tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52958835834624437852023-12-14T07:14:16.724+11:00Cherry Red QuilterTo quilt, for me, is to stay sane!!!Jan Mareehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458970654045196193noreply@blogger.comBlogger565125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295883583462443785.post-54354342739641578752012-10-19T07:14:00.001+11:002012-10-19T07:14:18.822+11:00Doctor Doctor!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't believe it has been just over a month since I last posted but I guess shouldn't be surprised. Life has become very busy and there is no sign of a let up but that is okay. So long as you are enjoying what you are doing, doing a lot of it is not a problem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I finally have something to show you though, and more importantly, the <b>time</b> to show you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are all for Aussie Heroes as that is about all I am sewing for now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First up I have a finish. I asked this fellow what he would like for his quilt and he told me that he used to be a botanist so would love anything green. As luck would have it I had been given a whole bag of 2 1/2" green strips in all different greens. I then spent ages googling gardening style phrases looking for a good one that was not too long and came up with the words. </span></div>
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I really love the backing and I hope he does too.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And every quilt needs a laundry bag so this is his but I decided to have a bit of fun with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next we move on to a special quilt - still only a top but sent off to my wonderful friend, Carol, yesterday. She will quilt it for me. This is going to the Sick Bay on board an Aussie Navy Warship currently patrolling the waters of the Middle East for pirates. I did check with the medical officer on board to see if he thought that the salty sailors would be able to cope with this or would it be too feminine for them and he assured me it would be okay. Phew!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think I am going to back it in red (won't show the blood!) and then I have a great stripe from the range for the binding!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally this quilt was made by my friend, Liz. One of the lovely ladies I am "talking" to in Afghanistan said that a friend of hers didn't think quilts were for him til he saw this one. I said we couldn't duplicate it but would try and do something inspired by it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is our take on it - with the fabrics we had at hand it isn't as dark as the original but hopefully it has a similar feel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I refuse to use roos exactly the same as Liz's but i like these three together. This has also gone to Carol for quilting!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My next challenge is a quilt for an Essendon Football Team (red and black) and Melbourne loving Navy chaplain with a proud Scottish/Irish heritage! How is that for a mix! Wish me luck!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Till next time...........whenever that might be.......happy stitching!</span></div>
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Jan Mareehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458970654045196193noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295883583462443785.post-50760829052642745602012-09-15T20:41:00.004+10:002012-10-17T14:43:53.659+11:00A finish!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not only am I posting again, but I am posting about a finish! Woo Hoo!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is my completed quilt for the Irish Charity Bazaar! Can I just say that this has been a really hard quilt to photograph! No matter what I do I just don't seem to be able to get a good picture of it. I am really pleased with it though. I love that stripey binding. When you are just starting to collect your fabric for a project and you spot something that you think will be the perfect binding that doesn't mean that by the time you get to the end of the project it will still be perfect but this time I think I picked a winner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And just a simple label! In the mail with this on Monday I hope!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hopefully, with school holidays coming up I might get in a bit more sewing. My Aussie Hero off-sider, Caroline, and I have a few good quilts coming up between us. A gorgeous bright D9P, a leafy green quilt for a ship's medical officer who used to be a botanist, a fun doctor's and nurses themed quilt for the ship's sick bay, a foodie themed quilt for one of the ship's cooks and who knows what else! All I need is sewing time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Till next time................happy stitching!</span></div>
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Jan Mareehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458970654045196193noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295883583462443785.post-4270338604131351172012-09-01T15:06:00.003+10:002012-09-01T15:06:53.345+10:00Three cakes, Five Gumnuts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last Wednesday was the regular Gumnuts (my quilt group) meeting and this time it was at my place. It wasn't supposed to be at my place but someone was away so I volunteered. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You never know how many people are coming - could be three - could be 10 - could be more but that is unlikely. We ended up with 5 this time and a bit much food but better to cater for too many than too few.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First I made a Banana Walnut Cake. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Note to self - don't use the fancy bundt tin if you want to ice the cake. didn't think of that till the cake was in the oven. Oh well!</span></div>
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and vanilla, beat on low speed until well combined. Stir in walnuts, then sifted flours and soda
in two lots. Mix well. Spread mixture into well-greased 20cm ring
tin. Bake in a moderate oven 40 minutes
or until cooked when tested. Stand a few
