Mum is 83 today

Today is my Mums 83rd birthday

I made her a couple of placemats As Mum says What do I need at 83

Just realised the photo is a little blurry

Mum and her sister are coming to spend the day with me as is my sister

Tonight we will all go out for tea

Lynda and her family will join us And Lorraines husband

During her illness Lorraine never missed one family bithday tea

We will all be missing her tonight

It has hit Mum pretty hard She was always a very active healthy lady

Now she seems like a little old lady

OP SHOP /GARAGE SALE FINDS

I finished the Charity Quilt that my friend found at the Op Shop Quite pleased with it

Bev over at Kainga Happenings is calling for posts on Op shop or Garage sale finds, so thought I would share a funny story with you

My friend Kathy is full of bright ideas and she decided we should have a stall at a local market to try and sell some of our crafts

I relunctantly went along Pictured below is one of the first things I made when I started quilting

I didnt know about reverse applique so Santa looks a bit funny

As it was my first applique I have always put him out at Christmas

I decided I would take the runner to the market along with a few other bits and peices

Sadly we never sold a thing when along comes an 80 year old I know ,Who asked how things were going

She must have felt sorry for me because next thing she hands over $10.00 and took my Santa

Some months later I was in the local Op Shop and there hanging with all the Christmas stuff was my runner

I bought him back for $1.50

RAGGEDY ANN COMES TO STAY

Recently I made a bid on Raggedy Ann over at Bluebird quilts blog, in aid of the Queensland floods

I was lucky enough to be the winning bidder

Also included was a mystery gift

Wow

Lyn sent me some lovely goodies as well as Ann in the hope I will get motivated

Included was some gorgeous fat quarters, two patterns I hope to get on to making the needle case real soon

Also there were some cute buttons as well as a note pad and pen and a brooch

Thankyou Lyn

you are very generous

Today is going to be very hot

I may just stay inside with the air conditioner on and hopefully get some sewing done

I finished the charity quilt and will post a photo sometime soon

Was up very early this morning to take my Grandson to Trade school He doesnt have a drivers license as yet and his Mum is working

After eight weeks I will be used to being an early riser

He started an aprenticship as a boiler maker just prior to christmas

He loves it