What where the Cup cakes for....

What where the cup cakes for you may ask.?????????

DH grandmother had her birthday party today at the MIL home

Dear Grandmother celebrated her 101sr Birthday

Grandma was surrounded by her family and friends that live in the Riverland area, Unfortunately her youngest son and family where unable to attend this years celebrations as they all live interstate (Western Australia)

Cup Cakes..............

Early Sunday Start............

Started with this .....................





to this ...............................

to this ............................

to this.................................

Finally finished......................

What for you may ask.?????????........ let you know when I get back

Introduction......

Thought it may be time to introduce you to my mad turtle Mercury...............

Mercury each morning paddles quiet fast through his water waiting for his meal ......

hence the name Mercury .............

For those that do not understand -

Mercury Marine products

are best known for there Outboard motors for boats and that is what my mad turtle sounds like each morning just before he gets his food.

Swap is Ready to go .....

Just a little sneak preview of my bag or is it ??? for Linda's "Bag/Bucket Swap".....

the deadline is close...... my swap partners bag...bucket .....etc...... is finished ..wrapped and on the way to the post Monday morning

A day in the City............

A day trip to the city (Adelaide) ....... DH and I started off Friday morning at 7.00 am to the big smoke for the day, Rained off and on most of the trip down .

(Approx 2 1/2 to 3 Hour drive depending on traffic and roadworks)

First stop ............Spotlight purchased a few cards and envelopes and a zip to be Incorporated in the gift I am making in one of the swaps (last of the big spenders LOL)

Next stop.......... DH and I had a nice cup of hot chocolate and a SMALL piece of carrot cake.

Then off to Hettie's Patch

Address: 294 Port Road Hindmarsh SA 5007

This is my first visit to Hettie's....................

Purchased the following ..........

The below is three nice..........absolutely beautiful fabrics with instructions to make a small

bag




And this......bit out of my normal colour range but just fell in love with it

Lovely bunnies on a soft pink ................just gorgeous

Followed by these great fabrics

Red and white ................Have not quite made up my mind what design I will make from these fabrics...................

Next Stop .....................Off to the Marion Shopping Centre

Where Lunch was..............Chinese ............. yum

Couple of hours being pushed and shoved .............. not really a good city shopper

no great purchases there.

Next stop .............Bunnings

DH purchased some new garden tools and I headed straight to the Garden Centre and purchased some Daisy seedlings and Veggie plants for a small Veg we have at home.

Then as we had a dinner appointment with friends back home in a small country town club .... at 6.30pm we started to head home...........

on the way home pasted this great church....... may be a bit blurry as I am in the car taking this photo as we zoom............. past in the traffic.

Home by 6.15pm ..........as DH and I walk in the back door the phone is ringing and the couple we are going out with for tea .....have to cancel.

A little relieved as I am feeling a bit tired.

Grand Opening....

Syverkstan Quilts Stitchery Life

Grand Opening Weekend

Take the time and blog over and visit Helena

for her grand opening weekend ........

Helena has much to show ....... tell......... share and giveaways.

Bit Spoilt..............

Saturday, August 9, 2008
Quirky Quilter
Blogging Sleepover 2

Quirky Quilter had a sleep over early August , even though I had another commitment I did take the time to have a peek during the evening to check out what Quirky Quilter was up to........ and look what turned up in the mail today........

Thank you ............ I love it and the fabric is music to my stash (LOL)

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And another surprise today.........

One of my workmates returned for Thailand

and came home bearing gifts

unfortunately the photos do not display true colour or a clear view of how beautiful the colours are

Silk Scarf (love wearing scarves)

Strand of pearls ( pearls and diamonds my favorite)

Hair clip ( it has sparkling pink stones embellish in it)

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I have been working on my swaps the last few days

so have no show and tell and tease photos ........

Cheers Marc

Todays Mail

In the mail today.........

Jane from Patchwork Apple .....Woodside Adelaide.

Enclosed a piece of fabric ............with apples as a Thank you for your order.

Isn't that lovely .....Nice People Nice Things

One of those days....

Worked on an UFO for a while things didn't go so good.

1. Thread keep breaking

2. Snapped Sewing machine Needle ( didn't have a replacement)

3. Ran out of fabric to finish the border off (By this time local quilt shop not open)

First Car....

One of my Nephews called around late last night with a show and tell...........

DN gets his P Plates next month, and brought the new addition to his family garage around to show DH and myself .............could not get the smile off his face.

The young Rebel.............

Seeing Pink

Yes ....it is still ....Raining,cold and wet, but I am not complaining....

Like most people along the River Murray we need rain.....

I have had a reasonably productive day..... you know what I mean....... done the usual Saturday chores.

Then spent part of the afternoon finishing the binding on this quilt ----- "Seeing Pink"

I made "Seeing Pink" awhile ago and had it machine quilter by Liz in Loxton I had only one side left to stitch the binding down ........I get a little side tracked every now and then (lol) and go off and start other things..........I sure there are few others out there that can relate to getting side tracked (lol)

Seeing Pink is made from the left over fabrics from another quilt called 'Friendship ...Flowers...Forever"

Unfortunately the photo has given the impression of being a dark border ......... The Borders are a nice plum colour with a scroll design printed on the fabric.

This is a close up of the beautiful embellishing ......... Liz has created on "Seeing Pink"

A back side (LOL) view

Received my swap partner from Chooky Blue SSCS , spent a few hours today preparing some hand work, ssh.... no show and tell yet.......... something to work on while I watch the Olympics, a great variety of different sporting events for the watching - and the chance for Aussies to show their talent. There's nothing left to say except..............

"Aussie, Aussie, Aussie - oi, oi, oi!"

Cheers Marc

Not long now.....

Itching...... to start my Chookblue SSCS.

Waiting to see who my SSCS partner is before I adventure into the projects I have in mind,

just in case the swap partner has left a choice of colours etc............

Only a few days to go for the Angel Swap Hugs and Kisses visit Helen's site and check out

the designers being creative for the Angel Swap.

Little bit of show and tell........ made this Wedding Ring Quilt a few years ago.

I really enjoyed making it, but I will share something with you

not in a great hurry to make another large one,

think the next one a bit smaller

maybe a christening or a grandchild's quilt as the curves were a little bit of a challenge

Until next time

Cold Wet and Windy...

It is still cold, wet and windy, had a very busy day at work..... blah blah ....... DH and YS are making homemade burgers for tea. So I am quickly making the most of this time, After tea I am going to spend sometime browsing in magazines for a few ideas for Chookblue SSCS.

Have some ideas floating around the brain already.

Lise is having a giveaway to celebrate her 100 posts check out her blog.

Off to have evening meal with family

21st Went Well....

The 21st Birthday went well , Michelle loved the quilt but unfortunately the batteries in the camera , just as she open the parcel with the quilt and necklace ..... flashed battery low.......... battery low ............... so I am hoping her parents have got a photo.

Michelle just before she gave her response speech ....

Thanking family and friends

Eldest son David and Michelle

The cake was fabulous....... I was a good girl and had a very small piece

Now off to spend so time in the garden ..... to pull weeds out if nothing else grows due to lack of rain weeds always seem to survive

Then going to spend the evening finishing off my bag /bucket swap

Leave you with a little bit more of a tease