Glenrose House Retreat

Yep, another retreat at Glenrose - in the house!
Thursday 20th - Sunday 23rd November.

It is kind of good that I don't have another retreat til March!!!

There were only 4 of us this time, but it was fun, chatty, and I was as productive as possible.  I didn't achieve as much as I thought I might - but it is hard to know how long some things will take.

I took a few pictures of what the others worked on.

Donna is making a baby quilt...the blocks won't be arranged like this - she has progressed well, but there is still a way to go.

Fiona is making this quilt and has all her blocks made.  She had enough time to arrange some of them on the design wall.

Tracey made several bowl cosies - Donna used them as hats for some of the teddies...
That is the price you pay for going to bed earlier than the rest!!!

I made up these placemats (for Meals on Wheels) - using hexies made by friends at a Sunday group I go to.

  

I have plenty of hand sewing to do now to finish off the bindings.
As I was on the last bit of the charcoal placemats, I could see the bobbin was getting low - so of course I held my breath....and just managed to finish before I ran out of thread!!!!

That is how much thread was left - a Bobbin Lotto Win!!!

I did the applique and joined the rows on Be My Neighbour....then I put it in the naughty corner as some of the rows were longer than others...mmm...I didn't have the pattern with me, so I moved on to other "stuff".

I had a box of scraps with me so I made up two pieces for crumb blocks.  They are not my favourite thing to do, so once that box is empty, my scraps will go to the child care centre where my grandchildren go.

We went out to Warwick Gardens Galore for lunch on Friday... We really do need to eat there everyday to try all the delicious menu options.  This was my lunch - Seafood & Mango salad.

Dessert time on Friday Night.
Donna & Fiona had brought along chocolate mud cake, Biscoff cheesecake and ice cream.  Had to try it all...

A fun time was had by all.  This group is totally separate to my normal retreat group people - there were plenty of new topics and fabric options that were covered....No new projects followed me home though!

Glenrose Retreat - March

I have been off for a short retreat at Glenrose Patchwork Cottages - in the house this time - a first for me!

We had a small group of 5 - sadly one had to pull out at the last minute....two I had met & sewed with before - one new to me person and a friend of mine - Helen.
It doesn't really seem to matter about who is there - we all get along and enjoy seeing what the others are doing.

I was able to take advantage of the design walls that are hung up to lay out two I Spy quilts - much easier there, than on a bed at home. . . 

I got all the rows sewn one of them and the other is pinned and numbered.

I made this Baby Quilt top

and joined the rows for another, but couldn't find the right fabric for the internal borders.

And I started on 10 Bunny Bags - one was finished before I started the other 9 in a "production line".

I decided to leave off the faces....
my drawing skills are about 2/10, so they are best left blank!
and they are all for children 4 and under, so not a biggie
& the parents can add their own design!

We all had a fun time - the shop is closing down, so there is a sale happening . . .some bargains may have come home with me.

Thanks Fiona for organising and Tracey for the Easter cakes, Wendy & Helen for adding to the fun!