More retreats

What a wonderful week of stitching get-togethers!

Friday, I met up with bloggy friends at Cassilis. A beautiful day stitching in the garden and being spoilt by Linda at 'Plough in to Cassilis'.

 Julie's quilt- finished. A very special quilt made from her Dads ties

Very busy little workers -- (they look like they're sleeping)

                            The trafic in Cassilis. (Susan wanted to steal one of these for her Gatsby Ball)

Then today, Finders Keepers hosted a day with Kerry Swain.
About 40 women filled the Central Arcade with lots of chatter and laughter.
Of course a small project was achieved and another started.
Thanks to Susan and Karen for looking after us so well and spoiling us with a yummy lunch.... morning and afternoon tea...and even bubbles!

 
                       

  Lovely stitching projects by Kerry

                            Finished christmas balls

                             The girls... after a very successful day.

Till next time
keep stitching
Floss

Nov already?

Gosh!.. where have I been?.. I can't believe its November already !!

I promised you a kitchen reveal...  Before

            Ta Dah...   After

 I haven't moved totally in yet...Lots of things hidden in boxes around the house!... maybe I don't need them.. since I haven't seen them for 6 months!

I had a rather exciting day today...
Susan and Karen from Finders Keepers (our local fabric shop) asked  if I'd teach a class.... (after I finished laughing).. I said why not!.... So today was the day...
I had 6 lovely ladies and we did english paper piecing with hexagons.
They enjoyed their day and they are keen to continue... so I guess they got bitten by the hexie bug !!

The project was a cushion...here it is without its insert

 They look happy...

 morning tea .... I carried on the hexie theme with these gingerbread biscuits

When I was hunting through my sewing room looking for EPP samples, I found this old piece I started so many years ago that I had cut out templates from cards... and scrap fabrics from dressmaking.. no patchwork shops or laser cut papers in those days. (I think it was the 70's)

I also found this quilt... totally forgotten, and tucked away....I think it is going to come back out now....its so close to being finished... I just love all the fussy cutting.  It started as a Sue Cody pattern, but I think I extended it.

Baby Audrey's quilt is finally finished too...(The colours do look better than the photo..and the little black specks in the centres are bees.)

 I love how paper piecing is so transportable... here it is getting worked on in Samoa.

finally... some farm shots for Chooky
I never get sick of this view... just love it....thats looking towards Narrabri.

This calf has a special nose ring...its a weaning ring and stops her drinking from her mother.

She is one of last years calves.

 Merve the bull ....and no rain clouds.

till next time
keep stitching
Floss

Belated Retreat post

Oh how time flys when your having fun!.. and it's about time I did a post showing you what we got up to at our little retreat a few weeks ago.
7 happy stitchers spent the weekend at a local winery...A lot was achieved and I have photos to prove it!  (Little pink bubbles were also consumed)

 Coming soon.... my kitchen reveal.
This week I'm working away from home so will have to wait till next week to move in.

Till next time

keep stitching

Floss

Kitchen update

Planning a patchwork of a different type today... Trying to work out the tile feature in my new kitchen.




Tiles with little blue corner print, on point with a border and then plain white tiles! ...OK?




Not long now.....on the countdown to the finish!

I won't know what to do when I don't have a kitchen spread out between 4 rooms!!

Hopefully next week I can do a kitchen reveal!


Till next time
Keep stitching... (or painting)
Floss
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Surfing safari

Talofa
For those of you who thought I was lost ...(again)
I'm lazing away on a tropical island in the south pacific....anyone feel sorry for me?
The majority of my time is spent eating..and in between meals...swimming..beach/pool ( hard decisions of the day), canoeing, paddle boarding, snorkeling, deep sea fishing....note, very little stitching being done...but I did have a basket weaving lesson today!






























Lofa
Till next time
Keep stitching
Floss

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Location:Sinalei resort Samoa