Saturday 9 March 2013

ADMIRALTY PATCHWORK

This past week has been very busy and productive . I have been an intrepid traveller . A quick overnight visit to Sydney followed by one day at home before heading off to Western Victoria to catch up with some ancestry. Without further ado I shall just say that my hubby and I were invited to a function at Admiralty House to meet the Governor- General, Quentin Bryce who is a most delightful lady. What was the most memorable bit of our visit for me? The floors!!!!! Take a look at these.




 Am I an obsessed patchworker??? People were looking at me rather strangely when I was taking the photos.

After that I had the chance to head off to Ballarat, Bendigo and Great Western where I managed to talk my brother into stopping at some patchwork stores for me. Ofcourse, I had a million and one projects in mind to buy fabric for. These are some bluey grey fat 1/4s I bought for a new project I have in mind.



         Some Jo Morton fabrics.




Some chookies , bees and red and white fabrics. I am now collecting bee fabrics to put in all my projects as my dad is a hobby bee keeper .



OOPS!!! I took a video. Sorry!!!! I am using my hubby's camera.  It seems my cat, Clay, has a short debut in this too.


Finally, some Cottage Garden Threads. I love these variegated threads and have used them in a few projects. So, I just had to buy some more to add to my stash.


  

Thanks for taking the time to visit. It is rather hot here again today so I probably won't be stitching much. A perfect day for washing all those fabrics though.  Angel blessings. 

8 comments:

  1. Aren't those floors gorgeous! Your new fabrics look interesting, and those threads are so pretty.

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  2. Those floors are amazing! Love the fabrics and found it interesting how 'fashion' colours change from year to year.

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  3. Great additions to your stash.
    My Dad was a hobby beekeeper too, how I miss that honey!

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  4. It never ceases to amaze me that we are constantly surrounded by patchwork wherever us quilters go. Congratulations to your hubby.

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  5. Lovely post and all that fabric and threads, wow a wonderful treat. Enjoy them and please show and tell. ps hubby and neighbour are also hobby beekeepers. Love real pure honey.

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  6. What beautiful floors.:)It is amazing how we can see craft /blocks in the simplest things. Congrats on your visit to the GG and your trip home produced some lovely purchases. Cottage threads come in some amazing colorways.Enjoy!!

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  7. Hi Ondrea

    I just discovered this morning that you come up as "Ondrea" on my blog, so all the replies that I have been sending to your lovely comments, have not been getting to you! Anyway, I appreciate all the sweet things you say and I'm so glad you like my designs. Maybe you can e-mail me some time so that I can have an address for you.

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  8. Now jolly Blogger left out the bit that was important! I'll try again - you come up as no-reply -comment@blogger.com without an e-mail address, so obviously haven't been getting my e-mails.

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