Slow innernets = More sewing :o)

My DH recently bought an Ipod touch. This is an amazing little gadget that can connect up to the innernets and keep him amused for hours. However. The stuff he’s been playing on has taken up buckets of downloads and so now we’re on ‘go slow’ … dial up speed, and it’s taking ages for the simplest thing to be done on the ‘puter any more he he he. So, for the next 10 days I’m guessing there will be a lot more stitching than ‘putering going on in this house lol.

Here’s what I’ve been up to these past few days – another Sewing Caddy set!!! This one is in “Mill House Inn” by Fig Tree Quilts for Moda – Oh I just LOVE those fabrics :o) …. And I’ve also been making a store sample of my “Slice ‘n’ Dice” quilt in the GAWJUS “Martinique” range by 3 Sisters for Moda – Isn’t it just divine!!??! I’m quilting the blocks at the moment (it’s quilt-as-you-go) - so I’ll show you more when it’s looking more like a quilt lol.

Have a great weekend …. I’ll be spending most of mine with my Janome he he he.

My DH the bikie ;o)!!!

Ok, not quite he he he ..... but he did go off on the weekend for a ride with the Ulysses group out to Rathdowney to an Olive Farm ... a total of about 230km for the round trip, that's quite a lot on his little bike!! He had a fabulous time!! Here's where they all met up at our local McDonalds....... I can imagine poor families pulling into the carpark and pulling right out again thinking they might be real 'bikies'. The thing is, you have to be over 50 to even be a member of this group (DH just scrapes in - I on the other hand will have to wait a little while before I can apply LOL). They're a great bunch of people who just like to ride bikes. They do a lot of community and charity work too. I couldn't get all the bikes in ... I'm guessing there were about 30 something or so there, and they picked up a few more as they travelled along ;o) ............

Here's my beaming DH on his shiny bike. You can't see it under that helmet but I just KNOW he's grinning from ear to ear. He just LOVES riding that thing!!! He's already planning the next (bigger) bike - eeeek!!!

Of course while he was off on his little jaunt - that left me at home alone. Jess (DD2) had also gone off with friends, and what's a girl to do when she's home alone??? Sew of course LOL. I managed to finish this "Peter Rabbit" quilt that I've had on the go between other things for a couple of weeks now. It's a real easy quilt as you go pattern using fat quarters - 6 for the front and 6 for the back. This is the front ............

and this is the back ............ Then when DH got home we took a picnic basket down to the bay and just relaxed in the beautiful sunshine. We really should have taken this pic from the other side then you would have seen the gorgeous Moreton Bay and the Bay islands in the background instead of the carpark LOL.

So hard to believe it's still Winter!!! We've been having the most incredible weather ... it was 33 yesterday and 35 the day before!!!

When we got home from the shops on Monday afternoon DD2 wandered down to the road (I must admit I wondered what she was doing) ... and she came back with this little fellow!! Poor thing had been hit by a car. We couldn't see any apparent injury and it looked pretty stunned so we took care of him/her for the evening with the intention of taking it to the vet the next day if there was no improvement .....

Well the next morning I went to check on birdy and he/she was sitting beside the box we had put him/her in for the night (clearly not secure enough [[ooops]] lol) and when it saw me it took flight. So I'm hoping the little cutey is ok now, I'm guessing since it flew on it's merry way that it's going to be just fine :o). Isn't he/she a pretty birdy!!?!?

I'm off stitching with friends today... have a great day ......

I've been a bad blogger!!!

I can't believe it's been almost a week since I last did a post!!! I've been reading and enjoying everyone elses blogs but haven't managed to do a post on mine until now!! This will be a bit of a disjointed post jumping from one subject to another but I would really like to share these pics with you :o).

I have been busy stitching .... I've almost finished another of my "Slice 'n' Dice" quilts - this time in sweet Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit fabrics - so cute. I just have the side borders to put on then I can bind it :o) - I'll show you more when it's finished.

After reading Lurline's post with a pic of her gorgeous camelias I decided I should cut some of mine and bring them inside to enjoy too :o) ........... I think they're gorgeous. I can't remember the name of this one so please don't ask me, all I know is it's a double ;o). It's like a rose it's so beautiful!

We all went out for dinner last Thursday night for darling DILs birthday. The pub we went to very kindly brought out a cheesecake for her (on the house!!) and this is the knife they gave her to cut it ............!!!!!!!!!!!!

Isn't it HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!???????? (Can you see my DS reflection in the knife??!!) For the life of me I can't imagine why they thought we'd need a knife THAT big to slice a little old cheesecake!!

Here's a happy snap of Ross and Alicia taken on her birthday - (do you know they've been married for 6 months already!??!!) ..............

And here's what they looked like when they went to a fancy dress party last Saturday night. Ross (DS) was mild mannered Clark Kent and Alicia (DDIL) was Rainbow Bright (do you remember that cartoon from the 80's???) ........ don't they look fabulous lol - even Skye (aka Poops) got into the piccy :o)!!!!

We went for a drive out to Beechmont this morning - it was such a beautiful day and a gorgeous drive through the bush and past lots of lovely farms to get there.

We stopped at the Beechmont markets on the way to our friend's housewarming and bought these yummy treats ...........
Strawberry Jam cookies, Banana muffins and an apple and blackberry pie. We bought custard and cream on the way home so that will be our delicious dessert :o).

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!!!

What a lovely surprise!!!

Okay ... after I had that "Murphy" [["anything that can go wrong ... will!!"]] type day last week things have definitely been looking so much better!!! Look what came in the mail for me ....

I couldn't believe my eyes when I opened up this pretty parcel!!! All of these wonderful goodies came from Clare's Craftroom ... I won a giveaway on her blog and the prize was her "Flutterby" pattern, but she also sent all of these fabulous treats too!!! So very generous and kind...... thanks so much Clare!!! I've also been very busy stitching this week ... it's been a most productive few days I'm pleased to say :o). These are a surprise for a friend ... I hope she likes them :o) ... and I finished my "Slice and Dice" quilt in the bright and beautiful Oh Cherry Oh fabrics (pattern available here) ... just working with those fabulous colours put a smile on my face ... aren't they just so happy!!! This is the front, it's quilt-as-you-go, very fat quarter friendly ..... and ........ It's reversible too!!!! This is the back :o). He he he ... two quilts in one!!!!

I'm off to stitch some more, I working with some Moda 'Portobello Markets' fabrics at the moment, totally different to the Oh Cherry Ohs but still absolutely gorgeous :o)!!!