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

It's been twelve months

To Christine.....It's been twelve months today since you left us for your new life in heaven.........we may not have always agreed on each others life style and beliefs.....think of you everyday and still miss you very much...........I hope you and our brother Bronco are now at peace........Xo

Who is a lucky girl then......

Who is a lucky girl then.........

lots of great presents from family and friends

I had a lovely day on the weekend for my birthday.....yeah........another year older........Jens and I went to visit my family for my birthday........we arrived Friday night.......spent the night with Mum 'n' Dad........planned on having a lunch the next day with my sister Pam and my niece and her two children........In the morning we had do a few errands with my parents and while I was up town I saw my other sister.......who had driven (9hrs) on Friday as a surprise for me........and a chance to see her daughter and grand kids.........nice surprise.....even if I first saw her in front of the supermarket..........Awww.........how special is that............I was a bit teary.........

Mum and my niece

Dad and my niece

my beautiful sister

my beautiful sister and her partner ....my sister is the one on the right

These photos are from a couple of weeks ago when it was our dads birthday ...............all the photos taken for my birthday are on my sisters camera........

Tilly been taken for a walk

someone has new boots and had a hair cut for Pop's birthday

something has got their attention....

a little bit cute

these two go just about everywhere with us now...........

Thanks to all my family and friends for the birthday wishes.............

Cathy xo

A great day with the girls/ladies/friends

We had lots of variety last Saturday at our monthly get together..........

Heather has started  a new applique that has black birds on it......and Janet is making a small wall quilt with dragonfly's and bees printed in the fabric.........

Kaylene popped around on Wednesday and asked if I could show here the best way to cut Drunkard Path blocks from a Layer Cake.........by Saturday not only did she have them all cut the whole top was pieced together.......the soft pink and chocolate colours in this top is just beautiful......

Kaylene also bought around her Dresden Plate that she has been making over the last 12 months.......such a great scrappy quilt.......all the fabric have come out of her cupboard......

Along with those two beautiful quilts....Kaylene has also been working on her Pies 'n' Tarts...only two rows to go...........

I can't wait to see these machine and hand pieced tops quilted..........Kaylene has a Longarm quilting business.....and does the most beautiful work.....needs to start up a blog so everyone can see her work.........

Next we have Helen.....I'm sure Helen bought two quilts for us to look at maybe I was too busy looking at the first quilt to take any photos.........

This is such a great babies quilt.......Helen has done some fantastic free motion quilting on this quilt..........

Lorraine and Karen were also there for the afternoon and worked their projects as well....sorry no photos.......

I have got some more of my applique ready for stitching........

Until next time  happy stitching ----------

Cathy  

A day at the Park

 There are some very creative and talented ladies in our Textile group at Caloundra...........a couple of weeks age a small group went to the Ken Bennett Park for a Flow Walk. 

beautiful poem one of the ladies wrote after the walk

their objective was to awaken the senses..........and collect leaves, sticks , twigs, bark along the way.....these will be wrapped in fabric and dyed........then you have to make a piece of art work to represent your thoughts and feeling from this day....

photo board of the day

this is Junee with her beautiful wallhanging

this is Joan's beautiful leaf...it is just amazing

 

this is Margaret's piece

here is Lyn and Marjorie looking at the photo board with Junee

This weekend the CACA http://www.caloundraartsandcrafts.org.au/ is having a Craft Expo this Saturday the 21 April..........

Each group will have a display of their latest works

this is Jo modelling her felted dress that she has been making

I will be there to set up the stall on Friday....can't wait to see Jo's dress finished.......Joan has been making Leaf Fairy's also...I hope they will be finished for the display.......they are beautiful..........

If you are around Caloundra on Saturday...come along to the CACA and have a look at what the members have been making...........

until next time.....

Cathy