Tangled Web Quilters Xmas Luncheon

              We all decided to go to the Patchwork Cafe at New Norfolk, which has only recently opened, for our Xmas luncheon. It was a lovely mild summers day as we all arrived separately around 12.00. After a look over the fabric, patterns and books in which is a good selection and growing all the time, we sat outside under a large shadey tree and ate a lovely lunch with good company

                As a Christmas swap we had to wrap the fat quarter in a creative way. Here is mine

                     It is a Christmas decoration with a fat quarter inside,   well actually its a balloon with a fat quarter inside it with a pretty chrissy ribbon on top. I fold the FQ very small and  stretched the balloon over it and the blew the balloon only half way up, so it would not be too fragile. It did survive until it needed to be revealed.  It was a lovely afternoon and Im sure everyone enjoyed themselves.

WHAT A SURPRISE !!!!!!

Well here is my entry in the "Bring a plate" Challenge 2010, It won 1st place yesterday at the Xmas Guild meeting in Launceston. I was thrilled and shocked to have won and received alot of lovely compliments from a lovely group of women. Here are some photos

Great Global Christmas Swap

  Thank you Teresa for your lovely Christmas Swap. It has been good to correspond with some one on the opposite side of the world.

CHRISTMAS TREE

Well here is this year Christmas tree and some of my quilted decorations

What a home coming!!!!

  Well we arrived back to Tassie and it was lovely to be back home but we had a lovely suprise waiting for us.

Glenn (our youngest) and his fiance Sarah did a garden make over for us and installed our fountain as well. Just to set the scene I have had the fountain as a feature in the entry with glass wishing stone as the water and glass tear drops as flowing water but we had recently talked about putting it outside, little did I know I was being secretly questioned mmm sneaking buggers. Also Sarah's mum had propagated plants for them. Richard and I would like to THANK everyone concerned especially Glenn and Sarah who suffered with sunburn to get it all finished Thank you guys.... Here are some photos

Fountian and all the planting out.

All blue metal, pinebarked and weeded

all pinebarked

This was all blue metaled pot and planted out

At the Dubbo Plains Zoo

   We ventured off mid morning to Dubbo, travelling thru Wellington, which has a lovely patchwork shop and from the laughing and chatting out the back a good quilt group as well. You can always tell cant you when women are enjoying themselves. :-)

Here are some photos

Our transport

White Rhino with a calf

Giraffes

The elusive hippos....

Bath time.. where's the bubbles

Yes this Elephant is also having a bath .....but he has a few bubbles

Sea Otters

Black Rhino...check out the armour

Tiger trying to hide

Lioness... she feels so close

Zebra as if you didn't know

Richard having a chat with a very old friend

Meerkats doing their thing

   Well I hope you enjoyed our photos, notice no wire cages to shoot thru they seem so close you could touch them. It was a great day except I still didn't see a Hippo.

Oh I want one......

Check these little fellas out ain't they cute