Friday Sewing, Natures Journey, 1 Xmas Item a Month, Cooly Rocks.......

Friday night I joined other like minded ladies in a bit of sewing. Thank you to Cheryll from Gone Stitchin for again hosting this fun night. I managed to get a few things done which included some prep work for my June blocks for Natures Journey.
I cut some blocks for the backgrounds and traced out the shapes for the blanket stitch applique to go on them. Just need to get started on the blanket stitch circles and squares first.

Then I worked on a couple of blocks from my C is Christmas table runner by Michelle Ridgway. These blocks are for my May finish for 1 Xmas Item a Month hosted by Narelle from Pins and Whiskers blog. I know, I know I'm a bit late. Thanks Narelle.

Finally, yesterday we made a quick trip down to Coolangatta for Cooly Rocks, a hot rod and rock'n'roll festival held each year. It was quite windy and very cold early on but that didn't stop a big crowd from turning up. We looked at all the cars, then watched the parade and before we came home checked out the stalls. I was very good this year and didn't buy anything.

We had a lovely day but were happy to get home and see what this girl had got up to.

Only a couple of holes dug and an empty dish that needed refilling. Well that wasn't too bad as usually, she destroys a toy or two. Any suggestions for toys that are indestructible?
Well must go, be back soon..........Happy stitching till then.......

Musical-Chicago, Cooly Rocks On.

It has been a busy 2 days for us as last night Chris and I attended the Southport State High musical production of CHICAGO.

Above are the photos of the cast, the flyer for the musical and a picture of my grandson Josh (still with his make-up on) and the character he played on the left : Amos Hart. I was a bit disappointed that we couldn't get a photo of him in costume but the teachers wouldn't allow them to come out to see us while still in costume after the play had finished.  I'm hoping Josh will have a photo taken by one of the other cast members tonight so I can have a better one of him to keep.  We really enjoyed the play and were very proud of the great job he did. Josh is very quiet and so to see him up on the stage saying his lines and even singing a song was wonderful. The whole cast were fantastic especially the leading ladies who played Roxy Hart and Velma Kelly. He has one more performance tonight and then it's a well earned couple of days off.
We stayed overnight at my son's place so we could go to 'Cooly Rocks On' at Coolangatta today. It doesn't seem a year since we last attended. Where is this year going?
Here are some photos of our day. The weather wasn't the best and the sunny skies were nowhere to be seen for most of the day although only a small amount of rain fell overall.

Photos from Kirra Headland looking down Marine Parade. A huge number of people attended.

Hot Rods, VW's and Corvettes in abundance.

So now, here we are at home,in our pj's, tired but happy and looking forward to catching up on some sleep and recuperating from all that walking we did today.  I think I definitely deserved that raspberry and white chocolate muffin I had for morning tea, don't you?
Hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend. Still two days to go.  See you next time.........