I'm a Nana!

I am so excited I had to share...

 Jayden Eli was born today at 11.58am Adelaide time......

 Mummy Daddy and Baby doing well....

 Nana super excited and off to give my 

new little bubby grandson a cuddle...

 and two little Aunties excited too

 then home to finish his quilt.... 

he was a few days earlier than expected...LOL 

 Sweet Hugs 

Nana Dawn x x x x

Spare Quilt for Japan?

Any spare quilts hanging around????

 I love the excuse to make a quilt.Do YOU?

Send quilts to Japan

 They are cold and need lots of comfort.

 Here's the address to

send to Naomi

 after May 1st

Naomi Ichikawa
Patchwork Tsushin Co.,Ltd
2-21-2,Yushima,Bunkyo-ku,Tokyo,Japan zip:113-0034

Make a difference today in someone elses life! 

Off to sew.....

 Many Hugs 

Dawn x x x

Japan could sure use your help!

It has been devasting to 

watch what this nation has had to 

endure over the last week or so..

 I know no-one there or have ever

visited but would love to one day!

 I have felt so numb and helpless

and wondering what I could do.

 Can I help?....YES....How?

I visited this blog today and discovered this.

 We can all help!

The cost of that quilting pattern  

or a fat quarter you want 

can make a difference to a family...

 I donated to this cause will you!

 Donate HERE

Are you like me and thinking of those in Japan daily....

 Spread the word and help by donating!

 Every little bit helps.

 Hugs Dawn x x x

Sweet Red Roses!

 Yesterday my friend Natasha and I went to

the Sunday produce markets.

We go almost every week to

 do our weekly fruit and veg shopping. 

 We leave when our families are in bed asleep

 at 6.30am...it's still quite dark outside

 and travel 20mins to the market...

 Where it is usually buzzing with people and we

find the best produce straight from the growers..

 This week we found these red roses

 for $3.00 a bunch...

I couldn't resist a lovely bunch of flowers 

for my dining table and they smell nice too.

 Remember to stop and smell the roses

every now and again.

 Its good for your soul.....

 Hugs 

Dawn x x x

 

Feelings!

I have had a week of reflection 

after coming home from a fabulous

Holiday in QLD with the nuttiest friends I know!

 Feelings play a big part of life....

  Now I am feeling intrigued on how to make this!

 And feeling excited to be making a quilt up in this

 for my little grandies arriving soon.

And feeling frustrated I haven't done any

 Dear Jane for ages. But with this fabric I can see it

happening real soon.

Also delighted to be working with this fabric...

I'm going to be making some nice projects

with this as it looks so sweet together.

 Now I am off to read my book that 

I bought to take to Qld 

The Undomestic Goddess....great read so far

 and do some more reflection on where I am heading this year!

 Have a wonderful weekend!

 Hugs 

Dawn x x x

Help needed!

On Saturday 12/02/2011, at Karrinyup Shopping Centre in Western Australia, the Variety Club Youth Choir organized a FLASH MOB where they all were incognito in the Food Hall, and started standing up in groups singing "We are Australians" 

The purpose was to raise money for the QLD floods. Each time it is clicked on, money is raised thru Google ads, SO PLEASE WATCH!!!!!! It is a beaut way of supporting those poor Aussies over on the other side of our country or the world.... 

you can't help but be so proud of our youth...

they are adorable...

well done guys... 

Be proud...

Have a listen. Karrinyup is a coastal suburb in Perth

http://www.youtube.com/storytellermedia

Thanks for listening and supporting theQLD Flood Victims...

 Hugs 

Dawn x x x

Brisbane Airport...

 I must tell you a story about the beginning of our QLD trip....

 I laugh silly when I think about it...

Please meet Jenny.....

 not Jenny E or Jenny Hoot!

 But Jenny, who Khris and I met on the plane..

We chatted a lot, especially when we talked quilting...LOL

We quilters are everywhere...he he.

 We chatted the whole way from Adelaide to Brisbane

 When we arrived at Brisbane Airport, 

we emptied my bags of all the Huggles...except one!

Then Khris went off with her ride to visit her friends..

 and I met Ethel for the first time...Lots of HUGS

Jenny had a 3 hour wait to get a connecting flight.

 bet she wondered who these mad women quilters were...LOL

 So coffee it was, and lots of chatting 

with Ethel, Jenny and I. About an hour later it was Vicki's 

turn for her flight to arrive. So all 3 of us went to go upstairs to 

be there for Vicki when she arrived, except the Airport security

would let me take my large suitcase upstairs..

So Jenny (I had only known her 3 hours remember) offered to mind my bags...

 So I left all my bags with this complete stranger.

 I proceeded to go upstairs after being drug tested again...LOL

 I had lots of funny looks..Why???.. I was wearing a princess crown..

I promised Vicki I would meet her as a princess.. he he.. and I did

 When she arrived, Ethel and I hugged her lots

and laughed at my silly crown...

 Off we went to go get Vicki's bags and pick mine up...

 Vicki was horrified I had left them with a stranger to mind them...

 If she wants to wear my big girl panties I said...

good luck, they won't fit I am 3 times her size...LOL

 Jenny was waiting patiently with all my bags...

and all my knickers were accounted for...he he

 Ethel and Vicki took all our bags to the car...they were heavy

 full of lots of goodies to share.

