Almond Grove Designs

Having Fun

Well busy making all the preparations for the weekend that Leanne, Rosalie, Viv & Gail are coning. Only 12 days I think till they arrive. I have been making up the goody bags. 40 bags, well it has been fun.

I'm really looking forwards to the weekend. The ladies that come are just wonderful and it takes me about two weeks to get every thing back to normal but it is so worth it.

                                

Tiffany was helping me but I think the boy friend just rocked up and she has gone. Well looks like it up to me. I love doing it any way.

Tiffany has taken up a new hobby with her new boy friend and that hobby seams to be taking up space in my shop office.

                         

Yes it is a BMX bike. Tiff is really enjoying it but we have had some much needed rain here so the bike has had a break during the holidays so far.

Mark is out at the old homestead at Pyap. This is where we where living. We had it up for sale but it didn't sell so we are now going to turn it into a Bed & Breakfast. We are having so much fun getting it ready. Mark and myself have brought some great furniture and that will start to arrive next week. Mark is out sanding the kitchen floor so it looks really nice. We had to get a new bath it came about tree weeks ago and sat in the shop for about a week. We got some really interesting comments about it.

                     

The bath is now out at the house. My shop class room is being taken over by furniture but that will all have to go before the weekend when all the ladies come.

                     

Well I will keep you posted out the B&B. Just another thing to keep us busy but we both love it.

Well better get back to finishing of the goody bags.

Till next time

Tricia.      

What a week

I'm sorry it had taken me along time to do another post. This past week is one that only myself and mark would love to start again but so would our very good friends would wish this last week never happened. All I can say at this time is our girls had a great job and they now don't work there any more.  It is so sad. You trust people but well what can I say.

Now onto some good things. I had a UFO weekend with 14 ladies. Ten from Adelaide and four local ladies and it was great. They where all wonderful and we had lots of fun. It was just what the doctor ordered. Lots of project where finished.    

                             

This Deb Sarah and Nicki. They did alot of talking but they got alot done.

                      

This quilt had done alot of traveling but it went home finished which was wonderful.

We had lots of fun and good food and we all eat to much, well I did. The food did still  taste good I hope ladies as Mark and myself went through 2 bottles of wine making it after our news on the Friday night. I thank-you all for coming.

I will be holding another UFO weekend in October.

Well hope you all have a great day and happy quilting till next time

Tricia

 

What a week

Well this week has been busy with lots of family matters and the shop so I'm not bored at all. It all started last weekend when Tiffany went to the new skate park in Loxton. She a great time but ended up falling off Luke's BMX bike. Luke is the new boy friend, who by the way is very nice. Mark has started to work two nights a week at the Loxton Hotel as a chief and our son John applyed for a position at Channel 10 in Adelaide and he has won him self a interview on Thursday which is great. So you see we are having lots of fun at home which I love.

Well to the shop. I have done some more work on my BOM and here atre just some of the blocks for you to see.

                                             

A cappuccino would be nice to have right now.

                           

   I'm a very aussie girl I just had to put in a pav.

                                 

I'm being very good and doing all my pattern work as I go so when I have finish the quilt the patterns will be finished as well.

Well better get back to the quilt. Have a great weekend

Happy quilting till next time

Tricia  

At Last

  Well this post is very different today. For over 10 months I have been working very hard to get approval for us to develop a block we own in Loxton. The council has been very hard to work with but Monday last week we Finlay made it and by Christmas we should have two very nice four room villas on our block to rent out.

On this block was a old house which we have pulled down. All that is standing is the fire place and when we brought this block there was a big tiger left in the house.

                           

My wonderful husband Mark works for the Drake boys who are very well known in Loxton and love to have fun. So on Tuesday night they went and had fun with Mr Tiger who had been placed in a chair by Mark on the block. This is know where Mr Tiger is living. The boys tried to put him on the top but Mr Tiger didn't want to stay there. I don't blame him. So this is where he is sitting at the moment.

Sean and Damian well done boys love it.

Have a beer on me boys. We live in a great country town where you can have lots of fun as you can see.

Till next time

Tricia

Weekend with Lorraine Cocker

Well what a great weekend we had. There was only six of us but we had alot of time with Lorraine and we learned so much about quilt as you go method.

                        

From left to right. Julie, me, Merridy, Lorraine, Liz and Di. as you can see we all manage to get some squares done. My squares are the ones on the back wall and yes the quilt is not finished yet but I will get it done and have a picture soon.

