Friday, 15 April 2022

Scrub Stitchin’ - Part 3 - Saturday

Saturday dawned with clouds, but sunny.  The pavilions looked lovely in the morning light.
The camp is such a peaceful place, with lots of bird life.  The blue eared honey eaters are always present.  Unfortunately, this year there was one that took to swooping everyone, which was a bit annoying. It must have had a nest somewhere.

Those of us that join in with Zoom stitching sessions got up at the crack of dawn to partake in a short session with some of the international stitchers. It was a nice way to let them join in with Scrub Stitchin’.

Like Friday, we were all very industrious, with plenty to show for our efforts.
Some lovely versions of our project were complete, but not mine, I didn’t even make a start.
Jo made a placemat with the tiny twister blocks made from the scraps from her big twister quilt.  So fiddly, but very effective.
Brenda completed her twister table runner.
Chooky completed her twister top, ready to send off to the quilter.
And after much unpicking, as I had blocks and then a row around the wrong way I completed my twister quilt top.  Chooky’s and mine are from the same fabric range, I just omitted the white blocks.

Saturday night is always our special themed dinner.  This year the theme was RED.
Our caterers each year are Ronnie and Janine, who are now just as much one of the girls as all the ones stitching.  Here, Ronnie is looking the part for the Red dinner.

The table decorations were very red, as were the attendees.


Lynda even coordinated her wine.
After dinner it was show and tell, but that is a separate story.

We were leaving for home early on Sunday morning, so I packed away my sewing on Saturday night.  In the end, I managed to complete two quilt tops, one swoon block and my RSC blocks as shown before…..and
A pile of half square triangles as leaders and Enders to make a baby quilt - now ready to trim down to size….and
Some black and white HST as leaders and Enders, ready to press open and trim to size.

I also stitched some jelly roll strips together as the start of another baby quilt.  Rather a productive few days.
Before we headed home on Sunday morning the group photo was taken.  Jenny, Gail and Lynda had already headed home.

It was such a wonderful weekend, with a great bunch of ladies. Now we just have to wait for twelve months to do it all again.  I can’t wait.


 






12 comments:

Chookyblue...... said...

such fun pics........and gosh the pics of our fabric make it look so different here..........can't wait to see them together finished........so may happy memories in these pics..........

Maria said...

A fun filled productive weekend….
Well done … the twister flimsys look great.

Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana said...

Hi Janice, thoroughly enjoyed reading your Scrub posts! What's not to love, neat quilts, your Swoon block is beautiful, sashiko stitching which is a favourite of mine, Red dinner, etc. And all these relaxed and very happy faces. What a wonderful time!

ButterZ said...

You always tell a great story. Love your photos and your work. All the red looked great and it was a good, fun night.

Jenny said...

Such a fun weekend! And you must be pleased with what you accomplished.

cityquilter grace said...

sure looks like a good time was had by all..nothing like a great retreat! thanks for the photos..

kiwikid said...

Wonderful photos Janice, you even got the swoopy bird or one of its relations!! It was a fun weekend. Such a wonderful group.

Karen's Korner said...

Fun, food, laughter and sewing....what more could a girl want.

Jindi's Cottage said...

You did get a lot accomplished...great pics of Camp Cypress...

Jenny said...

love the photos Janis

Raewyn said...

It sounds like you all had so much fun. Well done on achieving so much. Thank you for your lovely detailed posts. See you next year!!!!!!!!!!

jude's page said...

Wow, you were all so productive as well as having fun.