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!

Stitching updates

 Lovely to see some delightful show and tell at stitching over the last few weeks. Beth has finished her gorgeous kit from the UK. It is so beautiful.

Roni has made this magnificent stocking!!!

The evening girls had lovely quilts to show us! 

I have been busy too. I made a little purse for a friend's 70th birthday recently. 

I have had great fun knitting a couple of sea glass beanies! So great to use up your woolly scraps. I have also been busy knitting a cardigan for my daughter. I have had to learn lots of new things and will share it soon.

I am also enjoying a bit of foundation piecing on these little trees to frame these lovely Natalie Bird stitcheries, which were stitched a while ago.

This and that

 I have managed to finish a few things over the last few weeks. I made this lovely pin cushion which was my birthday gift from my dear friend Fiona.

I also made this little purse for Janet's birthday recently.

I was very pleased to collect this quilt from Monika and to bind and label it. It was a delight to make as I love paper piecing and was a lovely sewalong with Amanda on instagram.

We also had a lovely lunch recently for our Thursday group. 

Beth has also finished her gorgeous Anni Downs' bag. 

Last week we had a delightful dinner out to celebrate Barbara's special birthday. 

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!

Sydney

 We headed to Sydney on Tuesday to celebrate Ma's 93rd birthday. It was a lucky conincident that the Sydney craft fair was on as well. I went to Darling Harbour to the show on Wednesday morning. It was much smaller than I remembered but it was still special to see some of my favourite shops.

We then went out in the evening for a delicious meal at Lugarno Seafood with Ma. It was lovely to catch up with the family ....just missing 2 as they are away overseas.

I will finish off with some of the quilts. This first one was clever!