Stephanie's charity qui;ts

Stephanie does a lot of charity quilts - she is a very generous person.

These versions of rail fences have been made using donated fabrics.

One was being made while I was there so that I could see how it was done.

Perth retreat

This picture theatre was just around the corner from where the retreat was held, all original art deco.

Unfortunately did not manage to go inside to see a movie but did enjoy looking at the building anyway.

Whether it is because our net connection is by dial up or some other reason, the photos are taking 'forever' to upload and when I try to put more than two in a post, the navigation gets lost.

It may take some days to get them loaded, will do another post tonight, so if you are interested then please check back in a few days.

retreat

The roofline is of the Pagoda at Como in Perth where the scquilters retreat was held.

The interior photos are from inside the Roman Palace restaurant where the Thursday night pre dinner was held.

flying home

On the flight home our stweard was Daniel, he took the photo of me.
Daniel said his mother is a quilter and lives in Sydney, he himself lives in Melbourne.

The flights there and back were both good.

gifts for Easter

these terrific face washers arrived in the mail this week - bought from a squilter who is a seller on Oztion.

The seller, Sue, dyed the flannels and embroidered the motifs to my requests.

They will be used as gifts for various members of the family along with some choccies for those that can eat them.

I keep fondling them, think they are so cute ;-))

If you would like to see what Sue has her blog is:

http://quiltingbeginner.blogspot.com/

there is a link there to her oztion site.

These are the healing hearts that I have made to send this week, I find it very therapeutic to make them while thinking of the person each one is for.

one of the factors behind me reviving this blog is to get me in the habit of regular posting, to learn about uploading photos etc. so that I can blog/document the making of my son's healing heart quilt.

It had been my intention to have the quilt finished by May 2008, however when I visited the eye specialist last year and realised I could not read even the large single letter at the top of the chart I knew I had to stop sewing anything of importance, until there is improvement courtesy of surgery.

There are many hearts received for my son to be photographed.

Will make taking the photos my ongoing project for March.

angels and mortals

The Southern C ross Quilters online group have an annual retreat helf in a different area each year in 2007 it was in Bendigo and was the first time I attended, had booked before but I actually got to attend last year - YAY!!! great fun!!

Part of the fun is an angel/mortal swap held for 3 months prior to going , you send a gift each to your 'mortal' all the while attempting to keep your identity secret.

So the swap has begun in readiness for Perth in 2008.
Today I received my pressie from my angel "Becky J"
Now this year there are 'rules' - gifts to be $10 in value and fit in a sandwich bag.

So my angel knows that I need to be better organised ;-))

Must be married to a truck driver, the size of the 'sandwich' bag ... LOL

Now to discover whether the photo uploaded - it was there and then it dissapeared.