Thousands of Miles from Home

Yes, here I am on the other side of Australia, in Perth. This is the view from my Hotel room very early this morning. It is not going to be a fabulous day here weather wise, however I guess I won't be seeing too much of it anyway, as I am here to work. I have 3 days here conducting workshops on our computer system then on to Adelaide for another 2 days doing much the same. I did come armed however with loads of stitching. You know how it is ! not sure what I would feel like stitching so I added to the weight in my suitcase with a few projects.
The plane trip was 5 hours and I thought I would be able get most of the orange peels appliqued to the background, I was very wrong. I was squeezed between 2 men , I was the last of our threesome to get to my seat and the plane was chockers full , rather than organise myself with my sewing I just threw my bags in the overhead lockers and that is where they stayed the entire journey. I did manage to gather a few magazines for some reading which helped the 5 hours pass reasonably quickly.
So no progress on this.

I also thought perhaps I might feel like doing some cross stitch. In the past I was totally hooked on cross stitching , it is still a love but patchwork is my passion at the moment.

Fussy cutting hexagons could be on the radar helping to pass the time on my own in the hotel. I even managed to squeeze in a sheet of sandpaper to stabilise the fabric. (who needs a sand paper board in times like these)

Some fabric also made its way into my bag and that's not all of it.

There is a 2 hour time difference between the East and West of Australia , my body clock is still on Sydney time so I did wake rather early this morning and managed to make these.

Some more cross stitching just in case I get bored.

It is now time to pack up my trusty travelling companion (Laptop) and head off for my first day.

Until next time

Happy Sewing

j