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posted on April 2, 2012, at 6:56 pm Well, he gave me an iPad for my birthday! Moshe was more excited about giving it to me than I was to receive it. And I was very excited to receive it! He got me one with the lot – 64gb, 4G ready, all juiced up, as he said. And see the little speakers and a neat attachment thingy that’s for getting my photos off my camera and onto my iPad? They’re from Gita. I was so spoilt this year.
 Gee, look who's on the screen! Yay! It's Austin! Took me all of 4.32 secs to load him up! The very next morning, we went out and bought one of those brilliant Apple concertina covers. After much deliberation and many trips up and down the escalators at Chadstone, I picked the red leather version. A portion of the proceeds from every red cover purchase goes to the Global Fund to fight AIDS in Africa. So, done. It’s perfect. Slim, multi-functional (also serves to clean the screen beautifully), and well… it’s red.
However, it doesn’t cover the back, only the front screen. Hmmm. A problem. But no, not really, right? Here’s how I handled that issue…
 The front - it's that gorgeous piece of Ink & Spindle fabric I bought last year |
 Recognize the lining? That's right, it's from my Japanese Fans quilt! I love it! |
 And there's my iPad peeking out! It fits nicely even with the red Apple cover on, although I tend to leave it off when I pack it away |
 I was so annoyed that I didn't have a nice thickish roll of round elastic in my drawer, until I remembered that set of hair elastics I didn't like much! bingo! |
 And here's the back. How gorgeous is that fabric! You should feel it, so soft to the touch. Perfect! |
I padded it all out with beautiful bamboo batting, which gave it a really nice loftiness, without being too thick or bubbly. If you want to see more of the outer fabric, here’s a link. It’s Lara Cameron’s stunning Leuca in Red Orange & Stone. |
 I love the slimline design, fits easily and unobtrusively into my handbag. You wouldn't know it was there! Now, what did I give Moshe for his birthday? I’m glad you asked. You know we share our birthday, yes? Both on the same day, three years apart? Well, I managed to finish the top of the quilt I’m making for him. He liked it. I think. I think he was way more into how excited I was about my new iPad than he was into his quilt. I don’t have any good photos yet to show you of Moshe’s quilt, but I will soon.
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posted on October 15, 2011, at 2:38 pm So glad I made the trip to Kensington! Only took about 30 minutes, if you don’t count my little detour. Yes, I did miss the turn-off to Princes Hwy (a.k.a. the Melbourne Airport ramp), but thanks to my new best friend, the Whereis app, I quickly made it back to the right path, and in no time at all, I was walking up the fabulous old staircase to the second floor, and found the party! In case you missed their blog post, Ink & Spindle celebrated their 3rd Birthday today, and we were all invited.
 Lara Cameron I love the aprons the girls were wearing! Under all the paint is their divine Birch Forest in Deep Red. Must get some.
 the cutest baby clothes You can’t really see clearly, but there are little onesies and children’s tees on the table from Ink & Spindle’s Inklet range in soft-as-can-be organic jersey. (I wish I knew if we’re having a grandson or a granddaughter!)
 70cm x 50cm fabrics A couple of those irresistible little parcels found their way into my hands, and before I could say, “ohmygodiwantoneofeverythingbutihavetostopbecauseicanthavethemall!” another one jumped right at me!
 more 70cm x 50cm fabrics Cucumber sandwiches, dips, and a chocolate cake with the Ink & Spindle Birch Forest design in icing were served around, and we were all treated to a screen-printing demo as the completely delightful Teegs and Lara pushed ink across the table, back and forth, and before our eyes, the beautiful Robins Egg blue part of this Flowering Gum design appeared on the fabric.
 glad it's not my shoulders doing that work! Fascinating process! Tegan explained how the screen is actually made, and man! Now that’s a process with a million steps!
 see those blow dryers lined up at the end? they dry the paint of each section as the screen is moved down the table  it looks so pretty  don't these bolts look scrumptious! i'll have one of each, thank you I had such a lovely time. Oh, and here’s what came home with me…
 I just love them!
posted on October 6, 2011, at 9:12 pm Here’s the last block I needed to do for the “Oh, Bee-have!” quilting bee:
 For Kirsty I really hope that she likes it.
posted on October 3, 2011, at 7:41 am I’m not sure this is my best quilting work. Hmmm. But it’s finished. I’d say it’s a weight off my shoulders, but I’m now worried. I didn’t have a skeric of fabric left, and I think it’s shrunk from the 18″ it started out as. It’s also not square on the batting, and I just wish it’d been cut a little larger, so I could have trimmed it down nicely. I worry so much with quilting bees – what if it’s my block that brings the whole thing down???!!! Know what I mean? Anyway, it’s done now. That’s it. I’m not sure that quilt-as-you-go is for me. Nor quilting bees for that matter 
 Frogdancer's block
posted on October 2, 2011, at 5:29 pm WOW! Look at me!!! Machine quilting! No, I said look at me, not my crooked sewing! That hump you see on the left next to my machine foot, that’s not the crooked sewing I referenced. That’s just a hump in the fabric. Promise. But it has been more of a challenge than I thought to get the lines straight. Is it age you think? I used to be able to sew straight. Darn. Sigh.
 Frogdancer's block I’m over halfway through Frogdancer‘s block from our “Oh, Beehave!” quilting bee. It’ll be such a load off my shoulders when it’s done. It’s just so overdue, it’s embarrassing! I don’t know what I was so worried about! This quilting is so much easier than I thought! It does take concentration to get the lines straight, but no different to any other sewing I’d be doing. It definitely is time-and-thread-consuming though. However. I hope she’ll be happy with it. I’ll post a pic of the block when I finish it. Tomorrow I hope.
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