 We had another lot of coffee's with Jenny and chatted some more

while we WAITED for Fee to arrive about 2 hours later.

 Jenny's plane left about half an hour before Fee's arrived.

 So being friendly Nutters that we are...

We went back upstairs, I was drug tested again..

and walked Jenny to her departure lounge and waited till she boarded.

You would have thought we were her family....

we hugged and said our goodbyes..

All three of us waving madly Nutter style... he he

(Hope to have a coffee again Jenny - if your game???)

Then we went to wait for the arrival of Princess Fee...

There we stood Vicki, Myself and Ethel....in that order.

We must have looked like the 3 Stooges...WAITING WAITING

 One with a princess crown on her head..he he

 Then Fee's plane arrived....

 we waited till we saw Fee and started waiving madly..

jumping up and down with excitement

 we kept waiving and Fee was waiving madly back....

you can just imagine it!!!

 Then Fee walked straight past us and greeted the woman behind us.....

 Oh No that's was not our Fee....LOL

we just lost the plot then, almost cackled ourselves silly, laughing so madly..

 tears running down our faces from laughing so much..

 I almost needed those extra knickers there and then...

 so funny....we got the wrong lady and 

almost mugged her with our hugs...he he

Fee did arrive to see these 3 cackling women... 

we waived crazily and and yes we did hug her madly...

 But oh so funny....

 Fee said maybe she'd send a decoy to see if we were sane..

 well we are sort of sane Fee

unless you call it insane that 3 cackling crazy women

can almost mug a complete stranger..LOL....

 Oh boy that was the start of a fabulous weekend...

 we laughed constantly... what a funny weekend..

 Happiness to you

 Hugs 

Dawn x x x

A most fabulous girly weekend!

The best part of the weekend 

was the wonderful company... 

 Thanks Vicki, Fee and Joy...

I had the best time..

 We laughed till it hurt, ate lots of chockies

 and had the most fun girls who had

 never met in real life before could have.

 We hit it off as though we had known each other forever.

 Thanks Marilyn for the hugs and taking this picture

of us trying to have a pic with the oldest trees in QLD...LOL

  

Joy drove us around in the Joy Patchmobile

We went everywhere man, yep everywhere,

well at least all of the Brissy patchwork shops....LOL

 It might have been raining most of the 

time...LOL...but it was heaps of fun 

and lots of laughs were had along the way.

We ate some very yummy food....

the best was the BBQ that Joy's husband cooked for us

 but I didn't get any pic's...too busy enjoying it..

 Thanks Darryl and Bear!

 

 

The Patchwork shops were amazing....

this one is 'Thread and Ginger' and it was adorable.

 Caryn was so obliging to all our requests..

 I got to see 'Tis the Season' in the flesh..

It definitely has inspired me to get a moving on

some other projects I need to finish...

 

Saturday Morning you'd never have thought 

that 21 ladies + one cute owl had never 

met each other before...

Our Gumnut picnic happened... what a morning!

 And we all got along like we had seen each other befoe...

We got rained out of the Cleveland Park

 and ended up in the pub's rotunda...LOL

But we wouldn't have cared where we were

 it was the most fabulous time....

 Laughing and sharing, talking and laughing some more..

I would ask "oh what's your name" and then 

ask "Oh I mean your blog name or forum"...he he

 It was wonderful meeting each and everyone of you...

I laughed so much my side hurt and I am sure Marilyn

thought I was hug mad..I am.. he he

 It was a memorable time...visit Maree here to reminisce

 I have and I smiled away as I remembered all our fun...

 Back tomorrow with some more weekend pics...

 

 Happy Hugs

 

Dawn x x x

 

Boris and his friends!

Yesterday DD Miss J had her turn 

at bringing home the class pet... he he

 'Boris the snake'.... so cute and friendly...

 He got up to lots of antics, but mostly had fun..

 Here he is trying to jump into my suitcase
with his new friends... HUGGLES

All of the Huggles 
are packed and ready to fly off to a new School...

in sunny Queensland...
 I am packed too...little bit of room for my goodies.

 Here I come Ethel...

 and we are going to have a fabulous time...

 he he he... lots of girly fun...

 Off to get some sleep 

before I need to be at the airport in few hours...

 Can't be late....

 Have a fabulous weekend wherever you are!

Many Hugs 

Dawn x x x

Out of the Box - block 3 and a winner!

Welcome Autumn!

 It's March already and were does the time really go.

 Summer has gone and now its getting cooler and I just love it!

Our 'Out of the Box' BOM  pictures on Flckr are

 looking really great. Vicki and I love how you've 

added your own creativity to the blocks.

 

My block 3 is a collection of roses, 

a Theodora Cleave flower button on a bed of crosshatch,

butterfly's flitting around and a little owl... so cute.

 You can download Block 3 HERE.

 And visit Vicki HERE for her block 3.

 Now if you have uploaded your block pictures 

to our Flckr group, Well Done!

Vicki and I have been looking 

 at all the lovely stitched blocks....

We noticed some have done two blocks 

and some have even done all four blocks...WOW

and Mr RNG has picked

a WINNER - Judes Stuff

could you please email me your snail mail addy 

and I will pop the Theodora Cleave flower 

button for block 3 in the post for you.

 Happy Stitching!

 Sweet Cinnamon-y Hugs

Dawn x x