I AM BACK

After 7 months of no blog posting I am ready to post again.

I would like you have a look at a facebook page I set up last night and click on like it. I am needing some ticks.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Mooloolah-Valley-Originals/209972405714112

To much has happened in this time to write about so I will just start posting again as usual.Motivation has been hard to find during some of this time but I was a way a lot of the time as well. It is good to be home now but will be off again in a couple of months.

We spent a week with our daughter and family on Fraser Island a few weeks ago and had a wonder time. The grandchildren are growing so fast but so lovely to be with.

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The west side of the island was clean. We fished here two days with perfect weather

This is one of the quilts I made end of last year for a black and white challenge.

I attended a day with Pauline Rodges. This is one of her quilts that I loved. It is done with fabric strips cut on bias and just looks so different using the striped fabric and a black strip down the centre of the binding .

I am back as assistant workshop coordinator at one of the quilting groups I belong to.

This is one of a set of 4 quilts I am working on for our quilt show. The cat is not my design but I love it so decided to do her/him on a piece of my sun dyed fabric.

Keep stitching

Delia

Large Strawberry

What do think about this strawberry? The size of a bread and butter plate. We do grow them big in Queensland. It actually looked like a flower. We were at Gowinta in Beerwah celebrating Lorraine's birthday.

Keep stitching

Delia

Mad Hatters Tea Rooms Landsbrough

Patrica with one of the Mad Hats..

Here we are at the Mad Hatters Landsbrough.

Lots of laughs and if I had this little MAN I would have a 100. I have never seen such a happy and good child.

Our Grandchildren

We are not long back from a trip to Townsville to visit our children. Well the grandchildren have grown and are so beautiful. Here we have Lily making biscuits with me and Jack working at his mothers ipad. I can not believe what a 3 year 3 months child can do on this machine. I can't keep up with him.

Jack cuddling up to Mummy acting shy.

Lily giving Pa a thank you kiss for building them this lovely cubby house while Jack looks on.

The cubby house that the children will have hours of fun in that Pa built for them while we were up there.

 Their big 75k dog. Just as well he is so quiet and loving with the children.

Lily insisted on flowers for her new house. We drew the line when she wanted a refrigerator and microwave. lol

Keep stitching

Delia

Magnetic Island

Magnetic Island

While in Townsville last month the group I belong to up there (Townsville Fibre and Fabrics) took a trip to the Island at the invitation of the Maggie Island ladies.

What a treat I was in for. Meeting up with the girls at barge in the morning then onto  the island for a lovely morning tea and lunch supplied by the Maggie Island Girls at the Bowls Club.

Of course there was a lovely show and tell and I took heaps of pictures.

The one below is made to look like a book stand but it was only about 10 x 12".

Ann the happy lady won the lucky spot under her chair.

I loved this post card of the dog. Reminded me of mine.

I feel in love with these scarfs. Cast on 5 stitches and away you go. I am yet to find the wool. Apparently Lincraft has it but it goes very fast. I wonder why? The bag is made out of a tie. It looked great.

I was amazed at this rock formation and somewhere alone the line I may make a quilt with this in mind.

Well that is all for tonight off to bed

Well I hope.

Keep stitching

Delia

Here is a table centre that I made at our quilt group a few weeks ago. Robyn McHardie from Sunshine Quilts tutored the class. It is a simple technique using a half Dresden plate template to cut our the pieces.

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Delia

Challenge quilt

It is so long since I have posted and looking through my pictures from when I was away I have a lot to share with you. So in the next days I will try and post pictures and ideas.

Keep stitching

Delia