tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62453136102364584502024-03-13T13:17:47.353-07:00Seeneed to SewCindy Neidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880633240874160086noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245313610236458450.post-72081988179236116872020-05-21T13:19:00.021-07:002020-05-21T13:41:38.520-07:00Cat Hammock<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><font size="6">Cat Hammock</font></span></div>
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volunteered at the <a href="http://www.tri-lakeshumanesoc.org/">Tri-Lakes Humane Society </a>in Reeds Spring for the last 2 years. I take pictures of the animals and run their website and facebook page. I volunteered there for about 6 weeks before I adopted Nick and Nora. I was pretty impressed that I held out that long. </span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vamTk8VG1cQ/XsbeYWqRqOI/AAAAAAAAOLk/K2s8lP32elEGCHQrsfaLcbFS3i-m1t3dQCK4BGAsYHg/20200304_135213.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vamTk8VG1cQ/XsbeYWqRqOI/AAAAAAAAOLk/K2s8lP32elEGCHQrsfaLcbFS3i-m1t3dQCK4BGAsYHg/s320/20200304_135213.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">They were just 4
months old when I got them and they have my heart. They have made the
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">When I was at the shelter earlier
this week, Ashlyn, the cat house manager, asked me if I could get some of my
sewing friends to make some cat hammocks. They use them in the cages to give
the cats a soft place to lounge that is off the cage floor. The cats love them and
they add another level to the cat cage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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could write up some instructions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KoVEpyBOpzc/XsbjgnhB_XI/AAAAAAAAOQQ/Di7mP8fFMPsmsJXmCvatqIJIku511Y3hQCK4BGAsYHg/20200521_114851.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KoVEpyBOpzc/XsbjgnhB_XI/AAAAAAAAOQQ/Di7mP8fFMPsmsJXmCvatqIJIku511Y3hQCK4BGAsYHg/s320/20200521_114851.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="text-align: left;">This hammock has grommets in all 4 corners which they use to hook the hammock to the cage. As you can see below, These grommets can pull out even if you add some extra fabric to reinforce them.</span></span></p>
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<td style="padding: 0.75pt; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5AIYGid1X0w/Xsbe5ydpGnI/AAAAAAAAOMA/hy1I6s0kDMEHscCfFU40VwAyhZC-QqpcACK4BGAsYHg/s320/Hammock%2Bexample%2B1.jpg" /></td><td style="padding: 0.75pt;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">You don't need grommets to make these
hammocks and this tutorial is for a hammock where we make our own tabs so you
can use what you have on hand. That is one of the great things about this
project, just use what you've got around. Cats don't really care if the fabric
is cute or if it matches, they just want a comfy place to lounge. This size works for the cages we use, but you could use these directions for other sizes.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>Materials List:</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">2 Main Hammock - 21" X 29" fabric
(at least one piece should be a woven to keep the hammock from stretching too
much. 1 layer of fleece or flannel or some other soft fabric would be nice but not required.)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">4 Tabs - 4" X 1 3/4" fabric</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">4 Tabs- 4" X 3/8" interfacing (the stronger the better, I used Peltex) OR 4" X 1 3/4" for thinner interfacing</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The tab is the secret to this
project. It is the failure point on the hammock so the sturdier you can make it the better.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">If you are using thinner interfacing
iron it to the tab fabric now. Take your Tab fabric to the ironing board and fold
it in half lengthwise. Iron it.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Now fold the long edges into the middle and iron them.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Put one of the interfacing pieces inside one of the sides. (skip
this step if you ironed thinner interfacing to fabric previously)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Fold it up and topstitch it down the long side.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Fold
down the tab in half and sew it down to the corner. I stitched it several
times. Remember cats don't care if it is pretty they just want functional.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1724" data-original-width="1958" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tXOntag14cw/Xsbg90Z1CaI/AAAAAAAAOOY/Tjt_tcJecqo38w8Ttu5hOYGq3q6jOe81wCK4BGAsYHg/s320/corner%2Btab%2B1.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4uqwOpBhfGI/Xsbg-p6t-5I/AAAAAAAAOOc/UrH7EkQCHMw-Eo_4pgME88kDOf_tcumzQCK4BGAsYHg/Hammock%2Bcorner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1724" data-original-width="1958" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4uqwOpBhfGI/Xsbg-p6t-5I/AAAAAAAAOOc/UrH7EkQCHMw-Eo_4pgME88kDOf_tcumzQCK4BGAsYHg/s320/Hammock%2Bcorner.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y14Lq6b92CI/Xsbg9tsXBDI/AAAAAAAAOOU/iOtoEPxe7JQdQUs1flcm52A3BZxUVcdxACK4BGAsYHg/20200520_212524.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y14Lq6b92CI/Xsbg9tsXBDI/AAAAAAAAOOU/iOtoEPxe7JQdQUs1flcm52A3BZxUVcdxACK4BGAsYHg/s320/20200520_212524.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 115%;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Now sandwich your large pieces of fabric, right sides together. Make sure the tabs are between the two layers. Sew around all 4 sides using a <b>half inch</b> seam allowance, I found it was easier
to sew each side separately rather than turning at the corners. I did stitch
over each tab leg a couple of times. Leave a 3 inch opening to turn it right
side out.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MAeHtBVhP-0/Xsbhq1wdIXI/AAAAAAAAOPY/iQ9hIycqjr0NYy7glxc_ymWx5ru_w13pgCK4BGAsYHg/s320/Hammock%2Bbed%2B1.jpg" style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;" width="320" /></div><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Next, turn it right side out and pull the
tabs so they are out as far as possible. Iron the edges and the opening. Top
stitch all around.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VAJ3VESa_QI/XsbhqKaPP6I/AAAAAAAAOPQ/uL8MMdk1iUkfshNCO6AsF2fj7bl8j5YvwCK4BGAsYHg/s320/20200521_111927.jpg" style="font-size: 14pt;" /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n4uTjqCAjdQ/XsbhqSYHqyI/AAAAAAAAOPU/l_nJNoyMgPkL62dMLYstLfGFUZ98Gu7XgCK4BGAsYHg/s320/finished%2BHammock%2B1.jpg" style="font-size: 14pt;" width="320" /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><font size="6">Voila, you are done.</font></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></span></div><p></p></div>
Cindy Neidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880633240874160086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245313610236458450.post-6306317540172713182017-10-02T07:29:00.002-07:002017-10-02T07:29:50.598-07:00Bus Trip 2017 Day 3After another awesome night's sleep, it is amazing how tired you get trying to entertain 48 women, we left the hotel at 8:15. But I did get to enjoy this amazing sunrise first.<br />
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The first shop we went to was the<a href="https://www.thefabriccobbler.com/"> Fabric Cobbler</a> and the owner popped on the bus to let us know how young she is and how hard she works and the special package they put together to sell us. She was just a ball of fire and might have been a bit much for those ladies who aren't morning people. However, a lot of people seemed to be spending a lot of money. I scored some awesome Doctor Who fabric and kitties in Halloween costumes. Such fun. I take my hat off to this young woman. She had a smart computer system that can check you out at the cutting table which saved a ton of time. The shop was a bit crowded for 50 people but OMG did she have wonderful fabric. <br />
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The second shop of the day was Peace & Applique in Rochester. I love the old building that houses this cool store. Check out the coolest chair ever.<br />
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I was a little disappointed in this store. They knew for months that we were coming but they hadn't figured out the discount they were giving us. Huh? Anyway, I found a couple of cute patterns. </div>
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But as far as I'm concerned the best part of that stop was the lunch. Razzo's opened for us and made a great lunch. There were a couple kinds of pasta, salad, delicious bread sticks, and cannolies. So good. </div>
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Then we were off to Staunton to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/itchntobestitchn/">Itchin to be Stitchin</a> and another store right down the block <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MiniMallQuiltShop/">Mini Mall Quilt Shop</a>. I headed to Itchin to be Stitchin first. It is in an old bank building and they use the vault to display the sewing machines they have on sale. Gotta love it. It is a bright cheery store with some very unique patterns. I bought a cute little pattern and headed down the block.</div>
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Jodi from the Mini Mall Quilt Shop left a message on my voice mail earlier in the week that she was going to discount regular priced fabric by $2 per yard. Score. I found some black backing fabric and a couple of Christmas fabrics on the sale table. There were a bunch of treats provided which looked delicious. Helen wasn't too pleased with me when I told her she had 15 minutes left and she hadn't even made it to the other shop. Sorry!!!!!</div>
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Keeping on schedule we departed for our last shop of the trip, Jackman's. The St. Louis traffic was bad so we were a few minutes late getting to the store. Have to say my shopping was done. I think this was the only store I didn't buy anything but many of the other women were still enthusiastically spending money. We did our part for the economy of all the little towns we visited. Jackman's is a wonderful store with tons of samples, great lighting and plenty of help. They got us in and out very quickly.</div>
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We stopped at a strip mall with a couple of dining options for a quick 45 minute dinner break and then we were on the road home. We arrived back in Branson West about 11:15 p.m. exhausted but happy. I think the trip went off pretty much without a hitch. Since this is the last bus trip mom and I are planning, I think it was a nice swan song. I hope all the ladies who joined us agree. </div>
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<br />Cindy Neidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880633240874160086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245313610236458450.post-19341817793967800722017-10-01T17:43:00.001-07:002017-10-01T17:43:36.674-07:00Bus Trip 2017 Day 2All the ladies did a great job of staying on time so we were off to Peace to Piece by 7:45 a.m. I totally understand there are women who aren't at their best that early in the morning so I always appreciate them getting there on time. It makes my job as bus mom so much easier. <br />
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Mom and I went on a scouting trip last fall to check out the shops for this trip but we didn't get a chance to visit <a href="https://www.p2ptreasures.com/">Peace to Piece</a> but we heard such nice things about the shop we decided to include it in the trip. So glad we did. It was a wonderful shop and come to find out it was featured in Quilt Sampler this year. The shop gave us a wonderful demonstration on a book called Sizzlin' Sixties by Heather Mulder Peterson on how to use jelly rolls. The demo was great and I picked up the book. They also made us some amazing bread pudding for which I'm hoping to get the recipe.<br />
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The store was bright and sunny and there were so many cute samples I almost didn't know where to look.<br />
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I had to herd a few people out of the shop as they kept seeing stuff they wanted to buy. But we got out of there just a few minutes late and we were off to Havana IL to <a href="http://www.masgotanotion.com/">Ma's Got a Notion</a>. This store specializes in backing fabric with over 900 bolts. It was very tight with 49 women in the shop but there were some very pretty things. They had a nice selection of wool and some patterns and fabric I'd never seen before. Of course it seemed like every store we visited had some pattern or fabric we had never seen. <br />
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The store owner was pretty smart as she had precut almost all of the bolts of backing fabric. I grabbed some pretty red backing, paid and was the second one out of the store.<br />
