What A Week!
Posted on | July 7, 2020 | 11 Comments
It sure has been a mixed bag this week. Let’s start with the sewing.
This is a sweet and simple baby quilt for a little one due to arrive in a couple of weeks. A special connection with our family.
The panels came in pairs so I combined two to make a square quilt.
Love the elephant with the flowers.
And the hippo with the birds is a lot of fun.
I kept the quilting simple with a few patterns on the animals and swirls in the water. I used a dark blue binding and a sweet footprint backing – it is for a boy.
I was able to drop it off over the weekend.
We were adventurous over the last weekend and went out and about – carefully. We caught up with family who live two hours away, then came back through the city and saw my mother for the first time in person since March.
We then headed off to a large country city to look at a caravan we liked and were so impressed we bought it.
All positive so far. But today it was announced that the outbreak of Covid in Melbourne is so serious that all of the Greater Melbourne area has to go back into lock down again for six weeks starting at midnight tomorrow night. We are on the very edge of that area and thankfully are not in the areas with the outbreaks. But never the less we are still going into lock down. I must admit I feel safer that way anyway.
So I am extremely grateful that we were lucky to have seen everyone over the weekend. And I know we are keeping everyone safe by staying at home. It does mean we can’t pick up the van for six weeks, but we couldn’t go away with lock down anyway so it is no big deal.
So you can see why it is a real mixed bag this week.
On a brighter note, I am participating in a Christmas in July blog hop next week with about 20 other bloggers. Each person is providing a pattern or tutorial and there are quite a few give aways, too. It starts Wednesday next week and I will provide a link to the participants. You may just find some great ideas for the end of the year.
To all of those in Melbourne – stay strong. And to everyone else,do the right thing so you don’t end up back in lock down like us.
Cheers, Karen
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Quick love for the baby quilt….I’m trying to catch up with your blog.
Please stay safe. I expect that our state will return to lockdown. I’m not looking forward to that, but having just had the virus, I agree it’s best to do what we must to stay healthy.
Cute little baby quilt! It will be much loved. Stay safe out there! At least your government is smart enough to lockdown!
I also caught up all my close family in the last week also! Let’s hope this isolation period flattens the curve again. Use a little of this time to plan your first road trip in the new van.
Firstly congratulations on the purchase of your new “chateau de wheels” how lovely and it will happily wait for you. I feel so sorry for you all down there! Glad you got to catch up with family whilst you could.
Your baby quilt is adorable too.
Stay safe and well….thinking of you xx
Your little quilt is darling! My hubby broke his phone yesterday so we ventured out to the Verizon store. There were 12 people in the store and only 4 of us were wearing masks. Very nerve wracking! I won’t be surprised if we are put on lock down again too. Take care!
What a sweet little baby quilt. Sew Cute.
That quilt is adorbs!!! Bummer on the lockdown. Maybe you can call it a sewing lockdown.
Hi Karen oh dear i see what you mean ,its certainly is a strange world that we are living in now,glad you got to see your family especially your mum. How wonderful that you bought a caravan ,we bought one 12 mths ago and had planned to be away this winter ,but of course now we cant go,to the warmer states anyway,hope you have many years of fun in your van.I do love this baby quilt its so cute ,stay safe my friend and take care xx
Such a lovely little baby quilt for a treasured baby! So pleased to read that you managed to catch up again with family and your Mother, that must have been so nice. And a new caravan purchased, I’ll look forward to seeing more of that when you take possession and can start your adventures again. Things must be really grim in Melbourne to have a six week lockdown imposed. It’s for everyone’s safety of course.
how cute is that quilt… perfect made up for the new bub….. great timing with your outing with the shutdown again….and congrats on your van purchase… I do hope its not too long till you can have a trip… maybe you will visit queensland one day….wishing all the melbournites all the best….
Hugz
That sweet panel print made such an adorable quilt. One that will wrap that little guy in love for many years. Congrats on your new Caravan. Sorry that it will take 6 weeks to get it now. Lockdown again…ugggh. I am afraid that we are likely going to be facing that here before you know it too. Thank goodness quilters have plenty to do in lockdown. LOL!