Lilian's Tree

Yesterday was a wonderful day. I managed to combine three things I really enjoy, quilting, genealogy and my book. I had spoken to the printer on Tuesday and he was overnight express  posting the proof copy to me, so I was waiting at the post office at 9.00am to collect it. Feeling nervous, it took me several goes to unwrap it from it's procetive wrap. Thick card cover, smooth glossy paper, it is wonderful to hold something I've written. I hope that my cousins like their copies.   Next was registering for Congress, in March 2018. Early bird registrations opened, yesterday and with the eagerness of us genealogists, we crashed the site! I managed to register around 10.00am and have booked the Meet 'n' Great on the Friday and the dinner on the Saturday. I am so looking forward to catching-up with Judy G Russell, Helen Smith, Pauleen Cass, Shauna Hicks, Jill Ball and many, many others, as well as meeting new people, that I don't know if I will have enough time!...

Aside from genealogy, I enjoy quilting or patchwork, as it is sometimes called. I've been seriously quilting, since 1999 and am seriously addicted! In April I'm joining friends at a quilting retreat . Two days to indulge in uninterrupted sewing, bliss !  With that in mind and not wanting to start a new project, just before I go to RootsTech, I've worked on what I am going to do, at the retreat.   This is what is on our bed. It was a mystery lap size quilt, I turned into double bed size. But now it is to small for our queen size bed and I'd like on that fits.   This is the design of the one I'm going to make. Simple rectangles of fabric, with a contrasting strip of fabric, at one end.   The pattern was designed by Jennifer Minchinton of Patchwork By Sea, 186 Main South Road Morphett Vale 5162 Adelaide www.patchworkbysea.com.au/ under the brand Paisley Jam Designs.   I've spent the past few days calculating how much wider and ...