11 March, 2015

Camping and Sewing!

 Noel, Austin and Nelson headed off to Doctors Creek Reserve near Jamieson for the weekend.
 
 Austin, Nelson and Ian, Noel's brother. 
That's Molly under the table waiting for a tidbit!
What's a camp without a camp fire!
No dishwasher here!
 Molly had a wonderful time.
 It was a beautiful area.
 Nelson is wanting to get into photography, 
so he took charge of the camera.
So with three days home, I sewed and sewed and sewed! 
(I did do all the washing first though!)

I worked on NOTYQ's raffle quilt and finished all the embroidery, including those nearly 400 Colonial knots on Saturday. It was nearly one o'clock by the time I got to bed! It's amazing how time consuming those knots are. 
Sunday I put the top together.
Monday I managed to get a lap quilt quilted. The boys arrived home just as I was finishing it. 
I'll have to put the binding on another day.
It was great being able to spend all that time
working on these two projects.

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Christine,love Nelsons pics I think he will do well in photgraphy,looks a lovely place. Lol so you got a holiday too,love the Notty quilt,what I could see,lol xx

Anita : Shabby Quilt said...

they look like they are having a great time. Hope you are also getting lots done and have a nice time.

Anita : Shabby Quilt said...

they look like they are having a great time. Hope you are also getting lots done and have a nice time.

Baa. xxx said...

The photos look great. Certainly looks like they had a great time.
400 colonial knots - that's a lot!

Yvonne W said...

The boys and you had a great time, by the sounds of it. What a nice feeling to be able to sew and sew and not worry about getting meals etc.

Ondrea said...

How wonderful having some time to yourself without needing to worry about how long you spent sewing or what time you started and finished. Looks like it was worth it too.

Kim said...

Nice having time to sew. Look forward to seeing the raffle quilt as the bit you have shown looks beautiful.

marina said...

looks like you made the most of your time and the boys had a great time to boot!
gotta love boys weekends.

Cheryl said...

Lovely photos of the boys camping. Sounds like heaven - a weekend sewing

Peg - Happy In Quilting said...

Looks like a top spot glad you had fun xx

Christine B said...

Hello Christine! Certainly looks like everyone had a great weekend, including the dog!! Congratulations on getting all those knots finished.... that is a lot of work! :) x

Jo said...

So glad you got to do some great sewing and the guys had a fun weekend

Anthea said...

I bet Molly had a fab time being the only chick on that camping trip, Christine!
You did well to not go mad with all those knots... wonderful that you had the time to do some brilliant sewing...
x

Fiona said...

great for the boys to go camping and leave you for some quiet time... you got heaps done...
Hugz

kiwikid said...

How nice to have a weekend sewing and great for the men to go camping together too. You were very productive!

FloS said...

It was a lot of knots !!!!!!
Florence

Karen S said...

Three whole sewing days does sound wonderful. You were very productive!!

Elyte said...

How thoughtful of the boys to disappear for a few days. A very productive week end for you.

Maria said...

Nice for the guys to have had a camping weekend before the footy started..
Nothing nicer than just being able to sew and sew and sew and not stop to get meals etc..
great projects you got done....

Wendy said...

The boys look like they had a wonderful time and your stitching is beautiful as always! Isn't it nice to have some quiet time for a change :)