navigating

we're fresh faced from a trip around the globe

seriously .... kinda didn't mention it did i?

so been away for a month

did manage one post

t'was stashed in draft

so you maybe didn't realise i was mia?

we caught up with all my family in pennsylvania

only the 2nd time we've all been in the one place at the same time

all 12 of us - 3 generations

had a treat & stayed at a 'lake house' in the poconos

was little slice of summer in the woods

moustache a good time

camp fires and 'smores

then onto those green green hills

give me a pint of gat and a bottle of bulmers

seems us saxon-ish aussies are a whole lot more irish than i'd ever realised

donkey's years

wrecked

like hens teeth

in the boot

chips

wear a jumper for the fierce weather hey!

there's bug goin' round

doin' the washing

so yeah twas a great time we had beyont

do you get all that? and all?

aye its a fine day for young ducks

many hands make light work

castles were built a stone at a time

you are what you think

a watched kettle never boils

there's no fool like an old fool

making a start is one third of the work

"Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, 

just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul." 

Oscar Wilde

then onto the land of lion-heart
from the northern lakes to stone circles

london town & derwent pencils

big ben & lily whites
national railways museum

the thatch of the cotswolds

castles lanes valleys and fields

ancient baths and stories untold

 in case that was all goggly-goosh?

we were 4 weeks away ...

flew east across the pacific & away

to the usa, ireland & england

these images are all of a little 'travel quilt' i'm making for Oscar

it did travel with us as something to keep my hands busy

whipped up some border piecing the night before departure

backed pinned & bound 

took in hand perle thread & needle

fyi safety pins are just fine going through 'security' 

in some of the largest airports of our world!

moisturiser however in quantities greater than 100ml is not

not as much chunky stitching was done as intended

but the woven fabric badges

of the countries to where young Oscar (the lucky boy!)

has traveled in all his 5 years

well ..... they were collected!

the intention here is that on the back of the quilt

over time these badges will be sewn & most likely added to

he's a trouper of a traveler ....& got right into it

if i had to share just one travel hint for 

taking a 5 year old on such an adventure ...

i'd say pack a scooter 

..... didn't hear him say even once: i'm tired!

i hereby promise that there will be some

crafty historic or interesting stories to tell

with some real life 'pics' sometime soon

how do you choose from 1067 photos?

i'll work on that .... 

& another 'new studio' sum up post of on the now finished space

will come someday soon too

world map panel & coordinating fabrics are
love it

'What a World'

by P&B Textiles designed by Jill McDonald

 May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields and,
Until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.