MOTHER'S DAY 2017

            So Mother's Day this year was wonderful, my two girls put in a big effort as usual.

We went to the Marketti Steet Food markets at Miami (Qld) on the Saturday night.

I was given this gorgeous bunch of flowers.

       We enjoyed some boutique beers, this one from burleigh, just so nice and they

are carb free.

                                Then we enjoyed a lovely cocktail, I had a Margarita.

                                               Rebecca had an espresso Martini.

                   Kate also had an espresso Martini and Josh had a water as he was driving.

My gorgeous cards on Mother's Day along with a voucher to be pampered. 

A 60 minute massage and a 40 minute facial.  I am looking forward to

having this done.

Kate also gave me this Lonely planet book,  ahhhhh so excited....
I have read it all through once however I will be reading it again and again and
again and jotting things down to see and do. 

I will be taking my very first overseas trip in 2018.  This has been my
dream for over 30 years, to visit Japan.

Have a great weekend.

Cheers

Kaylee

APRIL BIRTHDAY'S

Two of the special people in my life had Birthday's in April, first Birthday early April is my BFF's Birthday

Vicki is always making cakes for everyone's Birthday's, she is what I call "the Birthday cake maker", so I made a Birthday cake for her Birthday which she was thrilled about.  I managed to find her a "cupcake" Birthday card along with a "cupcake" scratchie ticket from the Newsagents. Plus  a couple of "cake boss" icing and cookie cutters to use in her baking.

I also made her this bag which she loves, I made one in the same pattern for a Christmas BLOG swap which I showed to Vicki and she loved it so my "ah ha" light blub moment went on and I made one for her Birthday.

Vicki about to cut her cake..

The second Birthday in April, the middle of the month is my SIL's Birthday.  Last winter Kate mentioned to me he constantly complains about not having a blanket long enough for him to sunggle under in winter whilst watching TV. Soooo my "light bulb" moment went off and I decided to make him a patchwork quilt for his Birthday this year.  I went with the good 'ol "disapearing nine patch" pattern which I have made a few times and it always looks great. Plus I have the pattern down pat now and it's not such a daunting task to undertake.  Earlier this year I checked out the web sites for fabric on line at "The Fat Quarter Shop" and "The Missouri Star Quilt Shop", two of my favourites in the US to buy fabric.  I found this great Star Wars fabric and so Josh's "Star Wars" quilt was ticking away in my head.

Sandwiching the quilt on the spare bed in the back room.  I used to do it on the tiles however that's not great for the knees or the back so now do it on the bed which is much better on my knees and back.

Doing some very easy quilting on the "Star Wars" quilt.

Attaching the binding using the machine quilting method, this saved me hours of hand sewing.  I use this method when putting binding on the ADF quilts I have made in the past, it's so much more durable for guys. I used a decorative zig zag stitch, it looks nice and keeps it all together well.

Ta Da....... this is the finished "star Wars" quilt for Josh, it's larger than a single size but not a double size.  I just love the colours and the small amounts of orange which just "pop" in the quilt.  I used the orange as the middle block in the centre of the nine patch.....

This is the quilt label on the back of the quilt.

I asked Kate to sneak a photo of Josh under his quilt, he hates having his photo taken and wouldn't pose with it when I gave it to him.  Kate said he loves it and it's a great size for him to snuggle under.  Oh good, my job is done...........

So, I came across this on FB and told him - it's on order as a belated Birthday pressie.  LOL LOL
Of course I haven't, he just said - oh no, you haven't........

Cheers everyone

Kaylee

HERVEY BAY FINDS

We recently did a caravan trip (I will make this another post) to Hervey Bay,Queensland for 2 weeks. These are some of my lovely purchases.

I found the "Dew Drop In" Patchwork and Quilt shop on our last day in Hervey Bay - sigh... There was too much to choose from however my hubby spied a Rosalie Quinlan BOM "Love Is", 10 packets and he talked me into purchasing it.  I was "HOPING" the designs were pre printed onto the fabric, but no -sigh.....  Such a great find, it was marked down to $120, the set includes 9 blocks with all fabric. 

I will have to open all packs and trace the pattern blocks ready for embroidery, I will do this in the next few days as we are planning another short adventure in our van. They will be great to take along in the van to stitch.

I also purchased this piece of backing fabric at a great price of $13.99/mtr so I purchased 2 mtrs which will be plenty for a quilt and some left overs too.  I also purcahsed some tape with "inch" markings in white and off white. 

I have wanted to buy a couple of English china teacup, saucer and plates for those "special" occasions. I found this little beauty at the Vinnies store for a great price.  It's a Shelley "Crochet" design, isn't it pretty........ I just love the shape of the cup.

This saucer came from Vinnies as well - can you believe for $1.50, there were 3, my friend and I bought one each and left the other one on the shelf.  It's by Johnson Bros called The Ice House (The Friendly Village).  Initially I bought it to put in my craft room to put pins in, however it's in really great condition so I am going to see if I can possibly buy a teacup to suit.

                                    

This beauty came from the Antique shop and was possibly too expensive, I didn't have my glasses on - rookie error which I have now learnt my lesson, it was displayed as a set in a china cabinet in the Antique shop, both have roses however when we arrived home and I took it out of the van to wash I noticed the blue on the teacup is not evident on the saucer and plate.  I turned each piece over and found the teacup to be Queen Anne "Cherie" which is ever so gorgeous, the saucer and plate are Delphine China.....I was less than impressed to say the least.....

I also purchased this lovely cake stand from the Antique Shop, it is slightly elevated with three little nipple stands.  I have a few tall cake stands but this one will fit perfectly in my Tupperware carry cake container. 

My friend and I had a lovely time perusing Vinnies and the Antique Shop,.


Cheers
Kaylee