Weekend away

 Last weekend the Thursday Study group headed to the coast for our annual weekend retreat. We enjoyed delicious food, company and lots of chat. Some of us stitched and knitted and some enjoyed jigsaw puzzles. Some braved the chilly water and enjoyed a swim. Some went on long walks....not me as I am a bit lazy. Caroline gave us a fabulous demonstration of making foccacia. It was delicious. We started the weekend with delicious morning tea in Braidwood.

We had a special afternoon for the bride to be, Wendy, with a funny stripper skit, some games

 and yummy afternoon tea.

We finished the weekend with gallettes in Braidwood. Very delicious.

Stitching progress

 I finally put together my Adeline and Remy quilt from our stitching cruise last year. Feels good to have a top completed. I also made a backing too. It will be ready for quilting soon. I put some quilts in last week to be tacked and quilted and plan to put more in this week. It will be nice to see them finished.

Roni brought along her gorgeous rabbit cushion recently. How cute is that rabbit?

Margaret has also been busy and has used lots of her French General scraps to make this great quilt.

She also made this delightful zippered pouch!

March is here

 My goodness, February just flew by! I have been stitching but don't have a lot to show. My Anni Downs' quilt is up to lots of patchwork squares! The centre is all appliqued now. I have also been cross stitching and have blocked a scarf that I knitted last October.

My favourite finish is this hexi pouch using a lovely set of precut blue hexagons. 

A few weeks ago Lyndal and I went to the Pompei exhibition at the National Museum. It was very good though there were a lot of people there.

Finally some lovely show and tell from Margaret who comes to Wednesday night stitching. This is a gorgeous zippered pouch designed by Helen Stubbings.

Back to school and exhibitions

 All the children are back to school now and the big boys are in year 7! It is hard to believe they are almost teenagers. Alice is in year 5 and Jack in year 4.

Last week we headed to Sydney and went to the Macchu Picchu exhibition at the Australian museum. It was amazing and especially the VR experience! I have always wanted to go there and have now virtually flown over Macchu Picchu. Ma came with us and did amazingly well with all the walking!

Time in Perth

 Last week, Lyndal, Alice and I flew to Perth and had a lovely time visiting the family over there. We went to several beaches where the water was a wonderful temperature but the waves were really rough! We also visited Cottesloe beach for dinner and then to watch the sunset and went to Hillary's too. We girls also had a very hot visit to the city for a spot of shopping. Mostly we enjoyed spending time with family.

Alice also went to a basketball match and liked the cheer girls the best.

We eveb caught the bus and train to town!