(Nearly) Wordless Weekend

Happy birthday Sweetheart!!

xxxxx

We're all going on a ....

... cyclone holiday.

Booked months ago. Let's hope Fiji can offer up some better weather in a few weeks time.

In a spirit of optimism, I have made a pouch for our family's passport collection.

With a section for each of us ...

Still waiting for the kids' passports to arrive to fill their pockets.

It's my first time sewing with plastic stuff. 

It took me a little while to work out I would need to use my machine's walking foot (doofus!) but after that it was relatively smooth sailing.

Of course, we are not only thinking of ourselves and our family at this time, but of all the families who are now in need as a result of Cyclone Tomas. If you would like to provide some financial support to victims of this disaster, you could try UNICEF or the ANZ Bank. (I'm certain there will be others too).

Give your loved ones an extra tight squeeze tonight.

Andi :-)

Trains, travel and some horse racing fun!!

What a crazy busy weekend we had!!!

My son, the train fanatic couldn't believe his luck when his grandparents (all 4 of them!!) suggested a trip (on a train) to Castlemaine, followed by a steam train journey to Maldon and back again, and then a train journey back to Melbourne. All over a 3 day period.

He was in little boy heaven!!

The kids had a lovely time and were rather adorable ....

The local flora just had to be photographed ......

The steam train was fun and very beautiful .....

But my main interest was visiting the local patchwork shops for a bit of fabric indulgence.

At this shop I bought some gorgeous vintage 1930's reproduction fabrics ....

... and some white fabrics from this shop. The photo isn't good but I promise they are all different designs.

So that was our fabulous and exhausting journey. When we got home on Monday, Jake slept for 12 hours straight.

The next day was Melbourne Cup Day. We spent the day with a group of friends we usually only see on Melbourne Cup Day.

Inspired by this, I made some cute felt horses with lollypops for the kids ....

And I won our local version of the Fashions on the Field competition. Here I am with my trophy ....

... and to top off a great day, Jake put $7 on the winning horse and we went away with $165.

Life is good!

Happy quilting!

Andi :-)