Weekly Update & A trip to the snow

We have had a busy couple of weeks, the hubster took 2 weeks holiday we

loaded up the car and headed off to Melbourne for a week, i can be a tad

cheeky when needed so when our son sent us a message asking where we were

how could I not send him this message in reply

We caught trams everyday, they were frequent and less stressful than

driving anywhere, love staying in St Kilda, where the trams run every 15 minutes

all ways good until it became 'peak hour', the kids shopped up a

storm 

we visited Ikea, my new favourite store, I was lucky enough to

bring a Raskog trolley home with me for my belated birthday present

we visited Amitie Textiles, I love this store, bright, airy

and full of delicious goodies. A starter kit for Georgetown On My Mind,

needles for handquilting and some Aurofil thread 12wt for hand quilting,

some fun fat quarters and a new pattern

trying to find our way back to the DFO outlet on Sunday

the girls went rock climbing at the DFO

I bought a selfie stick (lol)

DS doing his best Karate Kid impersonation

the Melbourne Star

took the girlies to Luna Park on a freezing cold afternoon, they had fun

Melbourne at night

the fire towers at the casino

Every quilter should pay a visit to GJ's in Fairfield

I bought a tagging gun to baste my quilts with, I just need to 

locate the teeny plastic tags

the sad drive home

Henry was happy his people came home though

Ive been learning to crochet with the help of you tube and

attic 24, its supposed to be a square not a pear

Ta Da a square (at last)

went to the local library to find a how to crochet book, 

all I left with was a broken nail

some lovely wool

today we went on a happy drive to find snow and find snow we did

this was taken in sleet and Black Lake which is between 

Cathcart and Bibbenluke

heading towards Bibbenluke

on the Monaro Highway heading towards Nimmitabel

lots more snow the further we went

I drove behind this log truck until the trailer started sliding

from the weight of the logs

we pulled into a very nice mans driveway and the kids had some fun

(on the side of the highway)

its that darn selfie stick again

on the way home

Miss I made a snow angel at the top of Mt Darragh Road

we traveled up this road 2 hours earlier and there was NO SNOW

at all, and this is how it was half way down the Mt Darragh Road

Its was a fantastic afternoon, and I cannot wait to do it again

but this time we will head out in the morning not after lunch

Weekly Update 21/6

The last stitches were made on Green Tea and Sweet Beans

Ta Da in all its hand quilted glory

And the back

and the fabric I chose for binding

Binding is ready

I've made hexagons, 64 of them for my Amitie Mystery BOM

These girlies turned 14

Their cake, they loved it which is all that matters right

My new mug given to me by an absolutely gorgeous Quilty friend

Blowing out their candles

I've finished 1 hexagon border, only 3 more to go.

The next 2 quilts to be basted, Friends for Christmas and my Scrap Vomit lap quilt

I had to use the boardroom table at the hubster work 

All prepped and ready for me start the hand quilting which will begin as soon as I've finished the binding on Green Tea and Sweet Beans. I'm not using pearle cotton this time, I've chosen to use a verigated brown Signature thread by YLI

Today (Tuesday) I'm taking Miss E and 2 others to referee a PSSA soccer game 1 hr away, the things we do for our kids, Miss E asked was I taking my sewing, I sure am I plan on finishing off Green Tea and Sweet Beans so I can start Friends for Christmas tonight, yay that she allows me to stitch while I watch. 

1 more week of school then it's holiday time, we are heading to Melbourne for a week and we are all looking forward to the break, that means 2 weekends of no soccer, I am so ready for a break from soccer, my feet and hips are so painful after an 8 hour day in the canteen. A hazard of getting older I think, and yes I'm old, the combined ages of my kids is 66 years and 3 months, now that makes me feel old. By the time Imogen finishes year 12 I will have been paying school fees, making lunches and going to parent teacher interviews for 27 years... Which is how old my son will be next year, that's just crazy.