The Dodo

After visiting Melly and me and reading about there Dodo. I decided to write about where the original came from.

Mauritius is an island in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Madagascar. In its isolation, many species developed that would be found nowhere else in the world – most famously, the Mauritius Dodo. Standing three feet high and unable to fly, how strange it must have looked to the sailors who discovered it! To Europeans it seemed stupid; a bird without the sense to run when humans came near and that laid its one, large egg on the ground without any precautions against predators.
Of course, the dodo was not stupid. There were simply no predators on the island to guard against before the arrival of humans – and while the extinction of the dodo is often laid at the feet of hunters, numerous references to the disgusting taste of dodo meat make it unlikely that the dodo was hunted to its infamous extinction. At least – it wan’t hunted down by humans, but by the creatures they brought with them. Rats, dogs, and pigs all contributed to the dodo’s doom by hunting their chicks or eating their vulnerable eggs. Less than 100 years after its discovery, the dodo bird was extinct.
The dodo became famous as one of the earliest and most dramatic examples of extinction in recorded human history. Now you can bring the dodo back to life with a little bit of yarn and some stuffing – but remember, folks: extinction is forever.

Making Bags

Last Saturday My friend Viv and I took a course with Nicole Mallalieu at Kimono House - Nicholas Building, Swanston St, Melbourne. It was a cold and wet day but in our case, it was the most perfect day to sit with some lovely women and sew. I highly recommend to any one that wants to make bags to go to one of Nicole course. Both Viv and I thought that we knew a lot about making bags till we lean all the new tips from Nicole.

Baby Quilts

I have been on a roll this last month making baby quilt.
Here are some of the quilts with one of the little person that got one of them.
Both are pattern I got from Amitie. In the second photo is part of other quilt that will be going to a friend for there ruby wedding anniversary

Last 2 weeks

It has been a very hectic 2-week at my home. I made the decision that the 2 dogs and me need more companies so we now have an international student leaving with us. She is here from Germany.with us for 7 weeks, I only had 2 days notice that she was on her way and we are having lots of fun.

On the 9^th May was my beautiful mother 75^th birthday. She is the most amazing lady, she came to Australia at the age of 35 with my dad and 5 kids and had other one here. Mum never works in till she game to Australian. Became a grand mother at the age of 38 and got her driving licenses at the age of 50. She became a widow at 55 when her youngest child was only 13^th. Went all the way to England for the first time in her 50^th. I made her a quilt that had some of her life in it. One hearts with the date of her birth, 2 hearts with the Year she got married and became a wife, 6 hearts with all the years of her children’s birth year, 8 hearts with all her grand children’s years of birth and 2 hearts with her 2 great grand children’s birth. Under each I added the all names she is know by that group.I already had made mum a quilt so this one I did was for her to use on all her trip. I use the Minky dots Fabric for the back. Spotlight has it for $12.95 a meter and tied the all quilt