IM BACK FROM A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY....

Hiya, we are back on aussie soil after a wonderful holiday on the seas.We had a great time seeing the beautiful sights of Milford Sound.(New Zealand) then we headed up the east coast of New Zealand on the cruise ship stopping a few stops.Milford Sound and Dusky Sound and another couple of beautiful places down the bottom of New Zealand were so truely amazing to see.If its not on your Bucket List it should be..I will add some photos.I have lots to catch up on as far as my swapping blocks and One flower Wednesday and Im hoping that my partners dont think I fell of the side of the world.I will get to this weekend and get them all sent on Monday.
Of course I didnt get any sewing done on the cruise as time goes so very quickly and with so much to do on board there was never a dull moment.
I will post all that I have updates on over this weekend.
tata for now Robyn

Missing block for Janet in Canada

Im adding this pic of a block I sent to Janet In Yukon in Canada that seems to of gone missing..boooohooo

Im sorry Janet that isnt hasnt turned up and if it doesnt show up in the next week I will make another..
Robyn

Craft Expo

ROBYNHi Last Friday my mum and I went down to Sydney for the Craft Expo..Had a lovely day anything was we ran out of time...
I bought a few things that I had to have..I found a lovely stall called Margarets Fabrics..She does Candlewicking.That is one thing I havent really
tried but I have now..

Among the other things I bought were beads and embellishments for my crazy qQuilt a lovely Matryoshka Maidens Armchair sewing caddy needlecase and scissor charm...(Looking forward to doing that one) also a lovely little
christmas deco and table piece,candlewicking lavender bag kit and a lovely lot of lace...We did have a wonderful time together...


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I have also managed to get two more blocks done for "Love Notes...It is coming along very nicely...

ave also today completed two of my March Swap Blocks...Cant post those pics as I dont want to spoil it for Vanessa of Vic and Margaret of LA but as my previous post says I am having lots of problems with my last block Four and Twenty blackbirds...I will keep trying it till I am happy with it...Hope thats not too long...lol...
Well the damn weather is horrible.Raining and raining..But shouldnt complain cause the Mother Nature diasters that are happening so cloase to home is so scarey....
Hope all are well in Blogland...Havent been able to do much reading of my fave blogs this week as its been busy week at work with only today off but I am looking forward to next weekend as its my 4 day weekend...yipppppyyyyyy...
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Help help help Four and Twenty Blackbirds Block

I have spent a few hours trying to make a block for my Aussie Block swap March partner and after two attempts it just doesnt look any good to me..Has anyone make this block????Any tips for me please????

One flower Wednesday here again

hi ya all,,,,,,I just dont know where the time goes...Wednesday again and I did manage to get a couple of flowers made for my garden...

As I was away for a few weeks I didnt get much sewing done.I have dug out my "Gollyville" that I started some years ago...but as you can see each piece has to be pieced together and appliqued and beleive me with the hare little needle needed to stitch around every little piece my fingers are never the same...

This is only 1/3 of the way thru..it takes me a full day to copy cut arrange iron ...then the sewing part takes some time..I cant sit still long enough to do it all in one day..lol...
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A few added photos

In my last post I didnt add some photos that I meant to add..

The beautiful cushion my mum gave me for my 50th birthday and the latest cross stitch I have my hand in...

Im home Safe and sound and ready for some sewing

Im home after a wonderful 3 weeks of holidaying.Hubby and I set sail on the Pacific Sun from Newcastle  for 10nights visiting Noumea, Isle of Pines,Mystery Island,Vila and Lifou.It is my 5th time on a cruise ship and we had a wonderful time.The day after arriving back from the cruise my son grandson and I went to the Gold Coast for 5 days and had another wonderful time.So its been 3 weeks of fun and now Im back at work and back into the rut of working...I didnt manage much sewing while I was away but did manage some cross stitch...Photo to follow..

