Busy Bee & A Birthday!

WHEW! Yet another busy week has gone by since I popped in to chat to you all and it seems like a finger-snap of time!!! I know you all know what I mean! :0) So ... I'll try to catch you up on my doings ... without putting Chookyblue to sleep! Tee! Hee! Hee!

Firstly ... the weekend was spent finishing my new French quilt ... YAY!! Now, it was a horrible, overcast, windy, drizzly weekend here on top of our 'hill', which meant I couldn't utilise the clothesline to get a good pic of the full quilt top, so I had to make do ... do you know how hard it is to get a good photo of a queen size quilt top in a fairly small spare room???

"French Amour". You can tell that I'm still in 'love' with all things French. :0) This is what I've been doing with my Rouenneries Deux fabrics.

... A bit of stitchery ...

... a bit of blanket-stitch applique ... hours of stitching fun! :0) I'm pretty happy with how this quilt has come together ... especially since it really started as a way to justify buying lots of lovely Rouenneries fabrics! Tee! Hee! Hee! My lovely new quilt has been dropped off to the clever-clogs quilter so now I just have to wait patiently to get it back to bind it. Oh ... and then of course there's the instruction-writing ... GROAN!!! :0)

There's also been a bit of socialising thrown into my week ... it WAS my birthday yesterday, after all! :0) And after starting my week with horrible computer/server issues at work (IT departments can be soooooo hard to deal with!!!) it was wonderful to head off to a fave coffee shop with my buddy Lynda ... we're exactly two weeks apart in age ... practically twins! :0)

This was Lynda last birthday ... see ... we're practically twins! Tee! Hee! Hee!

And since it was my birthday, my Beloved Geek Boy took me out for one of the most DELICIOUS dinners I've had in a while!! Ready to drool??? :0)

Lemoncello (I think that's spelt wrong!) Chicken with chorrizo, mushroom and fetta fritata ... YUMMO!!! And for desert ...

... White chocolate and pistachio parfait with mango sorbet!! DOUBLE YUMMO! :0) Although ... it really didn't look like my obviously 'traditional' view of a 'parfait'. :0)

What more could a gal want to make a birthday special?? What about a gorgeous giftie from an equally gorgeous blogging buddy?! :0) This pretty package and card arrived from the gorgeous Kerryanne ...

And inside ...

A pretty paperweight ... very good for holding my sketchbook pages in place when I'm cutting and recording measurements while I design ... and some GORGEOUS ribbon winders!! Oh how I've been drooling over these pretty and practical little cuties since Kerryanne first showed them on her blog!! They're one of Kerryanne's fabulous new patterns ... they come in two sizes, these small ones for pretty ribbons and larger ones to keep lace neat. The pattern includes instructions on how to decorate these practical and pretty storage items with scrapbooking paper as well as my fave version ... like the ones Kerryanne made me ... a little French shabbiness! :0) Just right for my slightly shabby French sewing room!! THANK YOU KERRYANNE!! What a lovely reminder of my blogging buddy these will be ... especially since Kerryanne is super neat and organised (like these little winders encourage me to be!)  :0) Oh ... if you like these sweeties, you should take a peek at Kerryanne's web page for the pattern so you can make lots to help get you organised! I'll warn you though ... there are a LOT of other fabulous goodies to tempt you! Just saying! Tee! Hee! Hee!

So ... with another busy week ... and a lot of birthday celebrating! :0) ... I'm a little behind with my "To Do" list this week, so I'd better go and try to do something to cross a few off. Hope your week is toodling along nicely and that you're managing to celebrate some of life's little moments ... even if it's not your birthday this week! :0) Til next time ...

BEAR HUGS!
CHEERS!
KRIS