Yesterday was our local Burdekin Uniting Church Craft Spectacular so a couple of quilt-y friends and I headed off for a wonderful day.
Despite having many lucky draws, this chook was not a lucky one but……….I did set myself a reasonable spending limit and I didn’t go tooo far over it!!!
Starting off at the Tinker’s Cart stall, I spied these Mouline Madeira threads for 50c each! I knew I needed some to finish my Nice People Nice Things stitcheries, so I snavelled these up, quick smart!
Then after vowing we’d do ‘the lap’ before buying anything more, we stopped halfway around and bought these…
…more threads, but hand dyed…..just thought it would be nice to give them a try, or maybe even just to admire in the thread stash?
Then after a quick trip around the other side of the hall, we found Wendy P’s IddyBiddy Cottage stall. We stayed there for aaaaages as Wendy always has great deals and if you order online, she always adds in a 'little something extra’ to say thank you…..she’s amazing….and being ‘down the road’ in Proserpine, makes her a local!
With a love of roses, and a very cheap pricetag, I knew this panel and fabric kit would find a loving home at my place!
I want to do a red and white with a ‘touch’ of blue quilt so I couldn’t pass these by….
This Thimbleberries dessert roll called me and I can see another of Dawn’s Baseco Mahal Kita Totes being made out of this……
My lovely friend Gloria thought these looked just like me so she couldn’t walk past them as a gifty….isn’t she a sweetie!!!!????
Then it was lunch and time to finish the ‘lap’ we had begun hours before!!!! We were very good then, and had held off on buying any more until after ‘high tea’ where we were served cakes and tea off a trolley….simply scrumptious…but seeing I was enjoying it so much, I forgot to take a photo!!!! I did however get a photo of the giveaway placemats and bookmarks that the church provided at each table….
…..aren’t they lovely?
Then it was time for lap number 2. Needless to say the closing time of 3pm was looming quite closely, but we never even thought to look at the clock…we were having waaaaaaay too much fun!
I spied this lovely stack of 2 panels and 5 coordinating fq’s and thought how nice they would be in the quilt I am yet to design to commemorate the anniversary of my mum’s passing to cancer. I’m going to look at what other fabrics I’ve been collecting, just for this purpose, and start working out how best I can put these together very soon, as the anniversary is on the 4th October, only 2 months away!
…and just as all the ‘thank you’ announcements and major prize winners were announced (of which I was definitely NOT one :( !! ) I found this pattern book and jelly roll which just begged me to take it home…..how could I resist?????
…..and they were shooing us out the door as this popped into my bag……
… A Quilter’s Priority kit……just the reminder I needed to get rid of the ‘quilty guilties’…..
Don’t you just love it!!????
Our arms were sore from carrying our bundles, our tummies sore from all the lovely food and our cheeks were sore from aaaaaaaall the laughing and chatting we did ……who could ask for a better day!
Thank you my lovely friends for making my day so special.
And then, to end the day, we watched this beautiful cane fire from our front garden….
….don’t worry, that fire is behind the trees and posts!!!!
Hope your day was as special as mine!
Sugary hugs
XXX Wendy :O)
I know it looks like a tree (LOL) but it is a cane fire burning in the distance, taken from my IPhone in a moving vehicle so a little imagination and squinting may be necessary!!!! Generally, our harvesting season begins after the Queen’s Birthday long weekend in June but after the disastrous year last year, they’re wanting to get a head start whilst the weather is good! You may be asking. “What medication is this girl on???….there’s no snow in tropical North Queensland, where it’s beautiful one day and perfect the next!!!!??? She’s had far too much anaesthetic!!!! Well…..colloquially speaking, the black ash that falls to the ground after the burn, (which is what you see floating above the trees in the distance in that dirty big cloud), is known as “Burdekin Snow” or “Black Snow” and there are those that love it and then others that hate it. The fallen ‘snow’ clogs gutters, dirties wet washing on the line, blackens feet and little white dogs and cats become greyed for 6 months of the year…..and don’t try to wash your car at dusk as you’re guaranteed to get a smattering of ‘snow’ stuck to your shiny new exterior (and even your interior if you leave your windows open!). On the other hand, the ‘snow’ signifies the start of the crushing, where seasonal jobs begin and money begins to filter through the community again….something that many missed out on last year due to the unseasonal rains. (It’s also a great ‘free’ conditioner for the garden!) So you see, I’m not ‘off my nutter’, it’s just the season for it! And despite the mess it creates, I’m just happy to see our ‘snowy’ season off to a great start!!!! And I’ve also been catching up on my Snow Hearts BOM too that have been waiting on the back burner for the Snowy season to begin! I just love doing these in my Cottage Garden threads in Canna Lily no. 1000. 
So what’s seasonal at your place this time of year???? Sugary hugs Wendy :0)
