my travels

I have been away from here far to long,
the past 6 months have been very hectic but I don't go away again till next February and ART School has finished for the year with my assessment next week, so maybe I can spend some quality time at home at the sewing machine and keep on track here.
Over the past 6 weeks I have been to Brisbane to work/teach at The Craft & Quilt Fair, home for a few days to wash and repack then off to Adelaide to work/teach at the Quilt Fair there also.
In both places I stayed with quilters who I only new from an on line group and was very pleased when these 2 ladies put their hands up and offered me a bed as these were towns I had no family or friends I could call on for a bed, so thanks Di and Maxine for your wonderful hospitality, it was much appreciated.
I headed up the coast to Caloundra from Brisbane to spend a few days prior to working the show with a special friend Elle, we used to flat together, who I have only seen once since she was my matron of honour, many many years ago at my wedding and surprised her with a quilt that was a few years late for her 50th.
From Adelaide I continued onto Perth, well I was half way there already, to see my mother and sister and catch up with family and old friends, long time friends are special and treasured, you can slot in around the dinner table and it was like you were only there last week not 6 months ago, these are the special friends.
Also The Leaping Loonies were on tour in the West so I was able to catch up with my husband Tim and oldest son Callan.

One of the main reasons I wanted to be in Perth (besides seeing family) was the guys were going to do a show at my old primary school that I wanted to be at, it was a bit surreal being there almost 50 years after I started there in 1960, it hadn't changed much, there was a new admin building where I used to play softball and a new covered area where the guys did the show.
The memories were there, in the foyer they had all of the old sports shields up around the wall and my dad, who was a jeweler engraved all of the names on them from the 60's through to the 80's.
The best bit was with all of the new play equipment they had left the old monkey bar, now that to me was special


Callan discovered an Ocarina at Glenice's

This is my sister Glenice and her partner Mick with the quilt I made for Mick's latest grand daughter.

The guys did a show for my mum and fellow residents at her care facility, here I am with mum, Tim and Callan, she's looking the best she's looked for a long time.

I think I've raved on enough for today, more later