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I guess I forgot to take pictures at the next two stores cuz I sure can't find them on the camera. The next stop was <a href="https://www.peddlersway.com/">Peddler's Way</a> in Washington. I really like this store. It has such a variety and the staff is very very helpful. They were having a sale on Anita Goodesign so I picked up a machine embroidery pattern for cute Halloween faces to embroider on a towel. I also picked up a pattern or two. I already have enough patterns to last two life times but I just can't seem to say no to a cute pattern. This store is down a very small alley so we had to walk about a block to get to the store. I think this was the farthest we parked from any store. Trevor rocks!!!!!<br />
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The last shop of the day was <a href="http://www.thequiltcorner.biz/">The Quilt Corner </a>in Morton IL. Another very nice shop and one of my mom's favorites. There were some really beautiful patterns and samples galore. Ginny saw a really cute sample quilt and asked about the fabric to be told that they were all out. She then convinced them to sell her the sample. How cool is that. Go Ginny!!!! Mom bought this beautiful dragon fly kit. She just loves dragonflies. I bought some pink cork.<br />
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We stayed on schedule all day but I did have to deny the request to stop at Starbucks so our pizza wouldn't be cold by the time we arrived at the hotel. Check in at the hotel went very smoothly and pizza arrived right on time. Love it when a plan comes together. <br />
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After we devoured the delicious Tobin's pizza we had show and tell of one or two of our favorite purchases. We always laugh so much when we have this time together as a group. <br />
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It was another great day with wonderful women, great shopping and beautiful fabric.</div>
Cindy Neidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880633240874160086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245313610236458450.post-59892477297756162222017-10-01T13:38:00.000-07:002017-10-01T13:41:38.455-07:00Bus Trip Day 1<span style="font-size: large;">This was the 4th year mom and I ran our bus trip to various quilt shops. This year we headed east to north east Missouri and central Illinois. We had a pretty full bus with 47 of our nearest and dearest quilting buddies. Everyone showed up on time and we left the Walmart parking lot 5 minutes ahead of schedule. That was a first. Of course it helped that we had everyone show up half an hour ahead of our departure schedule. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was the second year that Trevor drove for us and he made everything so easy. I didn't have to worry about anything associated with that part of the trip and he did a great job getting us as close to the entrances as possible. Yay Trevor!!!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our first stop was <a href="http://marcysewing.com/">Satin Stitches</a> in Columbia Missouri. They had expanded the shop since we were there on the first bus trip in 2014. They have a ton of machine embroidery patterns and a large selection of beautiful fabric. I bought a couple of hand towels to embroider and a fat quarter. The store provided lunch in their large large classroom so everyone had plenty of room to eat and shop. Being vegetarian, I didn't partake in the chicken salad croissant but I heard it was delicious even though it was a bit messy.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">The store provided lunch in their large large classroom so everyone had plenty of room to eat and shop. Being vegetarian, I didn't partake in the chicken salad croissant but I heard it was delicious even though it was a bit messy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have to say, I've been to this store a few other times and found it mostly full of muted colors and civil war fabric which isn't my cup of tea but this time I found more brights and modern fabric choices so I was very pleasantly surprised. The building is beautiful and the store is well worth the trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Again we left the store on time. The fact that I scheduled each store for 1.5 hours seemed to be working!!!!!!!!! We then drove about an hour to Hannibal MO to one of my favorite shops, Hickory Stick. The store is full of brights and lovely unique patterns. The owner gave mom and I a gift certificate for bringing the bus which I thought was terrific. No other store had done that in the 4 years we ran the trip so we really appreciated it. </span><br />
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I bought this really cute little panel fabric which the store had appliqued on a towel and surrounded with rick rack. I had to have it.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> The store did a marvelous job of getting everyone in and out quickly. Down the street is another small quilt shop which folks visited, Bits and Pieces.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is a cute shop with a very modern aesthetic. I loved the toy sewing machines they had in one of their display cases.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Quality Inn was a very nice hotel and after a minute or two of nail biting everyone got a room. The next morning a bunch of the women told me how comfortable the bed was even thought some of them had to make a running leap to get on it.</span></div>
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<br />Cindy Neidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880633240874160086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245313610236458450.post-29018021368308480312017-09-01T14:34:00.003-07:002017-09-01T14:34:39.714-07:00Minnesota Jaunt Day 2On Wednesday, we had another full day in St. Paul. Barb is such a good tour guide. I asked her to take me to a stained glass store so I could get some dichroic glass. Mom and I are making some glass jewelry and dichroic glass is so pretty and sparkly. I need another hobby like I need a hole in the head but since there is a large glass kiln in my garage why not use it. We went to <a href="http://glassendeavors.com/">Glass Endeavors</a> where I found some very pretty pieces, so it will be fun to use it.<br />
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Next we were off to <a href="http://www.artstart.org/artscraps-reuse-store/">Artscrap</a>, which is this very cool place where people donate their old art supplies and the store sells them at garage sale prices. Loved it. I got some zippers for $,25, some jewelry supplies for $.10 each. It was a fun place to spend some time and very little money. <br />
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At 1 p.m. we headed to a retirement home for Barb to help with a ceramics class. This is such a cool retirement home, the residents have dogs, the building is gorgeous and they have all these fun rooms, like a sewing room, a library and I'm sure there are other rooms but these were the ones I was interested in. They even had a cafeteria that was serving fair food for the week. We stopped for more fried cheese curds. There were 3 ladies at the class and it only lasted an hour. Two of the ladies were from the neighborhood and the nun lived at the facility. One of the ladies was very talented too.<br />
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Did I mention Barb is an awesome artist, she works on all these fun and interesting projects with some of her friends and they have an art show every year. She is a Photoshop wiz and can do great tole painting - she even painted this sweet little stool for my daughter when she was little. Totally jealous of her artistic ability.<br />
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Then we headed to the <a href="http://www.comozooconservatory.org/">Como Park Zoo and Conservatory</a>. This is such a lovely botanical center so I took tons of pictures. Hope you like them.<br />
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It was such a gorgeous place it was worth being hot in the green house.<br />
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On the way back to Barb's, she got a call from a friend who had two tickets to the St. Paul Saints minor league baseball game. What a perfect way to end a wonderful day. The weather was beautiful and the night was lovely. We had seats in the top row of the first section on the aisle with tons of legroom right behind the home dugout on the first base line. It was pretty much a pitchers battle and when we left at the end of the 7th inning it was 1 to nothing Winnipeg. One strange thing about the game was that people didn't really cheer. I usually like to yell during a game but it wasn't appropriate at this one. Sort of odd. The stadium is pretty new and they had quinoa and black bean lettuce wrap which was probably the healthiest thing I at the whole trip. Such fun.<br />
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Left for home on Thursday at about 7 a.m. thanking Barb profusely for an awesome visit. She was the perfect hostess. Picked up mom in Des Moines on the way back and had lunch in Valley Junction at <a href="http://www.tavernpizza.com/">The Tavern</a>. They make the best onion strings. I love being retired.<br />
<br />Cindy Neidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880633240874160086noreply@blogger.com1St Paul, MN, USA44.9537029 -93.08995779999997944.7738674 -93.412681299999974 45.133538400000006 -92.767234299999984tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245313610236458450.post-68150510489167326912017-09-01T10:25:00.000-07:002017-09-01T10:48:01.745-07:00Minnesota Jaunt Fair DayOMG I had a great time on my quick visit to Minnesota this week. About a month ago I decided I wanted to go to the Minnesota State Fair. My friend Barb works for the fair each year setting up the displays for the crafts building. Every year she is so excited about the items that she gets to see and I thought I need to go back to Minnesota and check this out. I lived in Minneapolis over 33 years ago and I went to the fair once but I didn't really have any memories of it. Having grown up in Iowa I was sure that there was nothing to compare to the Iowa State Fair but I was wrong. The Minnesota State Fair rocks. I'm not saying it is better, I am saying it is very cool,<br />
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On Monday, Mom and I started the drive about 5:30 a.m. I dropped her off in Des Moines to visit friends and I was way ahead of schedule so I stopped at <a href="http://www.woodsidequilting.com/">Woodside Quilting</a> in Des Moines and checked them out. I saw several things to love but I am going on a quilt bus trip next month so I decided not to buy anything but I did have a nice conversation with one of the owners. I also stopped at <a href="https://www.quilterscupboardiowa.com/">Quilter's Cupboard</a> in Ankeny. This is such a cute little shop I really like it. There were several small bag pattern's I hadn't seen before but I only walked away with one yard of fabric. It was really cute Halloween fabric. What can I say I'm a sucker for Halloween!!!!!<br />
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I made such good time that I made it to Barb's house in St. Paul before 7 p.m. so we went to dinner at <a href="http://www.indochinvietnameserestaurant.com/">IndoChin</a> which is one of my favorite places to eat. I had the Kung Pao Mock Duck. So Good!!!! Nice and spicy and great texture on the mock duck. Gotta love a place that give you vegetarian choices.<br />
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Barb has owned english setters for all of the 36 years I've known her. Ariel is her current dog and a very sweet dog. Even though I'm not a dog person I enjoyed petting the sweet girl and getting dog kisses.<br />
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There were some interesting vendors near the front gate. I was particularly interested in the vendor that re-purposed old mechanical pieces to furniture and lamps. </div>
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Then we found our first tasty item, deep fried cream cheese stuffed green olives. It was a bit pricey but then what can you expect at the fair and it was delicious. Hot and salty and creamy. MMMMMM.</div>
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We strolled through one of the vendor buildings and on the way out saw the yarn bombing. Such fun!!! The horse used to be a topiary.</div>
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As we headed to the Creative Arts building we had some of the famous Danielson's Daughters Onion Rings. Oh what battered goodness. There was a plethora of wonderful projects at the creative arts building. I loved, loved it. My favorite quilt was this beautiful two sided quilt. </div>
