In amongst the recent chaos was the bright spot of a weekend away with stitchy friends...to Sewjourn in Lancefield...organised months ago and so looked forward to...a weekend of frivolity, yummy dinners out and lots of stitching...for me it turned into a Claytons weekend away, it was just too much for my head spinning brain to handle, getting back Thursday night and re-packing clothes/linen and organising Jindi again so I opted to come home Friday & Saturday night to feed Jindi and sleep (it's the next town so only about a 15 minute drive)...good thing too as it meant that when I forgot something I was able to take it back with me the next day...and what did I forget Friday morning??? Well, um, the one machine project I intended to do all weekend...
Yep, took P-faff and left the project in its basket sitting on the cutting table...arggh...so instead I spent Friday hand stitching and finished appliqueing the outer border on Anna...
There are hexies and stars to be appliqued on the border...most of that preparation is already done so definitely on the downhill now...
So Saturday was P-faff day....stitching the blocks for a quilt-as-you-go project, Kalamazoo. I finished quilting each block, it took ages and I really had to keep reminding myself that it would go quickly once I'd got through that...all the quilting lines stitched and the short seams managed ready for trimming but I'd had enough so it came home to be finished...hasn't happened yet...
Got to say I have such clever friends...see this quilt top...this is G's first quilt, yes first, and on top of that...it is entirely hand pieced right down to us teaching her how to do mitred corners! which she did beautifully...
J went on a bag mission...
K finished up a quilt top - a Bonnie Hunter so not exactly quick and easy!...but I didn't get a photo, it is so huge the wall wasn't really big enough!! and on Sunday I started making a version of the first bag Jean made, still in progress...
A great weekend was had by all and next year's is already been booked and looked forward to...when there will be five as A wasn't able to make it at the last minute, you were so missed, looking forward to spending time with you soon...I have the best time with these ladies...
Happy Stitching...
10 comments:
Sounds like a great weekend. Love all the projects and I know what you mean about Kalamazoo. It is intense sewing but well worth it in the end.
you have been very busy!
love your anna top, it looks gorgeous. Is it a big quilt?
good that you have all bee so helpful and encouraging to G, love her first quilt!
very pretty little pouches.
love your sal blocks too.
OMG....awesome xx
As always, the best time spent away with like-minded sewing friends.
It looks like it was very productive
Hi Annette... great weekend away... fab sewing from everyone... love that zippered pouch!
Despite the Friday hiccup you seem to have managed a goodly amount of creativity for your weekend efforts! And with all the apparent madness going on around you with your work arrangements at the moment your weekend of sewing sounds incredibly well deserved.
Sounds like you had fun. Beautiful projects. Your hexagon quilt is gorgeous, Annette.
What fun and what lovely creativeness...
Hugz
Looks like everyone was productive.
Such pretty colours in your quilts.
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