Month: July 2007

WOW….what a great time we all had at Almond Grove Crafts. Leanne, Viv and I arrived home quite late on Monday night very very tired from our big adventure to Loxton.  All the ladies were wonderful and had so much fun.

Meredith, Georgette and Sarah are three of the "Roxby girls" who travel to Loxton from Roxby Downs each year. They are such fun and enjoy themselves heaps!!!

the food was divine, this is a selection of the sweets that we had. All the lunches and dinners were scrumptious, made by Mark & Tiffany, they did a fantastic job.

The talk of Sunday was the shoe shopping!! I managed to buy a pair of red shoes just like the ones Lorraine was wearing (thanks Neil!!) and by Sun afternoon lots of other girls had them as well….(and I also bought a blue pair…..they are gorgeous). They are so comfortable so I was very happy.

here we are with our red shoes!!!!

Hope you had a good weekend too!!

Be back tomorrow with 3 winners….

Bye for now

Gail

Only 1 more sleep until Leanne, Viv and I head off to Loxton in South Australia for a 3 day workshop. I really should be packing but thought I might play instead! Here is a photo of the project that I will be teaching

at Almond Grove Crafts. I am looking forward to 5 days of fun (I will probably need Tuesday off to recover!!)

I thought that it might be nice to have a bag giveaway to keep in with the bag theme, so leave a comment to win  a copy of "Summer Romance Bag" and I will draw a winner next Wed, there are 3 copies to be won.(I really will need Tuesday off)

bye for now

Gail xx

What a weekend I had up at chilly Rawson with 80 other women, all stitching and laughing their way through Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Even though it was very cold outside it was lovely and warm inside. It was great to get away with some friends and get lots (well some!) stitching done. The food was wonderful and there was plenty to eat.. (no more chocolate until Thurs at least!) There was also lots of show and tell and I was thrilled to see Fiona with her Magic of Christmas quilt which she started last year.

I also met lots of people including Anne and Bev who sat with us and kept us entertained all weekend. Here is a photo of Anne with her coffee mug bag which she made (which is also one of my patterns)

Jill from Gippstitch kept a few of the girls busy showing them how to paint on fabric with pencils and also had a fantastic costume for Sat night ( I am not allowed to show any photos as they have threatened to kill me!!) All I can say is that she was very green!!! Sue and Carolyn also kept us entertained with their sisterly love.

Sue, Carolyn and me.

I am now very refreshed and looking forward to Thurs when I am off to Loxton with Leanne and Viv Robinson. What a weekend that will be, only 3 sleeps to go!

Have a good week.

Gail xx

PS.. thanks to Marg and the girls from Pakenham who organised the weekend, it was great and I will be back next year!

I have been tagged again, this time by Lyn so i will list 7 things (if I can think of them! LOL) but I wont tag anyone else as I have run out of people to tag who havent already been tagged!!!!

1. My favourite colour is blue

2. My favourite book is Pride and Prejudice

3. I try to read everyday (even if it is the newspaper)

4. I don’t like beans so I never cook them!

5. I also don’t like ginger

6. I love collecting anything! ( If I like it I buy it!!!)

7. Lemon Meringue pie is one of my favourite desserts (I have a LONG LONG LONG list of favourite desserts!!) I always look at the dessert menu first when I go out to dinner!

So I have now run out of PS’s to put at the bottom of my posts for the next month so maybe i will think of something else to PS!

Lucky me, I am going on a sewing weekend with some friends. We are off to chilly Rawson with the Pakenham Quilters and I am really looking forward to it. We plan to sew, eat, sew, eat and hopefully laugh our way through the weekend. And of course there is a little (a lot) chocolate in there somewhere!! I will let you know if I manage to make something at all.

Cheers

Gail xx

PS What is your favourite dessert?

I have been tagged by Laila and I have to list 7 random things about myself.

