Merry Christmas !
May your day be full of love, laughter and happiness
with family and loved ones.
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Julie
Merry Christmas!
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Julie
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Thank you for visiting
Julie
A Christmas Village!
Some time ago, Maureeen from
Palm Beach Quilting asked if I could create a
pattern for a new Christmas range that had arrived.
Beautiful red and white prints, with a matching panel,
great for redwork embroidery.
Made some really cute stars from the prints, then a house and some trees.
The finished quilt top is now at Palm Beach Quilting,
being quilted as I write this.
Kits for A Christmas Village available next week.
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Julie
The Federation Wallhanging!
Spent many, many hours at Steamtown in Peterborough.
Again with a personal tour, a shame we were there in the morning
and would miss the sound and light show only on in the evenings.
Another must see in Peterborough is The Federation Wallhanging.
A project that took over 2000 hours of research,planning, sewing,
reviewing and the ineitable unpicking when something
just didn’t look right, by 18 local women.
The wallhanging depiccts the town, with a likeness to many of the buildings.
In the top right hand corner is The Royal Flying Docter Service plane. (RFDS)
A vital service to many of these country towns.
Proudly displayed in the Federation Foyer of the
Town Hall in a purpose-built jarrah display case,
by local cabinetmakers.
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Julie
More Travel Adventures!
Venus Bay was a favourite spot, with a population of just fifty
that swells in summer to over 3000. Unfortunately we were there
in an unseasonable heatwave of 40 – 42 degrees.
Another favourite was Koppio Smithy Musuem.
With many original and restored buldings.
English paper pieced hexagon quilt and a cuchion cover with suffolk puffs.
Lots of examples of redwork from the late 1800’s
and a signatue cloth from the early 1900’s.
The ancient craft of corn dollies, very fragile and behind glass.
Many, many old sewing machines, irons, washing machine and cash registers.
Just had to take a photo and post this.
Edward John Eyre sculptures at Kimba,
the halfway point across Australia.
We saw this Wedge Tailed Eagle on a fence post,
by the time we stopped the car and got out the camera
he had taken off along with the other adult and two young ones.
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Julie
Travel Adventures!
After spending some weeks away in
sunny and very hot South Australia its now back to the real world.
I promise I won’t bore you with too many pics
of stunning beaches and scenery.
Well maybe just a few.
Click on the links for more info and pics.
Sunset at Port Victoria from our unit window.
Wattle Point Wind Farm more pics here.
Our accommadion in Port Augusta, circa 1883.
A personal guided tour of The Royal Flying Doctor Service
and hearing about the amazing work they do.
Stumpy Tailed Lizards everywhere.
Impressive billowing plumes of smoke from a controlled
burnoff near Port Lincoln.
The Father Emu who not only looks after his own chicks
but baby sits others as well.
The historic Lake Hamilton Eating House.
The stunning coastline of the Eyre Peninsula
reminded us of The Great Ocean Road.
Murphy’s Haystacks in the middle of a wheat paddock.
If you find it hard to imagine how big these pink granite boulders
are, hubby is standing inside.
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Julie
Magazine Collection!
My patchwork magazine collection has grown considerably
over the years and were mostly kept in these baskets.
That is until recently when I acquired
these narrow bookcases,
just the perfect size for my magazine collection.
Of course going through the baskets, found that
there were doubles of quite a few
which has reduced the size of my collection as these were passed on
to others. Much tidier now they are sorted and have a proper home.
Found these which were my first patchwork mags purchased
when I first started working as a seamstress in the outskirts of Melbourne.
I read some time ago that they are no longer available.
Now if only I could get the sewing room in order.
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Julie
Mornington Rose Garden!
After visiting the Archibald Prize 2014 exhibition at the
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
(sorry no photos)
The Thursday Girls and I took a
leisurely walk around the beautiful
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Julie
Craft Alive!
Another fun day out was to Craft Alive
in Pakenham at the Cardinia Cultural Centre.
A glorious day and stunning location by the lake.
Inside the atmosphere was friendy and inviting
with lots of great stands and a small quilt display.
Purchased birthday cards for the family.
Met Alison and her mum from the Cotton Factory
in Ballarat. Very bright and cheery stand, narrowed my purchase
to just two fat quarters.
Blends in well with my other teals and aquas.
Also caught up with a familar face, Julie
from Sewing’N’Beyond with her Tilda and Liberty fabrics.
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Julie
Shimmering Stars!
AMQ Festival!
For many, many months Maureen from
Palm Beach Quilting and I have been collaborating
on one of many projects we hope to work on together.
This one is for release at the AMQ Festival in Adelaide.
Much time has been spent pouring over
my library of quilt designs, fabric swatches and colour cards.
Bolts of fabric were ordered and soon began to arrive.
I spent many nights completing this new design and
have now handed it to Maureen to quilt
(which as writing this, have heard the quilting is completed)
and bind before I get to
photograph it for the new pattern.
Just a small snippet of a corner before its release later this month.
Thank you for visiting
Julie