Friday Night Sew-In!!!

Wow...this must be a record...2 Posts in 1 day!!!

Underneath this one I have posted the winners to my 10,000 hit giveaway!!!

Last night was the Friday Night Sew-In hosted by Heidi and Bobbi...

I thought maybe I wouldn't be able to make it as we had other things to attend to...

plus not being here...for a variety of family reasons...

but luckily I made it home in time to do some stitching and get in a movie!!!

I'm really starting to look forward to these Sew-Ins as it is turning into a fun evening...

of planning...stitching...and enjoying the process of it all!!!

I had planned to do something else but had been called away...


luckily I still have my trusty ol' Table Runner still on the go!!!


Here I have finished another little block of flowers on stems with French Knots...



Two more sections to go and then finishing off the blocks...


then onto the outside border with more flowers and knots...then binding...


I'm so looking forward to getting this completed...


but lately have been taken with starting new projects!!!

Thank you Heidi and Bobbi for hosting this Fun evening!!!


During the evening we watched The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett...


talk about Brad being a distraction during the evening ha ha!!!


And so begins "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button',


adapted from the 1920's story be F. Scott Fitzgerald
about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards...
...a grand tale of a not so ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way...


the loves he finds...the joys of life...and what lasts beyond time...



Screen Story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord...based on the Short Story by F. Scott Fitzgerald...
Images and words from the brochure...



Truly a thought provoking magical movie...
with Brad at his best (sigh)!!!



And here's what we are doing for the rest of the weekend...and then some LOL!!!

We are re-organizing JoJo from this very overcrowded space next to the dining area into another part of the house...
it's going to take ages...
it's been a beautiful high summer's day and the beach keeps calling...
if we work really hard maybe we'll get down there tomorrow...
perhaps even for a swim...if not one of the last swims for this particularly warm Summer...
but I have loved every minute of it!!!
Enjoy these last days of warmth as we are slipping gently into Autumn!!!
Off now to start on the re-organization...


Lookout JoJo...here we come!!!

A Giveaway Win...Next Sew-In...and I Can't Keep Away From The Beach!!!

A little while ago Vicki held a 100th post Giveaway...

the prize being something from the Monterey Bay area where she lives...

The box arrived...and amongst all this pink tissue

was this ruffled paper heart...complete with Eiffel Tower...a little card...

Oh be still my beating heart...

these beautiful heartful words...

turn it over...

the sweetest little vial complete with sea glass...sea shells and sand from Pebble Beach, California!!!

all hanging up...I just love it Vicki !!!

Happy 100 Posts...and I hope there are many, many more...

I love coming over for a visit...strolling through your garden...walking along the beach...and participating in your Cook-Ups!!!

Thank you so much Blogging Mate!!!

I have again signed up for the Friday Night Sew-In to be held on 19th February...
this time I will do some border stitching for a quilt...

and watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett!!!
This is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and published back in 1922 and tells the story of Benjamin Button being born as an old man and getting younger as he grows up...
a beautiful story and a very thought provoking movie...

Meanwhile...I can't keep away from the beach lately...

having lots of swims and walks...

Here is a pic of our beach looking north...

and looking south at Twilight!!!

I'm loving Summer...and am enjoying the last weeks before we all start to cool down!!!

Which brings me to that wonderful poem by John Masefield...

SEA FEVER

I MUST down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a gray mist on the sea's face, and a gray dawn breaking.

I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull's way and the whale's way, where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.

This wonderful poem comes back to me every Summer...

over and over in my head...
Enjoy these beautiful days everyone...Dzintra

Friday Night Sew-In...January 2010, my first one!!!

What a lovely time I have had participating in my first Friday night Sew-In hosted by Heidi and Bobbi ...

First of all for a couple of hours I trimmed and added borders to what I will call my Bonjour Eiffel Tower Quilt...
I was keen to do more sewing so after dinner I prepared myself a bowl of chocolates...

and watched the movie Chocolat ...but I have to admit as some friends suggested in the last post that Johnny Depp was indeed a distraction!!!

I did a little stitching on my Bareroots table runner...

I thought I would do some of the little floral blocks in the runner...
just about to cut more thread now and thought this made a pretty pic!!!

and I'm all pleased that this block was done by the end of the movie!!!

And here it is under one of the blocks...how cool is that!!!

Not a very clear pic...but this is how it all fits in!!!
Thank you so much Heidi and Bobbi for hosting this wonderful Friday night Sew-In...I have had so much fun doing this...and looking forward to the next one!!!

What a motivator it is...Have a great weekend everyone...Dzintra

Friday Night Sew-in!!!

After seeing this logo around the blogs...I kept going back and back to it...

and finally decided...Just Do It!!!

A Friday Night Sew-in hosted by Heidi...

the idea being that you get comfortable...put on your pj's if you like...

put on a cuppa...

settle in and do some sewing or craftwork...knitting...scrapbooking...

whatever you wish to do...and then blog about it on Saturday!!!

I think I'll either do this one above...


or this one...a Table Runner by Barrie Sue Gaudet at Bareroots...

this has become a WISP (Work In Slow Progress)...

my New Year's Project for 2009 LOL!!!

But have only come this far due to my TAFE course (which I have put on my other blog My Dolce Vita) amongst other distractions...including starting new projects!!!



Whichever one I decide upon...I'll be sure to be armed with plenty of chocolate...

and maybe even be tempted to watch that fabulous movie Chocolat with the gorgeous Johnny Depp and the delightful Juliette Binoche (I love her shoes in that movie)!!!

I think I'm going to have fun!!!

One Stitch At A Time

"Take your needle, my child,

and work at your pattern--

it will come out a rose by and by.

Life is like that...

One stitch at a time,

Taken patiently."

~Oliver Wendell Holmes~