A couple of weekends ago my daughter-who-lives-near-me and I went off to the country to the Felton Food Festival.....
.. there are heaps of stalls of lovely home made and home grown produce under the shade of some lovely gum trees....
fresh veges amongst the dry dust with friendly stall holders....
... these strawberries were so yummy and sweet.....
.. lovely pate's and pickles which came home with me for our supper.... very very delish....
... a bit of Ausi humour at the hay bale....
.... splashes of white on the way home with the cotton ready for harvesting...
A lovely few hours - country people really know how to put on a spread.... I think this may be a regular annual go-to event for me...
I have picked up a Christmas UFO to work on - it had been traced but no stitching done - naughty little Christmas elves....
... but I also wanted to try out some reverse applique which will be used in Dutch Treat - I found some fine cotton I like for the top and wanted to see how it goes with the very small pieces - its good so I'll be purchasing that... I also need a better coordinated thread - and more practice on this technique especially for the small bits.
Any tips are welcomed.......
Christine, Lyn and I are going to sew this together in a few months time - and Michelle and Helen are also going to make it.... Kathy is considering it too.... we will all be encouraging one another which I think is necessary for me to keep going - there are 196 hand sewn 4 1/2" blocks.....
Today I am going to sew together my heat bag - the hand sewing is all done...
Wishing you all a wonderful week - I am hoping we get some Autumn rains - the evenings have finally cooled down a bit so it feels like Autumn here .... stunning days and cool nights - just how I love it...
