My quilting thoughts and inspirations sprinkled with a glimpse of life down on the farm

Monday, September 5, 2016

The weekend with friends



We've just had a wonderful weekend spent with friends; It started with Friday night with Friends, our monthly virtual sew in hosted by Cheryll. After a day at work and a trip to the supermarket, I only just made it!! I didn't sew for very long as bed was calling but I did make a little progress on the rabbit in the latest Anderson's Barge's Farm block.
Thankyou Cheryll for hosting us all. You can visit the link-up post *here*.
Below shows the result of my work day - it was mail out day for our Block of the Month, etc, programmes. Lots of wrapping.
I barely touched a needle for the rest of the weekend as the lovely Sue and her hubby (from Melbourne, Australia) came for a visit and overnight stay. Kiwikid Sue and I have been bloggy friends for a while now and it was so nice to meet her in person. We enjoyed our time chatting, eating, and looking around the farm.
Part way up the hill; Sue and her hubby posing...
..then Sue and I had a turn. Photo opportunities are a good excuse for a rest!
Sue showed me how she is doing her Clamshells; I'm very tempted to give this a try now!
Sue has written a lovely post about their visit *here*.

After we waved Sue and hubby goodbye YD and I did some horse work with my two horses. YD and her hubby have been working with my young horse while they've been living here. She is 5 years old and not yet broken in..... her hubby has saddled her recently but this was the first time she's had a girth on (so the saddle was actually buckled up!). Not bad - great work guys!!!
While she neighed in the stable ("where's my buddy?") with the saddle still attached, YD and I went for a ride - actually I rode and she opened gates :-) It's been a while since I've ridden my boy and it felt so good. I have a suspicion that exactly 24 hours after that ride I won't be feeling so good - that seems to be how long it takes for my muscles to realise they've done something they're not used to!!!

I've also made these blocks recently - I love this fabric, some from a Kim Diehl range - and I'm pleased with how these are looking :-)
(The lighting's probably not the best, I took these photos at night.)
All in all a wonderful weekend! I hope your's went just as well and you have a great week lined up ahead of you :-)
Happy stitches,
 

22 comments:

  1. How fabulous to catch up with Sue

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  2. Hi Raewyn ,wow so much going on ,so glad that you and Sue got to meet,she had so much fun.
    Oh i love your horse and the youngins are doing well with her,my dad used to break ponies in,i used to love watching.
    I love how green it looks around your farm and your stiching is beautiful,love the bunnies and your blocks,well done my friend xx

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  3. great you girls got to meet up..........
    gooduck with the after horse riding pains........

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  4. Lovely to have a visit from Sue. I do hope you are not tooo sore from your joyride! Love your blocks x

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  5. Always nice to turn blogging friends into real life friends! Looks like a fun, busy weekend. Hope your muscles are ok!

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  6. love all of your blocks and your friends clamshells. When hiking I find picture taking a good excuse for a break too and also, keep stopping to look at plants and things :)

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  7. Glad you had a lovely weekend with friends. Your blocks look great.

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  8. Sew nice to have meet Sue no her hubby... Pleased you had a great time together...
    You sure have been busy at work..
    Hope you weren't to sore after your ride.

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  9. How wonderful to meet a friend that you hadn't met before--both you and her sound like you had a great visit--love her clam shell quilt--me's gotta make one one of these days too!!!
    love your blocks too--
    and love all the cow and horse photos--
    love and laughter, di

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  10. You have been busy. How wonderful to meet and have Sue and hubby stay. Hope the body is not too bad after your ride.

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  11. Isn't it lovely to meet like minded friends, and especially nice to meet bloggy friends. It was nice for Sue to meet Leeanne as well. I bet you were sore after your ride, if you haven't done it for a while.

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  12. How fun it must have been to get together with Sue and her husband.

    I'll bet the muscles are asking you if the fun was worth it by now. ;-) It won't be long before you are able to ride the young one.

    Keeping so busy does not allow for much stitching.....does it?

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  13. great to have a visit from Sue.... you both look so well.
    Hugz

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  14. How fun to meet another blog friend and have her and hubby for a visit!
    The farm looks like a grand place for a jaunt.
    Those Kim Diehl fabrics made some lovely blocks!

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  15. Sue said she had a lovely time down on the farm and your country hospitality. So cool the horses are getting 'dusted off', just like riding a bike aye!

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  16. How nice for you and Sue that you could meet up Raewyn and the weather behaved!!
    Enjoy your horse rides and hope the breaking in goes ok. xxxx

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  17. A lovely weekend all round. Great to catch up with friends and also to enjoy some time in the sun.
    The blocks are looking good.
    And I have posted the blocks I copied from you. They are a great idea.

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  18. Sounds like a really lovely weekend ♥ Your blocks are very pretty ♥

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  19. Lots of busy news... I'm sure it is still crazy busy on the farm too. Unfortunately none of those work packages were for me...

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  20. What a nice weekend you had! It was a long holiday weekend here for us. I was busy everyday but didn't get much quilting done! Love your blocks! Those fabrics looks so nice together!

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  21. You certainly had a lovely weekend! A bit of stitching, visit from friends, what more could you ask for?! Love the bunnies! xx

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