Quilt Show.... (photoheavy)

Last weekend a friend and I went to a quilt show in a country town called Rosewood...  I understand they have about 45 members which made it very impressive what a great show they had on...

What a lovely view through the quilts and a wonderful surprise seeing these two there ….. 

Rows of lovely quilts.... 

Some I took close up of the quilting …. 

Mostly I just took pictures because they are lovely and you get a great view through a camera rather than a couple of feet away....

Lots of horse themed quilts as expected in the country....

I loved how she arranged her colours in this one....

also a lovely pretty display of tea things....

other crafts were also displayed.... I adored these punch needle galahs….. and that clever crochet it is rested on....

Baltimores...

 … and blocks....

I do fancy these Labyrinth quilts…. all different ….. I'd love to do one …. 

EPP little stars... for the mad people.... 

This one was amazing... how she got the colours to make those secondary shapes.... 

loved the colours and the work in this one 

striking ….

Hexagons.. for mad people... looked like a smartie box.... 

Bargello.... 

… and pixelated ...

a happy quilt.... 

3D pinwheels....

Optical illusions.... 

so effective and lots of little pieces carefully placed.... 

I loved this one - so much to see in it...

I have seen pictures of this one but not in real life.... so effective.... 

This night sky was so good....

all the fireworks stitched..... so clever.... 

can never go wrong with stars.... 

… or embroidery.... 

a cute Christmas quilt..... 

I did love these puddings....

…. a fractured Bargello... clever and different....

… another with lots in it....

cute dogs.... 

… with lovely footprint quilting....

Signs all over not to touch and ladies with gloves to help if needed....

I did like this sign where they used a real pair of glasses....

There were a lot more quilts....  jolly good show ladies.

I love going to quilt shows... especially with friends and meeting up with other friends!

Oh, and country women put on lovely teas too.  This show was $5 entrance which included a complimentary tea/coffee and eats (sandwiches AND slices on a plate)…. I might have had some more for 'lunch'..... it was a long day!

The next stop....

After Phillip Island we started moving northwards again till we got to our Parliamentary Capital Canberra

We spent a couple of days doing the touristy things as much as we could...

Old Parliament House..... where you can follow the story of Democracy and the offices are all set up as in Bob Hawkes Day.... very interesting few hours spent there...

 Then New Parliament House..... big, bold... also interesting - they haven't been able to keep up with the pictures of recent Prime Ministers (we kinda been changing them rather rapidly)

View from the New Parliament Building, Old Parliament and then War Memorial on the other side of the lake (far end)

We did go up the Telsta Tower... so cold and windy but lovely views....

I have forgotten what this building was... big man made lake which is used well and has lovely walks around it

Art Gallery..... 

 Some lovely Parks, winter time so dry and brown from frosts etc but the locals were friendly

We visited one small museum which had this gorgeous Australian themed wood burnt work... I liked this little one  which housed doilies.... (or Doyleys)

We also spent hours at the War Memorial... so much to see

There is lots to see there.... 

Hubz and I have succumbed to head colds..... we had these already this year!!! grrr

Anyway chicken soup was called for... this is a recipe that I do follow as it makes it just right and has a squeeze of lemon at the end which just makes it perfect...

Very easy to make …. this is the one I made but there are choices on the internet of course

I finished up this embroidery.. there wasn't much more to do

Its 12" square....

I haven't before done such an intensive embroidery project before....

A pattern by Faeries in My Garden....

… so much detail... I nearly gave up a few times....

Now to find some pretty fabric to finish it off....

Righto, Gotta Go....  I hope you have a lovely week....