A Bit Of A Catchup!

Here I am again, wondering where the days are going in this year. I'm sure we just had Christmas & now it's almost Easter! YIKES! At this rate, maybe I should just put my Christmas tree back up & be done with it! :0)

To be fair, this last week has been a wee bit busy (which seems to be the norm around the Meares' Madhouse!) with my Beloved Geek Boy away for work for a few days, which then ran into the weekend when I disappeared for a day to play with the Friday Night Sit N Sew gals for a mini retreat. I only went for the Saturday, but managed to pack in a lot of fun & laughs ... If not very much sewing! Tee! Hee! Hee! 

However, others did have their machines humming ...

... Linda finished this cute little bag ... Perfect as a gift for a little girl. Linda also finished a gorgeous quilt top ... But I forgot to take a photo. :0)

Julie finished the this quilt top ... Though she DID have a bit of a head start. One of her workmates decided she no longer had time to sew/quilt, so had a huge clean out, bundled all her sewing projects into a big bag & sold them to Julie. It was just like a stitcher's Christmas wish come true! There were lots of complete quilt kits, some just needing borders, some needing quilting & some like this one had some stitcheries to finish off. We're all always very interested to see what project Julie has found next to work on. :0)

And of course we all know you sew better after a drinkie or two. This was Julie's balanced quilting sustenance ... Balanced, as in ... One glass for each hand! Tee! Hee! Hee! As always, a HUGE thank you to the Marvellous Marion for organising our retreat. We're always completely spoilt with yummy food & treats.

I started working on some of the embroidery elements of my Butterfly Garden blocks, but really didn't make much headway, so no finishes for me to show off ... I'd better get busy tomorrow, hadn't I or that will be two months with no finishes for my OPAM list. Speaking of which ... Have you signed up with me or my GORGEOUS Partner-In-Crime Sweet Peg to play along? There's still room for more people to join us. And those who HAVE signed up ... Have you added your list of finishes under the OPAM badge on your blog & emailed your tally to Sweet Peg or me?? Well ... Get hopping, cos tomorrow we run out of February & we'll be doing our January/February prize draw ... & will reveal a little surprise we've been keeping up our sleeves. :0)

But right now, I think the kettle is calling my name, so I'm off to make a cuppa. Before I do, I've got a question for you ... How many stitchers does it take to wind a skein of thread onto a bobbin card??

Three ... Apparently!! :0) two to hold the thread & keep it from getting tangled & one to wind it on. This was some of our entertainment at our last Friday Night stitching session. Three of my crazy tribe ... Love 'em! :0) Til next time ...

BEAR HUGS!

CHEERS!

KRIS