Saturday, August 11, 2012

Catch Up

As usual I have been very slack in letting you know what I have been up to!! About 3 weeks ago I had the pleasure of going to Nundle again for one of Kerry's quilting retreats with some of my special blogging friends. 

I left very early in the morning and we had a heavy frost and some areas were very foggy. As I came over the bridge at Windsor you couldn't see the river for the fog then as I started my drive through the turf farms there was a glow in the fog - it was the sun rising - quite spectacular!!
 



Poor Cardy couldn't come at the last minute as she was having woes from prospective home buyers but her replacement came along and had a great time!

She was also joined by Peg & Dale those chooks that keep showing up everywhere!!


Now to the quilts. Everyone had a different quilt to make, some got further than others, but everyone sewed their little hearts out all weekend!
I didn't get a top finished as I was talked into trying a Quilt As You Go quilt which meant trying Free Motion Quilting for the first time! So my quilt is still in blocks and panels waiting to be put together, but at least it is nearly all quilted!! This is the quilt I am making - photo courtesy of Kerry's blog. 



Sandy and the quilt for her dad...
Trish and her Star quilt....
Belinda's quilt on the design wall...
Chooky's gorgeous quilt blocks...
Part of Lea's baby quilt...also Quilt As You Go...

And Trish showed us how to make these cute flower brooches...
Randoms....



Kerry has such a lovely location...



Thanks for a fabulous weekend ladies!!!

6 comments:

Susan said...

Looks like you had a ball. Some great projects underway too.

Khris78 said...

Looks like a great weekend ... I loveyour quilt!!!

Chookyblue...... said...

it is was a wonderful weekend.........I had the best time.......you did very well learning and doing free motion quilting on your quilt.....it looks great and I hope you get it finished soon...........

De said...

Looks like great fun! Love the random photos! I have to push myself to do the free motion quilting thing too!

Cardygirl said...

Missed you all!

Janice said...

What a fun weekend it must have been. Love the pic of Chooky beibg a tad silly. Good on you for trying free motion quilting.