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What you can't see from the pictures is that the quilting was coordinated. When you looked at the quilting from the front it looked like it had been custom quilted for that side and if you looked at it from the back the same thing. It was so well designed. Just breathtaking. What was amazing is that it didn't win a ribbon but the fair personnel were smart enough to hang it so you could see both sides.</div>
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There was this cute idea to tie in with all the fair food on a stick (did you know they have pork chops on a stick) there is a category of quilts on a stick. How fun are these!!!!! Oh, oh apparently this is the fifth year of these cute little quilts and the theme is quilters can bake too. Brilliant!!!!</div>
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Then we headed over to the fine arts building and checked out some of those amazing entries. These had to be juried into the show.<br />
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I loved this sculpture. She just had so much attitude!!! Her price tag read $6000 by the way. No wonder she feels superior.</div>
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Next up was the food building and deep fried cheese curds. Longest line I had to stand in. Then we had some really delicious, refreshing watermelon. For some reason I forgot to take pictures of the great food, guess I was too busy eating.</div>
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Then we strolled over to the horticulture building. The place they carve the Fair Princesses as butter sculptures. Did you know that the Princess gets to take her butter bust home after the fair. A bit creepy taking a hunk out of your ear to butter your corn.!!!! </div>
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Barb and I loved the seed art. Turns out all the seeds they use are from Minnesota and there are about 20 or 30 types of seed. Some amazing and tedious art work.</div>
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There were also some very cute fairy gardens. I didn't know that was a thing until a friend mentioned she built one this spring.</div>
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Next up were the animal buildings. Had to go to the very cool "Welcome to the World" building which is where baby are born. They had giant screens of a live video of a baby lamb being born. Sort of gross and I felt bad for the ewe with all those people watching. Here are some of the babies we got to see. SOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!</div>
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We also checked out some of the adult animals. Did you know there are more pigs in Minnesota than there are people. The biggest pig there weighed 1400 lbs. Taking care of the animals is an exhausting job so this young person was catching a few zs. At this point in the day, Barb and I could identify. We were ready to head back to her house. The main gate seemed miles away but we made it. I was very glad to sit down on the waiting shuttle.<br />
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Have to take my hat off to Barb. After all that walking at the fair, she came home and walked Arial. I declined to join them and sat with my feet up.<br />
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And as if we hadn't eaten enough we headed to the Green Mill for dinner later in the evening. I had a delicious pizza for dinner and then the leftovers for breakfast. I love cold pizza. It was a wonderful day and I just want to thank Barb for being such a great tour guide.<br />
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<br />Cindy Neidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880633240874160086noreply@blogger.com0St Paul, MN, USA44.9537029 -93.08995779999997944.7738674 -93.412681299999974 45.133538400000006 -92.767234299999984tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245313610236458450.post-19162361335639134772017-06-17T19:55:00.000-07:002017-06-17T19:55:53.775-07:00Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival On Thursday my mom and I drove up to Kansas City to go to the Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival to meet up with my friend Twyla. We met her at Hawthorne Suites and caught a quick lunch at Freddie's which has pretty good veggie burgers and fries. <br />
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We got to the show in early afternoon and caught the shuttle from the off site parking lot and took leaf from my aunt's book to visit all the vendors first thing. That took a good three hours since there were about 120 vendors and I could have easily spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars. But I decided to wait to buy anything substantial until Friday. That way I would be sure I really wanted it and it wouldn't be as much of an impulse buy. I left thinking about this giant cat quilt kit by Moda called Meow Or Never by Erin Michael.<br />
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I've been coveting this kit since it came out but was disappointed when I found out the cat was a panel rather than applique. So I have been resisting it for months. <br />
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I was also thinking about getting this kit called<a href="https://www.materialgirlfabrics.com/shop/Quilt-Kits/Quilt-and-Wall-Hanging-Kits/p/Papas-Pickup-Kit-x19917924.htm"> Papa's Pickup </a>from Material Girl. The pattern is by <a href="https://bjdesignsandpatterns.com/collections">BJ Designs</a> from my home town of West Des Moines, Iowa. I just love her stuff, it is so whimsical and fun. <br />
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I also found some great solid color fabric for a Jinny Beyer quilt I'm thinking of doing. They are by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fabriquilt/">Paint Brush Studio</a> out of Kansas City and have 168 colors. <a href="http://www.pineapplefabrics.com/">Pineapple Fabric</a> had them available for $6.99 per yard and the feel of this fabric is so nice. I will definitely be ordering some in the future. I did purchase a really cute pattern by Sew Sweetness for some small make-up type bags. </div>
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I also bought some 100 weight YLI silk thread to use for hand applique. I found that 100 weight just gets buried in the fabric even though I'm not a great at hand applique. While purchasing the thread we ran into our friend Karen who had come up with three of her friends, EJ, Kathy and Sue. We made arrangements to meet up for dinner later that evening at BRGR which is one of my favorite spots in the Kansas City area. </div>
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Here are some of the things that caught my eye in the vendor area. We stopped at Stephanie Brandenburg's booth first. She is mom's favorite designer and we got the chance to talk to her for a few minutes. She was very nice and has some amazing new fabrics that are being printed in the USA. So cool.</div>
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I thought this quilt was cute and I loved the title, "Monkey Wrench".</div>
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I also was enamored with this quilt at a booth that had numerous cute quilts with yo-yos. </div>
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Before meeting for dinner, Twyla wanted check out IKEA for a table she needed for her new house. She just moved into the church she converted to her home, she is so talented!!!!! I love IKEA. I didn't buy anything but mom found this cool table that goes up and down. So she can sit with the sewing machine at exactly the right level and then raise it up to cutting height. So perfect for those with small sewing rooms. We weren't able to get it this trip as it wouldn't fit in the car but we'll get it in July.</div>
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After checking into the hotel we headed over to BRGR and had a wonderful evening of food and conversation.. We laughed, shared information and just had a wonderful evening.</div>
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Friday morning, we met Twyla for breakfast and worked out plans for our trip to the Sister's OR outdoor quilt show and Seattle trip in July. This is going to be such a great trip. I've never been to that part of the country and am looking forward to it.</div>
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We were at the door of the convention when it opened and I made a beeline to buy the cat quilt kit. Once the shopping was completed I headed to check out the quilt show. I have to say there were so many awesome quilts that I felt super intimidated so much so I started to think I should give up quilting entirely. Here are some of my favorites.</div>
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I love this quilt. So mid-century modern. I mean don't you just love those cats. I'm trying to track down Linda Frost to get the pattern. Wish me luck.</div>
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These two quilts really struck a chord with me. The message was spot on and the quilting on both were wonderful and creative.</div>
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This one reminded me of a character my dad used to draw. He wasn't much of an drawer but this little guy always entertained me.</div>
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There were several one block wonder quilts which I am always fascinated by. I'm going to be trying my hand at one in August thanks to Twyla teaching a class at the Table Rock Quilt Guild.</div>
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This Harry Potter Project of Doom quilt is on my list of quilts to make.</div>
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We left the show a little after noon and headed up to Liberty MO to check out Angela Walters' shop, "Quilting Is My Therapy". Cute shop but after all the quilt vendors at the show it was not as impressive as it would have been otherwise.</div>
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Mom and I caught dinner with my brother and part of his family before heading home. It was a wonderful couple of days and can't wait to do it again.</div>
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Thank goodness I thought to bring a poncho that I got at Walmart that kept me pretty dry except for my feed which were cold all day. But the rainy weather kept the lines pretty short and I was able to get in to see a majority of the attractions very quickly. <br />
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I had a great seat on the safari ride and saw some beautiful animals close up.<br />
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At about 3 I headed over to Hollywood Studios where I was going to meet my friend Michelle for dinner. It was my first time at Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios and I was so enthralled with Hollywood Studios from the minute I came into the gate as there was a parade of Storm Troopers going buy as I entered. I am a huge Star Wars fan and the highlight of the day for me was the show with some of my favs on stage. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to have some type of Star Wars souvenir before I go home.<br />
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I met Michele for dinner at the 50 Prime Time Cafe, such a fun place. I've known Michele for about 18 years as we met through our love of "Remember Wenn" which is on of my top 10 favorite TV shows of all time. She works at the Frozen Sing Along in Disney's Hollywood Studios. It was nice catching up with her life and finding out some of the back stage details of working at the park. We finished dinner right about the time of the fireworks display and Michele found us a good spot to watch. This was the most amazing show. I MEAN SPECTACULAR!!!!!! Star Wars multimedia show projected on buildings with fireworks, fire, lasers, you name it this show had it. LOVED IT!!!!!<br />
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<br />Cindy Neidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880633240874160086noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245313610236458450.post-31208725140109989112017-01-27T18:20:00.000-08:002017-01-27T18:20:24.712-08:00Such funWell today was a wonderful day in Florida. I started the morning checking out the dock where the <a href="http://www.ayafiberstudio.com/">Aya Fiber Studio</a> is located. I just love boats and water. <br />
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Could be part of the reason I live on a lake. I went to the second day of a Shibori needle stitching class early as I wanted to take some photos but didn't realize I was over an hour early. I felt bad for encroaching on Suzanne's free time but I did get some nice pics. Also got a jump on stitching out this bird that I wanted to try.<br />
