Sew Good

Hi Friends

 

Here we are Marching on through the year. Time is zipping by but JulieAnn & I tried our best to slow it down by having a couple of days getting away from it all at our favourite little place in Tumut, NSW Australia.

This is the view from our Cabin; you can see why we love it here!

Happy Ladies Wining & Stitching

Enjoying some Sweet Potato Chips....with Wine of Course!

JulieAnn has been working on her Sarah's Revival,

a design by the late Sue Garman.

There are so many components to this quilt, I felt JA achieved greatly by getting it to the joining stage

Just so you know, the whole quilt is needle-turn applique - just gorgeous

I'd previously traced all pieces of Little Sparrow (Susan Smith design) onto freezer paper so spent the weekend organising fabrics and getting them cut & glued into place ready for stitching. The Centre is complete, along with top & lower large blocks; still quite a lot of work ahead of me..... 

  



A Beautiful Sunset on Tumut River

 

And here we are; happy friends after a fabulous weekend but sad to be leaving to go back home

 

 

Thankyou for checking in, I think I'm going to play with our layout again, as this one doesn't allow photos to be full size. (as you can see, that's just what I did)

 

 

Til next time,

Happy Stitching

 

LG

xx

 

 

Out & About

Hi Friends

The year is skipping by way too fast, so I thought best get in an update before its gone. 

JulieAnn & I had another wonderful getaway to Tumut for a weekend of stitching & friendship. Thankfully we went when we did, these past weeks the Caravan Park has flooded....eek!!

QWE JA & LG

This view never disappoints: no filters - just natural beauty

Tumut River 

                                                

A very friendly Magpie enjoying a Treat

JulieAnn spent HOURS on these sawtooth borders - sew much work in their preparation

& completion

Onto what I got up to: a project that has been floating around in my head to use some of the beautiful Toiles I have collected.

These show my thought process of what "will be"

Pictures all selected, cut into circles and their placement.

Hexies in progress

Little Sparrow had some time spent on her.

Beautiful Butterflies

That would be me! Another project packed away for a very long time.

Expressions of Morris

I was very excited to find I'd even started the prep work!

Other happenings this month was my son Samuel's (Sam) 24th birthday. Love to see him smile...we've been down a hard road. So very proud of how far he has come.

Sam and his Nanny (my Mum of 84) with the cake I made - a feast of chocolate

Lola has had an upgrade, I got myself a new bigger red ride

I am super impressed & love my Mazda

On a drive about the place I had to stop & take photos of the Canola Fields. The bright yellow is also so cheery and reminds me of a beautiful friend....

And of course Angus can't be left out: here he is enjoying the sunshine 

My Beautiful Granddaughter Miller at 8 months of age

I miss her terribly.

Last weekend JulieAnn & I had a mini roadtrip to the Boree Creek Quilters Exhibition. Boree Creek is a little farming town in the region.

The local ladies have been hard at work; its lovely to see other peoples works and

their different styles

This Quilt was really beautiful; made up of all bits and pieces including lace,

crochet and doilies

Lots of colour here

 I really wanted to see right side of the quilt these pillows were sitting on,

but that was not to be. 

A Favourite: Lucy Boston Patchwork of the Crosses

Christmas is in the Air; some clever ladies!!

A few sights on the trip home

I had to get JulieAnn to stop to allow me to take this: The Rock NSW Australia

(where JA lives)

Beautiful scenery with the Canola fields in front.

More work on Little Sparrow: another piece completed (except for touch of embroidery)

Also part of LS, 12 of these babies.



Prep work underway to complete 13 of these; all hand pieced.

Well bloggers that will have to be it for this update, I'm having trouble with formatting. I hope you enjoyed the scenery.

Take care, wherever you may be
Til next Time; Happy Stitching

Linda xx

Girls' Weekends

Recently JulieAnn and I ventured to Tumut in NSW for a weekend away sewing, relaxing & much needed Reviving of the Soul(s).

Tumut is a lovely little town on the northern foothills of the Snowy Mountains just an hour from me & a little longer for JulieAnn. And didn't we feel it with it snowing not too far away! Lucky for us we were kept warm & cozy in our Cabin at Riverglade Caravan Park; we even got electric blankets on our beds!! The facilities allowed for the cooking of Pumpkin Soup which really hit the spot (LOVE pumpkin soup) & did us for lunch as well. Plus an extra late checkout on Sunday meant more sewing & no rushing. It really was perfection. We are planning (or trying to) for our next getaway hopefully soon.

Our View out to the Tumut River on a Frosty Morning: so serene & peaceful.

Perfect!

 Our hideout; can you feel our sadness as we had to leave??

 And to prove JulieAnn was there & stitching: here are some photos!

 

 
Little Prince (Susan Smith design at Patchwork on Stonleigh) got his Stripes

And YES!! Sitting at her Bernina is JulieAnn

 

Trimming Chapman Quilt - Also a design by Susan Smith

This is such a beautiful quilt - all Hand Pieced!!

Also getting a trim for binding is Something About Florence (Another by Susan Smith)

I also got the machine out & gave the Pfaff a good work out. A new-old project Valley Forge a design by Karen Styles at Somerset Patchwork using Judy Rothermel fabric range Indigo Pewter & Honey. This has been packed away, cut, organised & ready to piece for several years. I'm happy to say it still has the appeal when I first chose the fabrics; my plan is for it to be a Sam Quilt. Since the weekend I'm ready to piece it all together (that will be next show & tell)

 

 

And Because We Can: We Do & We Did!

We are the Quilt & Wine Enthusiasts

 

 

 

Til Next Time

Happy Stitching

 

LG & JA

XX