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also made a Boiled Fruit Cake. This is a recipe from my high school cooking class days! Still a good one - very spicy and moist! The only fruit cake that I actually like!</span><br />
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mix in bicarb soda. Check boiling water. Line and grease tin. Allow mixture to cool slightly. Add flour and stir in ½ at a time. Measure water and stir in carb soda. Add to saucepan. Bake in moderate oven 375<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;">°</span>F
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last cake I made is deadly! It is called Melt and Mix Chocolate Mud Cake. This is just the best - if you can let it cool in the tin till it is just warm, then slice it and serve it with cream or ice cream you will be happy. If it has completely cooled down just microwave it a little and it will be perfect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some time ago I shared the quilt that Del was working on. I showed you most of the blocks as she worked on them. Well, she has finally finished all the blocks and sewn them together into a top and here it is in all it's glory! Isn't it amazing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally - this was our homework on the day - to get the borders on this quilt top and get the corners mitered! This will be a raffle quilt for the local bush fire brigade.</span></div>
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Jan Mareehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458970654045196193noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295883583462443785.post-1614299121220393802012-08-27T22:57:00.003+10:002012-08-27T22:57:49.331+10:00At last a Flimsy!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I feel like I have a finish and it isn't quite yet. I still need to layer and quilt it but not just yet. I need to make a quilt for a fellow who used to be a botanist and he said he would be delighted with anything green. Well this isn't the quilt that I planned for him but I am thinking I might keep it aside just in case. He is actually the medical officer a the navy ship that we are currently making quilts for. He asked for a quilt for the sick bay and I decided that he should have one for the sick bay but also one for himself. I have plans for his that include a gorgeous green leafy fabric for the backing and a different leaf fabric in the front with lots of other greens. I might wait and see which one I like best and the nicest will be for him. A friend is sending me some nurse and doctor material which I will use for the sick bay quilt - anything to give the patient a bit of a laugh!</span></div>
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Jan Mareehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458970654045196193noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295883583462443785.post-78783035295918558522012-08-26T22:05:00.001+10:002012-08-26T22:05:29.592+10:00A little bit to show<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well it isn't very exciting so far but it should look ok in the end. I have 8 more rows to sew and then I will have a green and gold southern cross quilt. I had thought I would have had this all sewn up by now but there has been one interruption after another this weekend so it wasn't to be. Hopefully by the end of tomorrow it will be a quilt top though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What is unusual for me is that I do not have a name for this one yet. I want a couple of quilts that I have made for show and tell for a few things that are coming up. This will be one of them. </span></div>
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Jan Mareehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458970654045196193noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295883583462443785.post-63469591380219803172012-08-20T14:08:00.000+10:002012-08-20T14:08:24.636+10:00Hello! Remember me?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am sorry, I have been gone for so long but things have just been so busy! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been sewing some but mostly I have been working on Aussie Heroes. Firstly I spent the last week of July frantically preparing to go to Canberra for Aussie Heroes. Talk about busy. Then when I came back there was all the stuff that required following up. I still have one letter to draft and I am determined to get that done tomorrow morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I no sooner started to catch up on all of the stuff associated with the Canberra trip (which went very well by the way) and new things happened with Aussie Heroes. Firstly last week HMAS ANZAC came on board and I had to get them sorted. With 192 crew on board I could not risk taking unlimited requests so I implemented a quote which promised 5 quilts per month or 25 quilts. Just as well I did as they would have had 63 requests - way to much for us at one time. As it is I think 25 quilts for 192 is pretty good and probably a similar ratio, or even better than other areas are getting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am still sorting the paperwork for that one but it is nearly all done and it is manageable!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two nights later a message was put into a base circular and WHAMMO out of the blue I got 12 requests. Luckily one of the fellows who put in a request was the base Commanding Officer and he has helped me take steps to prevent that from happening again. Phew! But having said that, ten of those twelve requests have been filled and are on their way already!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now I am busy working on a special quilt for AHQ but it has to remain confidential at the request of the soldier's family and that is all I can say. I have put a lot of planning into this one but it has been in short spurts in between everything else that has happened. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Thursday I finally had time to sit down and cut the whole quilt top out and put it up on the design wall and I love it- not that that helps you any coz I can't show you - LOL.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sadly there is going to be a lot of that in the next few months. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next quilt I have to make is for my girlfriend (my sisterhood friend) for Christmas and of course I can't show that. Plus I have to make a Kris Kringle present and a Christmas decoration for my quilt group and of course I can't post that! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, what do I have to share tonight? Two great recipes that are great time savers. First up a Bacon and Egg Slice that I made last week for the boys for dinner and then a Banana Cake which is good for morning teas. And they both can be mixed up, poured into their containers and can both go in the oven together- taking about the same amount of time to cook! Love it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I promise not to wait soooo long to come back again.</span></div>
