Back in April I went to the Quilt Exhibition in Melbourne with three of my stitching friends ....

 the quilts on display were amazing to say the least here are some of my favorites....

loved this with all those hexagons and the dancing dollies....

this was gorgeous as well, it was a great design for the toile fabric in the centre....

the stripe fabric was a perfect background for the applique.....

I will show some more photos soon...

Tomorrow DH and I  are going to Queensland  for a few days back Sunday, I'm  home for three days then I am going away with two dear friends for our annual sewing weekend that actually starts on Thursday, so I won't be blogging for a week or two, must go now and pack for sunny (fingers crossed) Qld and decide what I'm taking on my UFO weekend.... have plenty to choose from ........

It's been a while.

Well it has been a while, I decided I needed to concentrate on using my time more productively which meant not spending so many hours on the computer which is why I haven't blogged for while and yes I have got some sewing done, I am madly stitching the Gardeners Journal with the other girls in the Stitch-A-Long and I am very happy with my progress; I have started machine quilting a flannel quilt for my youngest daughter; I just have to stitch a binding around a little Christmas wall-hanging... no pictures yet.
 As well as my sewing I have pulled lots of weeds, cleaned up some of my garden and planted some new seedlings of pansy's and lupins and a few herbs to replace the ones that were overgrown and totally out of control..... that's a very satisfying job done.

The chook house has been finished and we have three brown chickens....

that's Harriet on the left and Matilda on the right......

 this is a close-up of Iris, she is a week or two older than the other girls and we have had two eggs so far....

I will try and post some stitching pics soon.....