More snapshots from our retreat

Such concentration.......

always makes for good work......

even when things must be studied hard.

Some people should act their age, even on their birthdays.

What a fantastic time we had at the retreat at Avalon in Toodyay, July 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Great company, fantastic food, ideal venue, heaps of laughs, birthdays, dress-ups and even some sewing!!! We're going again next year, so this is what you can look forward to!

And if you stay the extra night - this is the rack of lamb!!

A is for.....

Annie Oakley, Princess Anne, Apiarist, Agronomist, Applique, Artist, Angel, Athlete, Aquarium, Air Hostess, Axe Murderer....................And others all having fun at Avalon Quilt Retreat in Toodyay.

Todays Workshop with Sandi

What a great day we had today.

Sandi and Joy came to give us a lesson on invisible machine applique.

We were all very good and did exactly what we were told.

No one complained and all our work was amazing

Here's one very hard worker , head down stitching away.

Here's Marie ironing away. See how happy she is.

At the end of the day we had all learnt heaps and had a beautiful block finished.

Thanks to Sandi and Joy, you were great girls.

Friendship Day's are so much fun

Yesterday the Patch had a wonderful Friendship Day at Ros's beautiful new home

We admired the gorgeous views

Enjoyed the sunshine and laughter

Devoured the delicious food

Did a lot of chatting

Admired Loris' latest finish

Were excited by the arrival of  Ros' littlest Grandy when her very pregnant Mummy was rushed to hospital.

We waited for news.......

STOP PRESS: Safe arrival of a baby boy within moments of arriving at hospital.

Then we finished the day with a tour of the house and the views from upstairs...not good lighting for pictures but the view was perfect.

Thanks Ros for being such a wonderful hostess.

Latest pictures of members' quilts shown at the previous meeting night. Always inspirational! And Teena is using the glue from Pauline Rogers for her applique.

Shaggy Inspiration

Found a great tutorial/pattern for a 'raw-edge layer cake quilt' (shaggy quilt) which is just what I am looking for my left-over ocean scenes, so I thought I would share it with you. The post has a great idea for quilting too - Click here for the link.