broderie

it's all about me ........ well mostly !

august 2015 was the year destined for me to turn 70 and i made it ............. happy about that

some of those who i spend alot of my time with gathered at a friend's home to celebrate the birthday and it was lovely thankyou ! it was going to be a surprise, but there was a leak

this was delivered on the day before from a friend who was not with me to celebrate, it is so simply beautiful

then there were the colours of the gathering organised

a beautiful table set, this old girl, a friendly title, goes to such detail and everything had to be colour coordinated, there were strict rules to follow

 

this was all about me and for me !!!

trish and annie

denise and carol

jenny in her new red glasses (envy) simone and sharyn

gina and carol ( so many hands needed to light the sparklers )

marlene

and me the birthday girl !

gloria and marilyn

and there was very weak tea !

and some beautiful gifts, so many made by my clever friends and others too, just so pleased about for me to play with ...........

 

 

queen of many things including making a nice cup of tea ! the crown is on a pillowcase

back to my childhood and love of colouring in, so beautiful 

colouring in crochet ! a really gorgeous rug !

beautiful flowers

and more pressies in the mail

i did mention the queen thing, i must have a reputation 

 

this lovely orchid, i was spoilt, thankyou so much everyone for the good wishes, lets hope there will be many more to celebrate

if you didn't make it in the photos, i was being kind and did not publish any dodgy ones, didn't want to be in the bad books

back soon !

 

 

a new home !

this family must like living not far from here, this busy boy has been back and back picking up beakfulls of coconut fibre from my hanging basket, he was here this time last year also ! nice of you to come visiting again, your most welcome !

a couple of weeks ago the house was buzzing with another workshop with Margaret Sampson George and Jean also came down, so lovely again to be together. i was in the back row taking photos though, so i don't have many

there were lots of things starring !!! this is an element from one of Marg's new quilts

liked this little new edition to the famous pineapple quilt, a little bird looking through the floral wreath

kerry's beginnings of her crib quilt

and there has to be a rabbit in there, kerrie has found this little whimisical trio

trish had done alot of broderie purse to produce this beauty 

this was anna's, another beautiful interpretation

and around the table i found some beautiful colour combinations, this was angela's, part of her 'going blue gradually'

but amanda had no trouble being green with her 'going green gradually', she even chose a green spotty mug to keep it all matching

and it is amazing with all the fabric i have, i was a bit 'green with envy' over this piece i spied, never had any of that !

or this, i do love a rosy rose

no soft edges for this bright piece !

 

still around the table, this is looking gorgeous

and this is part of wendy's start to 'not the levenshall', nice bit of rooster fabric !

and a new beginner to the world of Marg Sampson George, justine i hope you're ready for the ride !

and a delicious bucket of pears, so beautiful at this time of the year !

might go and have one !

i have added 'fly away with me', another Take an Element pattern by Marg Sampson George to my etsy shop. you will find all the patterns now in one spot so it easy shopping 

 

and august is here, when i turned the calendar over these words were on the bottom of the page, 'where do these days go' !

august always brings with it lots of family memories that i wish i could share with my mum and dad and brother, and other members of the family i loved so much, my aunts and uncles who all loved me unconditionally as i loved them. it is only me left, time changes all things and you can't live forever, but some should still be here .......... i wish you were 

'where do those days go ?'