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Next time I won't put the tail at such a steep angle. The rest of my attempts today were pretty dismal in the afternoon. I tried a fat quarter with resist to keep the die from permeating the fabric. This resist ended up pretty blue with not as much contrast as I would have liked. I also tried this stitching method where you fold the fabric and backstitch tightly so that the only thing that is white is your stitching line. I must not have pulled the stitches hard enough cuz there wasn't any white. Regardless of the outcome of these little samples, I learned a bunch and enjoyed the class a lot. Just sitting around in this old fish house that was converted to artist's studios right on the water was lovely. We took a break and went to see some of the work of <a href="http://cristinadelavegastudio.blogspot.com/">Cristina de la Vega</a> who did oil landscapes. Breath taking. She took a minute to explain why this painting I thought was amazing needed a lot more work. <br />
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While we were visiting, a couple with an English Setter was watering their dog and I started to chat with the woman. Turns out she was a quilter, small world. However, she is an art quilter and told me about an exhibit in Stuart of 40 art quilts. Imagine my joy when I found out they were having a reception this evening and I would be able to go!!!!!!!!! Yeehaw. <br />
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The exhibit was in two rooms of the Cultural Center. Here are a few of my favs. (I apologize to the artists as I rushed through the exhibit and didn't note their names.)<br />
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Monday I had a lazy morning but early afternoon I headed over to the Kimberling Area Library to help take down the Tree that the Tablerock Art Quilt Group made. <br />
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It has been hanging at the library since March and we were going to be moving it to the <a href="http://www.ozarkpiecemakers.com/category/quiltshow/2016-quilt-show/">Ozark Piecemaker's Quilt Show</a> in Springfield. Yvette, Roberta, Mom and I packed up the quilt which is 10 feet by 8.5 feet in 42 sections. I was designated the official ladder climber and there was one or two tense moments as we figured out how to get the thing down with destroying the hanging system. We numbered each square so it would go back together easily. The foam backing board was taped so it folded in thirds but was still almost 10 foot tall thus it had to be carefully moved into Mom's van. <br />
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Tuesday morning we headed up to Springfield to hang the Tree quilt at the show. Everyone in the Art Group was excited that the quilt was going to be in this show so more people could enjoy it. Yvette, Roberta, Connie, Mom and I hung the quilt. After a few trial and errors we secured the foam backer with zip ties. I again was the ladder climber and by the time we velcroed on all 42 squares I was hot, sweaty and tired plus a bit grumpy. I let the other ladies do all the finishing touches. I don't think I alienated the team too much which is always good. <br />
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I'm going to a do blog post for more info on this quilt latter.<br />
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On Wednesday, Mom and I headed over to Paducah KY to meet up with Wilma and her daughter Terry. My mom has known Wilma for over 50 years and I've known Terry since I was about 6 or 7. They were visiting Tennessee, staying a few hours from Paducah so we were going to meet them at the National Quilt Museum on Thursday. We were staying at the Harrah's in Metropolis because I'd been wanting to pay penny slots for a while.<br />
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First night, I found this fun machine that was all sci-fi, mad scientist themed and even though it was $.50 per pull which is a little rich for my blood I was intrigued because it paid on lines from both the left and the right. It was so fun especially since I won $50 off of it over the course of two evenings. I was up $40 and cashed out the first night to join Mom in the room and watch Captain America Summer Soldier.<br />
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We met up with Wilma and Terry at the National Quilt Museum on Thursday morning. <br />
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The quilts in this place make me want to lock my sewing machine away for ever but I won't cuz I love it. They are so gorgeous and detailed. It was so great to be able to get so close without a big crowd around. The amazing quilting, the colors, the perfect points. I was in heaven. I wish I could have taken pictures but I had to settle for postcards at the gift shop.<br />
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We checked out Quilt in a Day shop which is a nice little shop with lots of notions and discount fabric prices. I didn't buy any thing but I think Wilma got something. We got a lunch tip from the clerk and headed out to <a href="http://www.kirchhoffsbakery.net/">Kirchhoff's Bakery and Deli</a>. DELICIOUS!!!! I had this great portabella mushroom sandwich on a homemade brioche bread. Terry said the chicken salad sandwich may have been the best she ever ate. If you are in Paducah you must eat at this place.<br />
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Next we headed to <a href="http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/">Hancock's of Paducah</a>. This is my third time at the shop and I have to say I love, love, love this place. There is a huge selection of patterns and the fabric goes on forever. It is organized by manufacturer which has it's advantages and disadvantages but it is well marked and there are lots of clerks pulling internet orders to point you in the right direction. In my memory, the store didn't have a lot of samples but that was wrong. There are great and beautiful samples hanging all over the place. In fact one of the quilts at the front of the store was made by one of their temporary workers and won best applique quilt at Houston. It has appraised for $17,000. Obviously it was outstanding. <br />
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Wish I had a picture of this but even though I drug my good camera all though the National Quilt Museum and couldn't use it, I neglected to bring it into Hancock's because I was excited about shopping.<br />
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I didn't spend nearly as much as I could have or wanted to but I did get some key things I wanted and I loved the prices. I bought some Tula Pink backing which I had been coveting for a while. If you haven't touched this fabric you must, it is so so soft. Love it. <br />
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After we completed our shopping at Hancock's of Paducah, we said good-bye to Wilma and Terry and headed back to Metropolis. I was anxious to get back on my penny slot because after winning $40, I considered this my machine. But I lost my $20 bucks pretty quickly so I headed back up to the room to figure out the evening. The key didn't work so I went back to the front desk to get it reprogrammed and low and behold behind me is the mom and dad of Bre's best friend in grade school. <br />
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We were headed to Mount Vernon IL to see the <a href="http://www.bryerpatch.com/">Caryl Bryer Fallert</a> quilt exhibit at the <a href="http://www.cedarhurst.org/">Cedarhurst Center for the Arts</a>. Caryl Bryer Fallert is one of my very favorite quilters and I was so happy to be able to see this exhibit of about 40 of her quilts. Her color choices and hand dyed fabrics take my breath away. Mom and I had the gallery all to ourselves so we got to discuss how she did her quilts.</div>
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After Mount Vernon, we headed up to St. Louis to visit <a href="http://www.jackmansfabrics.com/">Jackman's Fabrics</a>. They are in the midst of a remodel taking over the portion of the building that used to house the upholstery fabric. This store has so many beautiful samples and tons of fabric. The prices are more than Hancock's of Paducah but I really didn't even look at prices as there was nothing I was tempted to buy. They have a lot of books and patterns which were tempting. </div>
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On our way home from St. Louis we stopped into a <a href="http://www.maid-rite.com/">Maid-Rite</a> place in Rolla. My mom loves Maid-Rite which are chopped up hamburger that is steamed with special spices and served on a hamburger bun. They are pretty popular in Iowa but there aren't many in our area. When I found there was an place in Rolla, I made sure we got her a couple. She was pretty happy about it.</div>
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On Saturday, Mom, Roberta, Aunt Debbie, and Yvette headed up to Springfield to see the quilt show and pack up the Tree quilt. Lots of fun vendors including shops that I hadn't seen before. The quilts were lovely and there a ton of them. Here are a few of my favorites.</div>
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Cindy Neidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880633240874160086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245313610236458450.post-54355324631804511912016-09-03T20:52:00.000-07:002016-09-03T20:52:01.762-07:00Catching UpWell it has been a while since I've posted and it is due to the fact that I have been doing all the stuff I wanted to do in retirement. I've used my boat a few times since I got back from Australia,<br />
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I've visited quilt shops, I've been sewing up a storm (both quilts and bags). I even had a visit from my daughter so I have neglected the blog for a while.<br />
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I had a great time when my daughter visited. We spent time watching the Olympics while she rebonded with her cat, Della. I made sure she got some good Mexican food which she misses living in Australia. I love hanging out with my kid she makes me laugh and between her and my mom, I lost a pound or two due them entertaining me.<br />
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I have been to a number of quilt shops in the past month or so but for some reason I didn't document the visits with my camera as I've been doing over the past year. Went to <a href="http://crinklelove.com/">Crinklelove</a> which is a fairly new quilt shop in Springfield MO. It is a small shop on Commercial which leans toward modern fabrics and quilts. I have been trying not to buy fabric unless I need it to complete a project but I bought two yards of Cotton and Steel and two yards of shot cotton. Four yards of fabric that I have no idea what I am going to use them for but I had to have them. The store also carries some cool modern patterns which I passed on, proud to say.<br />
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Went to a small quilt show in Yellville AR a couple of weeks ago and went on to a couple of quilt shops in Mountain Home AR. Stopped at Sew Unique first and I bought an awesome pattern that uses ombre fabric in a great bargello look pattern. Amazing!!!!! Then we stopped by <a href="http://www.remembermequiltshop.com/">Remember Me Quilt Shop</a>. This is a really nice shop with a lot of samples and great fabric choices. I bought something bur at the moment I can't remember what it was which is ironic considering the name of the shop.<br />
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I went to a sewing retreat in Des Moines at <a href="http://www.woodsidequilting.com/">Woodside Quilting</a>. It was a really nice shop and I bought this pattern I've been coveting for a while, The Sew Together Bag. Here is the one I made.<br />
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I made the back of my Star Trek Next Generation quilt which makes me smile just to type that. How lucky was I to score a fat quarter bundle of STNG fabric. I have loved that show since about 1992 and I have some of the best friends that I met through that show. Working on this quilt is so a labor of love.</div>
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Since this retreat was in Des Moines, mom went to some of her favorite places to eat like <a href="http://www.georgethechiliking.com/index.html">George's Chili King</a>, <a href="http://www.maxiesrestaurant.com/">Maxies</a>, and <a href="http://www.tavernpizza.com/">The Tavern</a> in West Des Moines and she had a Maid Rite which always makes her happy. Best part of the whole trip was thar mom got to visit friends that she has known for over 50 years. Awesome.</div>
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I also spent about 5 days over the last few months sewing with friends at Sewing Machine express where I finished the top of a Storm at Sea baby quilt using the <a href="http://farmlandquilting.net/">stable piecing method</a> that I learned at a guild meeting. Brilliant technique to do perfect piecing.</div>
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This last few weeks I've been home a bunch and finished up a couple of quilts. The Ghastly's Quilt I've had the top done for a while and finally got around to quilting it. I tried some ruler work on it and it wasn't horrible.</div>
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I also finished the gradation quilt this week. I saw this great kit and since blue is my favorite color and I'm a huge fan of anything with color gradations I had to have it. The piecing was pretty much a piece of cake but I got inspired on the quilting and tested my long arm ability.</div>
