New Zealand

Here are a small selection of photos from our wonderful New Zealand holiday

Such a beautiful country

We had a wonderful time

Belated Birthday Gift

My birthday fat 1/4 and a little extra from Simone

My beautiful special gift from Tarnyia

Lovely fat 1/4s and a few little extras

I just love the cushion she has made for me

Her quilting is beautiful

Thankyou Tarnyia

I must admit I was a little worried when Tarnyia emailed me to tell me my gift would be late as the same thing happened to me last year and I never did receive my gift

Any way it was well worth the wait

Still one fat 1/4 to come but Iam not holding my breath waiting

Thankyou to all the girls who did fullfill their swap obligations and Cheryll for once again organizing this swap

No Fuss Travel Swap

Iam a bit late in showing my Laundry bag from Nor.

I have a good excuse though

I put my bag to good use Just got back today from three weeks in NZ and with Permission I was allowed to open a little early so I could take it with me

Back sometime soon with some holiday photos

Pincushion Caddy

The lovely Kiwikid sent me a little kit to make this caddy some time ago

Iam pleased I finally got around to finishing it

A bit fiddly to make

Thank you Sue

\I love it

I received another fat 1/4 in the Birthday swap from Simone but I cant find the photo

Will do another photo and put it up soon

Thankyou Simone

I still have two more to come and my special gift, so something to look forward to

My Birthday Fat 1/4s

Yesterday was my birthday

I received these lovely fat 1/4s in our Birthday fat 1/4 swap

Above from the lovely Dzintra

From our special swap Mama Cheryll

The gorgeous Michelle

Julie Love it Julz

And lastly The one that arrived on my birthday

Perfect timing Asta

Thank you so much girls
You made my birthday special
Back later of with photos of my Snail lunch

FNSI

Friday night I joined Wendy and friends ,once again for a night of stitching

I sewed the binding on my Lasting Legacy Block of the Month quilt and started stitching it down

We then went to Indoor Bowls for a fund raising night in aid of Peter Mac Hospital

Last night TA DA I finished it

This quilt has been a long time in the making

Used only fabrics I had on hand, so well pleased with my efforts

Some what busier than what I normally make but over all I think I like it

Danielles 18th

Well Here Iam again trying for a new post
If only I can remember what I did last time Here's hoping.
Nothing to show on the sewing front but will show a craft of a different kind

My grandson is a second year apprentice doing Boiler making He had to make a round as a module at trade school
Hubby and I have birthdays a month apart so this became our joint birthday gift
Love it Thank you Anthony
Also during the week my youngest grandchild turned 18
Oh Iam feeling old!

Happy Birthday Dan

Very proud to be the Nana of such a lovely young lady

 

 

Nothing ever goes to Plan FNWF

Friday night saw me join Cheryll and friends once again for a night of crafting I had planned to work on some secret stuff, but my sewing machine had other ideas. So after much frustration and a few choice words I sewed the binding down on my I Spy quilt It had been waiting for some time to be done Now it is finished Then I went to publish the photo and Blogger has changed things once again GRRR I HATE when that happens. Now not sure if this is going to work GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

fnwf

I hate blogger

Claytons Christmas

Here are the lovely gifts I received from Kaylee in the No Fuss Christmas swap

The little Santa is so cute

Thankyou Kaylee

Looking forward to the next No Fuss Swap

Christmas in July. Another fun swap

My partner in this Christmas swap was the lovely Noni from http://firefliesandcatsinthegarden.blogspot.com/

 She does the most exquisite cross stitch
She stitched a top for this Christmas box

It was full of lovely goodies

So cute

And just look at these two beautiful hangers

Thank you so much Noni

It was nice to get different gifts this year in the form of cross stitch instead of quilting

These are the gifts I sent to Noni

She has posted way better photos than me, so pop over to her Blog for a look

I have noticed that some of the trees I make tend to curl at the sides

If I have sent you one and it does I have found that a wooden scewer inserted through the back fixes this problem

Thanks to Cheryll for another great swap

Another FNSI Done and Dusted

Friday night saw me joining with Wendy and friends for a night of stitching

I have set myself a challenge to not buy any fabric and only use from my stash

So far Iam doing very well with only a few very minor purchases from Op Shops

So on a wet and cold Friday night I set to work making nine patch blocks

I did make many more than what Iam showing

Now Iam off to see what others got up to

This n that

Made a few cards

Finished a "Lorraine's Flowers" table runner

More cards

Working on a charity quilt with the girls at my quilting group

The scene from my back door this morning

Christmas in July parcels sent and sent also my Klaytons Christmas gift

Ah Life is good

Kitchen Kapers

My lovely gifts from Anita in the No Fuss Kitchen swap

I absolutely love this tea towel

Will definitely not be using it to dry dishes

I think it will be used to cover things on my bench or table

Thanks to all concerned for another fun swap

Now time to think about the Claytons Christmas no fuss swap

Fish Creek Tea Cosy Festival

Every second year a Tea Cosy Festival is held in our little town

These are just a small selection of some of the tea cosies on display

Yesterday I worked at the Festival for the first time

 

I was astounded at the amount of  interest with people coming from as far away as Castlemaine just to see our display

Also astounding was the amount of talent out there .....and imagination

Entries in the completion also came from all over the country. The organizers gave it an immense amount of publicity

Well done to all concerned

Tin Opening Day

So beautifully wrapped

Yesterday was open day for out tins
What lovely gifts I received from Helen and a lovely tin
Thank you Helen
I will have fun with my gifts
I did not get to open my gifts until this morning
Yesterday we woke up to howling winds. I thought it was bad here but when I went to pick up my grand daughter... OMG I could not believe how bad it was at their house
Trees down everywhere and shed roofs banging madly
It was quite scary
I took her for the day and when Lynda got home from work she found the roof of one shed on her front lawn It had smashed a gate and taken out the house power on its way
Power will hopefully be reconnected today
Upside was I got to have them here for the night
Fortunately all their animals were safe

Stuff a Tin and Calendar Bears

Iam a No Fuss Swapper

My parcel in the Stuff a Tin swap arrived from Helen

It looks so pretty Looking forward to opening day

I finally finished my Calendar Bears quilt

A Michelle Ridgway design

Iam a big fan of her work

Very happy with it