A Beautiful Gift

I have some wonderful friends in my Quilt Group. Recently Annette gave me a quilt she had made. I admired it for the beautiful floral fabrics and her lovely work.

Wedding

David and I were married in a lovely private ceremony at Parramatta Registry on Saturday 17th April 2010. We celebrated after at Barnaby's Restaurant with our attendants Jude and Michael.

What now

My friends at Patchwork group helped me pin the Hungry Catterpillar quilt, and I have bought Perle cotton to quilt in big stitches. The only problem it has been too hot to put it over my knees! I hate this humidity, how did I ever stand it in Grafton!

Thursday last week I came home from work with a scratchy throat that developed into a chest infection. I am taking antibiotics and cough medication. I am so sick of the inside walls of the house, I feel as if I have been imprisoned forever!

Back to work tomorrow, I hope I don't cough too much tonight so I get a good sleep. I will find out if the quote for a redundency package has come through yet. Not good news, I am not ready to retire yet, can't really afford to.

Project Tom

My next project is to get #2 grandson's quilt made. He is too old now for the lovely appliqued clown quilt I was making, now he wants a dragon quilt. I found this panel on a US site and then checked locally and it was the same price. I have bought coordinating fabrics for the borders. I am just going to do borders around the panel, and one pieced border of flying geese.
I need to get this one made before he moves into a double bed!

The Bike

The bike/scooter on its own.

On My Bike!

Since my foot operation in early Decenber I have been mostly confined to the house. I am not a very good candidate for crutches, I had two spectacular falls! The bruises are fading, but my confidence was badly shaken.
My specialist has loaned me this little scooter for the duration and it has been wonderful. I still have to drag myself and the scooter up and down the 3 steps in the house but I am much happier with this arrangement.
Today when we went out I asked D to take a photo of me in action. I nearly go bogged in the long grass though, someone should mow it!