Some progress and cruising

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Stitching show and tell and a little progress

Had a lovely night stitching with friends last Thursday and it was very motivating to see what everyone is working on. Audrey has been very busy and has stitched this gorgeous design by Anni Downs and has filled in the stars, moon, cat and owl! Looks great.

 This cute little cross stitch was worked over one strand. Such tiny stitches!

 I have been stitching a bit too. I have now stitched the 8th block of Chateau Hexagon. I hope to add it to my quilt soon.

 Here is a closeup! Thanks Lynette for all those satin stitch flowers!

The other job to do is to get packing as we are off on the stitching cruise on Thursday. I have managed to fit all the kits and patterns and samples into one suitcase.....and it closes! Now to pack my clothes etc. Getting very exciting now!

A little stitching

Finally the kits are done and I am ready for the cruise and for a few other things later on in the term. I have been enjoying getting a few bits and pieces ready to stitch in any spare time on the stitching cruise. This My Town block is fused on and ready to applique and embroider (finally). I have also traced a few other bits to take with me. I don't mind if they don't get done but I wouldn't want to be without some stitching!!!

 I have managed to finish this block of Scandinavian Rose. There was a lot of red stitching on this block!

 I also did a little cutting for my Vignette quilt. I would so like to get this one finished and off to Robyn, my wonderful quilter.

Paddy came to stitching today with this great quilt she has made for a fund raiser that her daughter is involved in. The fabrics are Canteen scarves from recent years so Paddy sewed them together to make the front.

 Then she sewed some more for the back.

 Robyn very kindly quilted it all. Looks very good! Well done Paddy and Robyn!

Gorgeous quilt and minding boys

We have had some busy Wednesdays minding the little men over the last few weeks. That finishes now so hope to get to Wednesday stitching again next week. It is a long day with 2 little fellows even with 2 adults! I am amazed at how Amy manages on her own! Being young must help but she must be tired at the end of the day....we certainly are. One good thing is that they love the TV, especially Playschool. What a wonderful show and one that their mum and aunt loved too many years ago. It is a good chance to take good photos too.

 We had a lovely night of stitching last Friday at Maree's place. It was so special to see this wonderful quilt hanging up. Several of us have a kit and were very inspired to start it immediately! I am not going to start as I must get some old UFOs done first. Doesn't the quilt look great? It is an Anni Downs pattern from her book The Simple Life

Only 2 weeks till Fiona and I head off on our stitching cruise to New Zealand. The kits and patterns are almost done. Can't believe that this time in 2 weeks we will getting on the ship!

A little stitching

My secret stitching is almost done so it was very nice to get out Block 8 of Chateau Hexagon and get it ready. It is now all traced and the applique pieces are ready to stitch.

 The secret stitching is still progressing but this is  little of my third project and I haven't much more to go till it is time to sew it together and then write the notes.

It will be nice to have all my cruise kits finished (almost there) and then these three done and then I can get onto a few other projects.....perhaps some of my UFOs.

Stitching and boys

Not much to show at the moment of stitching progress as I have been doing some secret designing for our next stitching days. That may sound crazy as they are in late April and May but as I am going to be away a bit this coming term, I need to get organised! I am feeling very good as I have stitched 2 of my 3 projects and have almost written the instructions (which really is the hard bit for me!). It was good fun doing a little cross stitch.

 You know how much I enjoy working with felt and this project has been fun to make.

 My only other progress is on this block of Scandinavian Rose. I must admit I lost my incentive with all the red stitching but am enjoying it again now. It is easy to pick up whenever as you don't have to find lots of threads. Not far to go on this block now.

 We have been having some lovely times with these little men. They came over yesterday for a little swim and a play on another hot day here in Canberra.

 Little Benny is now walking and he is so cute and happy with himself. So cool to just play in only a nappy!

Lovely cool day here today after lots of hot days. Great for getting things done, I hope.

A bit of stitching.....

It is holidays here and even though I haven't had classes there hasn't been too much time for stitching. I did manage to add the beads to the end of my scissor holder and to the little scissor keep on Monday. That makes this project, from last year's cruise, completely finished

 I have also been working on Chateau Hexagon as I so wanted to keep up with this one. Here are the 7 blocks so far. Adding the little hexagons to the background was time consuming and I think mine stretched a little. Must be more careful about the straight grain of the fabric!

 The other job that has kept me busy are these kits for the cruise that Fiona and I (and many other teachers) are teaching on in February. Not long to go now till we leave!

 We have been doing a little baby sitting too. This was last week when it was cool in the morning.

 Today we minded them all day and we stayed mostly indoors as it was very hot. Just feeling a little weary now after a busy but delightful day.