Holidays!

Relaxing in Mollymook, looking out over the ocean as it gets darker and darker. The surf has been filled with board riders this afternoon - a bit too cold for my liking.

Yesterday I attended a paper making workshop at Primrose Paper. It was great fun, although I'm not sure I will take up this hobby!

This was embossed with a doiley! I thought it was lively though possibly hard to write on.

We are off to dinner soon - out into the cold and wet but I'm sure the food will be good.

Fun times ahead

I think my life has finally quietened down enough that I can spend some time relearning blogging and post something interesting perhaps.

Today I took delivery of an HQ Sweet Sixteen to do some free motion quilting on a pile of quilt tops waiting to be finished. I attended a class at AQC in Melbourne with US quilter Debby Brown higheredhands.blogspot.com. She was an inspiration and a very giving teacher. We used the Sweet Sixteen in class and I was hooked. There was a great deal going so the machine I used was put on layby and we picked it up today. I am looking forward to becoming more confident and learning new designs and putting them to use in my quilts.



This quilt, Easy Street, was the mystery quilt designed by Bonnie Hunter that I started in November last year and finished ready for Eastwood Patchwork Quilters exhibition in April. It was then, of course, ready for the Sydney Quilt show at Darling Harbour, pictured above. It was quilted on an HQ Avanti 18 Long Arm Machine at Hobbysew Top Ryde. I learnt how to use the machine before going to AQC so that I could compare the two machines before purchasing. Needless to say I chose the Sweet Sixteen.  I just hope I have plenty of time to get to know the machine well and produce some quality quilting.