Back in the land of blogging

I am sorry I have been away from blogging all these weeks. I am having trouble with my photos so have nothing to show but I thought I had better put something here or you will think I have given up. Since coming back from Nundle, I have had three days of golf, two in Dubbo which we won't talk about and one in Narromine, where I broke my handicap to 27. Then it was off to Ridgecrest retreat. Its a Baptist conference centre. 13 quilters went, we share accommadation (3 to a room), all meals are catered and we all sew and laugh and eat!!!I played golf today and broke my handicap again to 26. A grade!!! I am going to Sydney tomorrow (Thursday) to babysit my grand children.Will get the photos sorted out when I return.Thankyou to everyone who made Nundle so enjoyable, and also to all those who were at Ridgecrest, What a wonderful life I lead.

The Designers

This photo was taken at the Girls Day in the Country . Rosalie Quinlan, Leanne Beasley and Janelle Wind. Kerry Swain (Cottage on the Hill) organised the whole thing. 103 ladies attended the day at the local community hall. It was beautifully set up, each person having their own place with a bag of goodies with a name on it waiting for them. The food was delicious and plentiful. Thanks to all who helped with the catering and the organising.

Leanne Beasley

Here is a photo of Leanne Beasley and me with the quilt. Leanne and her sister Rosalie are the friendliest people you would wish to meet, and made the weekend wonderful. Thankyou to them both.

Leannes House completed

Here is Leannes House BOM completed. I took it to Girls Day in the Country at Nundle held on the weekend and Leanne signed the label.Sorry about the photo.

Civil War Quilt blocks

Peg (Happy in Quilting) has given our group the challenge of making the civil war quilts(121 blocks in the quilt). These are the first blocks I have completed. We are planning to sew 8 each month. Thanks Peg.

EQ6

EQ6 arrived in the mail today. I have done lesson 1 and 2. It looks amazing. I will keep you posted with my progress.

Leannes House BOM together

Together at last! Leannes House BOM is in one piece with a border. I was going to quilt it today but see the next post to see what arrived in the post today. I had to play with my new toy so I hope to quilt this on Thursday.

Sydney Aquarium

I have been away for a few days visiting my grandsons in Sydney. We had a great time but it rained everyday.We went to the aquarium at Darling Harbour which is well worth going to see.

Block 8

This is block 8 of Leannes House BOM.

Leannes House BOM 7

Block 7 of Leannes BOM.I have washed them all now I have to sew them together and quilt.

Leannes House BOM

Today we had our usual patchwork session. I am planning to take my Leannes House BOM to Nundle to the Girls Day in the Country, completed, so this is what I worked on today. This is block 9 and I managed to get quite a lot done. I will hopefully keep working on it tonight.

More good golf

I have done it again, played another round of good golf.I had 95 hits which on my handicap of 31 gives me a 64 nett which is an amazing score.I will reduce my handicap to 28, I can't believe this good golf is lasting so long.

Retreat

Last weekend we had a wonderful time at Carol's farm.We arrived on Friday afternoon and stayed until Sunday. We laughed a lot, ate a lot and sewed a lot. This is what I made. It is two jelly rolls, Autumn Journey and some fat quarters.The pattern is Strip O'Hay by G.E.Designs(Gudrun Eria of Iceland).Thankyou Carol and Gus for the opportunity to have such a great time.

Golf is taking over my life!

This photo was taken on Belmont golf course in 2004 when I was on holiday in Hereford England where I was born and raised.I am rather busy at the moment, golf has started and I am quite involved in the organisation of weekly games. If any of you out there play golf you will know that you can't expect more than one good round a season! Well I have won the trophy two weeks in a row which is amazing if you knew how I played golf.I started playing 30 years ago and it took me 8 years to break my handicap. Now 22 yaers later I am on 30!!!! Great progress.This year Narromine has been given the honour of hosting the Western Districts golf tournament along with Dubbo. We are expecting in excess of 130 ladies on both Tuesday and Wednesday 13/14th May.We have to provide lunch on both days, as well as playing golf.

Lucky Raffle winner

Narromine Cancer Support group held a garden party/fete. Club Quilt had a stall, lots of our members donated some goodies to sell, we raised $250 on the day. The first prize in the raffle was a painting by a local artist Faye Gardener and I was lucky enough to win it.Its a beautiful painting typical of the landscape around the river in Narromine.