Almost A Wrap

With the locking of the door behind us, there's only 1 more patchwork day for this year (unless we can squeeze another in somewhere in between all of our super busy schedules). So before I go on about next patchwork day, we better have a look at what was happening last month.

Our dear Margaret was presented with this wall hanging, lovingly put together by members of our group to show our support for her through a difficult and sad time. Stitched with the threads of friendship.

Margaret got busy cutting gorgeous NZ fabrics and by the afternoon was able to play with layouts.

Sandra spent her morning with these cheeky little Santas.

Ruth's machine was stitching away on these lovely baskets of flowers.

Hand stitching was on Di's agenda with her cathedral windows style quilt.

Felting merrily along, Fay was busy growing her felt flower garden.

Some of her finished flowers.

 This amazing felt worked cushion is the handiwork of Di ... so stunning.

More of Di's gorgeous felt flowers.

Sorry girls but I have no memory of whose lovely little basket.

Now trying to jog my memory of what I was working on ?????  on that's right!

It has grown so maybe I should take a newer photo one day.

Are you still with me?  So lets talk about our next Patchwork Day.

Next patchwork day will be on Monday 24 November and will be a celebration of the Christmas kind....and sewing as usual.  So wear your Christmas finery and (only if you wish to) bring a small plate of nibbles to share for morning tea.  Then for lunch we will venture up or down to the Federal Inn.  I say up or down as the location of our next patchwork day is yet to be confirmed ... stay tuned!

UPDATE:  We will hold patchwork in the hall and the Inn is booked.

If you would like to be part of our Gift Exchange it goes like this :
4 items each approx. $5 value with the total value of your gift to be no more than $20
Each item to start with a letter from the word "QU.I.L.T"
One of the items to be edible.

QU ~  One 12 1/2" quilt block of your own choice
I     ~  eg.  Ice cream;  Inches:  Inspiration:  Itching powder
L    ~  eg.  Licorice; Lollies; Lace; Lamborghini
T    ~  eg.  Thread; Thimble; Tinsel; Teabag

Just to get you into a panic if you're like me and haven't started yet ... there's only 17 more sleeps.

Wanted! ... More Time!

Or I could have called this one another version of 'Better Late Than Never' ... that seems to be my new motto.

So October rolled around our second patchwork day for September rolled around and here are some pics taken on the day.

Fay

Sandra

Narelle

Di

Kerry was working on a secret project .... shhhhhh!

Scroll on down to see what we played with on the 1st September and mark Monday 27th October in your diary for our next patchwork day.  Hope to see you there.

How Late is Better Late Than Never?

So this is what we got up to in September ... if memory and my camera serve me correctly.

Fay

Di

Kerry

Di

Sandra

Narelle

Margaret

Better Late than Never

Seems I'm always just scraping in with pics from our last patchwork day just before our next day is upon us. Thems the breaks as everyone seems to be always searching for that little extra time.

Fay and Margaret brought along their star quilts from our retreat weekend at Gayndah ... looking stunning girls!

Kerry and Narelle also brought along their retreat quilts to share ... from scraps to scrumptious!

Ruth W continued to work on her basket blocks and Margaret J was busily knitted but somehow both missed the camera action. We also had visitors galore with Margaret F, Patty and Kath popping in to say hello. More visitors through the door also when family who were staying at the local caravan park strolled down for a peak at our patchwork party.

Next patchwork day is this coming Monday 1st September ... how did that come about sooooo quickly?! Catch you there and if we're not in our usual spot in the hall, take a wander across to the cultural centre.

If you're at the council office or library, take a look at our 4 Friendship Round Robin pieces currently on display in the library.

Freezing in July Part 2

 Found these action shots of some of our members, when they were freezing in July at the Gayndah weekend workshops.

Must have been cold, how did you get your fingers to co-operate ?

 

Included this one as she has a connection to us and just loves cutting, sewing and ironing bits of fabric instead of ironing her clothes. Come along to see the Show and Tell, Monday 4th August.

Frozen in July

We expect to be cold in July but patchwork day was particularly freezing with a breezy cold snap that had us heading for the warm sunny doorway at lunchtime.

Margaret J timed a visit with her daughter and joined in for the day. Margaret takes part in a postcard swap and brought along her gorgeous collection to show and tell.

Her day was very productive with these 6 lovely cards finished and ready to gift.

Margaret F has been busy putting her new skills to practice on her embroidery machine.

This stunning blue runner was sewn by Kerry who has been busy sewing with these lovely border fabrics.

Fay will be putting a smile on a young man's face with this great wall hanging.

Narelle took advantage of having her mother visiting, and dug out this crochet knee rug she started a few years ago.

Ruth W continued working on her Mariners' Compass quilt and did a little visiting around town while she was over.

Fay, Margaret F, Kerry and Narelle are heading off to Gayndah for a weekend sewing retreat while Di and Ruth enjoyed a week in Adelaide attending sewing workshops.  We all look forward to show and tell from these girls when we next meet on August 4 ... let's hope it's a lot warmer too.

June Catch-up Part 2

Here's a few more photos - my computer decided it was too cold to continue loading.

See you all this Monday ... remember your winter woolies!

Playing Catch-up for June

No excuses this time, just haven't got "a round toit".  This is what we got up to at our June patchwork day.