AUSSIE HERO QUILTS

I was thrilled and honoured to have been involved in making a block for the Centenary ANZAC quilt for Aussie Hero Quilts and Laundry bags, last week in the mail I received this folder in the mail which contains photos of the quilt along with a Certificate of Appreciation and a letter from The Rear Admiral, Commander joint Task Force 633.  I was so chuffed and thrilled and teary, such a surprise.

 

 

I am currently working on two Aussie Hero Quilts, this is one of the quilts, firstly yesterday morning I sandwiched the quilt together.

Then in the afternoon I quilted this quilt, so now I only have to bind the quilt and sew the label on the back. Then to finish the second quilt I am working on.

Cheers
Kaylee

MOTHER'S DAY 2015

I'm a little late with this post as Mother's Day was nearly two weeks ago..  My two gorgeous girls gave me these gorgeous gifts which I love.  I am saving the shoes for Kate's Wedding in April of 2016.  Candle holders with gorgeous scented candles, a pair of hoop earrings and a pampering voucher for a spa pedicure and a manicure.

 

Kate's dessert creation for mother's day lunch.

The girls cooked a lovely roast lamb lunch.

With Kate.

Me with my Mum who came down from Rocky for a few days incorporating Mother's day.

Me and my two gorgeous daughters having a "silly" photo.

I have really enjoyed doing this post and thinking about Mother's day spent with my Mum and daughters all over again, very special.

Cheers
Kaylee

SECRET SANTA

I am once again joining Christmas in July  organised by Cheryll. I have now finished the first of the 3 handmade items we have to make.  It's a table topper and made with combination of fabric and felt.  It didn't take too long to make and I'm happy with the finished project.

 

Cheers
Kaylee

ANZAC DAY 2015

Celebrating ANZAC Day 2015 and 100 years landing at Gallipoli.  

 

Friday buying my ANZAC badge from an Aussie Hero.

Saturday morning Rebecca and I attended the Dawn Service and re-enactment at Jack Evans Boat Harbour, Tweed Heads.  We arrived at 3.50am and there were already lots of people there, we found ourselves a nice little pozzie, it started just over an hour later, by that time there were thousands of people there. The re-enactment was done so well and it was soooo loud. 

I also managed to make my traditional ANZAC biscuits.

I also managed to squeeze in sewing a quilt top for an active serving Aussie Hero. It was a very big day.

Cheers
Kaylee

MY VINTAGE KITCHEN

These are my first three blocks stitched from the "My Vintage Kitchen" free BOM shared by Jenny of ELEFANTZ.    

 

 

 

 

This is Jenny's completed project.  I'm looking forward to mine being completed in about 5-6 months.

 

 

 

Cheers
Kaylee

SEW SWEET SIMPLICITY BOM

 

I am so happy with my sewing on the weekend, I managed to complete the quilt top of Jacquelynne

Steves "Sew Sweet Simplicity" BOM.  YAY and I'm so happy with the end result, it took me so long to select my fabrics as I always doubt myself with my fabric choices.  Now to find a backing fabric, quilt and binding, all of which I am hoping to do over the Easter Holidays.  I put my glasses at the top of the quilt just to give an indication of the size of the quilt.

 

 

 

Happy Monday everyone

Cheers
Kaylee

ENGAGEMENT CELEBRATION

Saturday 14th March 2015 we celebrated Kate & Josh's Engagement. It was held at Josh's parents place, they have 5 acres of land so it was a great venue.  We hired a big marquee, trestle tables and chairs. We organised the food ourselves, catering for 110 guests that had accepted the invitation however only 85 arrived on the night.  Soooo, needless to say we had quite a bit of food left over which was okay as we all had lunches and dinners for a week. 

The cake which Kate organised through COSTCO, I can recommend to anyone to buy a celebration cake from COSTCO, it was really delicious and under $30.

                                                                     Kate and Josh

                                   Our youngest daughter, Rebecca and her boyfriend Drew.

Josh's parents, Josh, Kate and Kate's parents (us LOL).....

It was a wonderful afternoon/night.  They received some gorgeous gifts along with cash and gift cards as well.

Cheers
Kaylee