March Photo Post

I will refrain from complaining about the weather, again.  I was happy that we had a nice weather day for our March meeting.  I had several mini-panics all day when I would remember ... take a picture for Ruth!  Rest assured, we talked about everyone who was unable to join us.  I'll keep this brief but add in a few photos to enhance Kathy's narrative. 

Several of us took advantage of the fact that Gwen was here to explain the tricky part of this year's Wildwood raffle blocks.  I didn't get mine finished but I got beyond the one cut that I didn't understand.  Jan made two blocks, one shown below and another that I didn't get a photo of.

Mary Ann made one too.

Judy made a cute bag intended for a lucky little girl.  She also made a Wildwood block.  She and I had identical fabrics so imagine there is another one just like it.

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I didn't get an action shot of Fran sewing but she put together a scrappy backing fabric for her red jelly roll quilt (I believe it was last year's).



Here's a shot of Jan working on her Wildwood blocks and others socializing and gaming.




Gwen brought the storefront blocks she's collected so far.  So cute and imaginative!



She was also working on her Bargellographix from a few years ago.

My action photo of Susie wasn't that great so you'll have to settle for her foot.  She was binding this quilt for her grandson.

 

 

I have my sample MEH challenge block so that is one less excuse for me to begin.  I am determined to use a vintage piece of muckled background fabric I have so I wanted to be sure my math was right ... and it wasn't .... so this was a worthy exercise.

Brady was busy with video games and this Melissa & Doug stickers by the number sort of puzzle that he started the night before.  He was pretty proud of it.

Lunch and snacks were great, as usual.  By the way, rum is always available.  Add it to your smoothie, your coffee, or just drink it out of the bottle if it is a bad day.  We're all friends here.

I could have sworn that I got a shot of Judy's dessert tray but, apparently not.  I did manage to catch one of Jan's salad before we tore into it.  She has a way with green.

We all managed to squeeze into the dining room.  Even Sherman had to get into this shot.

As Kathy mentioned, our next regularly scheduled date is the day before Easter so we decided to move next month to 4/12.  Hope to see you then!

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March marched in and so we gathered.  I don't really know too much about what was going on because I was occupied with Brady and his narration of his game and chasing about with Sherman ( Houdini). I don't know how I got up off the floor.
  No Laura, no Ruth and no Dianne. They were missed.
Sue seemed to be binding a Super quilt she started in Amishland. Jan, Gwen, and Mary Ann were working through blocks for the Wildwood raffle quilt. Judy, bless her heart, was quilting her Mary Ellen Hopkins project. Syd picked out what she was going to make for that and finished a beautiful knitted scarf. Lori had her Mary Ellen project in the sample block stage and a big pile of fantastic fabric ready to start the real thing. Honestly, who does practice blocks anyway. Oh yes, the people who don't enjoy piles of pieces that don't go with anything. (Note to self, learn how to do this)
Fran, pretty in coral (orange) for St Patty's day. Buddy, I know you had your machine and a project but what the heck were you working on? Lynn brought breakfast goodies and stories.  I actually did work on a knitted Log Cabin afghan, weaving in ends of yarn. You NEED company for this kind of soul sucking work. There also was a fascinating discussion of tones and tints with the aide of the Joan Wolfram tool. Some of us are involved in a color challenge.
Mike and Lori, who are young and can see by looking at some of us (me) are trying to avoid the decrepidness that comes with old age and are eating healthy. Mike prepared what looked like wonderful fruit smoothies that most of the Diva enjoyed. There was no rum in them so Lynn and i declined, respectfully.
 Lunch, fantastic as usual. Judy created the centerpiece dessert. I wonder if it's all those years as a teacher that makes her enjoy making those special things as much as she does.
 More chatting, more laughing. Judy did the dishes alone as Dianne was MIA. Brady was left with a good haul of goodies for his his lunch box.
  There was a lot of yelling, during the meeting, about "Take a picture of this for Ruth". They will be posted eventually.
  We left in time for the Maxwell family to prepare for Sherman's play date.
There was no rap up meeting but some talk of moving the meeting to the 2nd weekend in April.
I am looking forward to the photos.
You know, it was national Quilting Day. It's not the sewing, the patterns, the fabric or thread . It's the people you find yourself among. The journey is the thing. The companions are the most important part.