Camp/Retreat Swaps...Received...

Of course there are two sides to any swap and I received lovely pressies in return for the project pouches I made...first up Stawell Quilters September camp present (the swap that didn't happen at camp but in bits between us)...a fat quarter pack of lovely batik fabrics...they are happily residing on a shelf in the emporium waiting their turn to jump up and down and yell pick me pick me...

Stawell Quilters March camp....the present that matched my ticket number was a kit for a bag...

with all the ingredients included...

Scrub Stitchin'...the ticket number I held matched the present from Sharmayne...a roll of pretty fun fabrics, a wee pouch that will come in very handy, a crochet cloth that I have popped into the travel cutlery roll (along with the jar opener cloth Jo made in our Scrub Stitchin' goodie bags) and a sweet smelling drawer sachet...thank you Sharm 😊

Lovely swaps...thank you very much to all...

 

Happy Stitching...

Cave Hill Swap...

Oh look...a draft post!...oopsie...Early-mid September was Stawell Quilters bi-annual stitchy camp at Cave Hill Creek...a venue in the hills between Raglan and Elmhurst...I arrived after work only a couple of hours after most others...so didn't miss out on too much...and just in time for tea!...

We sew in a big common room and this is the view...not so shabby...the weather was less than clement so there were no walks around the lake/grounds, good weather for bunkering down indoors...

There is a swap during the weekend... I made a Birds of the Meadow fabric storage box by Melissa Grant of One Day in May...I made the smaller size...

While hand stitching down the binding I discovered...way too late to do anything about it of course...that a section of a side seam hadn't been caught..a small crochet "flower" appliqued over the offending missed part of the seam took care of that...it was an interesting construction and turned out quite a bit bigger than I imagined so was glad i had gone for the smaller size pattern.  I do like the embroidery panel, the little bird is a scrap of flannel, nice and soft. I wanted to make something useful and it turned out to be a more practical size that I thought it would (my idea of size and reality are not always in sync! ha ha ha)...

Happy Stitching...