Spring in the Scrub - Part 2

 SATURDAY

I forgot to mention in the previous post that most of us stayed in one of the local pubs this time, as the cabins at Camp Cypress are undergoing renovations, which should be completed before we return for Scrub Stitchin’.   

However, other than Friday dinner, all meals were at Camp Cypress.  This time the catering was by Chooky, Deb and Deb’s daughter.  We enjoyed a continental style breakfast, with some tasty treats included.  Lunches were make your own sandwich/roll/wrap, with lovely fresh breads.  There were plenty of fresh salad items and cold meats.  Dinner on Saturday night was pumpkin soup, butter chicken and Thai green chicken curry, followed by sticky date muffins with caramel sauce and cream.  

Of course there were also several slices to nibble on throughout the day and our usual scones for morning tea on Saturday.  There was definitely no excuse to go home hungry.

We were all industrious again during the day.  Once I finished my little quilt tops I decided to make the braided quilt we learnt at Scrub Stitchin’. I was going to use a junior jelly roll I purchased at Spotlight about 15 years ago.  However, when I opened it up, several of the strips were cut very roughly and in parts only measured 2 1/4 inches, so no good for this project, as it uses every last skerrick of the strips.  Not happy.  Oh well, you get what you pay for, I suppose.  I’ll find something else to make with them.

What now?  Time to have a play.

I pulled out the tub of pink scraps that I brought along.

After a little while I had an additional six crumb blocks to add to my collection.  I’ve still no idea what I will do with them all.  I’m just having fun making them with my tiny scraps.

Meanwhile Linda had been working on her version of the braided quilt using batiks.  It is going to be so effective.  I hope she has it completed for Scrub Stitchin’.

For the rest of my time, I just worked on my hexy flowers.  Maybe I chatted a bit too.  Who’d have thought.

On Saturday evening we had our Make It, Bake It or Fake It swap.  I was lucky to receive a small heat wheat pillow and a cute little embroidered sign or mug rug.  These were from Diane.

I have already found a home for it on my minis wall in my sewing room.

This is what I made for the swap.  It went to Mary.  They are a really handy little sewing kit.  I use the one I made ages ago all the time.

After dinner it was time for show and tell.  I’ll start with my three little quilts that I stitched while there.

I can’t say that I love the three yard quilt with the  dogs, but it will be fine for a donation quilt.  The other two are rather sweet.  They will all be donated.

Lianne shared her quilt and bag that won prizes at local shows, as well as her row by row quilt and the pretty quilt that she worked on during the weekend. 

Jenny shared her Foxley Village by Natalie Bird.  The back was nearly as pretty as the front.

Kylie showed her quilt that she had been working on at Scrub Stitchin’.  It is a Missouri Star pattern. Just gorgeous colours.

Natasha had two beauties.  First a blue and white and then Green Tea and Sweet Beans by Jen Kingwell.  She did all the quilting and the back was also beautiful.  It has taken seven years to complete.

Chooky shared the two quilts she was working on during the weekend to use up her flannel stash.  They will be nice and snuggly.  I’m not sure how she found time to do any sewing with everything she was organising.

Miranda shared her Elmo quilt that she was working on during the weekend.  She made the centre patch a couple of years ago at Scrub Stitchin’.  We hope to see it completed at Scrub Stitchin’ next year.

Diane had her king sized quilt that she was working on at Scrub Stitchin’.  It travels with her in her caravan.

Mary shared a quilt that she had made for her Mum that has now come back to her after her Mum’s recent passing.  She also shared her Liberty hexy quilt, which is an ongoing project as well as her Field Journal stitcheries, also framed in Liberty. This is about two thirds of the blocks.  Some of us had to have a closer look at her exquisite embroidery.

Karen was our super achiever, as she worked on many quilts.

Heidi worked on her first ever quilt.

Annette shared her Bonnie Lass by Jen Kingwell and her current hand pieced quilt.  She was nearly finished the binding.  It was nice to see it progress since Scrub Stitchin’.  The mitres border really make it.

A few of us then shared some of our earliest work.  It is interesting to see how we have progressed and styles have changed.

Mary brought this little beauty along.

Annette went and got this one of her bed in cabin.  I love the secondary pattern.

Maree shared a quilt she made for her Dad many years ago with a farming theme.

This is one of a pair of quilts that were the first ones made by Linda.  The other one has been completed, but this one still needs quilting and binding.

This is Miss Jules’ first quilt, from the time when her fabric stash was kept in a small paper bag.

This is my first quilt, made following a pattern in a magazine, back in 2003.  I had no idea how to quilt or bind it, so took my first class.  The backing and some of the front pieces are Liberty, found at an op shop by my mother in law.  The rest was dressmaking scraps and fabric left over from covering photo frames and photo albums, back in the day.  The intersections are terrible, but I still love it.

And this is the quilt I made in my first class in 2003, when Anni Downs first opened her shop in Bathurst.  The centre medallion is hand quilted.  The rest was quilted on my tiny Elna Stella.  As a result, we went shopping for my Janome.

I also took along my Trail Mix quilt that I made during Covid, as it is my favourite winter quilt.

Brenda had a beautiful quilt hanging on the wall made from vintage linens.  Zoom in to have a closer look.

She also brought in some non quilt show and tell.

The top teddy is made from men’s ties and the bottom teddy, which stands about six inches high, is entirely covered with embroidery.  Such a clever duck.

Jenny also completed two fabric baskets on the weekend.  Both in Tula Pink Giraffe prints.

And that concludes show and tell.  I hope I didn’t bore you too much.

SUNDAY

Sunday was a short day for me.  Some more EPP and then hitting the road mid morning, getting home mid afternoon.

It was a thoroughly enjoyable weekend, catching up with several other “Scrubbers” as well as meeting some new ladies.  Thanks to Chooky and Deb for all their efforts in putting the weekend together.  Now it is only a bit over six months until we all gather again for Scrub Stitchin’.  I can’t wait.