Catching up

 My efforts at the Chookshed Stitcher's Challenge have fallen by the wayside this last month

I didn't find time to do July's challenge

so it has returned to the shelf, maybe I will get time later in the year??  After doing the Kathy Doughty class I am a little more confident to tackle this one.

This month the challenge is #7 and that means

trying to get the Daylesford quilt finished.....I have fabric for the backing on the back of the couch, that is a start isn't it??

I am off to do some more on the quilt top from the Kathy Doughty class, or I might go back and read some more  😀  I have a good book!

Happy stitching.

Learning weekend

Last weekend was two days spent with a great group of ladies and Kathy Doughty, we learned her applique technique and learned to create our own version.

Kathy working with Jill

Beautiful shirt made with Kathy's fabric

Jill working on her boab tree

Jo working on her Into the Wild quilt

Some of the projects 

Oops will fix those tomorrow

My under the Sea coming along

Bellarine Quilters at the class.

I have lots of homework to be doing!

Happy stitching.

Thursday morning

I got up later than the other ladies this morning to find the remanents of a frost

There is frost on the shadows of the shed

Part of the back garden 

The top of my car

Top of Ann's car

Out of the road frontage

Off to sew now

Happy stitching.

Gisborne retreat

The lovely ladies have been busy on retreat this week

Christine has bordered this beautiful quilt,

I nearly forgot,  this was the sunrise on Monday morning

Maria has been working on this quilt top, more borders are on now

Carleen has put together these inherited blocks, the border fabric came from another ladies stash

Maxine has finished this lovely little quilt

I have finished this little quilt from squares I was given

Christine has made this quilt top starting with the centre block and some left over fabric

I made this I Spy quilt with blocks I was given

Another top made by Christine from scraps

Maxine quilted and bound this quilt 

Carleen is working on this quilt top from fabric left from another project

Judy has made this beautiful top from a few made blocks and left over fabric

Ann is making blocks for a lovely quilt top

Maria is working on this quilt she started with the panel.

I have started this top from some little pieces.

Happy stitching.

Back home

I have spent some time with Beth, Finn and Adam

Guild had the Biggest Morning Tea last Saturday and we were challenged to decorate a bra.

A $2 bra from the op shop!!

Decorated

We had to do a walk around the hall and model 

One of the ladies had many decorated bras from other years

Lots of decorated tables and people wearing pink! It was a good day and I won the challenge! Big surprise!

One small grandson enjoyed a baby chino

And playing on the tunnel slide!

This week I am on retreat in Gisborne

Photos to come soon

Happy stitching  😊

Just north

Of Margaret River was a little town called Gracetown where the waves were rolling in, we had a short stop here

People were swimming 🥶

Amazing coastline 

You can see how much rain had been falling here, this was a pathway! 

That is the end of WA and our time away.

Happy stitching. 😊