MY BLOCK SWAPS...
Im going to attempt to get my Feb block swaps done and posted today...I did email my Feb swap partners before I went away and told them I would be late in getting them away but they will be on their way hopefully today...I also have two block I will post on the block swap pages.
MY 50th BIRTHDAY...
I had a wonderful 50th birthday aswell while I was away.The day before we left my family had a surprise party for me with family and friends..Im not one for surprises and have never had a surprise party but it turned out just lovely.  Then on the ship they arrange balloons and a cake for anyone who has a birthday while on there..How embarrassing..But it was so nice..We dinned with some lovely people that night and decided to stay with them to have dinner each night..I received some really lovely presents..My mum and dad gave me the most beautiful cushion that I found at Rick Rutherfords Country Shoppe (Which is
 just up the road from me).Photo below..My hubby bought me a Sapphire and diamond ring just gorgeous and teapots and tea cups for my collections.Oh it was just all so overwhelming....

4 WEEKS TO GO TILL NEXT HOLIDAY..
Im being very spoilt this year already and in 4 weeks we have our family holiday (another cruise) to New Zealand..My eldest daughter her hubby and their 3 children Jordan 9 Xavier 3 and Jorja 1 my hubby and myself all leave for a 10night cruise to New Zealand..We have been advise we will now miss Christchurch for reasons everyone will know about..My heart is still going out to all in NZ and esp Christchurch...I just dont know what is happening to our planet.It is so sad that we have seen so many mather nature disasters in the last 6 7 months.Lets all pray that disasters will come to an end and we can live without fear...I dont know about everyone else but I think this earth has changed so very much.Progress I guess is the cause of it all.
My moto now is enjoy each day.Dont worry about tomorrow cause who knows what it may bring...
Well sewing to be done and photos to be taken..
Must say its nice to be back online..
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THE HEATWAVE One flower Wednesday newly arrived block and IM SAILING

Hello, Oh so long since my last post.Seems forever..I have been checking in and reading my fave blogs but I just haven't had time to post anything. Firstly, thank you Joscelyn for your" friendship scrap  block" for January,  that arrived on Monday for the Block Swap Adventure...

Thank you Leena from Kensington NSW I received safely your christmas block for Jan and I love it..thanks again....

At the moment we are having a Heat wave in Sydney..I am about 1 and half hours west of Sydney right up in the Mountains and usually it is allot cooler up here than it is in the city.But at the moment it is so hot here.My husband was on his way home from work this afternoon and it read on his temp gauge 52 degree.So in reality that would be around 42.....I arrived home and put the air con on but now its bed time and i am sweating like crazy...Poor Cairns are waiting for a cyclone..What on earth is happening to our country....

ONE FLOWER WEDNESDAY

Well once again not much done with adding to my flower garden.I did manage one flower this morning

That only makes 9 completed flowers..

I NEEDED TO DO SOME CROSS STITCH
I don't know about everyone else but there are times that I just need to do something else and this week I just needed to get out some cross stitch...I just love this pattern book I have had for some years and I am doing the grandmother and little girl...It is so very cute..I love the colours..

Well that been just about all this week.Oh I did finish my first block of The Cream Crazy quilt..I will photo that for next post...

OH HOLIDAY TIME

Well this Sunday dear husband and I are off for our next South Pacific Cruise with P & O...
Our last cruise was last June, we had 14 nights on the Pacific Jewel..This cruise we are off on the Pacific Sun.
We will have 10 nights this time..The day after we arrive back my son, his son ( my grandson) and myself are off to the Gold Coast for 6 days.So I will be away until around the 22nd Feb....I wont be posting or reading blogs in that time as the are no Internet facilities on the ship...
I have 3 blocks to complete before I go but I dont know if I will get them all done.If not I will have them done when I get back....
OH and in that time I am having my 50th birthday...We will be sailing towards Noumea on the 8th ..Not that Noumea is the nicest of places but thats where Ill be for my birthday...
Hope all are well in Blogland and until my next blog..All take care...
tata for now
Robyn

Mini Golly and One Flower Wednesday

Hi, well I am a day behind with my One Flower Wednesday as there was a very bad storm here last night so I didnt post my weeks progress..I didnt get that much done but I have added some smokey green hexies and they stand out very nicelt with the black boarder.I will do some more flowers this weekend and the garden will be alot healthier.

I have added a photo of a Gollywog that I promised a friend about 2 years ago and when I caught up with her this week after all this time, she remindered me I hadnt made her her Golly..So I made her this one.I have to add the eyes but all the hair is made of beads at the back of his head and I will also add a blue bow tie...I just love making these. When I had my gift store I made alot of these little guys and sold quite alot of them..I am a big Golly collector  Just love em....

