Of Birthdays.....and Triangles and Hexies

A lovely welcome to all you lovely lovelies♥ 'Tis Sunday morning....again. The days down here at the bottom of the world seem to meld into each other in a rather unconscious way. Sometimes I know not what day it is, nor indeed the date. Though, I do know the date today as it is my good husband's birthday. Yes indeedy, a very auspicious day, though I fear it's just he and me to celebrate in our humble abode. I had planned a rather wonderful high tea, where all our friends were going to visit and sit and sip tea from pretty fine bone china teacups, and munch on delectable baked concoctions worthy of a special birthday. We were all going to celebrate with my husband, and laugh and think upon all the happy memories and fun times that swirl around their friendship with him, but alas, it is just the two of us. We did get a happy surprise though. On Friday, we arrived home to discover a box of cupcakes had been left on the front porch. My daughter and son-in-law, who live far, far away sent us 'high tea' by courier. Such a fabulously delightful surprise. A high tea just for he and me. My good husband is three score years and ten today. Wow......sounds rather ancient, doesn't it. The funny thing is, though he has  many well deserved aches and pains.......and battle scars, he tells me he still feels like a youngen. I wonder.......how did he and me get soooooo old.  Why, it only seems like yesterday we were both youngens! =) Oh, I might add, the cupcakes are red velvet......so, so, so deliciously delectable!

Auspicious birthdays aside, this last little while I have been playing with triangles and more Sweet Sunday  hexies. Triangles, I hear you query?? Yes..........triangles. In February, when one could go wherever one wanted; you know the days way back when, before the official edict from prime ministers, presidents, kings and queens proclaiming that everyone all over the lands were to remain in one's home......well.......I attended a fun weekend workshop playing with fabrics and wee triangles. It was a Whizz Bang workshop with Rachaeldaisy, of Blue Mountain Daisy fame. Gosh.......that workshop seems a lifetime ago. =)

Have you heard of Rachael?? She is the most delightful of ladies and so very clever. Rachael is an aussie gal and dreams up wonderful creations and shares them with us mere mortals. She entered her Whizz Bang quilt into the Australian Quilt show a couple of years ago and to her amazement her quilt won the Best in Show prize. The rest as they say is history. Since then she travels all around, both here in Australia and the world inspiring and teaching ladies the concepts behind her beautiful quilts. Her book, Whizz Bang is a fabulous one overflowing with oodles of inspiration and instructions on the how to's of all things triangles.....all things burr cone or as some might prefer, prairie point, pretties. Arranging triangles is really playing in the truest sense of the word. One just folds triangles from an assortment of strips of fabrics and then plays, placing triangles around and around in dizzying, gloriously hued circles. At Rachael's workshop I made three whizz bang circles and I must say I had the best time. The thing that struck me at the workshop is how every 'whizz bang' pretty that each lady imagined was so very different, even though all we really did was play with triangles. It is amazing the beautiful assortment of circles everyone conjured up. I fashioned three, and must say I am fairly pleased with my little circles. My fingers are itching to make some more whizz bang pretties and begin another quilt....but not just yet.

These last weeks I have been fashioning more hexies and stitching them to my Sweet Sunday quilt, as well. I felt the quilt needed just a few more pretty prints to play nicely with the others, so I ordered  some more fabric from The Strawberry Thief. Hopefully my letterbox will reveal a package of little Liberty joy this week......then I can enjoy a little more stitching. I can't wait to see this quilt top finished in all it's sweet Liberty glory.

Enough of this lazing around in bed! I had better get up and at it as there is much to be done. I wonder, can one have cupcakes for breakfast?? Why........I don't see why ever not. Life is much too short not to have cake for breakfast, especially if one is of a certain age.  Have a beautiful day, lovely lovelies. I know 'he and me' will♥

Until the next time......................

Linking up this week to Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitching.