HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY REBECCA

My baby girl turned 21 on the 1st of August, we celebrated with a party on Saturday 24th August.  I just can't comprehend that 21 years have passed since my baby girl was given to me to hold for the very first time..  Here we are, our little family now complete, Kate was so excited to have a baby sister.



Here is Rebecca, my baby 21 years later, she has grown into the most gorgeous sweet girl.

In true Rebecca tradition she had 3 dress changes on the night, I have only put 2 in this post.  Here she is with her boyfriend Drew.

Here is our little family - 21 years later.

We enjoyed a wonderful evening with family and long time friends.

Cheers
Kaylee

BEARS BEARS BEARS

I have been knitting more bears, I love this free lincraft pattern, it's so easy and quick, the ladies at Kate's work saw one I made and thought they were so cute and two of them wanted one.

They have been delivered to their recipients and they love them...



Of course I had to make one for my sweet Kate too and of course hers had to be "blue".

Cheers

Kaylee

SEWING FOR AUSSIE HEROES

YAY WOOHOO - it seems I have fixed the problem I was having with uploading photos to my BLOG, it seems my "HTML" instead of my "Compose" button was pressed, how did this happen !!!!!!

I have quite a few posts to catch up on now.  Today I would like to share the latest Laundry bag I made for an Aussie Hero who is an AFL follower supporting the Essendon Bombers.

This is the front of the bag.

This is the back of the bag, he requested the number 4, I don't follow AFL so I'm not sure what position this is.  

I also made this gorgeous star block in pink in white, it will be added with 14 other pink and white Star blocks to make a quilt.

This is indeed a happy Monday for me now I can post with photos again on Blogger .....

Cheers
Kaylee

POST WITHOUT PHOTOS

I have been trying to do a BLOG post for 3 days now, I am having all sorts of trouble trying to upload photos, most annoying. Is there anyone else out there having problems with Blogger ??? I log out and log in again but still am having no luck, I have no idea how to remedy this problem. Does anyone have any tips for me, PLEASE..... Cheers Kaylee

BIRTHDAY'S

If my Mother in Law was alive she would be turning 74 today, that nasty horrible disease cancer, stole her nearly 3 years ago at the age of 71, much too young.

On a happier note for my post I have made a bear and a self binding baby blanket for a new baby girl, her name is Arabella, such a pretty name.

Kate visited us last weekend from Friday night to Monday morning, we enjoyed a wonderful weekend.
Kate did sewing in high school but hasn't touched a sewing machine for several years. On Sunday morning I tutored her to make this self binding blanket and she made a great job of it, this blanket is also for Arabella who is the baby of a friend of Kate's. 

Cheers
Kaylee

KATE'S GRADUATION

I am without a doubt THE proudest Mum on the planet right now .....  Kate is officially an accountant, she graduated on Tuesday night at QPAC, Southbank in Brisbane.  Kate is a very determined young lady and sees through everything she takes on, since finishing school she has worked full time as well as studying at Uni part-time for 6-1/2years for this degree paying her way as she goes with no debt to pay. I took LOTS of photos, here are a few I would like to share. She is not your run of the mill boring accountants, she is a gorgeous girl with a bubbly personality, everybody loves her instantly.

Firstly a couple taken outside before the ceremony.

This is a photo from where we were sitting, Kate is in the second row from the back..

I zoomed in with the camera a little here.

I have zoomed in more with this photo, Kate is in the second back row and in the middle.

This is Kate accepting her certificate from the Chancellor.

Back in her seat after being presented with her certificate.

Kate and her partner Josh.

A proud Dad

Proud Mum and Dad.

An extremely proud Mum.

Kate at home with her graduation gift from us - a Tahitian South Sea black pearl and a 9KT gold
chain.

The certificate.

Cheers
Kaylee

UPDATE ON QUILT

My youngest daughter turns 21 on 1st August and I am making for a photo memory quilt as part of her gifts.  I have been working on it for the past couple of months in between other projects, I spent quite a few hours on it last weekend and this is my progress so far.  I ran out of the red and cream in between blocks. I need to make more of these red and cream in between blocks, first I needed to cut the 2-1/2 inch strips which is time consuming.

So this is where my new Accuquilt Go came in real handy, one of the dies I purchased when buying the GO was the 2-1/2 inch strip cutter, it cuts 3 strips across and you can cut up to 6 layers at a time. So I cut out my remainder red and cream strips in a matter of minutes. I didn't have the Go when I cut the strips for the first lot of the blocks, WOW let me tell you it was so quick and the stips so perfect, VERY happy......

Cheers
Kaylee