The end of another week and what have I been up to ..... besides nearly having my sewing and laundry area awash when rainwater came through the garage on Friday night during a storm - only a tile height saved the situation!!

Remember these from a couple of weeks ago - deciding on fabrics for a baby quilt?....

......well, we had a very wet Saturday here and the garage cleaning didn't take as long as I thought it was going to so decided to spend the day sewing.....  hour glass blocks sewn and cut to size .... 

......rows progressing....

..... one baby quilt finished! - decision still to be made about the quilting..... and pleased to say that all the fabrics, except the light which is white with pink spots came out of my stash - such a good feeling when you do actually use your stash! 

Also working on a Gail Pan stitchery.....

And am thinking of getting back into some sewing for myself..... used to sew a lot when my daughters were little but haven't made anything for a very long time! If you don't see this again you'll know it didn't work out.... it does look easy though!

Hope you have all had a productive week....

Happy Stitching

Asta

OPAM and My Week

Oops...nearly forgot the end of the month - it seems to creep up so quickly! 
Sadly, once again only 1 project finished for the month (though I have been working on some others)......

 ...another fabric basket but this time in Xmas fabrics as it was for our embroidery group's Xmas gift swap.... a couple of smaller suprises were tucked inside.

A few highlights from my week ......

A couple of new projects have been started... both are gifts so am not giving out too much information here...

 

 All the hexagons are finished for "Gossip in the Garden"... now to start putting them together....

And our local patchwork shop, 

Steph's Fabrics, celebrated 15 years with champagne and a sale  - both of which were enticing and led to these fabrics being purchased - the cream ones for "Gossip in the Garden" and the other three "just because"........

Finishing off the weekend with breakfast at one of our local restaurants On the Pier with my 2 daughters, one with her partner....... all home, if somewhat temporarily, till the travel bug hits again so making the most of every minute!.....

Hope you have all had a productive week

Happy Stitching

Asta

Bits & Pieces of the Weekend

Another weekend over and here are some snippets of my weekend..... started off with a delicious brunch at the The Tomakin General Store with my 2 daughters but forgot to take the camera :(..... next  time!

Some decision making here....

about to start a small quilt for a friend of my daughters who has just had a beautiful daughter....









Another fabric basket on the way......

more times than not Dora joins me while I sew........

and the weekend finished off with a Baileys on ice and some reading time......

Hope you had a good weekend...whatever you were doing.

Till next time

Happy Stitching

Asta

FNWF & A Quilt Exhibition

FNWF and I was stitching again - had lost the momentum since my holiday - must have been too relaxing... more hexagons being created for "Gossip in the Garden".... I did say it would be a slow WIP!

Saturday and off to Gerringong to catch up with a couple of long-time friends and see the Gerringong Quilt Exhibition.... a snapshot of some of the quilts....

A Xmas tree made with prairie points..... 







and a beautiful quilt based on the colour wheel....



Then Sunday arrived and it was time to do some gardening - but no photos - I was too busy planting out and potting up plants purchased from the Bundanoon Garden Ramble from a couple of weeks ago.

Will try and get some stitching done during the week but Daughter No 1 and her partner have arrived back home from Canada and are staying here for a while while they ponder their next destination and with Daughter No 2 here as well till she departs for her next adventure I have a full house with lots of catching up happening!!

Happy Stitching
Asta

What a Holiday!

Enjoying a relaxing, lovely holiday in Hawaii with one of my daughters is where I have been for the last few weeks....
We spent most of our time at a resort on the island of Maui.... walking along the beach, swimming...

The occasional cocktail... or 2 

Then off to Waikiki for a few days.... Hurricane Ana heading for the islands luckily was down graded to a tropical storm so we decided that would be a good day to hit the shops - note the sandbags at the entrance to one of the shopping centres....

The sun came out and more swimming....

And more cocktails..... not that we needed the sun for those!

 The day after we arrived back in Sydney we headed off to the annual Garden Ramble in Bundanoon (Southern Highlands NSW) where each year the family get together for the weekend and "ramble" through private gardens open to the public..... just a  few of the many photos taken of the 8 gardens open this year....

 Unfortunately it was back to work last Wednesday so only a short week for the first week back ....everyone said I looked relaxed - I certainly felt that way!

Sad to say though I had no OPAM for the month of October but keep an eye out for next month.... Xmas is getting closer and I had better get stitching!

Happy Stitching
Asta

Catching Up

Just thought I'd check in before my holiday starts....

Caught my two "gingers" sleeping on the doona that was on it's way to be aired!

...they are nearly 10 years apart in age but get on "reasonably" well......

Meanwhile I decided to spend a part of the afternoon catching up with a favourite magazine and cuppa....

And...the hexies are still happening but tonight have decided to maybe do a little quilting on this before it gets made up into a bag - a pattern from Anni Downs which was bought in 2009.... it will be finished!

That's about it for this week.... will be back soon!

Till then "Happy Stitching"

Asta

FNWF

Well, here I am - nearly 11.30 Friday night and as I'm only just having a cup of tea thought I'd sit here at the computer and let you all know what I've been up to tonight.... 
Disregarding the projects I have already under way I thought I'd start another!... Gossip in the Garden... an earlier post saw me deciding on fabrics - so what better time to start than FNWF!
Getting started.....

....and a few hours later 21 hexagons are finished (only another 50 or so to go!).... and finally a cup of tea! Just got into a rhythm, you know -  just one more and I'll make that cup of tea.....maybe just one more.... 

We have a long weekend here in NSW so with an extra day, minus 1 hour when we put our clocks forward for daylight saving,  I may sit and do a few more hexies! Otherwise will be catching up with a few friends, finishing the spring clean of the house and starting to pack for my holiday in Hawaii - just over a week to go now! A busy week at work coming up first so am trying not to get too excited yet.....  

Will pop back before the weekend is over.... 

Happy Stitching

Asta