Outings, a gift and a new start

 Last week a group of us went to see My Brilliant Career at the theatre. It was a musical and I was amazed at how well it was presented. The actors were all talented musicians and singers and we loved the show.

We then checked out the quilt exhibition at the museum of the history of Canberra quilters.

I received a wonderful early birthday gift. Thank you, Fiona, for my very special gift.

I also finished my little basket using liberty scraps. Time consuming but good fun.

Felt like knitting so started my Flower Child cardigan. Another learning curve as even though I made one last year, I have forgotten lots!

Catching up

My goodness, a whole month has gone by! Here we are in March. I have been making things and going places! I finished my blue Santa. Haven't decided how to finish him but will get to that later. I have also stitched green Santa.

This scarf was a big job but I am thrilled with the result.

I had been hoarding this crazy wool for a while and decided to make another Love Note Sweater. I did use the correct needles this time which does make a difference.

My daughter, Lyndal learnt how to stitch baskets and taught me! Time consuming but fun.

Family catch ups! Jack went on his first long camp recently and had a great time.

He also starred in the Hale magazine and swam in the swimming carnival.

The miss had her first assembly last week and it was very good. She played in the band, accompanied her friend on the drums, sang, danced and performed in a video! 

Bits and pieces

 The month of February has started with cool days, very hot days and much rain! I have been stitching away and am enjoying working on Blue Santa.

I finally started my Boro liberty scarf designed by Cutting Cloth. It s very time consuming! 

The kids all headed off to school recently! 

January

 Where has this month gone? It has been so hot here and last Wednesday the temperature was over 40 degrees C. Luckily we have cooling which has made a great difference. I have enjoyed some stitching and so have a few things to share. A few of us went to Mittagong for the Berrima Patchwork retreat and had a good time. I took some pictures of the lovely shop nearby called Thread Botanica.

I was very impressed with this lovely paper pieced quilt! It is just gorgeous.

As we were leaving we saw this amazing pouch using 1/4" hexagons!!!

Before Christmas I had great fun making this small quilt with foundation pieced trees and some of Natalie Bird's cute Christmas stitcheries. I saw one similar in Amsterdam in 2024!

I have also enjoyed lots of cross stitches to make this green Santa.

I had stitched this embroidery earlier and made it up the other day. It was a kit bought in France on the same stitching holiday. I just loved the houses.

I was given this great pouch by Fiona for my Christmas gift. It is just perfect for cross stitching projects.

Lastly, the boys headed off to school last week! 

A new year

 Happy new year everyone. I was debating about stopping blogging as so many have but part of me still likes the continuity of it and it is a nice diary of happenings! I am sad that it is now really expensive to print them out as I have loved doing that each year. So our house is very quiet now as our Perth family went home last Sunday. I must admit I am missing them but not the washing and cooking etc! Here are a few pictures of our last few days together.

Thought I would share my secret Santa gifts from this Christmas. I embroidered this little bag and decoration for the Wednesday afternoon girls. The Santa cushion was for Fiona and the trees were part of my gift for the Wednesday night girls, The little stitched basket was for the Friday night girls. I added a Christmas plate and some chocolates to some of the gifts.

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I am cross stitching at the moment and have made a little progress recently. Not much stitching achieved over the Christmas period.