I am still here...........

 Thought I better check in just in case you were all worried about me!! The last couple of weeks has been all go at Number 8. Am off to the city tomorrow to take my 'wares' to the SA Quilters meeting. So there has been much preparation getting things organised.

There has been more Ready, Set & Sew kits cut ready for the checking and packing queens.

I had a LOT of drawers with fabric collections in them, waiting for their turn to be cut into kits....and now a few of them have been packed into 7 metre bundles ready for someone to buy and make their own large quilt. 

I made a sample quilt of one of the Ready Set & Sew designs, this one has a green border, the other has a blue............the colours are much more vibrant than they show in the photo.

A few more bundles cut ready for the packing fairy.

.and then the train arrived with the fairy on board........

and she has waved her magic wand................. 

.and Pat has counted and checked my cutting........

 and we are almost ready to pack the car tomorrow.........

In between there was a visit from Helen to show Raylene the quilt she has just finished for her granddaughter.

There was a visit for a couple of nights by DS and family and we managed some sewing time with Miss Bridie. (Sorry for the blurry pic, but someone tried to take it before I could protest).

Val called one morning with a friend from Darwin. Sonya was a customer of Val's when she had her shop in Darwin, before her move to Mundulla. (A lot of Val's fabrics seemed to have landed at my place so she feels a home here).

Note the shelves in the photo above, compared to this one..........and now that top shelf is almost empty too.

So it's time to head to the kitchen and see what there is in the fridge to eat. Tomorrow will be interesting to see how much room there is left in the car, knowing that there will be 3 of us and luggage too. 

I will be back very soon with another post. I had hoped to update the Sale pages of this blog, but that will have to wait now. Tomorrow is the start of June, and I will be offering lots of bundles at sale prices which will be available to my blog readers until the end of June. It will be lovely to see you at the meeting tomorrow night, but if not, please come back and check my blog from next week.

Next week will be catch up week, lots of blogs to read, and some relaxing in between spending some time with Max again. He must be feeling rather neglected.

Be back soon,

Blessings, From Jude

A bit of this and a bit of that..............

 I see that 17 days have disappeared since my last post and today I had a gentle reminder that there has been no blog for May. So here I am. The weather has turned out very cold and we had a frost this morning, so I have the laptop on my knee and am sitting in the chair by the fire. (I will tell you that I did not see that frost, but was told about it.)

In my last post I hoped that my 'get up and go' would return soon, Not long after that I thought that it had returned as I got back to work with Max and spent time in the garden. But the next week it left again. Some days are productive, and others are not. So I am just going with the flow, and listening to my body. 

Going back through the photos I have found a few that tell me what has been going on here at Number 8. Or should I say, what has not been going on??

There was a QFO day....(Quilts For Others)......... more string blocks being made, but the container doesn't seem to going down............

..and these blocks are now being laid out......

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.........and another day with friends that we enjoyed stitching time with.....(there might have been more socializing time than stitching time!!)

                                                        

                                           ..................and a load of wood was delivered to my shed.......

                                                                  

                           ............some time has been spent trying to sort fabric for the coming market day.......

Another year has gone and I am another year older,,... which is so close to Mother's Day which means that this collection is for 2 special days................

....it was a surprise to have this box arrive at my door one day.........

..and fortunately good friends turned up a few days later and soon organised the setup.....which was followed by Chinese takeaway while checking out how the TV works.............

.........and I confess to a some time since then 'cruising' through the movie list of Netflix......... 

There has also been more book reading time, and some stitching time with Dear William. (I shall do a separate post about Dear William  sometime.)

I drove to Murray Bridge on Mother's Day and enjoyed time with family at Mums.

Monday I had appointments in Murray Bridge and enjoyed coffee time with my brother and his wife.

That's about all for now. Another time there will be an update of quilting with Max and a post  about Dear William.

I am hoping for that get up and go to return permanently very soon, as the fairy is due to return next week and she will be 'cracking the whip' as we prepare for the market day.

Stay warm in the southern part of the world, and stay cool if you are heading into warmer temperatures.

Blessings, From Jude