Alone again....... for now..................

 How can 10 days go so fast? It hardly seemed any time at all since I met the train from the city to pick up the fairy. And here we are, back to the railway station again this afternoon. We are fortunate to have this service, which runs from Adelaide to Melbourne and back again twice a week. A lot of the stations enroute have closed, but thankfully Bordertown is still on the list. There were quite a few passengers on board today and Raylene was not the only person to get on here. 

The station platform is much lower than the train doors, and it is quite a leap up to get on board. Don't think it would be very easy for much older passengers, and I wonder if they have wheelchair access? It's just as well that the fairy is still very fit and able.

As it is a week tomorrow since my last post, I had to think about what we had been up too this week. I don't have a lot of photos to show, but I can tell you that we have been very busy. 

                           Kits have been cut and packed and fabric bundles cut and packed.

                             

                     Bindings have been finished on the Angels quilts. Patchwork meetings were attended.                                                                   The Go Cutter received a work out.

                                        

Finished donation quilts were placed in the queue with their backings to await the quilter. (Perhaps she better get busy??)

The revolving door was working well, and we enjoyed the company of guests (and pizzas) one evening  during the week.

I did start Max up and loaded Pat's quilt that she finished at retreat. This was large.....

............and I decided that this is the only photo you will get. At least on the machine you can see the borders, which were not visible on the last photo on the bed.

There was also a lot of stitching time, as Yvonne came back to work on her quilt.

Raylene made another string quilt, this time in different colours, and again we chose the border fabric first! The first layout was like this,........................

 but we were both not so sure, and so the yellow blocks were swapped with the blue..................and we like this much better. (The string drawers still have lots of strings in them!!)

One evening I was 'cruising' around online and came across a video to make this quilt, using a layer cake. So went searching in my stash for a layer cake  to make a trial run. I was struggling to get the right mix of darks and lights, and variety, so don't look too hard. I'm glad Robyn is still agile enough to crawl around on the floor. It was a difficult task shifting the colours around, and often when a change was made, it turned out that it was too close to another the same!! 

I decided to just sew the blocks together as they landed, as it will keep someone warm!! There were a few blocks left over from the layer cake and I was thinking about how to incorporate them into a border, until I finally decided to KISS. (Even now, I can see some blocks that should have been changed!)

I do have to state that we have spent time with feet up by the fire watching TV, reading, or knitting. (Well I haven't been knitting!) The weather outside has been VERY cold, but I know it is June and we need to expect that. 

I'll be back soon with a progress post of my Churn Dash blocks. 

The next few days will be spent with the computer and the bookwork trying to get up-to-date and ready for the end of the financial year.

Keep warm,

Blessings, From Jude