What a busy time the last 10 days has been.
Luckily I had a couple of days off work to prepare for hubby's ''zero'' party. Meaning on my feet all day and then on my feet cooking at night!
Thursday was a great trip away for the day on the bus trip to 3 patchwork shops in the Waikato. We stopped first at Dalton's Gardens near Matamata and had a lovely morning tea/coffee with huge muffins or scones. I hadn't been to any of the shops so it was really nice. Didn't buy much, a lovely Japanese lady panel, with 2 figures across the fabric, and 2 green 1/3 metres to go in the stash from Grandmother's Garden. What a shop and with only 45mins no real time to browse properly... Lunch was at Cambridge and then Milton's at Morrinsville. Back just after 5pm it was a fun day.
The party went off really well. Lots of fun and noise. Saturday came out hot and sunny and it really made it to have it warm. On Sunday a few came back to Croissants and coffee on the deck. We had 2 Aussie mates (ex Kiwis) come just for the weekend as well and some old friends from Auckland who had not visited in the time we've been here.
I got a bonus sewing day on Friday as there was no work, so went to my Friday group and got started again on quilting my ''quilt as you go'' batik blocks. I''m doing it in 4 strips. Have joined the 8 rows into 4.
Will post a photo next time. What with the party and clearing up the house, my sewing had to shift into the spare room so I'm on the kitchen table in the interim.
Luckily I had a couple of days off work to prepare for hubby's ''zero'' party. Meaning on my feet all day and then on my feet cooking at night!
Thursday was a great trip away for the day on the bus trip to 3 patchwork shops in the Waikato. We stopped first at Dalton's Gardens near Matamata and had a lovely morning tea/coffee with huge muffins or scones. I hadn't been to any of the shops so it was really nice. Didn't buy much, a lovely Japanese lady panel, with 2 figures across the fabric, and 2 green 1/3 metres to go in the stash from Grandmother's Garden. What a shop and with only 45mins no real time to browse properly... Lunch was at Cambridge and then Milton's at Morrinsville. Back just after 5pm it was a fun day.
The party went off really well. Lots of fun and noise. Saturday came out hot and sunny and it really made it to have it warm. On Sunday a few came back to Croissants and coffee on the deck. We had 2 Aussie mates (ex Kiwis) come just for the weekend as well and some old friends from Auckland who had not visited in the time we've been here.
I got a bonus sewing day on Friday as there was no work, so went to my Friday group and got started again on quilting my ''quilt as you go'' batik blocks. I''m doing it in 4 strips. Have joined the 8 rows into 4.
Will post a photo next time. What with the party and clearing up the house, my sewing had to shift into the spare room so I'm on the kitchen table in the interim.
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