Some Stitching!

 Block 15 of my Quilty Stitches Sampler Along is now done.

Only one more block to go!

And The Quilt Goes To. . . . . . . .

Samuel Malcolm MacDonald! 

Born 30th July to Noel's brother Graeme and Claire.

With big cousin, Mitchell.

Samuel with Nelson. Samuel has now taken over Nelson's position as youngest of this generation.

I'm so glad I added the green to the quilt.  Claire and Graeme were thrilled to receive it. 

Samuel will have to meet Austin another day.

What A Weekend! (Part 2)

 Saturday morning I started quilting. 

My stitches aren't very small but I've been able to keep them reasonably even. Probably by the time I get to the end I'll be doing tiny stitches.

 I managed to get the centre block and four of the melons done. I also started the second ring and got the centre done (it's a bit hard to see).

 I stitched one and a half Block 14 of my Quilty Stitches! Yes, one and a half. I started down the bottom with the blue and then stitched the red. When I got to the last line, the top of the red, I realised I was one stitch out. I had started stitching on the wrong row! It took me about the same time to unpick it as it did to stitch it! Talk about annoying!

Blocks 1 to 14. Only two more to go.

 I also finished off two more Christmas decorations.

I really enjoy making these.

Finally, some of the goodies that came home with me.

Only 361 days till we head off again!

What A Weekend! (Part 1)

I picked up Mel and off we headed to Ballarat.

It was freezing and we were so excited when 

we came across snow!

We found a safe place to pull over and out we got.

Mel was very brave and picked up a handful of snow.

Here's Mel talking to Allison at The Cotton Factory. 

This is where Mel and I set ourselves up. It was upstairs and had such a lovely view. We didn't sit there 

once over the weekend! LOL!

 

Libby and Jennifer enjoying their morning tea.

 

Mel enjoying her raspberry and white chocolate muffin. 

Having a glass (or two) with dinner. This was NOTYQ's 21st retreat. I was at the very first one and have been to 17 of them. I missed three when feeding the babies and one when Nelson had his appendix out (that's when I got a 5 day holiday at the Austin Hospital!).

Sunday morning was extremely cold too.

 

These zombie rabbits (and one cat) kept breeding 

over the weekend. As the bird bath was frozen, 

they decided to go skating!

  

Finished flimsies and quilts were slowly added 

to the rails over the weekend.

Sunday there were scones with jam and cream.

I'll show you what I worked on over the 

weekend in the next post.

And yes, I did start quilting my quilt!

Friday Night With Friends (and Saturday & Sunday too!)

It's Friday Night With Friends that is going to go on for the whole weekend! Mel and I are off on retreat with NOTYQ.

 

I've got all my sewing things packed. My main project will be to start the quilting on my Double Wedding Ring quilt. Yes, finally after sitting basted for two years, I'm going to start!

I'll be picking Mel up around 9am and we'll head off to Ballarat. We'd better pack our snow gear as it's supposed to be freezing today! After spending the day sightseeing checking out the quilt shops, we'll be heading back to Lake Dewar Lodge at Myrniong. Three days of no cooking or housework. Yeah! I can even get up and start sewing before breakfast. You can't do that at home!

Thanks to Chez, our wonderful hostess. 

See who else is joining in on the fun here.

Have a great weekend everyone.
I know Mel and I are going to have a fabulous time!