Weekend spent catching up with friends - Saturday a movie "Last Cab to Darwin" - I really enjoyed this Australian movie - followed by dinner (no photos though).....
Sunday lunch to one of my favourite restaurants at Cupitts Winery with a couple of other friends - the view from our table....
.....and our desserts!
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and some outdoor entertainment.......
Some stitching also did get done, though not as much as I'd hoped - the outcome of which is that my August block for Nature's Journey quilt is not yet finished.... but - there has been progress and I hope to have it finished by the end of the week.....(just a note that the diamonds on the side are not sewn down yet - just been put into place so still a bit to do!)
.... And one small project finished for OPAM this month..... a fabric basket...
Another working week underway, though, I will be on holidays the following week :) !!
Happy Stitching
Asta
Warm sunny weather was very welcome on Saturday and I made the most of it spending time in the garden reading with a "cuppa".....
....a close-up of these lovely flowers.....
...,,, Sunday was a rather bleak day :( so it was time spent indoors ..... deciding on the next colours for my on-going crochet project...
.......and working on my Nature's Journey quilt......
....... no photo - but some indoor time was taken up de-cluttering / sorting an area of my very full garage!.... and at the front door are a number of boxes heading to the local op-shop - could have been more but you don't seem to get a lot done when you browse and reminisce on the finds you make! (The garage is one of my works in progress!)
Happy Stitching
Asta
Since I was last here I have completed the centre applique block on the Nature's Journey quilt......
... and made another "fabric" basket for a friend's birthday.....
Later in the week there was a funeral to attend for an elderly family friend - he'd had a good life reaching 101 yrs and 4 days! I detoured to Sydney via Bundanoon (Southern Highlands) from where my sister and I travelled together.
An extra day away was spent at her place..... enjoying a rather brisk Winter's day....
....but with signs of Spring in her garden.....
and alongside the road out of Bundanoon .......
On the way home a detour to Spotlight.... some of their Christmas fabrics are already in and a few balls of wool for another crocheted project I have in mind!
Sunday morning... and yes! It does look like a lovely day outside.....
.... will just have to sit out on the deck and finish reading this book .....
I really enjoy Kate Morton's books - have also read "The Shifting Fog" and "The Forgotten Garden" ... I have another of her books in my "books to be read" bookcase but I think I will choose something else next.......
Later in the afternoon fabrics came out ready to cut up for the next part of the Nature's Journey quilt.....
.... I did end up changing one of the fabrics and they all did get cut.... but I didn't think to take any more photos before stacking them up ready to start sewing together during the week!
Will be back with more progress on NJ and any other creation I may be working on .....
Happy Stitching
Asta
Well, this month I did remember to join up with fellow sewers for our "virtual" Friday night get together...... don't know what happened last month - the days seem to fly by and it must have just "fallen in a hole"!
So what did I do? Would I dare do anything else except my Nature's Journey block for July? Of course not! So here is some further progress.......
....and it WILL be finished over this weekend...am staying positive! Then starts the August "homework".......
Hope everyone else who joined in had an enjoyable & productive night!
happy Stitching
Asta
........and some outdoor entertainment.......
