Home Again.

After spending a lovely relaxing time in the big smoke going to the movies ,

shopping for fabrics to use for my EPP project "La Passcagalia" and the stripey one for bindings

 

Fabric and zipper to make a "Retreat Bag" 

some nice cotton yarn to learn to crochet some coasters

AND I bought a new sewing machine. A Bernina 570QE 

Since arriving home and setting up the machine I've spent many hours learning how it works, so very different from th Bernina 440QE ... First I played with doing various stitches,

getting used the pressure foot going down as soon as you start sewing and then up again automatically is weird...

to get the hang of it I did some straight sewing 

This months Aussie Hero Blocks were great to make.

and I've also been practicing  appliqueing  by using the buttonhole stitch.

I think I've rambled on long enough and if you've hung in till the end , thank you.

Must away as it's nearly midnight and time for bed.

Take care and hope you have some time to stitch,

Hugs  Maria ❤