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Jan Mareehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458970654045196193noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295883583462443785.post-5977180578038360802012-08-09T17:10:00.000+10:002012-08-09T17:10:09.162+10:00Canberra Quilters Show and Tell<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you know last week I went to Canberra for four days and on one of those I was guest speaker for the Canberra Quilts. After my little bit of the evening they had a "Show and Tell". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I thought I would share their lovely quilts with you but please excuse my photos. I thought I had forgotten my camera and so used my iphone to take pics. Guess what I found in the bottom of my bag when I got home! Grrr</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now I am not going to try and pretend that I can remember all the names of the ladies who showed their works but this cute little quilt was made by Paulette who was one of the ladies that liaised with me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now I think that is another of Paulette's quilts - just love those colours but I just wasn't quick enough to get a good picture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And finally this cute little quilt!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't remember the whole story with this quilt and sadly i wasn't quick enough to get a picture of the back of this quilt which was pieced and equally vibrant but from what I can remember this was a joint effort and was given as a gift. Isn't it just lovely!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And finally! Here is the quilt that the Canberra Quilters presented me for Aussie Heroes. The photo just does not do it justice. The colours just glow in real life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you ladies - I really enjoyed visiting you for the night. Thank you for making me feel so welcome!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Till next time..................happy stitching!</span></div>
</div>Jan Mareehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458970654045196193noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295883583462443785.post-47651373631896547122012-08-07T19:00:00.000+10:002012-08-07T19:00:00.920+10:00Women's Refuge Quilts Done!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Women's refuge quilts that the Gumnuts have been working on are finally completed and on their way. In addition to dozen we had planned on (which turned into 14) we also had these little ones. These were little quilt tops that <a href="http://posiepatchworkblog.blogspot.com.au/">Jennie</a>, the lovely warrant officer's wife from <a href="http://aussieheroquilts.blogspot.com.au/">Aussie Heroes</a> fame gave me. They were ones from years ago and she knew we would finish them off for a good cause. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By "we" in the case I mean Andrea who quilted and bound them all and here they are ready to be given to young mums for little babies - for nappy changes and tummy time all those things that Mums of young ones need.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then there are the 13 Women's refuge quilts. This one was a UFO someone donated to the group. All that work with the hexagons and they didn't want to finish it off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This, believe it or not was donated all ready to be bound! So much work in it and beautifully quilted too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love this one. This is leftover bits from a quilt one of the other girls made and she gave me the scraps. I fussy cut lots of the cute pictures out and then proceeded to add random strips of various colours to the fussy cut pieces until they made up to 6 1/2". Then one of the Gumnuts, Del, put them together.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> What a lot of fun and an great use of scraps even if I do say so myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week was so busy getting ready to go to Canberra that I barely had time to scratch myself let alone blog on poor old Cherry Red. Still it was well worth all the effort.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Made and apple crumble last weekend and gave it away as none of my family felt like it! Hmmm!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Makes apple recipes so much quicker and a lot kinder to my hands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course, the ones that I left at home for my boys to eat have not been touched so I will be delivering them to my girlfriend this afternoon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back home today and hubby leaves late this afternoon for work travel so back into it with the meals etc - you know, the routine exciting stuff. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lots to catch up on from being away. </span><br />
