We left PNG on Tuesday.
Gorgeous Girl was very keen to get on the plane. Here she is waiting anxiously for our ride to the airport.
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She loves pulling her own suitcase through the airport.
We had an uneventful flight to Australia. Because Gorgeous Girl wanted to sit next to Gorgeous Man, this meant that I was able to finish the final few chapters of a book for uni and do a bit of hand stitching on some of my pieces for my hand-pieced hexagon quilt. The flight from PNG to Brisbane is not long, only 2 hours and 50 minutes.
I brought my hand-pieced quilt with me. I’m hoping to get a fair bit done while I’m here.
Yesterday we stopped at a small country op-shop (thrift store). Op-shopping is something that I miss living in PNG. I scored big time. A t-shirt for Gorgeous Girl (I think it’s very average, but she loves it), a beautiful denim skirt for her and a pair of long pants so she can go bush walking with Gorgeous Man. I also found 7 back issues of Australian Patchwork and Quilting magazine which I didn’t have and this.
A very large 100% high quality cotton pillowcase. It will become either a dress for Gorgeous Girl or a super cool handbag for me. I also found
a lovely vintage sheet. This will go to my SIL who makes amazing things out of vintage fabric.
The grand total for this shopping spree? $6.25 It was half price store wide. There will probably be more op-shopping while we are here 
Christmas shopping is 99% complete, the stocking are hung (I brought them with me in the suitcase) and we’ve started wrapping presents. It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas.
Some lovely makes since I last popped by. Love the fabrics you found in the thrift store.
I hope that you all have a wonderful time celebrating Christmas in Australia with your family. I will be with my youngest son and family on Christmas Day and Boxing Day and my eldest son and family will be with us on Friday 28th until lunchtime on 31st. my son is on call on New Year’s Eve so sadly they cannot stay for the celebrations on New Years’s Eve. The day before we are all going to see ‘The Gruffalo’ . The cousins are very excited at being together again. Love Anne x
Such a sweet photo of GG. She is getting tall! And your quilt is beautiful! Merry Christmas!!!
Merry Christmas to you and your lovely family Ruth. You scored on the op shop finds, well done!! Looking foward to another year of blogging friendship in 2013.
still deciding what to make with my gift! Will match the piece Gail gave me.