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 Where has April gone? We are now in autumn and even though Anzac Day is over we haven't even put our heater on! Very strange though I am not complaining. Here is a bit of autumn colour for you.

I was recently woken by a loud noise and it was this balloon just over our house!

I have been slowly using up my perle 8 threads to crochet this scarf. Good fun. Thanks Adrienne, for the great crochet pattern.

I have been also enjoying some slow stitching on these cross stitch patterns by Plum Street Samplers.

My friend Penny is so lucky. She is in France and managed to get to Nantes for the quilt show there. We were planning to go in 2020 but Covid spoilt many plans that year. Here are a few of her photos of the day.

I will finish the month off with a picture of the little miss. She is very excited today as her family has a puppy named Max.

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 It is certainly Autumn here as it has become quite chilly in the evenings. Still we have had a few sunny days recently to make up for the rain. I feel so sorry for the many who have been flooded in NSW and Queensland. What a terrible time for many. 

We have all been fine here and quite a bit of the rain missed us. I have had some fun recently knitting a scarf. After quite a few goes at starting and making a silly error, it ended up knitting up well. Thanks to Jan for the lovely wool.

I also received my 2021 blog book too. I am so silly and called it 2020! I know 2021 was very similar to last year but I can't believe that I was that silly.

Lovely to see some beautiful stitching on Wednesday. Jayne has made a gorgeous zippered pouch with this lovely slow stitching panel.

Beth had finished her gorgeous ipad case for her sister. 

Roni has been hand piecing all these diamonds to make this lovely quilt!

She also couldn't resisit this cute bunny when she was shopping!

I have started a new scarf! It is slow going but good fun using perle 8 cotton.

And, I will finish with some pictures of the miss when she was here last week. Do you like her red nose?

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 It was so lovely to head out on Wednesday and attend all my different groups. Morning stitching was here, then lunch, then afternoon stitching and for the first time in months, the night girls headed back to the club. It was such fun to catch up and there was some show and tell. I didn't capture it all but here are a few to inspire you. Roni has been busy again and has made a delightful mini version of our tree skirt.

The week before Roni has crocheted these great birds, which are a free pattern on the Attic 24 blog.

In the evening, Margaret has been busy on the machine making this great runner and some quilts. We just loved the colours and I especially love the stars.

I have been slowly cross stitching this sampler and am very pleased with it.

I am still trying to make up old projects and found this stitchery, designed but Rosalie Dekker, in my stash and made it up into a folder cover.

Lovely work

 Last Wednesday, the afternoon girls finally met again. It was so nice to chat and stitch and eat and drink tea too! We were amazed and inspired to see all the wonderful projects that Jayne has finished during lockdown!! I am sure I have this pattern in my stash and should really make one. It is a block keeper designed by Anni Downs.

This little Christmas tree skirt is a delight too.

Jayne has done a gorgeous job on this kit from Lynette Anderson. 

This folder cover is another lovely Anni Downs design.

Jayne has also stitched this gorgeous picture too!

Beth has been busy too stitching this cute owl and crocheting a lovely bird decoration.

What have I done? I did put borders on the house quilt. 

I have been trying to use up some old stitcheries. This is a bag using my last Love and Hugs stitchery.

My biggest achievement has been stitching all these hexagons together. I have loved sewing them. Now to work out the borders.

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 The days certainly fly by when you are in lockdown! I wish I would use the time a bit more usefully but it is hard to get motivated. I am loving the Tiny Treasures book by Kathy Schmitz and am making lots of those as I watch too much television.

This little bird was stitched a long time ago and I ended up making it into a zippered pouch. Thanks for the lovely gift, Beth.

Another bit of fun is some crocheted ripples in fine wool. I had a large collection of embroidery wools and thought it would be fun to crochet them up.

Even though we aren't to go close to the grandies we do see them often as they pop past to get some treats on their daily walks or rides. We also see them in photos too.

Spring is here and the blossoms and flowers are looking lovely.