The Festival of De

This past week I have had a birthday and in recent years the festivities  tend to cover much more than one day!

I went to work on the actual day wearing my "steel cap party shoes. One of my very dear work friends has a birthday on the same day so it was a bit of a party environment (and maybe slightly unproductive)

Was spoilt by the family and then spent the rest of the evening packing to head to Tassie to not only spend the weekend with my Mum and Dad but also for Lets Get Stitched.

I have been thoroughly spoiled by everyone!

Monkey Business

Warwick with the Tuesday Girls

For the majority of this week I have had the pleasure of being at Glenrose Patchwork retreat with the Tuesday Girls ( Helen, Sandi, Teresa and Noreen ) along with Noela, Jenny and Susan.

We may even have done a bit of stitching slong with all the laughter, eating and shopping.

Thank you all for the lovely friendship during this week and always.

Vintage Sewing Collage

This was my second finish for January. This lovely design by Gail Pan with my twist to it.

The picot edge lace is from a trip to Melbourne and the delightful Lucellos.

A Christmas Story

So it didnt quite make it to finished before Christmas but I was determined to get it finished.

I used a decorative star stitch on my machine for some of the quilting around the blocks

I also tried a new alternative to a hanging sleeve that was floating around facebook . Go here for details

Friday Night Sew In

Just a bit of binding for me last night ... it was hot going and I had the fan on full.

The list

I made a list of projects that I really should get accomplished this year.

I have a couple of stitching buddies and we are going to be accountable to each other. If not a finish then progress is good ... once a month.