New Zealand here I come!!!!

Have just got back from 10 wonderful days up in Hervey Bay!It is the most beautiful place to be in(gosh Maree why did you leave!!!)Spent alot of time visiting the local LPS-and boy is it filled to the brim with heaps of eye candy and delicious fabrics.If you are going up to the Bay you must visit the Dewdrop Inn!It is right on the foreshore so partners and children can pottle over to the water and you can browse in peace.This is what else I did up there....spent some special time with my DS3 who is 2!The beach is soooo wonderful and very little waves so great for little ones.Can't tell you how many sand castles I made!!!! lol! And now I am busy repacking as tomorrow afternoon I fly to Christchurch for 10 days.I'm looking forward to the cooler weather I can tell you after the heat wave we are having(41C yesterday!)It will be fun checking out all the quilt shops there too!
I must apologise for not posting the tutorial yet on the fabric bowls but will as soon as I get back-have simply run out of time.Thanks for all the lovely comments-i do so appreciate it cheers for now

fabric bowls

Thought I would show you whatI have been working on for the past few days! -fabric bowls.So quick and easy to make and very durable,washable and Fun!They are such a good use of focus fabrics for seasonal changes.Above is one done in my most favorite colour-blue lol ! The bowl above is the reversable to the one below.These bowls can be reversed for different effects to suit the decor or mood.These are out of a 12" square and have a slight elevation to the sides

The bowl below is for my GD to place her ribbons and hair ties in-this bowl stands up alot deeper than the ones above.

Of course this is a candy bowl to have treats on hand for my grandchildren and any one else who is tempted!This bowl stands up about 6" off the table

If anyone is interested in how to make these let me know and I shall do a tutorial for you.Have a great day.I'm off to work this afternoon and only have 5 shifts left before I have 5 weeks Holidays.Next week I head to Hervey Bay for a week-have a holiday house at the beach and then 2 days after I head back I fly off to New Zealand for a couple of weeks(Christchurch).I've been checking the weather there and it's COLD! cheers

happy halloween

Happy halloween to everyone!!!! Do you like my ghostly candy bucket filled with assorted wrapped candies?Last week I ordered these cookie cutters from an online store called "sweet themes.com.au".I thought they were very reasonably priced and they had a great selection to choose from.Well I ordered in the morning and they were delivered express post the next day!Wow how good is that?

Today my GS1 and I used these cookie cutters and made 2 dozen cookies from the recipe supplied with the cutters.
These are our decorated ghosts and bats made out of a yummy chocolate flavour.It was such a special time with my GS and I think we did a great job! Happy Halloween and enjoy your treats......now i just have to wait for all the little candy hunters!!!! cheers

yikes!!!

Today I was going out to the pool area to give it a good clean after all the heavy winds we have had in the past few days and look who was lurking up out of a crack in the concrete!!!! Yikes-a brown snake!!!! I ran inside and decided he could have the pool all to himself(I'm not that brave) and the pool could stay dirty for another day! I guess I shall have to do some sewing instead-hard I know! lol cheers

Stitchers Angel gift-thankyou!

This morning I was so excited to receive this box in the mail!!!On the front it said it was from my stitching angel.....all the way from Utah,USA.

After taking the wrapping off this gorgeous bundle looked up at me.....

Oh my,Jenifer(no blog name or email address) sent me the sweetest bunch of goodies.A really beautifully stitched small pillow(too nice to be a pincushion lol ! )done in redwork,a lovely bookmark stitched with roses,2 towels(I always need these) and a cute card.Thankyou so much Jenifer-I adore what you have made and appreciate all the effort you put into this swap.Please let me know your blog address if you have one.This is a wonderful swap that Helen has organised so thankyou also to Helen!

Close up of the stitcheries-aren't they lovely! Thankyou again cheers

A concert and a present for me!

Here is my GS1.Last night he had his school concert and his grade 3 class did a play.He of course was Prince Charming! how cute is that! This is one of the joys of being a grandma isn't it?!

Last week was my birthday and I decided to spoil myself big time!I bought this great little Janome machine that was put out specially for Breast cancer month.It has the pink ribbon on it and has a hard cover case also.It came with the platform table and is not too heavy to lift.I bought it with classes,groups and retreats in mind as my other machine is quite heavy to move around.I'm really happy with it and it sews beautifully and is also quiet.Lots of specialty stitches and came with a 1/4inch foot and quilting foot for quilters-all in all a great deal.Does anyone else have this machine?Of course I also had to get some nice blue fabric to make my first project on it!!!

Picked up this bunch of goodies for a secret project but will reveal later.......so now I'm off for a days sewing.have fun everyone cheers

where has the time gone again!

Time has gone so fast for me this past month.First my GD turned 5,then my father turned 90!!!All our family came home to celebrate his birthday and it was so good to see 4 generations all together(something not many get to do so we are surely blessed) Here is a photo my my father at 90 and my GS4 at 18 months-so precious.

This is GS3 who is 2 amongst our lovely spring bulbs(still hasn't got too much hair yet)

GS4 showing how clever he is on the skateboard!

My GD and I spent a lovely day crafting together.She has just turned 5 and is very articulate in what she does.We painted a small cabinet(shown in photo) that we picked up at the op shop for 5oc.We painted it pink,added lots of glitter and trimmed with maribou and stick on jewels.She loves it and has all her hair accessories and jewellery in the hidden cupboards and drawers.So much fun and precious time shared.We also made door hangers for her and her 2 brothers

Last weekend some friends came up from Brisbane and we spent the day up on the range visting the wonderful shops at Maleny,Montville and Mapleton-here are some of us at the Mapleton Tavern where we had a great lunch together-notice all the rain in the background! We also got to check out the quilt shop at Maleny-very nice with lots of goodies to drool over.Girlfriends time is so much fun!Will show some of our goodies next time. Well thats a quick round up for now cheers