~OPAM...(One Project A Month) - August

Phew, not only is August flying by this whole year is flying by with Spring here tomorrow!!!

5 Book Bags this month along with 3 Mug Rugs

This Book Bag has been gifted

Along with this one

This one I have kept and put into it a book I read for a Book Challenge

The Challenge was to read a book with an Author the same name as mine and I found

 Dzintra Sullivan

Another bag and this time I put some Harry Potter ribbon on

Perfect for this book!!!

And from this bundle of Fat 1/4's (Notting Hill by Robyn Randolph) I made some Mug Rugs

I've taken to lately Make 1 Make 2 when I can and this totally works

It worked so well I made 3

Front

This one was a special one and was gifted to my friend Asta for her birthday

Asta is currently exploring her homeland Estonia in Europe

Thank You Sweet Peg and Kris for hosting OPAM again this year!!!

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We've been away for the last few weeks up in Queensland hence no blogging and no comments made but will get back into it soon!!!

Happy Stitching......Dzintra xo

~A Harry Potter Day...The Cursed Child~

Well today......Sunday...... I woke up

  and headed off to my Sewing Room as usual for a Sunday morning to potter (no pun here lol) around

At 10.00 am Of course I checked Instagram and saw that a lot of Book Stores were selling the new 

Harry Potter Book, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
which the shops were permitted to sell at 9.01 am

and just like that I said to Mr Armchair and JoJo come on we're going to town to pick up my pre-ordered copy!!!

No Breakfast, no cuppa........Nothing!!!

I said to JoJo go and get a Wizard Hat

I went and got my Harry Potter Sorting Hat, Hogwarts T Shirt and Gryffindor Scarf

JoJo put on her Ravenclaw Tshirt

and we were off

You've never seen us move so fast lol

Woo hoo we have our books

Lots of photos were taken!!!

That was pretty cool!!!

My Friend Leanne saw us and popped in and we later had a coffee with her

Here she is with JoJo who is posing away with her book!!!

We even made it to the Store's Facebook page!!!

I came home and put my book into a corner with my Hogwarts and Gryffindor Tower sign

together with my version of the Cat at Hogwarts Mrs Norris

My Mrs Norris is a Patchwork Cat with reproduction colours from the 17th century

An awesome morning

I really should be doing my OPAM (One Project A Month) Post but I'll do that one tomorrow!!!

A Happy Week to all my Readers......Dzintra

~Braidwood Maker's Market~

Lots of twine from Michelle at material drawer

Yarn from Helen at Waratah Fibres

 Margaret spinning......

all at Braidwood Maker's Market hosted by the gorgeous Jen from Little Finch at Braidwood

I met a delightful French lady........Isabelle from La Source

Isabelle had on display her new 'Braidwood' cards

 a tea towel I had to have......

Tags from material drawer

and OMG this made me   *S T O P*

A Hogwarts sign by Anna at swallowtail

Aren't these signs just fabulous!!!

Headbands for the little misses

 Hair accessories

the most beautiful music

and here's my beautiful sign at home

the first package I opened

all set to join my Harry Potter collection......

A great Market Jen.......just fabulous quality hand made items

Looking forward to the next one

See you then......Dzintra xo

A Wedding...Roger Waters AND Harry Potter!!!

Part of our 'Whirlwind February'...

Tickets to Harry Potter the Exhibition at Power House Museum, Sydney

and at the same time invitations to an Australian/Vietnamese wedding...

JoJo and I all set for the wedding...

Damien and Thanh...

This wedding was made more special in that the couple had to wait another an extra 3 years to become married as Thanh's Father had passed...

the menu...

the tickets...these were a surprise Christmas gift for us from our Son James who is an avid fan of Roger!!!

The Concert was called 'The Wall'...

JoJo with her 'Hammer' Tshirt that she purchased...

Walking over to the stadium...

Entrance to the Roger Waters concert at Olympic Park home of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games...

Venue filling up...

Part of the magic!!!

Hotted up car outside...

Sunrise...and Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background...

Parramatta River in the foreground...city in the background...

James and JoJo...

Thank you so very very much James for this special gift...we had a ball!

Coming up to Harry Potter at Darling Harbour...

A terrace on the way...

A train at the entrance...Locomotive No 1 which hauled the first train  to run in New South Wales in 1855....

The Flying Ford Anglia, the car used in the film....

Sitting in the chair outside the exhibition...

A fabulous exhibition...and I got to sit in Hagrid's Chair!!!

Of course I had to purchase some souveneres...couldn't resist this satchel...

Paper bag...mug and bookmark...

My set of HP books...

My Harry doll that I found at a garage sale...unfortunately the Philosopher's Stone is missing from his hand...

This little sparkly box brought home by JoJo from her Art Group...

Lots more to tell in my next post...

Happy Weekend...Dzintra