Smiles and happiness

I received a parcel in the mail Tuesday and opened it to find this lovely pincushion, it is from Jackie - she is spreading happiness and smiles around the world....such a wonderful thing to do!

isn't this cute......I smile every time I look at it so it is achieving it's purpose!

this is the back lovely paisley fabric! Thank you so much Jackie.

You can see the adventures of Jackie at her blog.

Smiling now!!! 

Not my dog but such a happy smile!!

Have a great day!

Oh I nearly forgot it is time to sign up for FNWF over at Cheryll's place.

Happy sewing.Looking forward to seeing what everyone is sewing.

Christmas In July

We had a 'Christmasy' gathering at group last night lots of food, laughter and chatting and a little stitching....

Wednesday night gathering....

....just a little food for supper........slices, rhubarb pie, fruit mince pies, chocolate éclairs....

fruit mince scrolls, nuts, dried fruits, dip and pitta bread, somewhere there too there was zuchini slice...

Pauline and Tracee busy working.....

Helen concentrating on her stitchery and Anette......who had finished for the night....

Tania in her Christmas colours of red and green... with yummy gf chips!!

Marg and Marina....

Don't you love Marg's hat!!!!

Yours truly and Marg....another most enjoyable Wednesday evening!

Happy sewing!

52 weeks word photo challenge

I have my act back together - well almost - this week and have managed a photo for the challenge - the word this week is TORCH......

so here are the two torches I could find in the house....my little wind up one and the regular battery using yellow one.

While taking said photo I was closely supervised by the supervisor!!

Have a great day!

Slow progress

I have been distracted from sewing to day by a new book from the library - I knew I should not have started reading it, but I thought I would have a little read while I ate my lunch!! Well!! After two hours I had to put the book down and get moving - did a little gardening until the rain started - that was a very good excuse to come inside and start sewing --but I just had to read a little more of the book.......you see how my day went! Lol!! Anyway I have five finished blocks and one almost done, just two seams to do, which when I think about it is putting the block together really isn't it!! Tee hee!!

Combivan stars are coming along nicely!

Driving home from St Leonard's yesterday I could see the change coming in the weather - there were some interesting cloud formations happening.

clouds gathering over the bay at Geelong...

......looking back to Geelong...

heading out from Corio.....

....Long straight road to Bacchus Marsh....

I had better be off, have dinner to cook and goodies to gather for Christmas in July at group tonight....must find my Santa hat!! Lol!!

Happy sewing!

An afternoon of stripes

I have been sitting in the sun - inside the door- sewing the last bits on this KOGO rug, then I had to finish off all the ends of the stripes.....boy that took a while!  But now it is all ready to do the crochet edging so well worth the time and effort.

How nice just sitting in the sun sewing!! I am one lucky duck!!

See al the stripes.....

all the left over endy bits!!

took the chowdy for a walk this morning....was beautiful down at the beach.....

Tupai even went swimming.....well walking in the water.....

sun was shining.....

...found a lovely intact shell...and some beach glass.....

now I am off down the street to get something to cook for dinner and a chai!! Yum!!

Happy days!

This caught my eye!

I saw this in Typo this morning and couldn't help myself - yes this is how I am spending today...maybe the pizza will be changed with fish and chips though!! Lol!! I used to love the Peanuts cartoon back in the late 70's......oh dear must mean I am getting old when things you experienced when you were younger cycle back again!!

I have been sitting on the couch here doing a crochet edge on a KOGO blanket, nearly finished this one, not bad colours here and the squares were all a similar size so it went together well.

View out the back door at 4pm, just had to shut the door as it is cooling down!

And the very lovely Tania gave me a present yesterday.....how good is this??? This is to display when the supervisor is on the job, or maybe when he isn't so I can pretend he is!! Lol!! Thank you very much Tania! The supervisor is currently snoring under the table while resting on my feet! He must have had a big walk this morning!

I am off to practise being awesome!! Lol!! Now there is a challenge!!

Happy sewing!

Christmas in July Stitching Retreat - very photo heavy today!!

Yesterday we had an early start form Gisborne - we met at Anettes place, where she had her work bus and off we went to Monbulk! The day was organised by Lisa of Fig'n'Berry Creations....

....here are the kids in the back seats!!

...Anette our wonderful driver....

....getting settled....there were over 90 people here today....

Anette busy working....

Helen stitching away....

Jackie creating.....you can see the wonderful morning tea on the table....

Marina busy working...I should have moved her water bottle!!!

Pauline, Tania and Marina busy.....

we managed to surprise Shez..we knew she was going but she didn't know we were going....not often you can get something past our Shez!! Lol!!

playing Father Christmas....felt sorry for Shez's knee!!  Beautiful Marg Low quilts behind us....

Tania and I played Father Christmas too!!

beautiful tree decorations....

Love Karen's head gear...was hard to get a photo 'cos she moves really fast!!

Anette's completed stitchery.....

we even met up with the lovely Helen who was there with her Philip Island sewing group...was a treat to see her again....

happy sewers.....

Tracee with her finished decoration, she kept spinning it (cheeky bugger) so it was hard to get a photo!!

see I told you she was cheeky!!!

Anette with  her finished decoration...just beautiful!!

and here is the noisy table who were sittng next to us...lol!!

and you can see why.....the two Sheryl's were right behind us!!

and here we are the hard working Gisborne group!! Lol!! We had a wonderful day...so much food that doggie bags were needed....but much fun and laughter....so good for the soul....

..just a few of the Fig'n'Berry Christmas creations....

a few more here.......I think that is enough photos for one post...I am off to St Leonard's for the rest of the weekend...sewing , reading, relaxing....nothing better....well maybe adding a few sewing friends but that will come another time!

Happy sewing!