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I was pretty happy with the result. I have to say that retirement suits me!!!!!</div>
Cindy Neidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880633240874160086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245313610236458450.post-22195507351975073442016-07-24T17:47:00.001-07:002016-07-24T17:47:44.381-07:00My Last Day in AustraliaI know I know this is way late. I've been home from Australia for a few weeks now and why am I just getting around to writing this blog. Well I've been pretty busy as Mom and I and Juanita drove up to Des Moines to hook up with my friend, Twyla, at a retreat at <a href="http://www.woodsidequilting.com/">Woodside Quilting</a>. More about that in the next post. So I was gone from Thursday till late Monday and I finally got some down time for a few days which is my excuse for being so late.<br />
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Anyway, the last day I was in Melbourn Bre took the day off and we decided to go to some quilt shops I hadn't had the opportunity to visit until this point. It was a rainy so shopping was a great use of the day. All four shops were pretty close to each other which was good.<br />
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The first shop was <a href="https://www.sewnandquilted.com.au/">Sewn and Quilted</a> which is in the back of the owner's home. But gosh she has a ton of wonderfulness packed into her shop. A really nice selection of patterns, books and of course English Paper Piecing supplies. Every shop I went into carried a large selection of EPP papers and templates. The store was packed wall to wall and there were 8 or 10 customers there while I was there. The clerk was very helpful and nice. As I recall the fabrics were bright and happy and there were lovely samples all over the place. I bought a little bag leather handle but there was a ton of other stuff I would have loved to have. It really is worth a visit.<br />
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The second shop we went to was mainly an embroidery shop, <a href="http://www.craftpaks.com.au/">Craftpaks</a>, and they had samples of the most beautiful 3 dimensional embroidery that I'd ever seen. Maureen Tarnok makes them and they are amazing. She also teaches at Craftpaks.<br />
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I would definitely take classes at this place if I lived in Melbourne. They had an amazing selection of embroidery floss and ribbon. In fact, when the owner found out I was from Missouri she said she'd just shipped an order of floss there. Small world!!! I bought a really cute Christmas applique pattern. They had some floss brands that I'd only seen in Australia and a really large assortment of ribbon. Awesome shop.<br />
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After we left this shop, we were starving so we stopped at this French Patisserie shop and got a spinach pastry that was like a small quiche. It was amazing!!!!!!! They were small so we bought two each but they were so rich we could only eat one each. So good.<br />
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Then we went to the largest shop of the day, <a href="https://patchworkwithgailb.com/">Patchwork with Gail B</a>. It was a bizarre location for a quilt shop. It was inside of a large tile shop. (shaking head) But don't be put off by this. The shop had a ton of patterns which I purused for quite a while.<br />
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The last shop of the day was <a href="http://www.lillypatches.com.au/index.html">Lilly Patches</a>. The shop was small but cute. The owner was very helpful and when I spotted a Doctor Who panel I'd never seen she climbed a ladder to take it off the wall since it was the last one. Turns out there was a tear in the border section of the panel so she sold it to me for less than half price. I had to have it!!!! <br />
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I loved my trip to Australia and hope to go back if Bre decides to stay. I think winter is the time for me to visit as I enjoyed the cool weather even though it was a bit rainy. Cindy Neidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880633240874160086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245313610236458450.post-13777426508974502242016-07-07T03:19:00.003-07:002016-07-07T03:19:58.053-07:00Australian ObservationI've observed a number of interesting things while I've been visiting Australia.<br />
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1. They limit their election campaign to 8 weeks. Brilliant!!!!!!!!!<br />
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2. It is a legal requirement that all people over the age of 18 must vote. Brilliant!!!!!!!!!<br />
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3. Their ballots are pretty confusing requiring you to rank the candidates. (I'm thinking that might confuse a lot of people in the U.S.)<br />
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4. They have a store called Woolworth's. It is a grocery store.<br />
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5. They have a store called Cole's also a grocery store. Don't confuse it with Kohl's in the U.S.<br />
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6. They have Target and K-Mart here but not quite the same stores as in the U.S. They are more like Kohl's in the U.S.<br />
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7. Left turns are way easier in Australian than they are in the U.S.<br />
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8. There are a lot of old U.S. TV shows on broadcast tv in Australia. When was the last time you saw "Jake and the Fatman" or "T.J. Hooker"?<br />
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9. Sometimes the same language, English, is totally different. <br />
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10 Instead of going to France to learn to cook, people should come to Melbourne. The food there is totally amazing and fresh.<br />
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Besides the Koalas, Wallabies and Kangaroos there were a bunch of other animals that were up close and personal. There was a bird that talked.<br />
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He said, hello, I'm a good boy, goodbye and did a wolf whistle. That was a blast. There were a few Tasmanian devils and wombats and another little animal I can't remember the name of. <br />
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This little sanctuary was so nice I really enjoyed it. They even had an encounter that allowed you to walk a dingo. How fun. <br />
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In case you didn't know, wallabies are much smaller than kangaroos so when I approached the first kangaroo I was again a little nervous. They are big. Bre encourage me to be brave.<br />
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How sad is that my kid is going "You can do it, you can do it, mom." It was funny to watch the animals, one little wallaby was bullying the others to get more food.<br />
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Some of the birds around were bickering with each other to get more food. Very interesting. Both kangaroos and wallabies ate right out of your hand some mixture of food pellets and crushed corn. Only one of the wallabies decided he needed to hold my hand when he was eating. They have fairly big claws but they weren't sharp. They were so damned cute.<br />
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Speaking of cute, is there anything cuter than a Koala. I don't think so. Bre got after me because I only took a couple of pictures of her with the Koala but she took like 15 of me. I told her why take a ton of pictures if the first one is good. Nuff said. Ask me about the lines in Australia, when you see me.<br />
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We got back to Bre's place just in time to hope on the train to meet Emma at the footie game. This was another thing on the list of things to do for Melbourne. Bre asked Emma to go with us so that she could explain the game to us. Emma took her assignment very seriously and printed out a chart and told us most of the major rules. What a fascinating game. Very fast paced and the stamina required to run that huge field almost nonstop. Great legs and some awesome biceps as well. Unfortunately Melbourne lost to Adelaide, not that I really cared all that much but it sure was fun to watch.<br />
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What a jam packed day of adventure. I just love my daughter and Melbourne.Cindy Neidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880633240874160086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245313610236458450.post-79121074283169252432016-07-03T18:11:00.000-07:002016-07-03T18:11:48.090-07:00Super Saturday going to the Twelve ApostlesWell Bre did it again!!!! She planned a great Saturday for us. We got up relatively early to drive about 3 hours over to see the <a href="http://visit12apostles.com.au/">Twelve Apostles</a>, which is this natural outcropping in the ocean. However, before we jumped in the car to start our journey we walked down to a local cafe/bakery and picked up some brekkie (honestly that is what they call it here). In this cafe, was maybe the most attractive man I've ever seen in my life. Bre agreed and she described his dimples as big enough to swim in. A very lovely way to start our day!!!!! Sorry ladies, no picture of the hottie. I would have been too embarrassed to ask, "hey you are so hot can I take your picture?" I did get a snap of the lovely pastries.<br />
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Bre programmed the GPS and we were off. About an hour into the trip, we discovered the GPS was taking us on the shortest route not the prettiest route so we turned it off once we found the Great Ocean Road. OMG, OMG, OMG!!!!!!!! So pretty. It was sort of like New Zealand, you get to a spot and you think it can't get any prettier and then you go around a curve and it is even more gorgeous. Bre was glad she was driving as it was very windy curvy and she has a tendency to get car sick. She also played art director telling me where to take pictures as she was speeding down the road (although totally obeying all speed limits). We did take a lot of moving car pictures which some of them turned out surprisingly well.<br />
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Did I mention my daughter likes to tell me what to do almost as much as my mother likes to tell me what to do? But she does have a good eye for what will make a beautiful picture.<br />
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Our first stop was hugely successful. We found very clean public toilets and the play ground had an adult swing that both Bre and I gave a try. She even had me take a slow motion video which is one of the cool features on the iphone that I covet. This is the normal speed video as she has the slow motion one on her phone.<br />
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At this same stop was a beautiful light house which I wanted to take some pictures of. Bre drove me to the top of this big hill dropped me off since there wasn't any parking and was going to come back and get me after I took some shots. However, it was so pretty I told her she needed to come up and see it. I thought it would take her a while to walk up the hill since it was pretty steep but no way my athletic daughter just runs up this giant hill. I sometimes wonder how we can be related? When we got back to the car the area was inundated with a group of Asian tourists which was sort of the story for the rest of the day. Australia is apparently a tourist mecca for the Asian market year round.<br />
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Amazing, right? We stopped for lunch in Apollo Bay and had this great meal at <a href="http://sandyfeetcafe.com.au/">Sandy Feet Cafe and Health Food</a>. Bre had a wonderful bowl of soup and I had a delicious veggie frittata. Both were very filling. We finally arrived at the Twelve Apostles at about 2 p.m. It was a long drive but so amazing. When we pulled into the parking lot of the visitor's area there were about 5 buses of Asian tourists. There were selfie sticks everywhere but then I was guilty of being photographing tourist as well.<br />
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Bre told me this wonderful story about the formations. Apparently, until the mid 90s there was a natural bridge that went from the land out to one of the outcroppings. A couple walked out on the bridge about 3 minutes before it collapsed forever. They were stranded on the formation for hours until they could arrange a helicopter rescue. Turns out this couple had been having an affair and now here they were all over the news. I'm thinking it must have made the time they were stranded even longer.<br />
