Thursday Quilt Group

I cannot believe that  it has been 2 weeks since I last posted, the time has just gone nowhere, (Cambridge Machine Quilter's Conference, followed closely by the Southern General Practice Conference in Christchurch last weekend, and a trip to Dunedin in between.. have hardly been home.

well what a wonderful day today, so utterly relaxing and the freedom just to be creative, how wonderful, haven't had a day like this for ages.....


and my sewing machine was used for the first time in weeks, I am not sure who had the bigger withdrawal symptoms, Miss Elna or myself!

Anyway, have a look at what Thursday Quilt group got up to today...

Actually we started last night with a pot luck tea to welcome tutor Sue Weston to our town, and our quilt group.(we meet every Thursday from 10am-3pm ish every week at the local Church hall).



 Have a look at her work here, Sue does a lot of work with woollens which she recycles form op-shops, and they are simply stunning! Sue is also into strip piecing in a BIG way, and that is what we were doing today



We all brought along our scraps, and tossed them in a huge pile in the middle of the room



then selected what we wanted for our own projects ...

 and away we went!

this one is largely blue/white stripes

 this is my effort for the day... (too much talking and eating.. hehehehe)

not too bad coming from a pile of scraps huh..

well done to the group I say! and a very big THANKS to Sue for coming over from Wanaka to join in and lead our group on this project!

I hope you are all having a wonderful week!

p.s. have a look on my Facebook page and see what lovelies arrived in store this week...