Meet Rosie!

I recently did a class to make a Luna Lapin rabbit. 

I am so pleased with how Rosie turned out. 

It has been many years since I did a class 

and I really enjoyed it.

Of course she had to have 

a dress made in Tilda fabric! 

I still need to make her some bloomers 

but need to get some wide lace first.

This is the book we used. 

There are many outfits for Luna including 

shoes, lace-up boots and the most 

gorgeous felt coat. 

It was the coat that got me in!

The book also has outfits for a boy rabbit. 

There's also a big comfy chair to make 

but I don't really think I'll make one of those.

Thank you to everyone who has left me 

comments lately. Everyone now seems to 

be no-reply bloggers. I'm working on my laptop 

at the moment as my desk computer is being 

looked at so I don't have everyone's emails 

to be able to reply. 

Santa Sack

Santa sack for our newest great niece, Mackenzie.

Aren't these Gum Babies so cute!

 

Two Grand Finals!

Tuesday team - Kerry, Me, Judy, Judy and Justine

We've had a fabulous Spring Season of tennis

finishing off with two Grand Finals, 

Section 3 on Tuesday and Section 2 on Thursday.

Thursday team - Me, Judy, Judy, Kerry and Jenny

We finished on top of the ladder in both

comps and won both Grand Finals!

Exciting News!

When we got back from our Kimberley trip, 

Austin and Paris gave us this bottle of champagne.

Best fine print we've ever seen!

We are going to be grandparents! YAY!

Last month we had a "Parents To Bee" baby shower.

I made this tummy time quilt for the baby.

My lovely quilter Leanne squeezed me in so I could 

have it finished in time for the shower. 

I think Austin and Paris were surprised that I'd 

had time to make one before the baby shower as I'd been

very busy with the quilt show and going away.

I found this gorgeous poodle and thought it was perfect. 

The green is the colour of the nursery with a poodle theme.

How cute is the quilting!

I'm Back and a Quilt Show!

  

I can't believe it's three months since I last blogged! 

In fact it was three months ago today!

Since getting back from our trip to the Kimberley, 

I was very busy with preparations for our NOTYQ 

quilt show which was on the first weekend in October.

You may remember me sitting and stitching at the 

Daly Waters Pub in the Northern Territory 

on our way to meet Nelson.

This is what I was making.

 Brooches for the Quilt Show Committee to wear 

at the show. They are made from Tilda Gardenlife range. 

We had nine different fabrics in the raffle quilt

 and there were nine of us on the committee. 

So everyone got a different colour brooch.

It's almost 20 years since I joined the Show Committee. 

I joined back in 2005 but I missed the 2005 show 

as we were in the USA. I've been Convenor since 

2010 and we hold the show every two years.

But the time has come and I have stood down 

from the committee. Noel and I hope to travel 

more and it's not fair on the other girls 

when I go off for periods of time. 

 

I'm a little sad now I have made my decision 

as I love being on the committee and we do have a lovely time.

I always have the most fabulous time over the show weekend!

 

This is me giving my final speech at the end of the show 

although no-one knew it at the time.

But who knows. I might change my mind and 

rejoin for the 2028 show!

2024 Ngawudu Ultra Marathon - They Did It!

 

They did it! 

In that hot dusty and rocky terrain, 

Nelson and Fabian ran the whole 52kms!

The boys started at 4.30am in the dark! 

With lights on their heads, they ran from the 

Mitchell Falls campground up to the 

top of the falls and back down.

Then the big loop to the Kandiwal Community and 

back to the campground. 

You can see where they ran above.

 

 By the end of the marathon, the temperature was about 35oC!

Heading towards the finishing line.

 I love the big smile on Nelson's face.

Crossing the finishing line!

Not a bad effort for Nelson's first marathon!

 

Little Shanton coming from behind.

Everyone who took part in the event. 

APT staff, members of the Kandiwal Community.

From running to making signs and cheering everyone on.

After nearly 7 hours it was done!

Having a well deserved rest.

Enjoying some vegemite toast later that night. 

He's looking a bit tired! 

Nelson said he slept like a log Sunday night.

He felt good Monday, just had sore quads.

The community killed and cooked up a 

freshwater crocodile as a thank you gift to the 

APT staff for all their efforts.

It's not something they do for everyone 

so it was a very special dinner.

I asked Nelson what he thought of the crocodile. 

His reply: "I wasn’t the biggest fan.

I prefer salt water crocodile to be honest"

Nelson and Fabian were interviewed 

by radio ABC Kimberley. 

You can hear them talking about the Marathon

 around the 1 hour, 7 minute mark.

 The link is here. 

We are so proud of Nelson and all the others.

They have raised around $40,000.

What an amazing effort!

2024 Chookshed Challenge - July and August

  

As you can see, I am a couple of months behind with my 

challenge reports due to our road trip to the Kimberley.

Project # 1 was the July project.

 I changed my project #1 to work on my road trip rugs. 

I originally had making some tea towel aprons on my list 

but that wasn't going to work while I was away.

I am lucky that I can crochet in the car and driving over 

10,000kms gave me a lot of time to work on my rugs.

Although it looks black, it is actually navy.

I was hoping to finish my navy blue and white rug 

but I was one ball of navy wool short.

I had also taken wool to start another rug on the trip. 

A much prettier one this time.

I made a rectangle granny instead of square.

This is more true to the colours.

My project #3 was to work on my much 

neglected Tilda hexagon quilt.

We arrived home from our trip 2 days before 

I was to head off to NOTYQ retreat. 

Just enough time to unpack, 

do the washing and repack for retreat!

When I got back to Victoria I was able to get to Spotlight 

to buy some more wool to finish the navy rug. 

I had also decided to make the rainbow rug a bit bigger 

and needed to get another ball of that as well.

So both rugs were finished at retreat, 

along with stitching more hexagons together.

2024 Ngawudu Ultra Marathon

While Nelson has been working up at APT Mitchell Falls 

Wilderness Lodge in the Kimberley, he decided he wanted to do 

something to help the Kandiwal Community. 

He came up with the idea of running an ultra marathon 

to and from the top of Punamii-Unpuu (Mitchell Falls) 

and back to the Community. 

 

Tomorrow, 1st September, is the big day!

 

It's going to be 52km navigating rocky, dry and dusty terrain 

in the extreme Kimberley heat which is no small feat.

  

Nelson and Fabian, one of his co-workers, 

will be running the whole 52km, 

while other co-workers are running a half marathon.

Funds raised from this marathon will be used to help the 

Kandiwal Community improve their lives and make themselves 

self-sufficient. You can read more about it here.

The Kandiwal School kids have all got new running shoes

 for the big event and are very excited to show them off.

 They'll be running alongside Nelson, Fabian and the others 

when they cross the finish line.

 

Shianne, Shanita and Winston

Lulu, Maya, Kingsley, Djinda and Kimarnie.

The kids and staff from APT have been busy painting signs.

We are so proud of Nelson.

I wish we could be there to cheer him on.

 I'll share some photos of the marathon when I get them.

If you would like to donate to this worthy cause go here.

Thank you for any support you can give. Every little bit helps.