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</div>Jan Mareehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458970654045196193noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295883583462443785.post-62641721511703676372012-07-24T18:00:00.000+10:002012-07-24T18:00:02.569+10:00Things are not always as they seem....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okay, I am flat out with preparations for my trip to Canberra - any one got any spare time I could use a hand cutting out some laundry bag kids to take with me - what a shame most of you live overseas or interstate!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday a meeting was confirmed with a Monsignor and I have already confirmed a meeting with a Commodore (that is a 1 Star General equivalent). My goodness I will have to have my "party manners" on as my mother used to say - though come to think of it some people's party manners are not all that good these so perhaps not. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a brief respite from the busy-ness yesterday I walked past a shop window and saw two gorgeous scarves. I spent quite a bit of time trying to decide if I wanted to the more pinky one on the left of the more autumnal one of the right. I want to wear it with a grey top so either would be fine! Eventually I chose the more pinky one only to find when I got to the counter....................</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that they are both the same scarf just reversible! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who knew! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just goes to show I am better cookie baker than </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">fashion shopper and a photographer!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ah such is life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Till next time.............happy stitching!</span></div>
</div>Jan Mareehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458970654045196193noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295883583462443785.post-60576653041364245252012-07-22T23:31:00.002+10:002012-07-22T23:31:26.270+10:00Ocean Dreaming 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I tried to take some creative photos of my latest finish, Ocean Dreaming 2. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's just say I think I am better at making cookies than taking artistic photos!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 1. Order myself a photography book that I saw recommended on two good blogs - firstly <a href="http://retromummy.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/beyond-snapshots-giveaway.html">retromummy</a> and then <a href="http://posiepatchworkblog.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/blogopolis-my-very-first-blog.html">posie patchwork</a> called <a href="http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/Beyond-Snapshots-Rachel-Devine-Peta-Mazey/9780817435806">Beyond Snapshots</a> and then</span></div>
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</div>Jan Mareehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458970654045196193noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295883583462443785.post-86612065243133025732012-07-21T14:08:00.000+10:002012-07-21T14:08:22.015+10:00Blessed for 22 years...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The only family member I had present was my Mum because I am a <st1:place w:st="on">Perth</st1:place> girl so my aunts and uncles couldn’t afford to come, nor could either of my sisters nor my two girlfriends from school days. David’s family was there and lots of our RAAF and Navy friends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We paid for our own wedding and therefore we had exactly what we wanted, a lovely intimate wedding with lots of special, though not expensive, touches. It was a beautiful day.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Robyn (below in purple) was the magician who made the dress. Can you believe that way back in my early 20s she and I met at a nightschool class to learn to make PATCHWORK QUILTS! This was just at the beginning of quilting in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region>. It transpired that she was a civilian who worked at the Tailor Shop at the RAAF Base in <st1:city w:st="on">Richmond</st1:city> where I was an Air Force Air Traffic Controller. Small world!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fast forward a few years and I had changed over to the Navy and was working at HMAS Cerberus on <st1:place w:st="on">Victoria</st1:place> coast and had a selection of salty senior sailors working for me. The least salty and senior was Jack and one day he said his wife thought she recognized me after seeing me on parade! It was Robyn. Later on when I announced my engagement Robyn offered to make my wedding dress. In the intervening years Jack and Robyn had taken a posting to the States where Robyn had learned to make beautifully beaded wedding dresses. Wasn’t I lucky!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know how many hours she spent sewing beads on that dress but it was a lot of them and I loved it! AND even better, it only cost about 1/5th or what it would have cost me had I found it in a Bridal Store! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I said, my Dad had passed away so my close friend Philip gave me away. He and I had met on our Officer Training Course at RAAF Base Point Cook on Victoria. I was the only female in a 21 man course. Phil and I kept each other sane and stayed good friends. He was the closest thing I had to a brother and I have <b>ALWAYS</b> wanted a brother. He walked me down the aisle, read a speech on behalf of my Mum and Dad and proposed the toast to the Bride and Groom. Sadly he is not so good at keeping in contact (major understatement) and not long after this he married his perfect match, an American girl called Joyce, and together they moved to the States. We are still in touch but I don't hear from him much!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These two fellows were two of my senior sailors. Bob on the left and Wally on the right. They were fabulous guys and I would love to know where they are now. Bob left the Navy and retired to the country and Wally, well Wally was a treasure! He bought this brand new suit especially for the wedding as he had agreed to escort my Mum down the Aisle into the church and also to partner her for those first Bridal Dances in my father's absence. How special. Wally was a single bloke, an only child, with deceased parents - no family at all - and lived in a beautifully maintained caravan in a permanent site. When I first started Aussie Heroes he was one of my inspirations. Who would have sent him parcels?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is us today - 22 years later - we don't look the same, but we have made it through 22 years of ups and downs and I still think he is the best gift I have ever been given.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You will find the recipe <a href="http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/1180/rich+chocolate+cookies">here</a> and it is simple enough. I made a double quantity. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My lovely Aussie Hero Friend Marg decided to help me out with the sewing for the Irish Charity Bazaar this year and sent me a huge bundle of homemade goodies to send over!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out these bags - great for the beach!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These napkin holders, complete with gorgeous Aussie napkins are great too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And two nifty thing-a-ma-bobs for carrying a plate - and I bet Marg has a heap of these as she is such a great cook!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you so much Marg! You are the best!</span></div>
