~Friday at Nundle (Girls Day in the Country)~

This is the view outside our cabin

Lovely rolling hills with a creek out the front

JoJo on the verandah

Of course we had to go shopping

My purchases were beaded wooden bracelet and hat from Sac's on Jenkins

Thank you Teresa.......you make us feel very welcome!!!

And next was a wicker basket........'real' shoe brushes and not plastic

some bouquet garni bags and even a little cotton bag to put leftover soap into and use again

Some enamel plates........and the most divine smelling Lavender soap

All from Odgers & McCLelland Exchange Stores

JoJo's choice......a tea towel.....we pay her to wipe the dishes from the dishwasher lol

she then puts it in a purse and saves up for a big shopping trip

some little Cup Cake bases and soap

We went up to The Cottage on the Hill and were greeted by these brightly coloured table and chairs

The Cottage on the Hill is a Patchwork Shop at Nundle which Kerry runs

Kerry also hosts GDITC every year and does an amazing job

Thank you so much Kerry!!!

Every year the gorgeous Chooky aka Donna organizes a Swap with Drinks and Nibbles on the lawn

Chooky and JoJo have a little private swap going on between them

which JoJo just loves being a part of

Thank You Donna for doing this with JoJo!!!

(Love this pic)

JoJo's swap gift from Chooky

 JoJo gave Chooky a jar of her favourite Strawberry Jam which I didn't take a picture of

All Swap gifts together

complete with Shez checking them out lol

I received this Primitive Pear pin cushion from Jan along with a pear fat 1/4......a pattern and a little peg holder 

JoJo was double lucky along with Chooky as they both received 2 gifts

JoJo's gift here

mmmmm might have to snaffle that fat 1/4

Peg and Dale posing away

The papparazzi were out in full force lol

Now they're checking it all!!!

The food at Mt Misery for dinner that evening

Sea Scallops Mornay (unfortunately I couldn't eat them but they looked good)

A Salad

Prawns

A Tomato and Olive Salad

As part of the dinner we were able to go down into the Gold Mine Museum

This has been build over the years but there were some double metal heavy duty doors inside that blocked off the original gold mine which has caved in

Totally awesome

I'm a bit of a sucker for a bit of gold and fell in love with the Golden Horse Shoes so I purchased the bottom ones!!!

So sparkly!!!

I'll be back with Saturday's pics and our day with Lynette Anderson!!!

~A New Quilt......Fourty Years of Light~

 I have one very special quilt in the making right now which I think is going to be called

 'Fourty Years of Light'

I had quite a bit of help with this one from my Mr Armchair and my Very Dear Friend Geo (no blog)

We went to Geo's place one weekend to work on it

I drew up what I had an idea of in my head

Between Mr Armchair and Geo they did all the maths and measurements for me

 Fabrics set to go

The 'rainbow' is stitched together

The triangle is measured out

Looking familiar now?

We are huge Pink Floyd fans here and this is my interpretation of 'Dark Side of the Moon'

Borders starting to happen

All stitched

and finally pinned

Looking sooooo good!!!

Geo shared a bit on White Light with me and the physics of it all

Now to work out how to quilt it!!!

For a similar quilt have a look over here

Shine On.......

Happy Quilting, Dzintra xo

Can't Hold It In...I'm going to PARIS and Latvija (Latvia)

I have the most exciting news!!!

I've got a few 'Paris' things around the house thinking one day it would be nice to go there but never really expecting to.....

As we care for JoJo it would just be too hard to organise let alone find Care for her

It's hard enough to organise a night out without booking respite in advance

No spontaneous Dinner Dates for us here

This just has to be the next best thing

Last July my Beloved Son rang me and said

Mum, get your Passport......I'm taking you to Paris............eeeeekkkkk, whaaaaaaat

I walked around in a Dream

and then

Tickets were bought.......flights booked

I've got an assortment of books to look through

I'll especially have to study this one

I'm using this as my Planning Book

I even bought an Ink Stamp ages ago

Just part of the fun collecting Paris stuff

This is my Pinning Table which Mr Armchair brings in for me when I am pinning a quilt

and I stuck this stamp on it

I wrote my first letter with this stamp on the envelope to my good Friend Geo (no blog)

This bag is at the end of the table housing a Special Project (next post)

A bucket bought a long time ago now houses Paris stuff for Our Trip

The first thing I bought specifically for the trip......will come in handy as I have no French language

Little Affirmation Cards received at Christmas

The quote today is

The Sea is Everything

Its Breath is Pure and Healthy

It is an Immense Desert

Where One is Never Lonely

For you can Feel Life stirring on all sides

Jules Vern

Even had me an Award Winning Pear Cider

And today courtesy of Allen & Unwin and Goodreads I won this copy of Josephine Moon's 

'The Chocolate Promise'.  All very timely as this book is set in Evandale, Tasmania then goes over to Paris and Provence.......This is my absolute next read!!!

Thank you so much Allen & Unwin and Goodreads........can't wait to get into this book!!!!!

The Biggest Thank You and Love to my Mr Armchair who is going to stay home and care for JoJo whilst I go off to Paris and Latvia

and not to forget my Prince of a Son.....

Thank You So Very Very Much

Words cannot express what I feel for you both

does it get any better than this

Love, Dzintra

~Update on Faerie Kisses Quilt~

Popping in for a quick post and update on my Faerie Kisses Quilt.....(designed by Helen Stubbings of Hugs n Kisses)......so happy now that it is ready for the backing but won't be able to get to this for a while now as a very busy time coming up.......I'm going to try and do a pieced back so will have to spend some time looking through my stash!!!

Until next time.......Happy Stitching, Dzintra

~OPAM (One Project A Month) February~

One small item this month for OPAM

'Some Kind of Wonderful' Needle book (a giveaway win from Deb at Frog Cottage Designs) by Anni Downs of Hatched and Patched

Inside the case

The thread specified was Weeks Dye Works Stone Floss which I didn't have

so I looked up the Conversion Chart and used DMC 840 and 3740 which gave a lovely stone/mauve effect.  

And the back.

Thank you again Sweet Peg and Partner in Crime Kris for hosting OPAM once again this year!!!