Stitching Madly and Ima Cover girl he he he!!!

I've been a bit absent lately, sorry about that ... I've been trying really hard to get this 2nd Dragonflight quilt made up to take to my local patchwork store "Bayside Stichcraft" for them to display during "Shop Hop" - which runs throughout July in Brisbane. I'm doing pretty well, just the borders to put on ... lots of hand stitching to be done though, but I really enjoy that part :o). I think I mentioned it before ... but I just LOVE the colours in this quilt he he ... these fabrics are simply delicious :o).

Okay, so it's not really me on the cover ... just my pattern LOL. I got a lovely surprise when I went into the newsagents just last week ...... there on the shelf was a brand new magazine - "Quick and Easy Crafts" ... and one of MY PATTERNS is on the cover!! Woohoo!! That's mine in the middle, "Bees 'n' Daisies" bag. It was published in Patchwork and Stitching many months ago but I didn't expect it to make another apearance. How exciting!!!I just love the piccy ... :o).

I got some lovely mail this week too :o). I bought these fabulous "Portobello Market" fabrics to go with a jelly roll and layer cake that I already have ...Also these gorgeous "Fig and Plum" precuts .... a layer cake and a charm pack, aren't they great!!?! Not sure what I'll use them for, might just have to look at them for a little while first ;o).

My DH and I took advantage of the glorious Winter weather we're having at the moment and yesterday we took a day trip to a place called Nobby just a little bit south of Toowoomba. What a terrific little town it is!! We had lunch at "Rudd's Pub" named in honour of Steele Rudd of "Dad and Dave" fame - it's simply choccas with fabulous memorabilia!! Here's DH at the bar ordering our Steak Sanga and Chook Sanga - yep, that's how it was written on the menu!! Next to the pub is a little Vintage Museum, which is actually a private collection of all things wonderful from days gone by. I found she had a most enviable collection of sewing goodies - I had a wonderful time gazing upon all these lovelies!! Don't you just love the vintage fabric here - and the fantastic wedding dress pattern!!!?!?

I'd better be off and get my stuff ready for tomorrow ... I'm running my first workshop, it's for my Diamonds and Braids quilt. I'm a bit nervous, so glad to be doing it with the girls in my quilt group - I haven't really taught before so wish me luck!!

P.S ... I couldn't resist including this piccy, DH just called me in to take a look at this .... can't you just tell that DD2 is sitting in Sophie's bean bag!!?!! Actually, it's DD2's bean bag but Sophie doesn't think so LOLOL!!!!

Today was a good day :o)

What a great start to the day!!! Okay, so the weather wasn't so crash hot ... in fact it was downright dull ... but for a brief moment the sun shone on my front porch!!! I love it when the mail-lady brings me a package. I've been waiting for this one that I bought on US Ebay a little over a week ago ;o). Look what I got ........ ain't it perty!!??!!This is Portabello Markets by Moda. Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a big fan of jelly rolls ........ okay, a HUGE fan LOL. But this time I've lashed out and bought a matching layer cake too - ooh I can't wait to play with these, I love the colours :o)!!

Well that was just the start of my day. I headed off to pick up my darling Mum and her friend Jill who's visiting from UK and we went up to Mt Tamborine for a bit of a stroll down Gallery Walk. This is what Mum and Jill spent most of their $$$ on - can't say I blame them LOL.

This is only part of the display at Granny Macs ... how would you choose??? Jill had one of everything that had Macadamia nuts in it!!! I grabbed some faves for DH (giant jaffas) and DD2 (sour straps).

Walked some more then had a yummy lunch up there and then found this fabulous shop - it's called Country on Tamborine.The lovely lady there ... Sylkie ... was kind enough to let me take a couple of piccies to show you all. Isn't it just fantastic!!?! I swear every time I turned around I found another thing I wanted to buy ... tee hee ... but I was good, this is what I bought ...

The items I bought were the pumpkin and the corn - perfect up there on my kitchen rack :o) and this cute little birdhouse ... just couldn't resist!!

I always love a visit to Mt Tamborine ... such a pretty place, so much to see. Gonna have to go back and see the rest another day.

Take care,

Joy :o)