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On the drive back we took the shorter route and ended up at <a href="http://www.vegilicious.com.au/">Vegilicious</a> in time for an early dinner. I wanted to have the Sexy Mushrooms again but Bre suggested I try something different. See I told you she bossed me around. I did order this wonderful veggie sandwich and had some delicious fries with it. Life is good.<br />
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Fun fun fun. To start the day we headed over to Sarah Hammond's, Bre's friend who rode her bike in the <a href="http://transambikerace.com/">Trans America Bike Race</a> and finished 6th. Bre was dog sitting Flex for the month while Sarah accomplished the 4400 mile bike trek. Sarah returned home on Thursday and Bre wanted to give the house a quick clean before she got home.<br />
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Bre decided to take Flex to the airport to meet Sarah. It took him a number of kilometers to settle down in the back seat. Before he settled down he breathed his big dog breath on my neck. Shiver!!!!! Bre didn't think I could contain the 120 lb. beast so she stayed outside and I went in to find Sarah's other friends. It was so joyful to see her greeted by family and friends after her monumental accomplishment. She got a good slobbery hug from Flex, too.<br />
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After the little reunion we dropped Flex off at Sarah's and headed back to Bre's so she could change out of the clothes Flex drooled on. Then we headed to get some sushi for lunch as it was about 1:30 p.m. or 2 p.m. and we hadn't eaten yet. Starving!!!!! We each got three veggie sushi rolls which were yummy. I love sushi. I'm going to need to start making it at home. Then we went a couple doors down to another little shop for dessert. Did I mention we were hungry?<br />
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We debated about what to do with the rest of the day. We talked about visiting Phillip Island to see the animal preserve but that would be cutting it pretty short as it was getting late. I remembered there was an exhibit at the <a href="http://www.ripponleaestate.com.au/">Rippon Lea Estate</a> which featured costumes from "The Dressmaker". Marion Boyce designed the costumes for both "The Dressmaker" and "Miss Fisher Mysteries". Last year this was the location of the Phryne Fisher Costume Exhibit. The estate was also used as a location for<a href="https://www.facebook.com/phrynefisher/"> Miss Fisher Mysteries</a> several times including Aunt Prudence's pool<br />
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and the home of the Andrew's in "Cocaine Blues". <br />
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Oh gosh it was a lovely estate. The grounds went on forever with a small pond, a tree house, a boat house, and a plethora of plant life including a fern house. So beautiful!!! We only had about an hour there before it closed. I wish I'd had another hour. I may go back if there is a sunny day again before I leave. The estate is located just a few kilometers from Bre's office and she never even knew it was there.<br />
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Bre has seen the movie and thought it was very good. We hoped to watch it that evening but it isn't available for rental yet. I've put it on my list of movies to see. The costumes were very pretty. The beading on one of the gowns was exquisite.<br />
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After we closed down the museum, we headed over to cake street (Bre's name for the shopping area with all the great bakeries) to get some dessert to take home. There were at least 3 stores with walls of baked goods in the front windows. I think I gained weight just looking at them. It turned out to be a really wonderful day.Cindy Neidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880633240874160086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245313610236458450.post-41610889467981876972016-06-30T21:14:00.001-07:002016-06-30T21:16:28.088-07:00Wonderful Wednesday in MelbourneI had a wonderful time on Wednesday. I'm loving this trip!!!! Wednesday I headed to Mornington to visit a quilt shop and see some beach boxes. I have been enamored with beach boxes since they were featured in an episode of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/phrynefisher/">Miss Fisher Mysteries</a>. Can I be any more obsessed about that show?<br />
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I braved the interstate for the drive down to Mornington and I was very pleased with myself. I have this driving on the left side down pat. Google Maps had been my constant companion on this trip and we are becoming quite good friends. Got a little nervous when I couldn't get it to turn on before the trip but Bre channeled "The IT Crowd" and told me to turn the phone off and on. Worked like a charm.<br />
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In the hour drive, I got out of the city and drove by horse, sheep, and llamas. So fun. The topography was very very flat. The sky was huge. I found <a href="http://www.treehousetextiles.com.au/">Treehouse Textiles </a>easily and it was very cute. There were a number of originally designed patterns in the shop which were all scrappy. I'm not a scrappy lover but there were some really nice patterns. I did find a really cute needle holder kit which I bought.<br />
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Also had a lovely chat with the lady working at the shop. There were a couple of books on making accessories that I was tempted to get but I decided I have plenty of books. I know, I know you can never have too many books but I didn't buy them. The shop didn't have a ton of fabric and not much of it was my taste; a lot of flowers and pastels but they had some really pretty dot fabric which I already own. The decorations were sweet and I loved the giant sewing table in the middle of the room. It told you so much about the store.<br />
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On the main street of Mornington were tons of little shops and they were having a street fair/farmers market.<br />
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Have to say even in winter their veggies look amazing. Their green onions were at least 3 times the size of ours.<br />
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There were some very nice hand crafted items along side food items. I had a wonderful veggie eggroll. So good. After that lovely stroll on main street, I headed down to the pier where I was hoping to see some beach boxes. Yee Haw!!!!!<br />
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There they were in all their bright colored splendor about a quarter mile away. The day was picture perfect, bright and sunny about 65 degrees. I couldn't have asked for any better. So I trekked over to take some pics of the beach boxes. Some of these little places sell for a couple hundred thousand dollars. What? They are cute, but come on!!!!!!!!<br />
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After my beach visit, I headed to visit <a href="http://magicpatchquilting.com.au/">Magic Patch Quilting</a> which was a nice shop. They mostly had muted colors. I thought of it as a Thimbleberry type shop. They had some nice samples and most of their patterns were on sale for half price so I picked up a cute cupcake pincushion pattern. This shop probably had twice the fabric as the first store but I really wasn't tempted except for something I got as a gift for Mom.<br />
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Next shop on the way home was <a href="https://www.palmbeachquilting.com.au/">Palm Beach Quilting</a>. This shop was maybe three times as big as the others and they had some really cool things I hadn't seen before. They have this cool sort of color by number quilt. Basically it is like a coloring book page printed on a big piece of white fabric and you applique fabric to the corresponding section of the top. It really did look like fun. They also had some very cute hand embroidery patterns by an Australian designer and some really beautiful quilt kits. The only down side to the shop was the woman was on the phone practically the whole time I was there. Not my idea of a good shop owner.<br />
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I came home and hung out for a little waiting until the evening when I was to meet Bre at Drag Queen Bingo. What a blast!!!!!! We met up with two of Bre's friends, Sally and Emma. They were up for the entertainment. The theme for the night was Cher. Both of the drag queens lip synced to Cher songs in between calling bingo games.<br />
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It was a bawdy fun night. To make it even better I won the second game and was called up on stage to have my numbers verified.<br />
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I was so pumped that when they asked me what famous things were in Missouri all I could think of was lakes. Lakes??????? Banging my head on the table. Then they asked if any famous people were born in Missouri I couldn't remember any but Bre piped in from the audience "Brad Pitt". Oh yea, I forgot about Brad Pitt!!!!! I won a bag of Turkish Deligh candy. Not great but okay candy. I had a blast.<br />
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After Bingo we drove Sally to the CBD where she lives and saw this lovely sight. That is one of the art museums bathed in blue light for the evening.<br />
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<br />Cindy Neidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880633240874160086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245313610236458450.post-18290424487350083582016-06-28T06:19:00.004-07:002016-06-28T06:19:36.595-07:00Miss Fisher Mystery Walking TourMonday was a lazy day for me, I walked to lunch and took a few shots of houses on the walk back to Bre's. I'm a little sheepish about admitting I ate lunch at the same place we had dinner the night before. Bre berated me a little about having veggie burgers two meals in a row but the veggie burger was amazing. I think the pickles were the thing that made it extra special. I would compare them to bread and butter pickles but I'm not really sure I just know the burger was so good. Oh I should probably mention the name of the place, <a href="http://www.huxtaburger.com.au/">Huxtaburger</a>. <br />
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My mom requested that I take more pictures of the houses around Melbourne so she could get a feel of the area. I'm happy to take pictures for her. <br />
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I have found it very interesting that every house I've seen, and I mean EVERY one, has a fence in the front yard. I'm a girl from the Midwest and when I grew up most of the neighborhoods didn't have fences in the back yard (unless they had a dog) let alone the front yard. I guess they like their privacy here.<br />
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Also of note is there are amazing older homes here with all kinds of ironwork on them right next door to a modern cube type home. I love modern homes all sleek and concrete but I will admit they aren't nearly as charming as the older homes in this town. <br />
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Bre picked me up after work and we went for dumplings for dinner. Yum. I thought I'd never had dumplings before but I was wrong. I've gotten fried dumplings at the Asian market in Springfield. They aren't nearly as good as what we ate last night.<br />
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Today I was so excited because I went to the CBD to take the Miss Fisher Mysteries walking tour offered by <a href="http://www.meltours.com.au/">Meltours</a>. Doing a happy dance!!!!!! On the tram ride to the CBD, I saw these kids having fun playing with these LARGE balls that they get inside of. I think that would be a blast to try. <br />
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I got to the downtown area with plenty of time to spare because I didn't want to miss the tour so I had time to get a quick lunch at a Japanese place and then go to a Diaso, the Japanese dollar store, to pick up a few things for Bre. <br />
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As I was waiting for the tour to begin on a bench near our meeting spot, another tour participant approached me. I had my camera around my neck which might has well have been screaming "I'm a tourist". She was a milliner from Canada who was a big Phryne fan and this lucky woman has a meeting with the costume designer, Marion Boyce, the next day. How cool is that!!!!! <br />
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Our tour guide, Kathy, was right on time and I knew I was going to like her when I saw her shoes.<br />
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Two other women from the Melbourne area joined the tour so the five of us headed into <a href="http://www.selfpreservation.com.au/">Self Preservation </a>for afternoon tea. I had no idea afternoon tea was a full blown lunch. Since I'd already eaten lunch I only tasted the salad and the sandwich. I regretted having eaten earlier since this was way better than the Japanese lunch. In fact the bread in the sandwich was some of the best I'd ever eaten. They also served scones with clotted cream and jam. MMMMMMM.<br />
