Back on Terra Firma

Thankfully my vertigo has finally taken a hike. Three weeks of constant dizziness was just too much to cope with.
My heartfelt thank you to the many of you that sent lovely messages and even ideas of how to help it to pass. I really really appreciate your kindness and concern.
I have been travelling again, which I did with a little trepidation as I felt perhaps it was caused by flying , but no ill effects after this past trip.
Most of my sewing has been on my orange peels and hexagons as they are very portable. I have been busily sewing on red circles , which really finish off the orange peels, imho anyway.

I have been a bit obsessed with fussy cutting, it really changes the way you look at a piece of fabric, even 'ugly' fabrics have a place.

I guess I really should start thinking about my centres, I just keep pulling out fabrics , some that haven't seen the light of day for years.

The pile is slowly growing, but part of the process is the enjoyment of fabric sorting and letting my imagination run wild. I tell you I can make quilts so fast in my head, just wish that speed could be converted to my hands and of course more hours in a day would be most welcome.

Raspberry and pink being amongst my favourite colours.

These two being from the same fabric , just cut from different parts of the pattern, giving very different effects.

My recent trip for work was to Brisbane, after my workshop had concluded I managed to borrow a car and hi tail it over to Quilters and Embroiders store in Salisbury.

What an amazing shop, thousands of bolts of fabric, but extremely well organised. Some shops out there have bolts and bolts of fabrics , but no organisation, I am afraid I am not a rummage shopper and I don't tend to connect with those shops.

Quilters and Embroiders have quite a few bolts of fabric that have been around for a while so if you ever need that bit of fabric to finish a project , that could be just the place to start.

I did manage to part with some hard earned money and yes I know you are probably thinking that my choice of fabrics have been around for a while , but remember I am thinking hexagons, fussy cut at that, and I think I could get some great effects from these.

Another of my loves is photography, and I love to experiment taking different subjects. Today I had a scout around and these next few pics are pieces lying around.

These corks are in a large dish at our holiday place. I have a love of natural colours and textures and decided I would start saving corks, more for a talking point, corks today are being replaced by screw tops so they will become collectible I am sure. The corks we collect have to be name stamped, any cork as long as it has some text on it.

I know what you are thinking, and yes we don't mind the odd glass of medicine and yes we do heaps of entertaining here but we have had a helping hand from a rellie who happens to work for a specialist wine merchant.

Another love is the garden although we don't have a huge amount of time these days, hopefully in retirement some more time will be readily available.

I think a garden needs the sound of water, it adds a sense of calmness , this fountain is in our garden and has been bought from previous homes, Mr L & R has told me this is the final resting place for this fountain, as it is very heavy . It took two burley guys to get in position . I love it and don't think I could leave it behind , will cross that bridge when the time comes.

Until next time
Enjoy yourselves in whatever you do
j