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!

The Hungry Caterpillar

I have completed the top of The Hungry Caterpillar quilt for #2 Grandaughter. I even have enough leftovers (with a bit of patching), to make the back!

Starting Over.

Since it was January last year when I last posted here I aim to make it a more regular update.

Christmas has come and gone with me out-of -sorts again. My toe operation on December 11th meant I was on crutches for Christmas! I have had a wonderful scooter to get me around in the house thank goodness, those crutches are lethal! I go back to work in 10 days with hardly anything to show for six weeks off.
I have been doing some hand piecing of the blocks for the next raffle quilt for our group exhibition. They look lovely but I have found them to be tricky little fellows. The seams aren't very long when they have to be pulled out, and that is a positive!
I will post some photos when I have recharged the camera.

Christmas in July

As moderators of Wednesday Night group of Eastwood Patchwork Quilters, Veronica and I kept this group on their toes. Our calander became a little crowded so we had "Christmas in July" in September! We posted personal invitations to each member requesting their presence with a 'secret' gift to exchange. Little did they know all were asked to make a pin cushion! Here we see members discussing how to put together the pieces of the mystery block, (we added one extra piece to the bag to make it interesting!) Then we challenged the experts to wrap two plastic footballs in a minimum sized piece of very shiny paper, which was provided. Much fun was had by all.