The Easter Rabbit is all But Here

 Goodness what a week, it began earlier this week at my local Ladies Sewing Group with me winning not one, but two of the prizes in the Easter raffles held and drawn at morning tea time.

The first prize (the red parcel) was full of chocolate easter bits and pieces, along with 4 balls of mohair wool, 4 fat quarters of fabric, plus a plush rabbit on a lovely tray.

The third prize (green parcel) was another 4 balls of the mohair wool along with 4 fat quarters of fabric.

I was quite over whelmed and found it hard to concentrate on my stitching after that. It made my day considering I had had a very bad start to the day.

Now, here is my Happy Easter mini quilt:

Peter is going to do quite well this Easter with all the chocolate coming his way - me, well .... I don't miss out, I stocked up on plenty of dairy free chocolate, so all good for quite a while to come. Too much at once and I am in trouble, so I have to behave myself and, what do they say ..... eat in moderation. How can you do that when chocolate is one of my favourite things? Oh, and of course there were the hot cross buns to enjoy as well.

To all, may you have a happy and healthy Easter.

'Til next time,

June

Rudolph Stitching Day - March

 I have had a lovely time finishing off the first of the three embroidery panels for my Christmas Table Centre project. So .... 1 panel down, 2 more to go. Then it will be time to put it altogether.

I am still deciding if I should use shading on it or not, or whether there will be enough colour in the tartan fabric that will be the backing fabric. 

This weekend has been an interesting one, particularly with a band of rain coming across from the west and dumping plenty of 'wet stuff' just when we didn't need it. You see Peter intended to do put in another driveway off the main one so we could get our second car into the garage. Peter ordered all the components to do the job including hiring a cement mixer as well. How did he go? Well, first section done on Friday with some rain, Saturday, the rain was a little heavier, but he managed to get the next section done. Today, yes well, 100% rain, but Peter, being Peter, soldiered on and yay .... got the job finished. Quite comical in some ways when we bought out the gazebo to keep the rain off the laid concrete until it 'went off' a bit. A job well done, thank you Peter.

Personally, I think he enjoyed (?) playing in the rain.

Looking forward to Easter next weekend where we will be able to have a good rest and the work done. Lots of chocolate too.

'Til next time,

June

Another Mini Quilt

Time to change my mini quilt with a saying for this one. Quite a well known one and definitely well worth acknowledging.

Have a couple of projects in the pipeline, and another one to add to my pile of 'to do' bits and pieces today with learning at our sewing group that we are going to be taking part in a mystery Christmas Stitch Along starting in the coming weeks, guess we will find out more soon.

For now though, I have to  finish off as we need to get ready to 'hook up' to chat with friends from the UK who will be visiting again at the beginning of May - they were here last in 2019.

'Til next time,

June

Hello Autumn

 Today marks the first day of Autumn, but sadly the temperatures and humidity do not relate to said season. Today was around 32 deg c and the humidity was up around 75%. Looking forward to some cooler temperatures coming soon.

However could not continue on without letting you see my Autumn Leaves mini quilt.

At least the leaves have begun to fall in the backyard.

An update on the skin cancer on my leg - the pathology results show that all the cancer has been excised - all good!

Off to my hexi group tomorrow, so in the next week or so will have the next pair of hexagons ready to show you.

'Til then,

June