OPAM For May And What's Been Happening!

  

Only two finishes for this month as there's been a lot going on.

A Tilda candle mat.

 

Tilda bunny.

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Thanks to Kris for keeping us inspired.

 

So, what has been keeping me busy at MacDonald's Patch?

After 47 years in our house, Mum decided it was time 

to sell up and down size. She wanted to stay in the area 

and we found this lovely unit just 3 minutes away.

This, of course, meant we have to sell her house. 

We've been very busy getting it ready to put on the market. 

There is so much "stuff" after 47 years and we've only just started. 

The real clean out will be once the house is sold.

We were lucky to get two open houses in before the lockdown.

Noel and I celebrated our 26th Anniversary 

and had a couple of days in Ballarat. We had two honeymoons 

when we got married. First we went to the Cook Islands and 

then to Ballarat. We stayed at Sovereign Hill then and we did again..

We stayed in the same room that we did on our honeymoon. 

It was the front room on the left.

 We walked around some of Lake Wendouree. 

For dinner we went to The Boat Shed on the lake. 

It was lovely and we sat overlooking the water. 

We were given a complimentary glass of champagne when we arrived 

as it was our anniversay, which was a lovely surprise. 

The meal was delicious. We can highly recommend this place.

 

Went to the Conservatory in the Botanical Gardens.

 On the way home, we stopped in Ballan so I could visit 

my favourite shop, Chrissie's Timeless Treasures.

Chrissie has so many gorgeous things inside. 

Lots of vintage things, buttons, laces, crockery and new things too.

You might remember that back in February, 

Austin and Paris bought a house.

They got the keys last week and have started moving in!

On the sewing front, I've been sorting threads for 

my Heart Strings stitcheries. Not exactly sure if I'm 

going to do the Heart Strings quilt or not but I have matched the 

threads to go with my bundle of Tilda Old Rose.

I've also pulled out my Lillian Elizabeth's Kitchen 

blocks to calculate what borders I need to cut.

I think I'm all set to start cutting now.

Phew, what a long post! Hope I've haven't bored you.