Progress

It has been a few weeks since last post.  This last week  I  had a bad head cold but I've been feeling better now.  

Bowling
Last Tuesday I surprised everyone including myself, with 66 pins over average on Tuesday and 50 pins over on Thursday.  But only 20-25 on Friday.  I won some money last year and I'm using it for practice.

The baby quilt
I'm working on it steadily, I have until November to get it finished and ready for gifting.  No photos until then.

Bowling woes and progress on charity quilts.

What a morning. Bowling!! No luck for me until the last game which was over average, the scores I would like to see more often. My first and second games were under average, I couldn't take a trick. The ball sometimes missed the pins by a whisker but it still counted as a miss. The baby quilt is coming along ..slowly. Yesterday I found a piece of fabric with circus animals and clowns and put a few borders on it, just needs to be quilted and some lucky little tot can have it. I also found two pieces of scenic fabric and put borders around them as well. These need something more to make them big enough for a single bed.

Joining a new group

A few weeks ago, I invited a lady to come visit me. She belongs to Waverly Patchworkers. and handles the Gift Quilts. After a long chat, she left with four or five of my quilts. By Wednesday of this week she had given most of them away to people who needed them. I dropped into their quilt sewing session and decided to join up at their next meeting. In between making this baby quilt I will continue to make quilts but they will not be hanging around my sewing space but will be moved on to a new owner. I wandered around the big room where the ladies were busy sewing, and looked at the quilt 'designs'. I can do most of them if I had the right fabrics in my stash.

The Craft Show

I would have stayed longer if my feet were not hurting so much. Note to self - install inner soles before the next time I wear them. Those quilts were so amazing!!! Maybe if I lived another 50 years I may get to try the techniques and perfection shown. Some people have a gift though. I saw lots of beaut things but bought very little, more rotary blades, a pattern for the baby quilt, and a few other little things. I had a look at Gail B's stall but couldn't get near it, even on the second try. I brought home a Womens Weekly, they were freeeee! Such a lot of stuff was so dear.

New projects

Great news! Another of the young ladies in the Church is having a baby. I approached her this morning and asked for her favourite colour. She doesn't have one, loves all colours. Ah well! So I spent this afternoon going through some of my magazines trying to put together a design that would suit both girls and boys. I'll sort out fabrics tomorrow. Just as well the Craft Show is this coming week. There is craft evening this week so needing some hand sewing to take I decided to make a Teddy again. It's been so long since the last time. I've already made the pattern and cut out the pieces from white faux fur ready to sew together. I'll decide what sort of joints to use when I visit the show on Friday.

A full day

This morning I took my little pal to his "Dr" (read vet). He was looking very sad as we do when we are off-colour. It takes about 10 minutes to drive there and he cried all the way. Not a peep from him on the way home though. It seems he has arthritis in his back leg. We are having our ducted heating checked next week so he will be happy. He loves sleeping next to a duct. I didn't get to the sewing group because I found out the address too late. I was late getting to Vol job, but I stayed a little later to make up. There was a new consignment of books that had just arrived. I picked out several of Maeve Binchy's that I had not read and brought them home. I will start on them tonight.

Brrr. It's cold outside

I only spent a little time outside today. But I managed to finish another bag that has been hanging about for weeks. I was using the leftover pieces from another bag, I'll try to put a photo up soon.. Just as well the Australian Quilting Show is on in ten days time, I really need some more fat quarters for the second scrappy quilt. I think Sewing group is this week so I'll need to get some hand sewing ready. Then there is another Craft group happening, I have actually been invited to attend.