And the winner is....

It was sunny and mild as the quilt gladiators entered the arena for their yearly combat. Only Susie was missing so you know who we talked about the most.
We started with the usual wasting of time greetings and snacking on breakfast appropriate goodies. But once we got going......
 What drama this year. Two blown breakers and one broken machine. Poor Mary Anne's machine started making a "clicky clicky" and then seized up. Jan tried to get George to bring over her machine that is a duplicate of Mary Anne's but he got the message late.
 We warmed up to a half assed hearted "Jelly Roll" dance. There were several dance breaks. Poor Brady looked away as if The Chicken Dance and YYMCA were things he should not see. Gwen finished first but to her dismay, found her jelly roll had only 30 some strips, Not her fault and it will make a charming baby quilt. In this race, a winner is a winner. Nest came Ruth in a startling upset considering she finished dead last only a year ago. There might have been some unauthorized pre sewing done but, what the heck. Eventually we all finished, complimented each other and had lunch.
Fantastic again.
 Gwen was crowned Queen of the Jelly Roll and prizes were distributed. Many fantastic goodies appeared as it has become a sort of "Stone Soup" kind of thing. Judy took her prize from last year, a jelly roll of junk food fabrics and made us each a pouch filled with goodies.
 There was more chatting and laughing.  Something about mustaches turned into a discussion of goatee and we knew it was time to break up the party.
 Mike, Brady and Sherman were their usual fantastic host selfs. Thank you guys.
 Someone will certainly post pictures.
  Next time? a continuation of the Mary Ellen Hopkins challenge.