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</div>Jan Mareehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458970654045196193noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295883583462443785.post-381903165108073442012-07-16T17:06:00.001+10:002012-07-16T17:06:13.224+10:00Poor Cherry Red<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yep, Poor Cherry Red is missing out at the moment. I am so busy with Aussie Heroes at the moment that she is coming a pretty poor second. The only problem is that my heart truly lies with Aussie Heroes and personally I don't feel like I am missing out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You must have noticed that I am not posting as often as I once did on Cherry Red and I am sure you have worked out why. Just at the moment things are rather busy. We just had the weekend in Melbourne and I have two weekends home and then head down to Canberra for four days- <b>egads</b>! I am so looking forward to this trip but there is so much I want to achieve before I head down there.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Additionally</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I am not getting time to read blog posts much either although now that the boys are back at school (thankfully - three weeks is a looooong holiday) I will spend a bit more time sitting in the car waiting for them so will catch up a bit then.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I haven't commented on your blog for a while that is because I have unwillingly turned into a lurker at times. I do most of my blog reading on my ipad and sometimes it freezes in the middle of a comment and I can't finish the comment. No idea why - probably operator error!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, I am still around, and I am still reading and loving all your blogs but I can't always comment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I am still sewing - lots - but also doing paperwork and chasing media and spreading the Aussie Hero word. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, to end on a happier note - check out this quilt. I just love it. It is called the "Carefree Quilt" but I would like to call it something like "Simple Joy" or "Free and Happy". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jennifer over at <a href="http://ellisonlane.blogspot.com.au/">Ellison Lane Quilts</a> wanted to know more about the quilt so she did an interview with its clever creator, Rosie Stirling, and posted it on her blog. You might like to <a href="http://ellisonlane.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/fabulously-inspiring-quilt.html">read it too</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have just come back from a weekend in Melbourne to celebrate my Mother-in-Law's 80th birthday. I had just enough time before we left to make some chocolate chips cookies to take down with us. Instead of chocolate bits I used a packet of Easter coloured M&Ms. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grandpa in this one again and my hubby's oldest sister, Julie and her hubby Bob. Bob and I used to work together and would you believe he first laid eyes on her on a photo that was on my desk among other family photos. He was keen as mustard to meet her and when she came up for a visit they went out on a date and that was it! After that it was just a matter of time till they got married and they have been devoted to each other since. All from a picture on my desk!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Now we are back at home in Sydney and the new school term starts tomorrow! Oh my goodenss - Year 11 exams are coming up - oh dear!</span></div>
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</div>Jan Mareehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458970654045196193noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295883583462443785.post-80526244798718132582012-07-13T18:30:00.000+10:002012-07-13T18:30:02.792+10:00Pieced and Quilted!!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh my goodness! Just discovered that I didn't post this - it was supposed to go out the night before last. Oh well, here it is tonight! You have already seen the finished product but you might as well see this too. Still love this quilt!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am doing a happy dance. Funny thing about my quilts. As soon as I have someone in mind for a quilt it becomes theirs and no matter how much I like it I could never keep it - especially if I have developed any level of fondness for the recipient!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And it is just as well as I am SO PLEASED WITH THIS ONE!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thirdly I quilted this one by FMQing wavy lines all across it </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and while it is not perfect, I am really happy with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy enough to be comfortable with giving it away.</span></div>
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</div>Jan Mareehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458970654045196193noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295883583462443785.post-34400427031165979472012-07-13T00:37:00.002+10:002012-07-13T00:37:43.244+10:00Short and Sweet!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is Ocean Dreaming 1 and it is off to the Middle East to a Chaplain serving with the Australian Defence Forces over there. I asked him what he liked about the see and he wrote </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I guess I enjoy walking along the coast...
