Pat Sloan Club 2007

Had my Pat Sloan meeting last night, haven't had one for a couple of months so we were a bit behind. I really love all the different patterns that we are getting this year, just haven't managed to get on to them yet. I really love the quilt for August Little Blue Bird which we won't get for another week or so but I think I will have to to make that up straight away.

Here are a couple of quilts that I have made using Pat's patterns. Pat has a great blog which she posts to every day. And the great thing is that her online shop now ships to Australia so I can now get which ever pattern I want when I want it and her books as well. Pat also has a free newsletter which you can access from her website with recipes, and a free block of the month on the back which started in July.

I just got notification that I will soon be receiving her new colours of her latest fabric range. It includes lots of pinks and browns so I know I am going to have to order some more of those fabrics but I don't know what I am going to do with then yet. Maybe Old Blooms which is a pattern I have been wanting for a long time and finally got it a few months ago.

Home and almost recovered

What a fantastic weekend, great food, great fun, lots of sewing and no littlies to interupt (though I did miss them just a bit). Sewed well into the night each night over a few drinks. The only problem was my neck ceased up after the second night and I have spent most of this week getting it fixed. At least today I can turn my head again so I will be able to get on with the 3 projects.

Above are Carmel and Sue in our "extra large" cabin.

Leanne signing my copy of her latest book. Have a look at how big the shop is and the usual workroom is another large room behind us. Great facilities and the whole weekend was so well organised. Can't wait to get back next year.

I got out all my Making Memories signed blocks today and had a quick flip through them. Will have to do some stitcheries and then get the whole thing put together so that is 4 projects to finish. Gail so kindly posted my picture on her blog, I was hoping she lost that one. It was really great to meet Leanne, Gail, Viv and of course Tricia from Almond Grove Crafts and her family who made it all possible.

Only One More Sleep

Its only one more sleep till the road trip. Went shopping today for a few last minute things, travel sickness thingy to put on my wrist, ear plugs for the girls in case I snore, and a trip to Darell Lea's for some choccy for the trip up there and there might be some left over for while we are there. Leanne has some pictures from last years classes so I am even more excited it looks like every one had a great time. My son is getting a bit ansy about me going "I don't want you to go on holidays" my daughter doesn't give two hoots "It will be fun with just Dad". I know we are going to have tears at school drop off tomorrow, might try a bribe (usually works lol).

I have been Tagged

I still haven't beaten this lurgy and I just hope that I can get better in time for next weekend. I have been tagged by Gail Pan but as you will see in random throughts about me I wont be tagging anyone but I have decided to give you 7 random things about me anyway.

1. I hate being late (actually it makes me feel ill if I am so I never am even if it means being half an hour early).
2. I laugh a lot.
3. I use to work on an electronic messaging project so will never forward on chain mail and I tried to do the tagging thing once before and I was just felt so guilty about doing it that I gave up.
4. My maternal grandmother and mother died within 4 months of each other when I was 23.
5. I try to read and sew even a little every day.
6. I have my nails done every 3 weeks.
7. I went to the same primary school as my grandmother and my mother Col Light Gardens Primary.

Only 5 more sleeps till we leave for Loxton. We are going to zip up to Mildura on Monday to go an visit Country Dye Works that is if we are not dead tired by then. Had a last minute trip to Hetties (quilt shop up the road) as a little bird told me she had some of the new Robyn Pandolph range Chateaux Rococo and of course some had to come home with me (I have a bag in mind).

The Lurgy Came to Visit

I had a slight raspy throat when I woke up on Saturday, that ended up being a burning fever by early afternoon. I went to bed around 6 and woke up at 9pm shivering uncontrollably. It had abaited slightly by Sunday morning with panadol. The dr this morning confirmed my suspicion that I had an infection of some kind and has put me on megga dose antibiotics.

Even though I was sick I took the opportunity to just sit and sew and finish a couple of project yesterday that I have been working on for a couple of weeks guilt free. Great way to start of the school holidays, luckily my husband decided to stay home to look after the kids which he has had to do a couple of times over the last three weeks. The pattern came from Cinderberry Stitches.

Times Remembered

Pat Sloan's Yahoo Group is doing Times Remembered as a BOM which is one of Pat's patterns. This quilt is one of my UFO's from a couple of years ago. Here is the first 3 months of the BOM so I can join in a little later in the year. I collected all the fabrics and was going to needleturn it and then decided that I had better do it by machine because it had been sitting there too long, hopefully this time around I get it finished.

It is blowing a gale here today and they expect hail later this afternoon. Think it is about time I put the heater on and sat down with some sewing.

Here's Jack

Here is a my son with his Jack and the Bean Stalk costume. They have been studying Fairy Tales to help develop writing skills in their class and they are having a class party today and have to come dressed as a character from a fairy tale. So here he is with his chicken (well it is a rooster) who laid the golden egg. A pouch containing beans and a couple of golden eggs (balls because who knew you couldn't get fake eggs at any other time than Easter). But I thought I did pretty good and I only had to buy the beans. Definitely pays to have a good stash of goodies in the sewing room and a few unfinished projects.