some editing done ....

I just edited one of my earlier posts by adding the following to it ... but I am going to add it here again .. cos I really like this website and what happens there ... it is just plain old fashion fun ... and I reckon we could all do with some of that ...

I joined a most fantastic group .... Australian based and have many overseas members too ... we swap quilting blocks ... i pick the block and colour i want ... as do the other members .. and at the beginning of each month we get our partners ... then we make the block for our partner in their choice of colour and mail it off ... really simple and sooo much fun ... you don't just get lots of blocks .. you also get an opportunity to learn new skills and maybe make a block or two that you never thought you would ever attempt ... fun stuff ... here is a link if you are interested in having some fun ..... Quilting Block Swaps - Australia

My November blocks .....

Both of my November blocks have arrived ... one from Leanne in New South Wales and one from Pat in Oregon USA ... they are just lovely ... what beautiful colours my partners chose for me ... I love them both ... and they will go wonderfully well with the first one ... my collection is growing ... but still I have no idea what to do with them ... I am sure as time goes on they will speak to me and tell me what should happen ...

here is the one I recieved from Pat ...

and this is the one Leanne sent me ... 

you would have to agree that they are just lovely ..... wouldn't you ...

thank you sooooo much ladies ... i love them ...

its been a long time ..

i don't believe it has been this long since i post in here ... shocking ... but ... i do have a very good excuse for my absence ... my computer got sick and had to be fixed .... some viral infection .. but a few days of rest and restoration fixed her up and is almost as good as new ...

although i did lose a lot of really good things when i fixed her ... and it is funny how you don't realise just how many programmes you have or use for that matter until they are no longer there to be used ... so you have to go find them again .... and download and install ... what a pain ... and some programmes have been updated since you first got them .. years ago ... and have changed so much you hardly recognise them ... some for the better .. some not ... anyway .... life goes on and i am pleased and very thankful that this poor old thing could be restored and i didn't have to replace her ... cos that would have hurt soooo much more ... especially so close to Christmas ...

i will be back a little bit later to show you the wonderful swap block i recieved in yesterdays mail ... it is just lovely .. thanks Pat ...

My first block arrived ....

Teena's block arrived in today's mail ... I love the colours she chose ... just beautiful ..

thank you Teena ... I love it ....

I will put the one I have made for her in tomorrow's mail out ...

I joined a most fantastic group .... Australian based and have many overseas members too ... we swap quilting blocks ... i pick the block and colour i want ... as do the other members .. and at the beginning of each month we get our partners ... then we make the block for our partner in their choice of colour and mail it off ... really simple and sooo much fun ... you don't just get lots of blocks .. you also get an opportunity to learn new skills and maybe make a block or two that you never thought you would ever attempt ... fun stuff ... here is a link if you are interested in having some fun ..... Quilting Block Swaps - Australia

Licensed to Drive !!!!

lol ... I had my driving test for my bus license ... and passed with flying colours .... "perfect score" is what the instructor told the office clerk as she worked on putting all the data into the computer ..... I was soooo proud of myself .... a bit big headed I reckon ... but gee it took alot out of me ... I truly am getting too old for this sort of excitment ... haha .....

There is just one more thing I have to do before I can get in the school bus and drive the kiddies to school is to get a drivers acceditation ......  and that is by getting and passing a medical and federal police check .... the police check I will have no problem with ... the medical ... that is another thing ..... although I seem to be the only doubting that at this time ... maybe I look better than I feel ... and if that is the case ... me thinks I could be in serious trouble people ... lol

It takes a couple of weeks to get all the results back ... and when that happens ... it's look out kiddies ... here I come .....

it's been a very quiet week ...

on the quilting front .... I have been out all weekend having driving lessons ... for a school bus license .... the place where my DH works needs another driver and I thought I would apply for the job and I got it ... the boss knows I have to get the heavy vehicle endorsements for my license and he is willing to wait ..... so I have booked in for my driving test on the 20th of this month ... so that does not leave a lot of time to learn all the bits one needs to know ... but I am confident .. and so is my driving instructor ... (but me thinks he is a tad bias) ...

The only thing I have done that even resembles quilting or sewing is a bit of online shopping ... lol .... from a wonderful lady in northern queensland ... I just love her shop and one day I am going to pop in for a visit with her ......... she is about 10 hours drive from here ... but only 1 hour from my sons home ... so when I go visit him next I do think I should go see her and just run my fingers over all her wonderful fabrics .... yep .. that is the plan for ... one day .............

But for now I am going to head off to bed .... I am in for another big day tomorrow ..

so goodnight all ....

hugs ... Bobbie

Well here we go !!!

Ahhh!!! My first post on my new blog .... what to talk about ....

Well ... it shouldn't be too hard as I have never had a problem with chatting of any sort ... be it over a cuppa ... over the phone or over the net ... I am very rarely lost for words ... mind you not everything I say is worth listening to ... lol ...

I guess I should comment on the fact that I love to sew ... it is patchwork these days ... but in the past I did a lot of sewing of all sorts, mainly making clothes for myself and the kids ... but the kids have all grown ... and now they all want a quilt ... and so do their kids ... and I am not sure if I will have enough time left to do them all ... I have managed a couple or three over the last few years for grand kiddies and I have also made a few that I have given away ... oh and a couple that we have kept here ... and I also have a lot that I have just simply not finished ... but I am guessing I am not alone in that area ... I will get them done ... in time ... but really ... one cannot rush into these things ... haha ...

My most recent creation is a ring cushion I made for my neice for her wedding ...

 

She was married last Saturday and she loved it ... I was very pleased with the way it came out ...

Well that is it for my first post ... I have more stuff I could talk about ... but for now this will have to do ...

hugs ... Bobbie