My wife and I (and kids) have spent a lot of time on the northern beaches -
particularly around the headlands, rock platforms and small beaches. I love to
sit in the shade and read a book (my wife is a painter - so she draws)
surrounded the sights and sounds and smells of wind and wave. It's probably
difficult to capture that on a quilt! <br /><br />Other than that - I love being at sea - the ocean is a
beautiful living thing... so many colours and moods. To see an albatross or some
other sea bird 100s of miles from land, effortlessly gliding across the surface
- just above the waves is spell binding. Or to sea a whale breaching out at sea
or a massive pod of dolphins with hundreds of animals moving together across the
sea - that's a treat! <br /><br />Up this
way, in the Gulf of Oman - particularly in the winter months (when it is calm
[ie. not monsoon season] and by calm - I mean a completely flat - just like the
surface of a mirror) there are whole 'fields' of algae that light up at night,
glowing<b> </b>fluorescent colours - it is just an extraordinary experience to
witness the ship moving along from glowing field to glowing field at night. The
phosphorus in the ocean seems to particularly abundant in these parts too. In
some places it lights up as electric blue and green sparks in the water as the
ship slices through the water. It is so much prettier than any fire works. In
those areas where there is an abundance of this phosphorus, the guys will often
direct the nozzle of a fire hose at the water's surface as we pass by - just to
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and night there is so much that is good to see out there.... I guess when you
are in a small ship surrounded by a lot of shipmates - even though you become
very fond of one another, every one needs a break, for just a little ...and I
guess - looking out to sea is the only way that you can get a little bit of time
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</div>Jan Mareehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458970654045196193noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295883583462443785.post-3414729957827134352012-07-10T23:26:00.000+10:002012-07-10T23:26:12.852+10:00A Cross Stitcher!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check this out - <a href="http://tonicoward.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/cross-stitch-for-iphone.html">a cross stitch cover for your iphone</a>!!! I found it last night when I was checking out all the blogs that I am woefully behind on. You can get them on <a href="http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m570.l1313&_nkw=cross+stitch+iphone+case&_sacat=See-All-Categories">ebay</a> believe it or not! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would never have imagined you could get one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used to do lots of cross stitch. I had so many patterns and magazines and loads of threads. These days I would need my glasses to be able to see what I was doing and I doubt my hands would appreciate it seeing as holding a needle is painful. It did keep me sane for a while though. When I was pregnant there was a lot of time hanging out at home. I didn't have family around where I was and my hubby traveled a lot so I had lots of time to fill in. I would cross stitch for hours each day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are some of the ones that hang in our home. Sorry about the picture quality. I couldn't get a good shot with the glass on them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a special one - the words say " I hear your keys in the door ....you are home again...and safe...all the burdens of the day are lightened.....all the night noises are music to my ears". No surprises for guessing that this was for my lovely hubby! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> These next ones were just for me. By the time I did these two cute little girls I knew I was having two boys and was fairly sure I would never have girls. This was my girly gift to myself! See, one even has red hair!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> And finally another one for my hubby. But first note the Engineer's sign - SOOOOO TRUE!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This one was so fiddly and detailed - spent HOURS on it when I was on maternity leave. I kept it as a surprise for my hubby and I think I gave it to him for an anniversary present. So long ago now I would have to check the back to see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No cross stitching here these days. Too much sewing to do but also the hands just can't hold the needles anymore!</span></div>
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</div>Jan Mareehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458970654045196193noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295883583462443785.post-56017390865670353362012-07-09T21:04:00.003+10:002012-07-09T21:04:32.998+10:00Some mothers do have them!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I am so jealous! Carol from Turramurra Quilteres - one of the infamous Turramurra Twins is really lucky! She has not one, but two daughters who are now learning to quilt! Jealous Much! You betcha!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you follow my other blog, <a href="http://aussieheroquilts.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/tons-of-fun-with-turramurra-twins-and.html">Aussie Hero Quilts</a> you will have seen a Tetris quilt that Carol's daughter Kirsten not only designed but also sewed and quilted. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well now here is Carol's other daughter Fiona. She has recently made not one, but two, children's quilts with Cat in the Hat fabric. Don't they look great. both Disappearing Nine Patch quilts, almost the same fabric for both but both coming out so different.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would never think of buying it but now I want some! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, where can I find me a daughter?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Till next time...........happy stitching!</span></div>
