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A year of birthdays
Our little quilting group decided not to buy Christmas gifts. Instead, we spend up big on a special dinner to celebrate and share Christmas.So, birthdays are our special days when we shower each other...
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A New Year
I hope that everyone enjoyed Christmas surrounded by family and friends.Best wishes to you all for a safe, healthy, creative and productive (with a little bit of "wealthy" thrown in) New Year.We...
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The last of Christmas 2013
Christmas still seems to be lingering around here.A couple of gifts I missed in my last post.A set of nesting Shaker boxes made by my recently retired husband in his woodwork class.And in keeping with...
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Small success
The planned image in my head does not normally translate into the real thing, but this time it did!My new fabric basket and pin cushion.Using the scraps that my quilting buddies give me, I chose a...
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A Day In the Country
On Saturday us city girls left behind suburban streets, smog and traffic congestion for the fresh air and open spaces of the country, to visit "The Gisborne Girls".We met Sue at the patchwork shop in...
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Mill Rose 2014
Life has been busy with two lots of interstate visitors, family birthdays and looming work deadlines.But time was made for our Mill Rose gathering and for the preparation of my "red" swap gift.It was...
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Last days of February
Just made it with my February Christmas item.I usually buy some Christmas tea towels every year, but thought that I might make my own.Not a total success, but with a few extra glasses of wine on...
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Slow progress
Not a lot of sewing happening here but I did manage to finish a small quilt that was started in a workshop earlier this month.Our group had a visit from Leonie and Bill, the Westalee Design team. I had...
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A Gathering in the Barn 2014
Last Friday we ventured out to Linda's Barn for this year's Gathering in the Barn with the Quilted Crows.Warm smiles and big hugs greeted us as we entered a now, very familiar space.Our project for the...
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Happy Easter
Wishing everyone a safe and very happy Easter.Enjoy the holidays with family and friends.
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Secret Chicken Business
Easter is well and truly over so it is time for a new post.It all started with Lynette Anderson's book "Stitch It For Autumn" that we bought last year. Our friend Jo saw the project "Chicken Table...
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Sunbury Quilt Show
I have found it hard to get to my blog recently because mum has been in hospital for the past 10 weeks. She is home now and doing well.So life is a little less hectic at the moment and on Sunday I took...
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Lunch with friends
Friday finally arrived and after a half day at work I was off to meet Susan and Marina for lunch.Susan was in Melbourne for a few days and was able to share a few hours with us.We met at Tranquility in...
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A Visit to the Fair
After seeing lots of posts from the Sydney Quilt Show, I remembered that I had not shared my photos from the Craft and Quilt Fair in Melbourne two weeks ago.After lunch with Marina and Susan on the...
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Little gifts
Posties seem to be delivering lots of quilty parcels lately and two lovely little surprises arrived here last week.The first was a gift from Marina - one of her coveted pincushions and some French...
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August Mill Rosie Day
Feeling a little out of sync lately so a day at Mill Rose was just what the doctor ordered.The welcoming red awning greeted us as we entered Ballan.We missed the last Mill Rose meet so it was lovely to...
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Out and About
We must have really behaved ourselves last time we visited Marina because she invited us back again!She promised us lunch and a cup of tea, so we accepted her invitation.The laughter started as soon as...
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Catching up
I have been quiet but not idle.Let me take you back a month or two.In July I celebrated a birthday. The girls gave me some lovely gifts, including a pair of china tea cups, oven mitts, fabric and my...
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Last 2014 Mill Rose Day
So it arrived, our last day out to Mill Rose for 2014The gifts for the swap were: a Christmas decoration, something to wear and something to eat.My decorations were from Marg Low's Stitched Treasures...
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Best Wishes for 2015
Belated Christmas wishes to everyone. I hope you enjoyed a safe and very happy Christmas, as I did, with family and friends.The last month has been like a whirlwind and I can't believe that the end of...
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