Happiness is...

Happiness is.....

...relaxing on a hot day.....

(as happy as a pig in mud)

...my new SewEzi Table to go with my new machine...

...all the first blocks completed for the MOML's Christmas quilt...

..bags packed...yahoo!! Off to Melbourne for the weekend!
Attending the Retailers' Quilt Market with Kerryn (The Country Yard)
AND will get to see my son and DIL
(big happiness)

Prepped stitcheries all ready to sew over the weekend, if I
don't talk too much, that is!!

...have a good one everyone, I surely will!!!

Stitching Around the Block

A few weeks ago I asked for friends to take part in the Hugs-n-Kisses Stitching Round the Block fun (see my side-bar for the link). We ended up with two 'teams' of 4 from that plea... some of my real-life-friends (as opposed to my bloggy-friends who I have met through blogging.... what do we call them all? In the skin friends, virtual friends?? And what about those friends who started off as bloggy friends and then you meet 'properly'  - are they real life virtual friends??? Sigh, I'm not sure where this is heading....!!)

Anyway, some of my friends are giving me ALL the blame for them getting involved.... but I did not make them push the SEND button after they said 'yes, they would love to take part...'  ANYWAY, inspite of it all, I think we are having a lot of fun with this project; there are a few challenges, like tiny hexagons, but we are learning new skills and mastering them!!

Here is my choice of fabric and the first block. 

I sent it to Leanne, and this (below) is what she has done so far....

OHH it was so exciting to see what she is up to!!

Janis sent me her block, here is all I am showing of what I have been up to on hers.....

I'm looking forward to seeing more and working on Leanne's and Nicky's blocks.

I thought I would show the fruit of my labours this spring..... we went out the back today to  vaccinate the weaner calves. Here's all 102 of them (plus 15 at home, still on milk)—

...with a touch of ginger as my
zinger colour

 I enjoy looking at all the different shades of brown, thinking what a neat quilt they would make...

I have worked out why my brain was working overtime at the start of this post, when I started rambling about bloggy friends - it is because I was extremely brave and drunk this just before I leapt on the computer.... ED is now at home and she decided I needed to try her smoothie!! I don't think I have ever drunken anything so green, but it actually wasn't too bad!!

Now, while my brain and body is working overtime from that healthy snack, I'd best go and get some work done!!

Happy stitching everyone,

Wednesday's Flowers on Thursday

In the weekend I went down to Auckland to Calico Christmas, the annual quilt exhibition of the Auckland Quilt Guild.  I had a fabulous day looking at all the quilts on display, and also did a little shopping. I bought some new fabric for my hexie-flowers and here it is sewn into Wednesday's 3 new blooms.

The fabrics in the bottom two are the new ones - cute — I just love those blues!!

 I ended up with only a couple of photos from the exhibition - obviously I was really taken with appliqué type beauties!! Leeann has lots of really good photos on her blog.

Some of you may have read this post about the MOML in a quilt shop and the reproduction fabric he impulse-bought.


I have decided to make this up for him for Christmas.  Here are the first blocks and how they will be arranged. There will be 9 of these, to make a lap quilt.
So far so good - this looks like it will come together quite quickly, the beauty of jelly rolls, I guess.