Tuesday, 10 November 2026

A new fabric book

I have just finished a new fabric book.  I dyed and printed the fabric at Sumer School in August.  I am thinking about selling the instructions for making the book.  I'm not sure how much interest there would be.

While I'm thinking about it here's the finished book.  I used both machine and hand stitching.









The closed finished book is approximately 20x15 cms. 

Thank you for joining me today.
Bernice  

Saturday, 31 October 2026

Out & About in NSW

We spent 3 full days at Lake Conjola and part of the Monday travelling back to Wollongong.  On our first full day we went to the Ulladullah Lighthouse and Fossil Rocks.

 


We also visited a fossil museum.


Our eldest grandson had to go home to play in a football match so his mum and Roger took him to that and the rest of us lounged about doing our own thing. Later in the day we all went to Mount Bushwalker for a walk.




On Sunday we went out for lunch at Culpitts Vineyard.
 

And then went Barefoot Bowling.  I didn't know there was such a thing.

Back where we were staying there was a mob of kangaroos. 



Our last day of the long weekend, we travelled back through Kangaroo Valley, stopping to see this really old bridge, before having lunch at The Friendly Inn.




 And then it was back to Wollongong. 

Thanks for joining me today
Bernice 

Tuesday, 27 October 2026

Still Road Tripping

In my last post I left you as we visited the Botanic Gardens in Canberra. The next day we drove into the centre of Canberra where we visited Old Parliament House.

The museum was extensive and interesting.  Afterwards we walked to the National Gallery of Australia to see the Arthur Boyd tapestries which I have to say were not my cup of tea.


 We wandered through the rest of the museum and various things caught my eye.





Outside there was a sculpture park.


There was also a sculpture you could walk inside.

 

Leaving Canberra we drove past the new Parliament building


We drove to Braidwood where we stopped for lunch.  I found a Patchwork shop and saw this award winning quilt on the wall.


We then drove on to Lake Conjola where we had booked a lakeside holiday home and met up with the family.

A long weekend here and then back to Wollongong.  I'll do a short post about our stay there before the residency.

Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice