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Merry Christmas

Just wanted to pop in to wish all my Blog world friends    a very  Merry Christmas and a wonderful  new year hope your hands are working  on something that you love Ciao Patricia

A very Norwegian Christmas

Okay there is no snow in the Hunter Valley..... ...... might as well be as it  is cold and miserable but inside my place the festive season has taken hold  and the house feels warm and inviting i have hung and placed all the projects i have made for Christmas over the years there is now 3 quilts, 4 stockings ( i need to make one for Cooper) a banner, Christmas tree skirt and countless ornaments this year however my tree has a distinct Norwegian feeling the beautiful balls made just for me by  Anne Lise These gorgeous mittens were made by my wonderful friend Synnove i might need to learn how to knit some little Norwegian stockings to make up the set here's hoping that the silly season has got you running around like a mad chook and you have time to sit and stitch hope your hands are working on something that you love Patricia

Santa's sleigh has visited

Santa's sleigh stopped by yesterday and delivered this parcel from Paris it was really exciting, and i am rally glad that i got to open one of my parcels otherwise the suspense would have been murder my ornaments are  Two gorgeous little Norwegian knitted Christmas baubles i am so thrilled, one of my closest friends in Australia is Norwegian and over the last few years she has knitted me several little Norwegian stockings and now i have two baubles too... my tree will have a very Norwegian theme this year they are so gorgeous and so much work thank you so much Annelise i hope you and your family have a wonderful Chrismas and that Santa's sleigh is flying towards Paris with a gift for you soon "hope your hands are working on something that you love" Ciao Patricia

gosh it's been a hectic fortnight

Wow how the time flies by, i can't believe how long it's been since  i have had time to sit down and write on my blog, for that fact to read your's so i have a quick catch up for you, grab a cuppa this may take a while before we sailed out Gadget and i had a few days in Sydney being the snap happy photographer i am, I had a ball in Sydney . . . Sydney has got the festive spirit  . . .  this pub was just up the road from where we were staying, it was incredibly busy  EVERY day of the week (oh yeh it was called the Three Monkeys) we found this amazing hotel, it is Sydney's oldest licensed pub and the longest running brewery in Sydney now don't think we spent all our time drinking we also did all the touristy things we headed out onto the harbour it was an amazing day for photo's and Gadget laughed at me as i frantically snapped away on my previous post i mentioned we sailed out on the friday morning for a three day cruise with our Coite  friends 

About to set sail

We are about to head off for a mini break, with the Coite gang, this time we have left the 4wd s and camping gear behind, we are sailing out on the pacific sun Usually we all go out for abchristmas dinner together, but decided to do something different this year. Not sure where we will be able to put the campfire So many photo's to show u when we get back Ciao Hope your hands are working on something that you love Patricia

English paper peicing

a while back i posted about my very exciting delivery from Kerry at cottage on the hill at that time they were just papers and material now i can show you a little bit of what i have  been up to i had all these pieces cut and glued ready to take to  New Zealand thinking that when i had time i would work on them i really did nt get much of an opportunity i was far too busy socialising but since returning home i have managed to get these all put together (may have had something to do with all the time i have spent catching up on my TV shows) anyway it is lovely to finally have some sewing to show you all (all the secret stitching makes it difficult  for sharing) i might be a bit slow reading all my favourite blogs for the next few days as i am about to start the dreaded night duty but will try to keep up hope your all working on something you love (or on something that someone else is going to love) ciao

New Zealand

Last week on a cold wet rainy Australian day i boarded a plane bound for New Zealand for a work conference i was accompanied by six of my work collegues i spent most of the five days we were in New Zealand inside their beautiful Aotea Centre listening to speakers from all over the world,  i was fortunate however to have the opportunity to see  a little of Auckland and Devonport This is the view of Auckland looking back from Devonport The beautiful Waitemata Harbour hope you have all been happy and healthy whilst i have been away hope your hands are working on something that you love Ciao

New Zealand Bound

Well the bags are packed

tah dah . . . . . all finished thanks to my Friday night sew in

My Tis the season stitch a long quilt all finished i snuggled up on my lounge, my dear hubby popped the rugby on the television and i stitched and stitched until my little fingers were all sore and crampy (not really) Tis the season with Newcastle beach in the background on the safety rail with the ocean off the coast of Newcastle in the  background i am so thrilled with it now and feel such a  sense of achievement my first quilt sew in  conjunction with  all my new blogger friends and only 24 days late . . .  hope your hands are working on something that you love Ciao

Friday Stitch in

I have been planning on Joining in on this little activity for ages, and tonight have finally got organised. Friday and thursdays always seem to be a stitching night for me, so really this just makes it nicer knowing that there are 151 of us all stitching together, from all over the world......  . . . and tonight i am number 151 . . . . hope your hands are working on something that you love Ciao

a quilting lesson

Now if you have connected with my blog in the hope of learning stuff your in the right place but it may not be what your think you are going to learn a couple of weeks ago i put my TTS quilt together  i was kind of rushing i had the deadline and lot's was happening on the home front so i rushed a bit anyway i layed it out and pined it as i was pin ning it i had in my mind  how i was going to quilt it so i pinned it accordingly unfortunately i under pinned it and about three quaters through the quilting  of the inside blocks  i hit disaster.... the backing fabric had gone squew wiff it was puckered and messy, so whats a gal to do...... find a comfy position out in the sun and unpick (sadly as a not very good blogger i didn't  take a photo of the mess,   i wasn't planning  on telling all of you how much of a bodge i am) anyway the quilt was layed out on the floor re.taped and this time i hand tacked it  two reasons 1. i had a design for the borders that required me to u

Whats in a name?

Lots of my bloggy friends have been telling  their story of how they got their name this was all started by a curious little blogger called Dawn so i thought  i should tell my story as well so i was a lurker just like Cardygirl , there were several blogs that i particularly liked to lurk at, Leanne Beasley's, Cinderberry stitches and  one of my particular favourites was  Chookyblue  actually it was on Chooky's site that i first heard about  Girls day in the country (GDITC) i also really loved visiting a blog called  Tongue in cheek so at my second trip to nundle for GDITC i found myself sharing a table with Kerry and Shiralee stitches we were all chatting away when i leaned over and said to Kerry who's Chookyblue ?.... she laughed and pointed out Chooky just like Cardy girl i was like a teenager who just discovered that her pop gods were in front of her  (for me it was Duran Duran....aghhh i am showing my age)  Kerry introduced  us and Chooky spent the remainder of th