Well not much sewing as its been a busy week...I hope all are well in Blogland..Until next time

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Robyn

OHHHH welcome blue sky and sunshine

It has been the most horrible start to summer this year here in the mountains and like most of Australia its the same...I remember not so long ago summer was summer, winter was winter, aAutumn was autumn and spring was spring but now we can get all seasons in one day...Its quite scary and very hard to plan for as each day is so very different.My garden has become out of control so I am planning on working out there today for sometime as its my only day off and the sunshine is beautiful...
I also wanted to stop for a min and pay my regards to all aussies in Queensland who are now starting to get on with their new lives..I am hoping that it will be smooth traveling for you all and I will be helping in someway..I am, like everyone,  so sad for all of you up there and now Victoria is heading the same way.We all know the Victorians don't need another disaster after the bad fires there two years ago.I have been to all these places of disaster but Anna Bligh is right.."You will get thru it"...All my prayers are with you all...
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One flower Wednesday

Well not alot more in the making of more flowers but I have joined them and the garden is slowly growing...I have bought some nice smokey green to add to act as leaves and will add them by next week..it does look nicer as it grows...

I have started my crazy quilt in creams..I cant find any sites on the Internet with different embellishments but if anyone out in blog land have any sites I could check out or if they have made a crazy quilt id love to hear from you....It is very addictive..I don't like to put down my sewing most of the time and could sew all day but work awaits...Roll on retirement..I have enough stash to last me the rest of my life and do look forward to try all I want...Ohhhhhhh to dream..

I took a photo of all my blocks I have received in the Aussie block swap..I have 4 in total with the last received today..Thanks Sandi in the US for todays...

Oh I realise everyone in Aussie and around the world are sending their thoughts and prayers to all in Queensland that have been affected with the floods...My heart goes out to you all...Stay safe all...

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I feel so stupid... TAGGED

It was so very kind of Cheryll of Gone stitchin to tagg me so my blog is more "OUT THERE"..I attempted to get some of my followers to tagg them but  first I couldnt keep my eyes open and now I attempted to do it again and my computer wouldnt let me stay signed in to add some more to tagg...Sounds complicated doesnt it well it is..lol.. for me anyway.Finding my way around the computer is something of a challenge...I have tagged two of my followers.... That is Cathy of http://www.crafteecc.blogspot.com/ and Alex of http://www.insane-about-jane.blogspot.com/
I am sorry Cheryll..I try and spend so much time trying to get things done on the computer . I am totally self taught .It is worth a laugh but thank you for your thoughts in tagging me...tata

Oh my........Sewing for hours and finially done.....

Armed with a cuppa, my web note book,3 printed out patterns I headed to my sewing room,,Lights on window opened Radio blaring on 2ws... and there I sat and cut and measured and cut and measured and 6 hours later I rise from my chair....(A comfy one at that) but the head ache has started cause I missed breakie and lunch....Oh well I have finished my three February blocks...

Aussie Block swap......SNEAK PEEK for Leena of Kensington NSW with her "Card Trick"block.. Done in Brights and black boarder...

American Block Adventure No 2     Next SNEAK PEEK is this Pinwheel  for Joscelyn of San Francisco USA done in Purples

Aussie Christmas Swap      And last SNEAK PEEK is Rail Fence for Pat Smith of Oregon USA done in red and green Christmas prints

During the last week I received this lovely block from Leena of Kensington NSW for my aussie Block swap for Jan 2011...Very nice block thank you Leena..

Today I have just received and opened my Aussie christmas swap block from Pat in Oregon USA of some very nice christmas trees..They are just wonderful..Thank you Pat..

This is going to be the starting of a cream crazy quilt that I am intending on making in the coming weeks..I just love cream and with all these embellishments I am really looking forward to starting..I haven't found a pattern as yet but if anyone has one that they would like to share please message or email me...Id love to hear from anyone who has made a crazy quilt...They are truly masterpieces and I cant wait to get started on mine....

Not much other sewing this week apart from my One Flower Wednesday which I will post on Wednesday and a little more of my "Love Notes" block 4 I stitched a little around the applique....