1. I live in the suburb next to the one where I grew up

2. My kids were born at the same hospital as I was.

3. I don’t drink tea or coffee

4. I dont do dressups!

5. I am addicted to chocolate.

6. I love the rain but not the cold.

7. I hate being late.

Here are the rules for the tag;

Each blogger should list 7 random facts about themselves and list these rules for the tag. Next tag 7 others and list their names on your blog. Leave a comment for each of the tagged on their blogs letting them know they have been tagged and to visit your blog for the rules.

Now I am suppose to "tag" 7 more people to do the same. If you don’t want to play I will not be offended. I tag: Leanne, Karen, Nicky, Amanda, Natalie, Cathy and Sandra and Lesley

Thought I might show you a little corner in my house. The sewing machine I bought from a trash and treasure market for $5 (bargain…) the needle keeper is an old one that belongs to my mum..the wall hanging in the background is one of my projects  that was featured in Australian Country Threads magazine last year..the doll is a design from Whiskers and Wings(Australian designer Phillipa Morris)…the cotton reels are from an op shop..the little crochet tub holds a tape measure.. the watering can is a pincushion made by my friend Melinda…and the odds and ends are from various op shops and my MIL sewing box. They all sit on an old radio that we picked up from a garage sale many years ago. 

So just a little corner in my house that holds so much.

have a good week!

Gail xx

ps did you know…. I love walking, especially around my area which has lots of hills and lovely homes and gardens to look at.

Excitement yesterday when Country Threads magazine arrived. I have a project in there on page 18 so take a look!!!

I love this magazine, there is always lots of nice projects, I will confess I have every single issue as I subscribed from the first issue. I think I can say that i am addicted to it now!

I have finally got around to making cupcakes with YS (youngest son), they didnt last long but they were delicious!

the school holidays are almost over, we have been lucky that there have been a couple of sunny days in between the lovely rain that we so deperately still need. I don’t know how I am going to get up early next week to get them off to school, maybe i shouldn’t stay up late stitching or reading!!!  I have finished the projects for Loxton and will finalise the pattern today, I still need to take a photo but its sunny so it should be okay.That weekend is going to be so much fun, just the thing to brighten up winter!

Enjoy the rest of the week

Cheers

Gail xx

PS did you know that I have been to the top of the world……the North Cape in Norway….we saw an eclipse of the midnight sun…awesome..

Have been to work at foothills today, it was lovely to see lots of new fabric. After work my hubby picked me up and we went to get our car from the mechanics. by the time I got home with fish & chips for dinner I was pretty cold. I walked in the door to find that my 3 darling boys didnt have the heater on!!! It was 13 degrees inside and they were all dressed in t shirts, needless to say I went straight to the heater and turned it on HIGH! I have a problem of always having cold feet and I knew it would be a hard job to warm up. Anyway…..

here is a pic of my first friendships garden block:

I am very happy with how it has turned out. I will start the next one in Aug as I have lots of other projects to work on.

For the girls going to Loxton at the end of the month, I am making a smaller version of the bag.. it will be a surprise though so you will need to wait until then.   (now to think of a name….this is the hardest part!!)

Well I hope you all have a good weekend and get lots of sewing done.

Cheers

Gail xx

ps.. I love Twisties…when I went overseas I got my mum to post me some!

(for those who dont know, they are cheese flavoured snacks and I could eat a whole packet by myself!!!!)

It’s school holidays in Melbourne and that means sleeping in (I love to sleep late!!) But it also means I am out of routine and find it hard to get going, especially since it is cold (for us 10 degrees C is cold!) I am still thinking about making cupcakes but maybe tomorrow.

I have been working on a few things and here is a photo:

I have paired it up with this block

and some other stitcheries as well. I am now procrastinating about how to finish it……it will happen soon I suppose.

I have started the book I bought ages ago "cloudstreet" after quickly reading a few Elm Creek books, as l love to read I always have a pile of books waiting to be read… between sewing and reading who wants to do housework!!!

be back soon

Gail xx

ps did you know…..I used to work at Macca’s…..it is where I met my husband….