fnsi.....

A lovely evening was had here..... catching up on some favourite tv series' on ABC iview, and continuing to beaver away on this -

handquilting the Halloween wallhanging which will be sent off to our friend Jenny in New Zealand who just l.o.v.e.s Halloween

I hope you all had a lovely evening - joining in with FNSI or not! To see what all the other crafty participants got up to, you can see the list of who joined in on Wendy's blog here.  Thank you Wendy for organising this fun night!

Have a great weekend xx

friday night sew in ~ october

It's that time again.....

this Friday, 18 October.....

 I'll be joining in ~ YAY!

another beach holiday part 2 ~ the sewing edition.....

Sue and I did both get quite a bit of sewing done while we were at St Leonards, and I think we were both quite pleased at the progress we made. 

We both worked on - and finished - our Wednesday night challenge project ~

I had a lovely morning on Tuesday, getting up early, making a lovely, hot cup of tea, and sewing the binding down on this tablerunner.  I also finished the book I have been reading and really enjoying.

a perfect Tuesday morning.....

I did get sidetracked into a mini quilt (which was not part or the sewing plan), using some of the new fabrics I had bought at The Blanket Box, plus a few I had taken along from my stash. Sue's Toy Voyager friends were most interested to see what I was up to, and kept a close eye on the proceedings.....

Sue worked on binding a couple of Christmas wallhangings and a Halloween tablerunner for a friend in New Zealand, and finishing (yes, FINISHING- finally!!!) the huge hexagon quilt she has been repairing. It took some convincing, but I made her do the Happy Dance to celebrate...

 

Sue also very kindly helped me baste the Halloween wallhanging I am making for the same friend in NZ after I had made a pieced back from some scraps, as the backing I had brought with me was not big enough.  It was then on to the hand quilting I am doing on this project.  

At the moment I am also doing leaders and enders on my sewing machine, and I was pleased to have got through quite a few of those over the few days we were there.

It was a wonderful few days away (thanks, Sue!), and too soon it was time to go home again - 

until the next time.....

another beach holiday.....

Sue and I once again headed off down to St Leonards for a few days of sewing, reading, relaxing, eating and just doing whatever else took our fancy.

We had a couple of must-do stops along the way - a visit to the lovely Sophie at Red Desire in Market Square, Geelong, where we also discovered a new shop, Made. by Typo, an offshoot of Typo specialising in craft products, and also  The Blanket Box in Belmont, a newly-favourite quilting shop found on an earlier visit to St Leonards, stocking gorgeous fabrics and a great range of patterns.

my Blanket Box purchases

We also took a detour through Clifton Springs and found a lovely spot on the beach, although, as evidenced by Sue's hair, it was blowing a gale while we were there.  We discovered in our travels that Clifton Springs has a very interesting history, which Sue has written more about on her blog here.

As always, it was exciting to arrive at the St Leonards house, ready to get into some serious Relaxing and Enjoying of Life.  

Usually we try to get in at least one walk on the beach each day, but not many walks were to be had this time, as the weather was rather unreliable.  We did get out a couple of times though, getting caught in a rain shower the second time around.

One of the things I really love about staying at St Leonards is being able to watch the sea and sky, and how they change with the different weather conditions, and we had some some amazing stormy-looking skies this time.

Tupai, along with Sue's husband David, came for a visit while we were there.  Tupai, was such a patient doggie, waiting for a walk on the beach...

and for his Mum to share some chips with him at dinner time - pleeeeease, Mum......

Sue was very industrious during our stay, writing blog posts, writing postcards, sewing, free motion quilting and getting in some reading time too.

I really loved the fabric Sue was sewing in the top right photo.  She was checking my bags regularly just to make sure it had not accidentally found it's way into them....

More on our sewing industriousness in the next post......

friday night with friends 04/10/13.....

Well, I'm a goose.....

We had a lovely Friday Night with Friends get together. Sue and I went to Marg's gorgeous home, but I forgot to take my camera..... 

I worked on the hand quilting of my Halloween project which I am making for a friend in New Zealand, Sue played with her hexies (I think she was just having lots of fun, having finally finished the HUGE quilt repair job she has been doing for an acquaintance which has taken a very, very long time), and Marg worked on her lovely Christmas stitchery project.

It was a lovely evening, and some photos can be found on Sue's blog, here.....

I hope the other participants in FNWF had a lovely night, and everyone else had a great Friday night too.

friday night with friends.....

YAY!!!! Time for FNWF again.  This time Sue and I will be at Marg's beautiful home, chatting, drinking tea, and sewing to our heart's content.  Sadly Tracee cannot join us this time, but I am sure she will be there in spirit!

I hope you have a lovely night whatever you are doing x