This is 16yo GD displaying her great cupcakes...I could sure take some cooking lessons from her......and yesterday she made some chocolate mousse creations for a Baby Shower....verrrrry nice. It is great to see her joy with her creations and them sharing them with us all.

This is my very first stitchery - it is Peace & Plenty by Leanne Beasley - that I
have done and completed.....well, the
stitching anyway......and I have had plenty
of time for stitching while I waited for the
time to get a new machine. ( I do have
another stitchery using various colours.....in
progress but I will show that later)

Both of the stitcheries had been given to me
as gifts and it has been VERY theraputic to
be actually working on SOMETHING again.

I have also started on a Journey of a Quilter -
also by Leanne - which will be a long term project.

We had a quick trip to Adelaide at the weekend
and I found that my stitching hoop fitted very
comfortably into a handmade bag that had also
been given to me with bits 'n pieces as a starter
to replace my sewing 'equipment.'

I have some amazingly very thoughtful and generous friends. Following the fire, many friend have been collaborating on different projects and this is one of them. Dragons Abreast Port Lincoln, one of the 43 groups in Australia, which raise the awareness and early detection of breast cancer and which I am a member of in a Supporters role have been a huge support for me.
In 2005 a group of 8 of us - 1 survivor and 7 supporters - travelled from Port Lincoln to Canada to celebrate the commencement 10 years earlier of dragon boating for breast cancer survivors and those travelling their breast cancer journey.
One of our group very kindly offered her uniform shirts and a friend - with the help of other in the design stage - made this very colourful quilt for me. What an emotional presentation that was! in a coffee shop after at least 3 appointments before it actually happened! Many people had seen MY quilt before I even saw it. It even went on a visit to the coffee shop before I could make it!
Now I just need a wall where I can proudly display it.