</div>Jan Mareehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458970654045196193noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295883583462443785.post-39501210992826576562012-07-08T20:17:00.000+10:002012-07-08T20:17:10.284+10:00How do I know when my hubby is home!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How do i know when my hubby is home from a trip?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That is easy - when my darling hubby comes home he "tidies" the cuttlery drawer! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He likes all the skinny long handled spoons to be together at the top and all the short rounder spoons to be at the bottom. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> It would be even funnier if I could show you a picture of the perpetual mess that is his home office - it is a sign of my deep love for him that I don't! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(that and the fact that he would kill me!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He has just been away for a month for work - he has window shopped down Rodeo Drive, had drinks at the IVY in Beverly Hills - saw Paris Hilton there! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He even got to cruise along the Seine - poor baby. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Imagine his delight at coming home and finding one and a half tonne of firewood which needed to be stacked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> After! Look how neatly it is stacked! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We do love our fire in this house. With my arthritis the fire keeps the chill off the house and that makes life so much easier for me. That door to the right of the fire leads straight into my sewing room and just outside the sewing room is the <strike>cutting</strike> designing table. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to say I am not the only one who likes it.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh it is such a tough life in this house for a dog! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">But this time we had a tragedy - </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">well, okay maybe a minor one - </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">oh alright perhaps tragedy is too strong a word </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">but whatever you call it I am not happy!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My salt shaker from my favourite every day set is broken! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I travel I like to collect souvenirs that I can use - bowls, small plates, spoons, that sort of thing. I bought these P&S shakers last time I went to my home town of Perth!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After my hubby told me about Rodeo Drive and the IVY etc I decided he could get me a replacement set. I tasked him with the "don't come home without" requirement and LOOK!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He came through!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> He did well! I love them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also collect fridge magnets. He visited some markets in NY - can you tell?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> And check out these cute ones!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and finally he bought me a FROG! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This is pretty funny actually. You hold it by its back legs and stoke it along the ridges with the wooden thingy and it sounds like it is saying "RIBBIT!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the best thing my lovely hubby brought me home - was himself. He is still the nicest gift he has ever given me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I know this is a really bad photo but see that sweatshirt he is wearing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made that about 16 years ago! And he still wears it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Welcome home honey!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MWAH!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Till next time..............happy stitching!</span></div>
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</div>Jan Mareehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458970654045196193noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295883583462443785.post-61251854949506244302012-07-05T23:26:00.001+10:002012-07-05T23:26:29.603+10:00Two new flimsies!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I ended up with this - or these - two new flimsies - both of my Ocean Dreaming Quilt Tops ready to be ironed and layered tomorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I stumbled on a new blog that I find very inspiring and encouraging. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My personal belief is that everyone can "give back' and it just needs you to do what you are good at for someone else on whatever scale you can manage.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This whole blog is about giving but </span><a href="http://quiltsareforgiving.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/hello-everyone-its-so-fun-to-be-guest.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> this post </a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is something special and I just had to share it with you. Bev and her legacy are a great example of giving what you can. I hope you enjoy the read. I did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Till next time...............happy stitching!</span></div>
</div>Jan Mareehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458970654045196193noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5295883583462443785.post-74767953354106141142012-07-04T20:20:00.000+10:002012-07-04T20:20:03.022+10:00Pizza Scrolls Anyone?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Told you he was a sweetie! Posie is a lucky girl - but she knows it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I made these ones for Fly Boy to snack on when he got home late last night (yes, he is spoilt!) but he also took some in his lunch box today (he is attending a conference this week)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Their gorgeous children enjoyed them on Sunday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No sewing for me today or tonight. Gumnuts met today and we worked on our <a href="http://cherryredquilter.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/have-you-ever-seen-gumnut-strip.html">string blocks</a>. They all needed trimming down and then we counted them up and worked out that we need another 22 to complete our desired Double Bed size quilt with 110 blocks. It will be raffled by the local Fire Brigade. Other Gumnuts are working on the remaining blocks and we will put the top together next meeting!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As for me, tonight I am going to be folding and sorting fabric. I have had about three donations, including Posie's huge donation on Sunday and I am slowly working on getting it all folded and put away - NEATLY!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That might keep me off the sewing machine for a few evenings to come and that is when I normally do my Cherry Red sewing!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Till next time.................happy stitching!</span></div>
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</div>Jan Mareehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00458970654045196193noreply@blogger.com6