More of The Great Ocean Road

 We had a lovely week traveling along the Great Ocean Road and made it as far as Victor Harbour in Sth Australia. We spent 3 days driving around the Coorong National Park and we had a day of sunshine which was a lovely change after all the rain. I included some photos of kangaroos we saw as well as some of the scenery, so my overseas readers can see our beautiful country.
 It's good to be home again and I spent today catching up on the washing as well as finishing off more quilts before I start night shifts again tomorrow night. Check out the finishes on my other blog and I plan to get some more quilts finished tomorrow before I go to work.
It's cold here but a warm fire has soon warmed the house and quilting also keeps me warm.
I hope you are all enjoying some winter warmth too.
Hugs, Jan Mac

The Great Ocean Road

I  had a break from paid work so we decided to take a trip along the Great Ocean Road along the Victorian coast to South Australia. We'd been planning this trip for 2 years but just didn't get time for it before now. We knew that the weather was going to be mostly wet but decided to travel anyway.
  It has been very wet and overcast but we have enjoyed our trip and all the new sights. We're staying a few nights at Victor Harbour in Sth Australia and they are getting more than a months worth of rain in a few days, but there was a short break in the rain today and hopefully there will be less continual rain over the weekend.
 Today has been the best time to use the internet but it's still too slow to load many photos so I'll have more to show in a few days when we return home. I have more night shifts to work then so I'm enjoying our break from routine.
 I hope you are all staying dry.
Hugs, Jan Mac

Daylight Again

 I'm still catching up on my sleep and getting my inner clock used to daylight again but I did manage to finish a QAYG quilt, a crocheted blanket as well as reading 4 more books this week.
  Today I also bound the 3 quilts I'd quilted the other day as well as quilting another top. The finished quilts will be shown on my other blog and I plan to quilt some more tops tomorrow to get another lot of quilts ready to donate while our weather is so cold.
 Hugs, Jan Mac

A Four Top Day

I knew that night duty would put paid to any quilting for the rest of the week so I was happy to quilt 4 tops today. I bound the very cute and cuddly baby quilt and will finish the other bindings as soon as I catch up on my sleep.
I'll show photos of the finished quilts on my other blog. In the meantime sleep well everyone and enjoy your warm bed. Thanks to your donations some needy people will also be warmer tonight.
Night all,
Jan Mac

A Good Start

 It's been a good start to the week as I finished off a mug rug for a swap with an overseas quilter, as well as finishing off 2 more QAYG quilts from donated blocks. They are shown on my other blog at Oz Comfort Quilts. I also received 2 more lovely parcels of donations. The first one contained more QAYG blocks, binding strips and lovely knitted beanies for the needy, all made and donated by Stephanie D. from WA.
 The second parcel was crammed full of lovely fabric and was donated by Cate G from NSW. The weather has been very cold and windy lately so I'm very grateful to have a warm bed. I'd hate to think how cold it must be for the homeless and I know that all the donations will help to warm the needy.
I've also finished enough crocheted squares for another single bed sized blanket so will get those put together in the next few evenings.
 Back to the sewing machine to finish off another QAYG quilt.
Many thanks for all your help with these projects.
hugs, Jan Mac

A Week of Work

 Paid work and night shift in particular has meant that not much quilting has taken place this week. I did manage to make some hexagon pieces for AQA's Quilt-In at the end of June. I also spent time knitting face cloths from knitting cotton.
  But most of my time was spent in reading books where I was unlikely to make a mistake in cutting fabric due to excessive tiredness. I work again tomorrow but only one night shift later in the week so I plan to get some more quilts finished this week.
Hugs, Jan Mac

A Clan Quilt

This wonderful quilt top was made and donated by Gina E. from Melbourne (Vic). She has cleverly used all different checks and tartan fabrics and it is made from winter cotton which is warmer than quilting cotton. Gina it is such a lovely quilt and will really warm a needy person even if they don't recognize the tartan of their clan LOL. Perhaps it should be the Oz Comfort Quilts Clan.
 I had a lovely day at home yesterday with the rain falling steadily all day and the wood fire heating our home. I managed to put together a quilt top of string pieced blocks and quilted and bound it as well as finishing the binding on the 3 remaining quilts from a day or so ago. Then I still had some time left so I put together another set of QAYG blocks into a quilt. The lovely Lesley L (Vic) was meeting me in the rain to do a handover of bits and pieces so I wanted to have as many finished quilts ready as possible. Lesley and her willing group of generous quilters have been busy making more tops and backings for me to quilt and donate as well as more quilts they'd finished as well. One of Lesley's family members was going to take the boxes of donations back to Melbourne for me and it is a big save on postage costs.
  Although we got a bit wet in the transferring of boxes from car to car it was lovely to see Lesley again and know that we had helped bring comfort to more needy people as our winter weather has started with very wet and cold nights.
Many thanks for all your help. I was going to work on some of my many UFOs today but the pile of tops waiting for quilting is also beckoning.
Hugs, Jan Mac