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Once tea was concluded we headed out for out tour. Kathy was a plethora of information about Melbourne history and Miss Fisher Mysteries. Did you know that Essie Davis bobbed her hair and colored it brown for the show. I had no clue. I thought it was a really good wig. Apparently a wig would have been way easier since she had to get her bangs (aka fringe) cut three times a week and her hair cut about one a week. One of the really fun features of the tour was every time we'd go to a spot where they filmed, Kathy would show us the scene on her Ipad. Apparently last year when Melbourne had a city wide festival of Miss Fisher Mysteries, the production company asked Meltours to put together a walking tour to visit spots where the show filmed. To make the tour better the film editor put together clips of the show featuring those locations. <br />
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This is the Hotel Windsor where Phryne stays when she first gets to Melbourne. <br />
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Then we saw the home of a famous builder which is now the offices of the National Preservation Society and where scenes were filmed. We went inside the Old Treasury Building where they filmed scenes from the last episode of the first season. <br />
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We also got to go inside the building where they filmed a bank robbery scene in the first season and a theater scene in the third season. In all, we saw 7 or 8 places they filmed but along the way we were regaled with a colorful history of the Melbourne CBD. <br />
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At the end of the tour we stopped at a lovely bar decorated in the period style where we had a cocktail and chatted about the tour. I had a great time, so worth the price of admission.<br />
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<br />Cindy Neidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880633240874160086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245313610236458450.post-22449537043522131142016-06-26T19:07:00.000-07:002016-06-27T00:30:37.414-07:00Strolling to the CBD on SundayWell we didn't exactly stroll to the CBD (Central Business District) on Sunday, we took the tram. Bre is so lucky there is a tram stop about 2 blocks from where she lives and she had done very well in Melbourne without a car. Hence she knows her way around town pretty well for having only lived her since Oct. but I have to say between Google Maps and the Public Transport app for Melbourne even I can find my way around town.<br />
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We went to the CBD for a couple of things; mainly to see the 200 Years of Australian Fashion exhibit at the National Gallery in Victoria (NGV) and the Victoria Market. Both were awesome. We hit up the Victoria Market first where I saw some trees that were yarn bombed.<br />
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So fun. Then we immediately made our way to the doughnut truck for some jam filled doughnuts. Delicious!!!! We walked through a bunch of vendor stalls oooohing and ahhhing over things but not purchasing anything. Next we hit up a food truck with Sri Lankan food where we got an order of chick peas, vegetable curry and saffron rice. To die for!!!!!!! Oh and lest I forget the spiral potato on a stick that we had between the doughnuts and the Sri Lankan food. Bre described it as fair food. Not far from the mark, but I bet the Iowa State Fair doesn't have a Sri Lankan food truck.<br />
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Then we took a free tram back to the NVG to see the fashion exhibit. Oh gosh it was beautiful. The dresses were gorgeous of course (not any plain every day stuff). The displays were awesome as well and Bre got a couple of really cool time lapse photos on her iphone which is something I don't seem to have on my Samsung but then I could just take a video so I guess I won't be too jealous. <br />
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In case you can't tell from the picture above, the hat is part of the coat. So cool.<br />
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Next we went to this craft fair near the NVG that had all kinds of beautiful hand made crafts. One booth had these amazing steampunk kaleidoscopes from <a href="https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/your-visit/sunday-market/homewares/arcana-pursuits">Arcana Pursuits</a> that had all kinds of gears and embellishments on it. I'm sure it cost a pretty penny but there was a ton of work in it and they use found objects in their art. Sooo pretty.<br />
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Then we headed to this Japanese store that Bre told me about and I wanted to see. It is sort of like the Dollar Store in the U.S. but all these things are from Japan and they are $2.80. We walked down every aisle and I got several small little things. I just love that kind of place.<br />
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By the time we got on the tram to go home, I was exhausted. Luckily there was a seat open on the tram so I could sit down during the ride back. Bre's place is really nice and has the most amazing view but I cursed those three flights of stairs as I was trudging up them after our day out.<br />
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<br />Cindy Neidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880633240874160086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245313610236458450.post-42737446069510923952016-06-26T17:20:00.001-07:002016-06-26T17:22:38.304-07:00Super Saturday in MelbourneAren't Saturday's the best? They are even better when you get to spend the day with your daughter!!!!!! We had a couple of things planned that would take us through the CBD (central business district) which I didn't feel like driving through.<br />
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Bre was up for the challenge and we were off after a relaxing morning.<br />
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First stop was <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TranquilityCraftsnSupplies/">Tranquility Crafts</a> in the Moonee Ponds area of Melbourne. This place has a little bit of everything, counted cross stitch, embroidery, quilting. It was jam packed so much so that if someone else was in the aisle you had to back up to a intersecting aisle to make way. My kind of shop!!!!! The best part for me was they had about a million patterns and I only slightly exaggerate. With some help from the owner, I found the <a href="http://red-brolly.com/">Red Brolly</a> section and felt like I'd died and gone to heaven. I think they had every pattern that Red Brolly had ever put out. I bought all these plus a cute surf themed quilt pattern. I am going to be so busy when I get home sewing my little fingers to the bone.<br />
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I had a nice chat with a couple of ladies who were Missouri Star Quilt fans. Gotta love the internet. I live in Missouri and am lusting after Australian patterns and these women live in Australia and are lusting after Missouri patterns. I love that our world has gotten a bit smaller with the internet. Bre, being the gregarious person that she is, had a nice chat with several women who were busy in the classroom. I highly recommend the shop.<br />
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Next up we headed over to the house they used in the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/phrynefisher/">Miss Fisher Mysteries</a> tv series. I was surprised at how excited I was. I had a touch of butterflies as we neared the place. So silly. I took a bunch of pictures and Bre took some of me in front of the house.<br />
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It was lovely. I tried to picture in my head a few of the scenes from the show. I think they might have trimmed the hedge back but not sure. A few people were walking down the street giving us very strange looks. I'm strange, I admit it proudly. <br />
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Next up we went for lunch at <a href="http://www.smithanddaughters.com/">Smith and Daughters</a> which is this vegan restaurant in Brunswick Street area we had visited last Sunday. We saw this sweet man with his little girl as we walked in. <br />
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After lunch we headed over to <a href="http://sunbookshop.com/">Sun Bookshop</a> over in Yarraville. I wanted to go there because they had the <a href="http://www.everycloudonlineshop.com/collections/new-in-stock/products/official-miss-fishers-murder-mysteries-colouring-book">Miss Fisher Mysteries Coloring book</a>. I had to have one and a bookmark with Phryne and one with Jack. No trip to Melbourne would have been complete with out some Phryne souvenirs!!!!! I LOVE THAT SHOW!!!!!!<br />
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We checked out other shops in the little shopping area and the outdoor space as well. These folks were out and playing and eating outside even though it is winter here. They definitely love the outdoors. There are tons of these little shopping areas around town. Not strip malls, but little shops on local streets. They really are lovely.<br />
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We headed home after that adventure and later on walked to the local Indian place and ordered take away. Delicious of course. Bre is such an adventurous eater now (unlike when she was living at home). She has introduced me to some awesome foods here.<br />
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We were a little early so we had some amazing pastry at a local shop. I'm telling you, there are these little places every other block and they all have wonderful food. This place is definitely a foodies paradise. I had an apple croissant and Bre had a chocolate coffee cake kind of thingy. Both were delicious.<br />
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We walked a couple blocks back to the <a href="http://handmakersfactory.com.au/">Handmaker's Factory</a> where we met Nichola, the instructor. She is a cute, perky woman who has this amazing studio to teach different crafts. <br />
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She demonstrated 3 different techniques before we got started and then it was off to the races with us starting out trying all three techniques on fat quarter size light cotton. They all turned out so pretty. Then we got a scarf size piece that we could try anything on. I used all three techniques on mine. Awesome. It was great she had all the right equipment for all of us to do what we wanted at the same time.<br />
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It was a lovely day, learning new things, meeting new people, and sharing a great experience.<br />
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On the way home, we stopped at a quilt shop that Nichola recommended, <a href="http://www.amitie.com.au/">Amitie Textiles</a>. This is a very cute little shop with a lot of beautiful fabric. There were some really cute patterns and a whole wall of notions. I picked up a set of hexie templates. Almost every store I've been in so far has had a plethora of English Paper Piecing notions. Love it. I've worked a little on the ones I've brought with me and it is very relaxing. There were three ladies in the shop and they were all very helpful. They had some fabric that wasn't exactly quilter's cotton and wasn't linen either so I asked about it and found out it was double gauze. Not something I've seen much of in the U.S. So a bought half a meter of the cutest French Bulldog with glasses fabric. Such fun.<br />
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It was a really nice day with Bre. Love spending time with her and learning stuff too. Life is good.<br />
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<br />Cindy Neidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880633240874160086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245313610236458450.post-19845090562192679292016-06-22T23:18:00.001-07:002016-06-24T16:18:21.158-07:00Not Quite As PlannedI spent some time in the morning on Wednesday planning the day. Checking out where the quilt shops were and adding in the Phryne Fisher house as well as Sun Bookshop where I think they carry the Phryne Fisher coloring book. I do have my priorities!!!!!<br />
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So I mapped out the route, for a pretty good day with 5 stops. I even went on to Google maps and found the most efficient sequence of stops. So proud of myself. Then I got to the first quilt shop and son of a gun, it was out of business. Poop. I called the second shop to make sure they were still open. I can be taught. They were, and I programmed their address into the GPS. I found it easily but parking was a major issue. <a href="http://www.cuttingcloth.com.au/">Cutting Cloth</a> is across the street from a train station so finding a parking place meant I had to park about 8 blocks away. Good thing I only brought comfortable shoes to Australia. (Like I own any other kind of shoe.)<br />
