Last week of June....

This week I have been madly pushing some things to get to the end .....

The next section of Gossip in the Garden is done.... sewing along with Michelle for this one

This is an overview of where I am up to date.... 6 sections of 9 done....

I appliqued a bunch more pies onto backgrounds.... all the ones I have are done now but I still need to count them up to see how I can put them together.....

The tarts are smaller than the pies and will fit in over the corners where 4 pies meet....

I have a couple more tarts to sew up then I will start planning how they go. 

Michelle wrote a nice bit about Toondah Harbour which is in threat of development - a place which should be protected as the threatened bird species Eastern Curlew breeds there.  Read more HERE 

Postcards are being made to send to State and Federal environment ministers - I only sent one each but made others for practice....

I chose one to the artist /bird lover who has set it all in motion and is planning an exhibition at some stage.....

I found a 'draw a curlew' tutorial on-line and used raw edge applique and thread drawing on my machine.... it was such fun.  Please feel free to join in.

My second quilt from shirts has all the blocks ready - trying to keep the same fabrics away from each other is an impossible task - I will live with my final layout - hoping to get them together this weekend.

This is an old mini I bring out this time of year.... because it is winter and because we have a wedding anniversary today....

So us two old penguins have stuck it out for 44 years now....

Yesterday we went into Brisbane to go and see the Monet In Paris art installation as our way of celebrating...

The outside of the building had this lovely facade all done...

The bottom of this picture is reflection on the windows.....

We sat in the cafe and has croissants and coffee.....

The main entrance.....

.... even the toilets floor was painted Renaissance like!!!

The cafe setting.... it was all done so nicely and gave such a great atmosphere....

Boards up with a bit about a lot of artists busy during that time... so many of them dying young due to infections (no penicillin then of course) 

I thought this a great quote by Monet...

the green room... glass and bottles...

the flower room.... flowers everywhere... magical....

This picture shows the scale of the installation.... there were boards like this all around and you could walk around and sit in different places to see what was happening... so clever...

I liked this quote too.... "Why shouldn't art be pretty?  There are enough unpleasant things in the world." (Renoir)

They had a bridge over the water lilies all set up so we could go and get our pictures done - even had an allocated person to take photographs.

The installation was on the North shore of the river and outside we watched this Yacht go by....

then went off for lunch.... and a drink....

A lovely day.....

Righto, I better go off and do that quilt or it just won't happen...

Have a lovely weekend and hope you get a chance to do something you love....