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Comment by María de Lourdes León Viejo on November 20, 2010 at 19:45

Precioso, bello trabajo, muy laborioso y creativo

Comment by Shirley on June 12, 2010 at 18:38

This is one of my favourite blocks on your quilt Di, probably because I know the place so well, and we were there together.

Comment by Dianne Cahill on June 12, 2010 at 2:28

Thank you Ruth. They were lovely times when the children were little. It is a beautiful part of the world, a little isolated, which is why we left. It was great fun stitching my memories into this block.

Comment by Ruth Ann Andres on June 11, 2010 at 11:15

lovely history to this beautifully sentimental work...Great job...

Comment by Anneliese on April 17, 2010 at 17:03

It is so instructive - I read Dreamtime by ......Bruce Chatwin

Comment by Dianne Cahill on April 17, 2010 at 16:08

Thank you Elizabeth and Svetlana for your lovely comments. It is so much fun dreaming up motifs and stitches to do to represent different memories. I think this is why it has taken almost 5 years to complete the blocks. Each block requires so much thought.:-)

Comment by Shirley on April 17, 2010 at 13:55

Oh, forgot, also feather stitch.

Comment by Shirley on April 17, 2010 at 13:54

Ok have had a sleep...some of the stitches were ribbon stitch, fly stitch, wrapped bullions Pistil stitch turkey stitch, besides the knots, stem stitch, chain, that you had already worked. This block reminds me of all the fun we had at Rainbow.....remember Childers? and all the bus trips...they were good times.

Comment by Svetlana on April 16, 2010 at 6:02

Beautiful piece. I like your eucalyptus flower. Thank you for sharing your story.

Comment by Dianne Cahill on April 16, 2010 at 2:37

We lived at Rainbow Beach for several years when the children were little. Rainbow Beach gets it's name from the coloured sand cliffs surrounding the beach. A very beautiful sight which attracts many tourists. The aboriginal dreamtime story attributes the colour to the mythical creature 'the rainbow serpent'. The tree in the centre of the block grows prolifically in the area - the casuarina tree. The lighthouse stands at Double Island Point.