I have nearly finished my Art Farty Frog quilt.........up to the stage of putting the binding on....

......went up to Maleny Magic to get some black Homespun and they are waiting for their order to arrive......so I put that on hold........when I saw Sandra on the weekend she had some spare homespun, so now I can finish my little quilt.........anyway this gave me time to finish a little cushion cover I been making........

........it is a 20"sq quilted top....I had bought the Dresden Plate template from Kimz a while ago and thought I would have a play making a scrappy block ( the background is pieced also) and when it came to the quilting I think I got a bit carried away.........

I really like it though.........it looks good on the couch

Happy stitching - - - - - - - 

Cathy

A couple of years ago I worked with a lady called Jenny........who after a while moved to Victoria.......and as most people know everyone puts money in to buy a present, when someone leaves........well this amazing lady gave all her workmates a present in our department...........

This is my beautiful book......

I often open my little book and read all the little quotes that Jenny put in there........there are pages where I can write my bucket list....what I want to achieve in 1 yr, 2 yrs etc........but it is too nice to write in it.........so I just put it back on the book shelf so that I can always see it.................

Jenny has been blogging for a couple of years now and I was going to nominate her for the Leibster Award......but Jenny has 208 followers so she did not qualify..............I love reading all her posts, Jenny is very creative and has an amazing imagination..........and she is a beautiful lady...............so if you want to have a look at Jenny's work now hop onto her blog.......  http://onevintageday.blogspot.com.au/  ..........I hope you enjoy it...........Cathy

Ok......It's only a week late ........following are the photos from Sunday of the Arty Farty weekend  with Helen Godden.........enjoy

There certainly was some great pieces created that weekend.....I have nearly finished my piece will post a photo it in a couple of days.....

Happy stitching

Cathy

Liebster Award

Liebster Award

"The Liebster award (German for Favorite) is usually presented to smaller blogs as a form of recognition and support. 'Smaller blog' is one with 200 followers or less. As a recipient you are to:"

1. Link back to the person who gave it to you and thank them.

2. Post the award to your blog.

3. Give the award to 5 bloggers with less than 200 followers that you appreciate and value.

4. Leave a comment on the 5 blogs to let them know that they have been offered this award.

  

A blog friend, Chris - http://auchenflowertowhereever.blogspot.com.au/ has nominated my blog for this award - thanks so much Chris. Now I have to nominate 5 other blogs that I like and enjoy reading regularly

1. Jan-Maree - http://aussieheroquilts.blogspot.com.au/

2. Leslie - http://marvelesartstudios.blogspot.com.au/

3. Jenny - http://sewsocrazy.blogspot.com.au/

4.Tarnyia - http://tarnyiamarycatherine.blogspot.com.au/

5. Jan - http://redshedquilting.blogspot.com.au/

Hope you enjoy checking them out.

Cathy

A great Arty Farty weekend

Well what a weekend.....on Friday Sandra and I caught a plane to Canberra to spent a weekend with Helen Godden and 18 other beautiful ladies.........

Helen picked us up from the airport and took us to Federation Square.........so that we could have lunch and check out the patchwork shop there......lots of nice fabric.......but service was a little disappointing.................

as you may see from the photos it was a little chilly....especially for us living in Queensland...........it was about 24 when we flew out and about 5 when we had lunch...........

It is our Autumn at the moment and the colour in the trees was just amazing........

isn't this awesome...........I have no idea of significance of these pieces but I just loved it........

At about 4pm Helen came to pick us up and off we went to our retreat.........

What a view

work room for the next 2 days

 

Helen showing us her award winning quilts and a few welcome drinks to meet all the lovely ladies

Ineka ( Helen's daughter ) showing us her work in progress.........such a shy little thing......

We had a fantastic weekend...the food...I think I put on about 5 kg's well it feels that way.......


Friday.....roast lamb and veges with sticky date pudding topped with custard and sauce..........

The rest of the night was a get to know you and look at all the beautiful quilts......Helen is just amazing letting us actually letting us hold ....touch....and take photos of her quilts.......

On Saturday it was up with the sparrows as 3 out of 4 of us could not sleep....for me it was so quite.......we live near a railway line were 43 trains go passes every day and during the night......being up early did not worry me.......so Sandra and I got up to watch the sunrise........and watch all the wild life.....


I think the Kangaroos might have some treats after breakfast.........they are very tame.........

On to the day........following are some photos of our very productive day

the original pattern

after some tweeking ( well lots of tweeking )by Helen........it is starting to look good

by the afternoon most of us had finished painting our pieces and were starting to baste our quilts......

this is Sandra's seahorse

so by now it wine o'clock.........you know 5pm on a Saturday......... time to relaxed and for those who chose to keep sewing it was time to do the Chardonnay Stitch.......a relaxed free motion quilting.........

Our masterpieces by the end of the afternoon........

Roast beef and veges for tea tonight .......yum......

The food has been delicious.....piping hot porridge for breaky........smoke'o was .....     lunch Chicken and Corn soup then yummy salad sandwiches.....afternoon tea was a freshly baked fruit slice......and we also had supper was .......

I will post photos of all the ladies with their master pieces on Friday...........

Until then.........happy stitching

Cathy