The weather here is horrible I has not stopped raining for days and thank goodness I live up in the mountains with no chance of flooding.My heart still goes to those up in Queensland with all the floods with no dry days in sight.

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Computer problems...

Hi all, wll I am having problems staying signed in with my link to this blog so previouly I added two of my followers that I wanted to tagg so I will tagg them and try later today to tagg some more...I will be sewing most of the day so will post my pictures later today...
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http://stitchingcubbyhole.blogspot.com/   mmmm now this is Cherylls blogspot address and I am feeling clever cause I managed to get her address on here..lol...Im sorry im so slow at learning this computer stiff..anyway I hope you will go an visit her blog..The rules for this award are as follows
1. Tell the readers who tagged you
2.Add a link to their blog
3. Award 3-5 bloggers who you think deserves this award..
Inform them and post directions to your blogspot.
Please dont tagg bloggers that have more than 300 followers
The goal of this award is to give publicity to the smallers blog that are good but not so well known..
Let the surfing fun begin..I award the following......
1)Cathy http://crafteecc.blogspot.com/
2) Alex    http://insane-about-jane.blogspot.com/
3)   i will add a couple tommorrow as I cant keep my eyes open right now...so please stay turned 
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OHHHHHH my goodness ive been TAGGED

Well what a lovely surprise.I was tagged today from my bloggy friend Cheyll over at Gone Stitchin...Now im not really sure how it all works yet as I havent recevied anything like this before but I will accept the award and try my hardest to get the link up...lol  this may take me some time so please be patient ..loll.thanks...and thank you Cheryll it is very lovely of you and exciting for me...I will give it a go...
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One Flower Wednesday

I found some lovely pictures of angels..

Its Thursday here today so Im a day late.I have done 5 from 6 days straight at work and have only done a few stitches to a couple of projects this week.There just isnt enough hours in a day but too many in others.I have this weekend off well a 4 day weekend so I am planning on spending a day housework a day with my mother and 2 days sewing..LoL.. well that is the plan as of today...I hope all are well in blog land.I havent done alot of reading of my fav blogs lately either..same problem ..not enough time but I do enjoy the ones I have been able to read. So roll on Sunday and Monday as I have three blocks to sew and some photos to share...
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Robyn

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Well as we start a new year my heart goes out to the people up in Queensland that have lost their houses and everything they own due to the floods.I can not for a second know the feeling of being in this situation.Our government has asked for donations to be sent but I sure hope they put their hands in the big pocket and pull out something that will help these very unfortunate aussies.Probably none of them will be reading this but my thoughts and blessing are with them and hope it wont be too long before they get back to some kind of life that is enjoyed in Australia..Many of them wont ever get over this disaster but being aussie they will work towards regaining their lives...

After chrissie events

Well christmas is over for another year and I am back at work..No rest for the wicked.We had a lovely christmas spent at #1 daughters home with all my children and grandchildren there.It is kind of very busy with 6 children all wanting different attention...Our family tradition is to have our hot meal on Christmas Eve so then on Christmas Day the females are not in the kitchen all day cooking..We have our cold meals on Christmas day and normally as all the other Aussies know our christmas is hot but this year it has been very different weather wise.And as we watch the news each day my heart goes out to all in the UK and Americas/Canada as you have all had from what we have heard a snowed in Christmas..Id love to hear some stories and as I start going thru my blog reading I guess I will read some..
We are planning on having a white christmas next year.Hubby and I are planning on doing the world trip in 4 weeks next year to get a taste of a white christmas...

Now on the sewing front.  Not much to report.I did get my 4th block done on "Love Notes" and 4 flowers planted into my garden for One Flower Wednesday.

My 4 more flowers have been planted in my garden...

Now with the new year fast approching I will have to get back into all my block sewing...I really am looking forward to Januarys swaps...
Im hopeing everyone that reads my blog have had a safe week..With so much going on in the world being safe is our main priorty these days.
Until next time tata...

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPIER NEW YEAR

........................MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPIER NEW YEAR TO ALL IN BLOGLAND..............................

As christmas time is here and everyone is getting ready for visitors or getting ready to pack up and join their loved one I am sending out all my wishes that you all have a very safe and happy time....
See you in the New Year with lots to share on the stitching front and New Year cheers..
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