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Cutting Cloth is an awesome quilt shop. It is beautifully decorated and has some really really gorgeous samples hanging all around the shop. The fabrics were right up my alley and there were a lot of notions scattered through out the shop. I could have spent a fortune in this shop. I especially loved the patterns which seemed to me to all be from Australian designers. Things I'd never seen before, each pattern being cooler than the next.<br />
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The store isn't huge but it is packed with tons of lovely stuff which I ogled for about 25 minutes before I asked the owner if I could take some pictures. She very nicely agreed so I was disappointed when I found out that I'd left the SD card for my camera back at Bre's. I shot pictures with the old iphone I'm using here which my daughter has graciously provided for me. But the pictures aren't quite up to what I'd hoped for. I ended up purchasing patterns for a sewing box and this robot quilt. How cute is that!!!!<br />
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The shop owner was very informative and helpful. She sold me the pre-cut cardboard for the sewing box and talked to me about the tape I would need. She totally understood why I'd pass on the $18 double sided tape that was made in Illinois. She also gave me the name of the designer who is coming to her store to teach this quilt.<br />
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Cutting Cloth didn't have any of the patterns for this quilt by<a href="http://www.lorenauriarte.com/"> Lorena Uriarte</a> so I've contacted her to see if I can purchase one. Keeping my fingers crossed. The owner also gave me the name of another shop I should visit, which I thought was very sweet of her as well as directing me to a great place for lunch.<br />
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OMG, this vegetable tart was delicious. I almost licked the plate. By the way, did you know lemonade in Australia is fizzy? I didn't.<br />
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Since my good camera was out of commission and I had to drive very close to the central business district to get to my next stop, I decided to head back to Bre's and do the remainder of that trip another day. I want a good picture of that house and I want a picture of me in front of it. Hopefully Saturday.<br />
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I picked up Bre from work and we ate at a vegetarian place near her office, <a href="http://www.vegilicious.com.au/">Vegilicious</a>. So good!!!!!! I had something called Sexy Oven Baked Field Mushrooms. Swoon.<br />
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Today, Thursday, I let Bre have the car and I just took a walk down to the Prahram Market where fresh produce and meats were in every direction. It was a couple kilometer walk but the brisk air was pleasant. Now I'm chlling and napping until Bre comes home. I'm loving this trip.<br />
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<br />Cindy Neidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880633240874160086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245313610236458450.post-77733865785127235792016-06-21T20:46:00.004-07:002016-06-21T20:46:50.930-07:00Lovely MelbourneOn Tuesday the weather was bright and sunny in Melbourne so I told Bre to take the car and I would ride the tram downtown to take the free circle tour tram to get a feel for the city. I went out for a marvelous breakfast of avocado toast. The bread was to die for with all kinds of interesting seeds.<br />
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Afterward, I opened the public transportation app to figure out how to get downtown. Easy schmeasy, according to the app one tram no changes and I'd be there in about 25 or 30 minutes. Well I walked 20 blocks in the wrong direction before I figured out what was happening. Now it was two trams. Missed the second one by one stoplight. But I was headed in the right direction, or so I thought. When I arrived at the destination I'd programmed into the phone I was still a few miles from where I needed to be. So another 15 block walk and I caught a train to downtown where I was finally able to hop on the City Circle tram. I'm sure I did some serious damage to Bre's myki card.<br />
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The<a href="https://ptv.vic.gov.au/route/view/1112"> City Circle</a> tram uses an 75 year old tram car and is free to ride. Basically aimed at the tourist trade but many locals ride it as well. There is an audio recording that informs you of the tourist attractions in the area. I figured out a couple of things I would like to go see because of that ride. <br />
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There were many Public Transportation people around to help me find the correct tram back to Bre's which only took one tram this time. I can be taught. At my stop was a Woolworth's, which is a grocery store here, so I picked up a sandwich for lunch as well as the ingredients we needed to make the Mexican Quinoa casserole we were having for dinner. I got some major walking in and I enjoyed the day. Cindy Neidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880633240874160086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245313610236458450.post-13110260506367460772016-06-21T14:55:00.004-07:002016-06-21T20:21:18.780-07:00Having fun with BreI am so enjoying my time with my daughter. We are so lucky to get to spend this time together. One of the perks of being retired. Quality time, gotta love it.<br />
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We've eaten some great meals. I mean great meals. You all know I love hanging with my mom but between her picky eating and me being vegetarian, there are about 5 places we can eat together. So adding some variety to the mix is a welcome change. The food here is so fresh and pretty. I may have to take out a bank loan to pay for all of it but is will be worth it.<br />
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On Monday I put on my big girl panties and drove. Have to say, the adrenaline was rushing as I got into the driver's seat on the right side of the vehicle. To make the experience of driving on the opposite side of the road even more fun, it was raining and the brakes on the rental were extremely touchy. I got Bre to work, nearly putting us through the windshield a few times, but we both survived and once the vehicle was parked, she walked me to the breakfast place close to her office so I could compose myself before trying it on my own.<br />
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Fortified with a Chia Latte and a chocolate chip muffin, I headed off to my first quilt shop visit. I made my way to Patchwork on Central which is a pretty little shop in a very quaint shopping area. It was very small but had a wonderful selection of shot cotton (weft one color, weave another color) and some other tantalizing fabric but I really wasn't much tempted as their fabric prices in Australia are very high. Most were between $22 and $29 per meter which is more than I care to pay and much of it is available in America for much less. I am only going to buy Australian fabric that I can't get in the US. (I'm writing this statement, so hopefully it will actually happen.)<br />
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Back in the car, I headed to Bre's apartment to hang out until it was time to leave to see <a href="http://www.tulapink.com/">Tula Pink</a>. That drive was interesting. I did okay on the roads but had a fight with the GPS as it took me to two wrong locations before I got to the right place. I'm sure it had nothing to do with operator error. Bad GPS!!!!!! It is one thing to go out of your way when you are driving where you know what your doing. It is another thing all together when you are driving on the opposite side of the road. I wanted to throw the thing out the window but then I wouldn't have been able to find my way back to Bre's. Oh the pain!!!!!!<br />
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Luckily I had left in plenty of time to see Tula Pink at <a href="http://www.gjsdiscountfabrics.com.au/">GJ's Discount Fabric</a> in Fairfield. I was even early enough to be about 5th in line. I did a bit of shopping before getting in line and bought some English Paper Piecing 2" hexies and a template as that was very reasonably priced.<br />
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I just want to say Tula Pink was a blast. Very sweet, entertaining, funny and talented woman that she is, her two hour talk flew by. She talked about getting her start in fabric design. Loved that her job as artistic director at record companies necessitated her hiding her quilting addiction. She felt Snoop Dog would no longer want her working on his stuff if she showed him her quilts. Probably a good call. She walked us through how she came up with her Elizabeth line, the inspiration and thought processes involved. The quilts were lovely. I especially loved when she told about selling some of her quilts to help raise the down payment on her house (or studio can't remember which) and within a month or so she had remade each and every one she sold because she missed them so much. Love that. I'm so glad my trip from Missouri to Australia coordinated with her trip from Missouri to Australia.<br />
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<br />Cindy Neidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880633240874160086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245313610236458450.post-86584003980416850882016-06-19T18:38:00.000-07:002016-06-19T18:38:35.184-07:00Australia - I Finally Made ItMy trip to Australia from Springfield MO was very eventful. I left on Tuesday June 14 scheduled to arrive in Melbourne on Thursday June 16. Things did not go as planned. The first leg of the journey from Springfield to Chicago was plagued by bad storms which meant too long of a wait to land at O'Hare so we had to go refuel in Indianapolis. That meant I missed my flight to LA and the connecting flight to Melbourne. <br />
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I barely made the last flight out of Chicago to LAX and had problems getting a flight the next day to Melbourne. United's flight was full so after some persuading they booked me on the Quantas flight the next day and got me a hotel room with some meal vouchers thrown in. I was impressed with the customer service. <br />
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I decided to chillax at the hotel and headed over to the airport about 6:30 p.m. 3.5 hours early for my flight since I'd heard that security had really long lines. Good thing I did since United had booked me on a flight out the next day. I had to walk 6 terminals around LAX to get to United Customer Service and thanks to the wonderful lady working the makeshift booth there I was able to get on the United flight that night with an aisle seat in economy premium. YEEE HAAAW. Have to say I was much calmer than I would have been before I retired. Chill, chill, chill.<br />
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Finally arrived in Melbourne on Friday morning after more than 15 hours in the air, and got the biggest hug from my beautiful daughter. Oh that was worth the entire flight and all the problems.<br />
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We came back to Bre's apartment which is very nice but up three flights of stairs. I'm going to be in better shape when I get back. After showering off the flight, we walked to a quaint little coffee shop and I had a wonderful french omelette with potatoes in the middle. Heaven!!! Have to say I've eaten 4 meals here so far and the food here is marvelous. They seem to use the freshest ingredients and presentation is beautiful. However, when I saw the prices I was floored. $45 for a breakfast for two!!!!!!!! Have to keep in mind that these are Australian $$$ and I'm on vacation. <br />
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Bre and I have walked through several cool and fun shopping areas and had dinner with one of her friends last night. I spent the first night at Sarah's house since Bre is dog sitting her huge 120 lb. dog, Flex. Sarah is riding her bike in the Trans America Bike Race so Bre is helping her out and watching Flex. The dog is so nice but huge.<br />
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As I was leaving the U.S.A., I found out that Tula Pink is doing an Australian tour and she is in Melbourne today not too far from where Bre lives so I'm headed over to see her later this afternoon. How odd is it that I have to travel halfway around the world to see a woman who lives about 250 miles from me. So excited.<br />
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I drove for the first time today to take Bre to work. Not pretty but I didn't hit anything. Keep you fingers crossed I get better at this.<br />
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More to come soon.<br />
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