Last Week/This Week

Monday I ate Malteasers, drank almost cold coffee and read Sundays paper

I worked on some blocks for The Circle Game

I made some templates for more blocks for The Circle Game

I fondled some gorgeous fabrics that came to live with me, 

Gardenvale by Jen Kingwell and True Colours by Tula Pink

I worked on another block for The Circle Game

and finished it

On Friday I was given a very quick lesson on hand quilting at my sewing group

and Im still quilting away at night

Saturday and Sunday were spent at a soccer tournament, I was official scorer, so while the games were on I kept on stitching

This really tickled my fancy on Sunday morning as we were headed to soccer at 7:30am

Sunday afternoon saw Henry take up residence on my lap, under my quilt, its rather tricky to hand quilt with a cat on your lap

but I persevered

making good progress, this was Monday

The quilt inspector doing his job

Mondays amazing Sunset, we don't usually see the sunset here at our house

I will be honest I laughed, a lot at this

yesterday I took a trip to Bega for template plastic and some more pearl 8 cotton, the shop had just changed the brand of the pearl cotton they sell and have 3 baskets full of cottons being sold for $2 a ball, I decided to introduce some orange into my quilt, I will be going back to buy all the colours

I have half of the quilt, quilted as of today (Thursday 10/6)

today I cleaned up my sewing room, sorted fabrics and filled a basket of scrap pieces 

they are now being cut so I can make scrap vortex quilt

My week in Pictures

the centre of the Amitie Mystery Bom is done, I need to add the eyes and legs to the birds though

I started to work on The Circle Game again, its been untouched since I attended Jen Kingwells class in Ballarat in March at The Cotton Factory, 

block 15

the centre is complete, stitched in a motel in Batemans Bay

and finished last night when I finally got home

I had the essentials packed on Saturday morning, computer, paperwork and stitching, I had to travel to Batemans Bay for a Soccer Meeting Saturday afternoon, I also remembered to take clothes, phew

My waterfront views, minus the waterfront, not happy Wotif

when are hotels going to stop providing their clients with this god awful excuse for coffee, I ate their biccies though while I drank the coffee I bought from home in the mug I also travelled with.

I had a big Aldi Shop, a shop in Kmart, then drove home in the dark. I slept so well last night I didn't even wake up in time to get the girls ready for school but I was up in time to see them go to school.

Its another Soccer Meeting tonight, so no stitching, its freezing cold here today so I am about to sit down with a coffee under a quilt in front of the fire and do some stitching before I have to get dinner and head out for my meeting

Until next week :)