm running out of time..... I forgot about the public holidays...oooops sorry. 

Have a great day everyone and enjoy your Aussie day celebrations, don't let the rain spoil anything.

A post at last....

Posting  just hasn't been happening here of late but I think I'm back to it now.

Firstly my blog book arrived last week, heavens knows why its exciting but it is, I'm getting quite a collection .... its amazing how time has flown since I began, it might even be a time for my first giveaway I think..... I'll be back with more news on that later so keep watching this space.

Scrap booking fever has hit here as well, Corinne is in her pondering pose thinking " what will I do now" she is working on a surprise for her partner... Kenny's .... mother which is such a lovely idea as his parents live in Japan and have missed so much of his years while he did his education here in Australia.

                          I have been working on secret sewing so I haven't got a lot to show.
Our FIS online group are putting together some sewing packs for sewers that have lost everything in the Tassie fires..... I guess it doesn't seem a lot but it might bring a smile to a few faces and for them to know that people do care.

I have finished my gifts for the Heart swap so they will be in the post on Tuesday, keep your eye on the postie ...........   you didn't really think I would tell you who it is did you ?

Thank you Cheryll for organising this lovely swap.

I've had a little hiccup too, I tripped over a car cover that was sitting on the front porch and I think I have broken my toe and its quite swollen further up my foot  ..... funny it's more painful than it looks .... I can't get any shoes or even a thong on so I'm hopping around  but mostly sitting as the pain stops when I have it elevated so naturally that means I can get a lot of hand sewing done.

 Well I'm off now to sit with the foot in the air and back to a bit more stitching.