Half way through another month!!.................

 ....................which means it's time for another update of newsfromjude.

My last post was the morning that Pat and I left for the Sunraysia quilt groups exhibition at Redcliffs. We had a fantastic weekend, starting with a show at the Mildura Arts Centre, by the Robertson Bros, featuring 60's music. This was an amazing show with great music and attended by a few hundred people. We met up with friend Jo at the show and here is a pic taken at the venue.

                                      

This pic was taken from the facebook page and shows the audience behind the artists. We can even find ourselves in the audience, and I should have circled us before I saved the photo. Thanks for letting us know that the show was on Jo.

This was setting up afternoon for the show, and Jo was helping as our fairy was absent.

Pat and I at our stand, wearing the aprons that were made by the fairy. We had a lot of comments about them!! Thanks Raylene.

Just a few photos of my 4 tables all ready for the show to open.

There were other shops at the quilt show too, and I can't recall them without looking up the flyer.

Here is Jo working on the group members sale table. 

Janome had a great display of machine working to tempt us all.

...................and now a few photos of the quilts and displays.........

Jo proudly standing in front of the quilt that was totally hand quilted!! (Not on my bucket list anytime soon, so well done Jo).

This quilt was made by Maxine when she came to Bordertown in February for the 21st birthday celebrations.

This was the most amazing quilt, made with 1 1/2" squares. You had to see it to appreciate the work in this.

Another Storm at Sea quilt, made by Jo, and I love how she added the stars, boats and fish to the quilt.

We had a great time at the show, and I was very happy with sales for the 2 days.

In between the show times we did some sight seeing and visited Wentworth, just over the border into New South Wales to see where the Murray and Darling rivers meet. The Murray is higher than usual and flowing very fast.

We climbed up this tower where we could easily see the rivers, and the pelicans catching fish in the water. It was rather late in the afternoon when these were taken.

The map showing all the rivers in NSW and QLD that flow into the Murray Darling system was very interesting.

This was home for 3 nights, and wasn't far from the quilt show.

Just across the road from the Motel was the Redcliffs club, where we dined 2 nights.

This was our group on Saturday evening, and it was quite the reunion, as all but one of us, had been at Barradine back in April. It was good to catch up with these friends again while enjoying the food at the club.

On Sunday the Redcliff markets were held on the lawns outside the quilt show venue. I had time to check out the stalls in the hour before the quilt show opened.

There was a display of old vehicles.........

..........this is Big Lizzie, a feature for Redcliffs.........

.................and this explains all the info about Big Lizzie. You might have to click on and enlarge to read it.

Sometime during the weekend I started thinking about the name of the town, Redcliffs and wondered if there were any redcliffs nearby that the town was named after, and sure enough we found the Redcliffs lookout......... 

There were lots of plants at the lookout that were blooming.......and the area was so peaceful except for the birds that were in abundance.

All too soon it was Monday morning and time to pack up and we reluctantly headed for home and reality.

I will be back sometime with another post of recent quilting. Tomorrow there will be another trip over the border. 

Blessings, From Jude