Joyce’s Quilting Quandary

This week we attended the wedding of Nick and Catherine at the Dadswell’s Bridge Hall and the reception at the Colonial Motor Inn at Hall’s Gap in the Grampians.  Nick is the son of Geoff and Pauline, friends who live in Port Fairy. Nick is a music teacher in Horsham where Catherine is an accountant. It was very evident the importance that music is to the both of them. There  were some interesting coincidences! Pauline and the bride’s father were in the same form at Horsham High School and I taught the bride’s mother at Stawell High School! The little country hall was a great venue, and the drive from there to Hall’s Gap was beautiful in the afternoon sunlight. We stayed in the motel after the wedding. It was great to just walk across the car park to our room. The block is based on the wedding. The Eiffel tower was included because Nick asked Catherine to marry him in Paris. The initials came from an “initial” fabric, Nouvelle Letters. The spotted ribbon came off the Order of Service for the wedding. The saying “If Music be the Food of Love, Play On” was on the wedding invitation and shows another link with Paris. The hearts were printed on organza and then overlayed and quilted with varigated thread.

Holidays over!! Back to Ballarat and the cold! Block this week is in celebration of Catherine’s birthday. She turns 34! But, celebration has to be a far distant one! Thank goodness for the internet. I thought that half a cup cake would be sufficient this time. The spotted fabric opens up lots of opportunities for variations. I thought that I had better use satin stitch again. The Bernina works well, especially with the open toed foot on.