A Weekend with Shiralee Stitches

On the weekend we were lucky enough to have a workshop with Sandy Cousins from "Shiralee Stitches". Sandy specialises in English paper piecing and has designed several quilts herself.  Our group enjoyed the weekend.

Ready to Go

Project 1 - A clam shell cushion

Project 2   - a small project bag 

Project 2 - a small project bag with a clip top 

Shop Tables

"Old Time Kaleidoscope" designed by Sandy Cousins of "Shiralee Stitches"

Sharing 

working hard 

Learning how to do clam shells

                                                       What a fun day 

 In the background another quilt designed by Sandy -  Norfolk 

Lots more to go before I am finished 

You can contact Sandy at    http://shiraleestitches.com.au/

Shabby Quilt for Winter

I have been a bit out of sewing lately so I am making a comeback by some easy finishes. This was started a long time ago, all that was done was the cutting out.  With one thing after another, you all know how it is....

Now it's done and finished for winter snuggles.It's done with 8 inch squares.

 The garden is really green at the moment.. lovely weather... no heat .

Family

My beautiful kids 

The perfect example of "love thy brother "  he is happy eating anything she is. 

Great Grandma's Scissors

These were Bernie's grandmother's( Elsie Kerr) scissors. Bernie's mum passed them on to me when I visited her last. They are still very sharp.

One more Lucy

One more Lucy Block to add to my collection of 16.  I have been travelling and away for a lot of weekends lately. Time to be home for a while .

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all of you amazing mums out there.  I hope you have the best day.

To my beautiful Mum, Noela; thank you for every thing you do for me.

Quilpie 100 Year Celebration Machinery Parade

To celebrate 100 years of Quilpie they had a vintage machinery parade. They had approx  80 restored vehicles and a couple of this era. Don and Paddy from Orange bought this load of beautifully restored trucks , big and small to the show.  An interesting fact is that Quilpie is the end of the railway line to the west from Brisbane.

The Road to Quilpie

Top left - Quilpie                                                        Just above  Goondiwindi

The road to Quilpie is very long and very straight in many places. 

Wallam Creek at Bollon our camp for a night on the way home.

Quilpie from the air 

Looking out

One Lucy Finished

This Lucy was completed while travelling to Quilpie in Western Queensland.

Cutting more Lucy

I haven't seen Lucy for a while so I am paying her a visit . Cutting and prepping.

An Easter Stitchery Finish

I finished one of Bonnie Sullivan's pre- prints today . Bought this one at Nundle  GDITC .

I love them, so quick and so cute and I love the combination of wool and stitching.  All ready to be in a frame on my table next Easter. 

Hope you all had a lovely Easter Day. 

Easter in Nundle

Most of you know Nundle for our Stitching escapades but every Easter the little township of Nundle, New South Wales, comes alive for the, The Nundle Go for Gold Festival.

The annual festival honours the significant role of Chinese and European miners and storekeepers in the development of the Nundle and Hanging Rock townships.

These were amazing athletes the lion dance was done on top of these posts. Two men in each dragon , one holding the other on his shoulders to make the lion.


 I hope you all have a happy and holy Easter and enjoy what ever you are doing on this special holiday and I hope Easter bunny came to you today.

School Holidays

Hey Grandma , here is your birthday present!  

On Wednesday we headed for Brisbane , (Queensland's Capital City ) for my OS friends. I really like these huge spheres dotted around the river end of the mall.

I had to take a photo of this wallpaper for Denice . A library without any books.??

Not sure their art matches the wallpaper though.