Liberty ...

Liberty of London washed up on the shores of the land of the free & home of the brave ...
my own little triumph on day 2 of sales .... some gorgeous bags, cute scarf & a little dress I could not go past! Every single item in the linen section sold out within hours of the release!!! Wow ... but still not a bad haul I thought!

Whirly Gigs ... Swap 1 March 2010

I sadly missed out on the social time but here are our 'swaps' from our first Block Swap ...
Here are all mine plus a few extras I've made along the way! Great fun!

... I'm "in" with x2 sets of the Whirly Gigs but we have the HST's going on as well ...
&
of course some more fabric shopping was to be done:
Red & Aqua fabrics of course!
From: The Sweet Home Quilt Co

x2 stamps out of 11 ...

Not a bad effort for an Aussie a long long way from home
.... just happened to be the weekend of the "Quilt Shop Hop" .... great idea!
Two shops visited means I have x2 charms & x2 patterns ...one from Sweet Home Quilt Co
which smelt soooo good .... like a cinnamon apple pie baking!
(I just loved the mini quilts above: all from Sweet Home, these images are from their blog! ... particularly the one with the old sewing machine!)
The set of 3 would have been about 10x14cm each & the other about 20x25cm So cute!
I want to make a mini quilt! or 2!
& the other from Intown Quilters ....My purchases: ... so many wonderful choices & a bright cheery atmosphere at Intown Quilters, I didn't quite know where to start ... we had a stressful drive getting there! TomTom said only 15mins but it took 45 in traffic! Thought I was walking in at 15mins before closing ... to discover specially extended hours! Perfect!

A Short Tour by Oscar ...

Lucky boy ... his own seat/bed on the A380!Train spotting from the hotel window!
Views of "up town" in the distance ...
andstanding next to a very great man!
"the" MLK jnr

Far Far Away!

... well from where we call 'Home' ...

Who?

Oscar & I have tagged along ...

Where?

Its cold... but we've seen blossoms & daffodils!

They speak funny!

The shopping is awesome! Yay 4 choice!

Stuff is the same but different ...

Whirly Gigs ... Swap 1 x2 sets

I'm 'playing' twice ....
I love these ....Cathy has been busy making hers too!
Look here ...

Farm Visit ...

Driving the old farm truck ....

Fabulous old gate re-invented as part of the goat's enclosure!

Someone's past handiwork now used for the rabbits to snuggle into!

A 'REAL' bunny ... pure delight!

Chasing the geese! Whooo wooo!

A conversation ....

Bound myself to a promise ...

... you see I usually get to the binding & just can't seem to make it happen unless I have a deadline ... that's why all the gifts get finished! .... but as for my own projects .... so I promised myself that I would not move onto the creative part of another project until I start completing the whole quilt ... so here is the evidence for all to see .... might be a mini quilt for the end of the sofa at our cabin ? we shall see ...

"the river" 4 the w'end ...

... a pause ...
still, quiet of morning ....
from our 'cabin' @ 'the river'

Water, Water everywhere ...

... hoping that some of it makes it into our catchment areas!

.... how I love listening to the rain on the roof ... a favourite sound!

Thrifty find .....

Couldn't go past this little guy ...
... I heart wooden toys ....

Creative freedom 2 ...

Some more creative, abstract, intuitive piecing last night ....
I'm learning to not always use a ruler to give my work a more organic nature!

Start to almost finish in an evening (& I went to bed too late!)
More pebbling ....uses so much thread ...
got to the last 12cm square to do & ran out!Craig's response: "You'll have more"
Sure enough I did ...
freaky, I would not have looked for more of that same colour if he hadn't said ...
... just needs binding
I wonder how long it will take me to do that part!