A Little bit Blue

And it certainly has nothing to do with the State of Origin football!

Mid November Im going to be blessed with my first grandchild ... a blue one ... and by the looks of this pic he isnt going to love the camera. . LOL

Still working out my "granny name" ... its a tough decision with lots of grand parents on the scene

Winter Retreat at Warwick

Last week was our annual winter retreat at Glenrose Patchwork at Warwick.

Another productive week away.

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We also went to Abbey of the Roses for high tea ... a beautiful place with lots of history

FNSI

Last night was Friday night and I decided to abondon The Great Sewing Room Clean Up so I could spend a bit of quality time bonding with my new girl.

It was like sewing 101 for beginners with scrap fabric and the instruction book not far away.

Im sure we will become inseperable very very soon, however today is back to the clean up.

Nothing is coming back into the room without a designated home and now the curtains are replaced with shade cloth screens the light in here is amazing 

Trip Around the World

A few weeks ago I completely finished my hand stitched trip around the world quilt. I loved the process of the hand stitching and did quite a bit of it while away camping.

Cross hatch quilting certainly took awhile and with this one I certainly embraced the process of "make do" ... rows with different squares, batting joined together, pieced backing, and about three different threads for the quilting

The last square ready to be stitchedn

Found this great place for pucs of finished top when away .. the cows looking too

Crinkly quilty goodness after washing

8 grey elephants

I have had the pleasure of making this quilt for a friend's second grand baby.

A dress and a new fur baby

Not the weekend just gone but the one before I had a sewing finish ... a dress for me.

I would like to introduce you all to Cheddar, our new furbaby. He is a little ball of fluff and has been with us a week and settled in very nicely. 

Relaxing

A lot of relaxing and only a little stitching over the Easter Break .