April recap

We had a beautiful day for our April meeting.  As a bonus, we were joined by one of our favorite and seminal members … this lady.  It was great to have Ruth here.  It was a good opportunity to give her the prize bag that’s been waiting for her since the race.  The bag included a crown from Jan and a flattering knit from Kathy.

I was distracted by Sherman’s barking, Brady’s requests for help with the iPad, and getting together a quick drawing system for the “potholders” so I missed some of the work in progress.  Some Divas were working on Friendship blocks and some were pin basting.  Dianne was putting together the backing for a pretty floral top that she made from some leftover squares. 

After beating a dead horse since 2014 on the potholder/art quilt exchange, it seemed that everyone got into the spirit one way or another.  Dianne (#1 critic of the “challenge”) not only brought one but made one.  What a good sport!  Some Divas made matched sets—very generous and thoughtful.  In the end, we had enough for everyone to receive one, even our Divas that couldn’t join us.  These shots are a little dark but here are the finished pieces that we chose from via a drawing.

I forgot to put the pot pie in the oven until 12:00 so that made for a later than usual lunch and probably the reason we missed show and tell.  Speaking of lunch, we had one of our spontaneous dessert-fests.  From my calculations, we had two chilled choices (ambrosia and Jello), two kinds of cookies, two key lime pies, and two options for carrot cake.  Kathy had made these cute cakes for the April birthday Divas.  She brought some squeeze frosting for me to apply.  As Kathy would say, the result is Charlie Brown sincere.  With another great lunch on the books, we were all stuffed!

Next month, we will continue working on our braid challenges or whatever inspires you.