This is some of the other quilts square form Liz and Julie.

               

Above are Julies and below are Liz's. they look really great. 

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We also had a intruder as in Julies husband but Julie put Chris to work cutting her squares to the right size.

                     

Chris did really well Julie was very worried for a start but Lorraine took him under her wing and Chris was fine. Chris also brought in wine for our lunch so we had to let him stay.

Well better get back to work

Happy quilting till next time

Tricia

   

New quilt I'm working on

Well I have started a new quilt this week. So far so good I think it looks ok. This is the centre block. I love coffee and chocolates but I know it is not good for me so I will put it in a quilt instead.

                        

I have alot of blanket stitching ahead of me but I can do that watching TV at night. It has taken me a bit to get started this week as Mark and myself had to pull down a old house on our block in Loxton on the week end. We both did really well. Well Mark did. We had lots of on lookers as well all wanting to what we are going to put on the block. We are going to put two four bed room villas once the local council passes it. I will have a photo tomorrow to show you the house as it came down. We are using alot of the house to make Marks bar room look good in the shed. Well all you ladies with men would know. A man with out a shed is well a man needs a shed.

Well till tomorrow  happy quilting and lots of blanket stitching

Tricia

    

Coffee Fabric

OOps for a start this mum is in big trouble. Lucky John has not read my blog yet. My big 6foot 4inches son is not gay. Boy my spelling is not good at times so you will have some good laughs.

Now for some new fabric. Here are the coffee fabrics that I was talking about yesterday.

                               

I woke up at 3.00pm this morning thinking about what I would make from them. So today I will get started.

These are new fabrics as well I love them to. It is not good I like to many fabrics. Lucky I own a quilt shop.

                            

The fabrics are just so nice and bright. I love the strip.

The other fabrics that I think is wonderful are this small range. Just the panel is just so, well have a look for your self.

                  

I going to make a bag with some of this fabric. I have fat 1/4's to go with it.

                  

Well I sould go and do some work. Till next time

Happy quilting

Tricia

P.S I did use check spell today and read it twice.

Family

Well it is time to meet the gang. This is my wonderful family. We are very close and we all get along very well. Mark is my very wonderful husband. He is a wonderful dad as well. The big tall gay is out very grown up 18 year old son John who finished year 12 last year and now works for Win TV in Loxton. The good looking chick is our 15 year daughter Tiffany. Yes and me the mum.

                      

This photo was in our new free local paper for mothers day. I think they have all gotten over it by now. Mark and John got alot of stirring at work. Our family photo has changed alot over the last four and a half years. The deCaux gang is very incomplete. Our lovely fall of life Luke is missing. For those of you that don't know we lost our Luke in a very tragic accident. But we have looked after each other and become even more closer then we where before. This is our Luke he would of turned 17 this Friday. I'm very proud of my family.

                      

To all the mum's out there who have lost a child in any way would know what it is like so our remaining family we keep very close as you would know. To all you mum's a big hug from me.

Well enough tears for one day

I have some new coffee fabric in the shop I'M going to have a play now

Happy quilting

Tricia   

   

Beautiful Fabric

Well this is new fabric in the shop. I have cut fat 1/4 for my self to design somethink out of it. I don't know what yet but my creative mind is ticking.   

                            

They are very country but very pretty.

A bit of applique and some stitchery will be the go I think.

Have just finished this quilt. I designed this one my self and machine allpique it very easy and quilck.

The weekend her was perfect lots of rain at last. I hope it keeps up. I would love to finish off  my front garden.

well the good old brain is slipping again for got the mother day photo's but will have them and the story on Wednesday.

Till my next post have fun and enjoy life

Happy quilting as well as the weather is perfect to be by the heater and do some blanket stitching

Tricia

 

Wednesday with the girls

My mum came up this week with four of here best friends. The ladies have known each other for more then thirty years. They all meet through us girls that myself and my two sisters when we did calisthenics. They spent the day making foundation pieced cushions. Here are some photo's

This is auntie Rosie's cushion. The ladies stayed at the lovely Mills cottage. This was Auntie Rosie's family home for about 20 years. So she enjoyed coming home for a week and staying in her old family  home.

The lady in red is my very wonderful mum. Helping auntie Grace to make her cushion. 

                                 

We all had a great day.

Well I think I have this right and boy it is lots of fun. Will bring you some of the fun of mothers day for you on Monday as my family had a very interesting surprise for them didn't I.