A lot of fun happens when ladies get together for a day…………of craft! You can sit next to someone new and find something to talk about and a new friend is made. There was lots of talking, lots of sewing, lots of quilting and a bit of eating. I arrived with boxes of blocks and by the end of the day we had made 23 quilts, more quilt tops and are well on our way to finishing them up!
Such a huge achievment. I had a serious case of the pre-craft day nerves in the morning and retro daddy said to me as he was leaving me at the centre ‘aren’t you worried?’
me ‘about what?’
him ‘that only 2 people are here’.
me ‘no, they’ll come’.
him ‘ok then’….. he also told me to tell the ladies that it’s not about making works of art but getting them done. Wise words from someone who wants the boxes out of our house. And we had 19 ladies join us today (yes 19!!!!!) and we powered through those quilt blocks, baby. Such a great feeling and achievment to come home with 2 boxes of completed quilts.
It was such a fun day and we’ll definitely have to bring our machines along for a craft day again soon. I could have kept going for a couple more hours but before long the big gold multivan was out the front of the community centre to bring me home.
And I can’t say thank you enough to my lovely ladies today – and oh boy don’t I wish I took all your names and email addresses and blogs but here goes- Lisa, Lisa Lewis, Nicole H., Jan-Maree who I think I called Di during the day, Sheridan (thanks for the polar fleece!), Sonia, Stacey, Nicole and her mum, Jenny, Bron aka Maxabella, Pat, Sabeena (thanks for the baby cuddles), Jenny, Marisa (did I spell it right?), Hilary, Anne, Denyse (thanks for the cupcakes) and Celia. Couldn’t have done it without you lovely ladies. Thank you! And if I’ve left you off or made a mistake then tell me – today went like a blur and I’m sure I’ve made a mistake! In fact I guarantee it.
A wonderful cause, so glad you got support. I need to learn to use my sewing machine or I would have come to help. Well done.
Fantastic to hear it went so well…crafting with friends is truly all you mentioned especially when strangers come together…I had a community crafting bee yesterday…smaller scale but none the less productive and encouraging.
Great looking quilts too.
Well done to all x
Great work! Thats a lot of quilts!
I have my one quilt for the cause just needing its binding, hope to finish that soon and get in contact with you!
Whata fun day you have had & well done for getting so many quilt tops put together, that’s quite an achievement! Would love to have joined you but it’s a long way to travel from the UK.
Thanks for organising it Corrie. It was a fun day and very satisfying – yes, you did call me Di but who cares! You were busy and look what was achieved. Count me in if you do a craft day – I would love to meet some of the ladies again at a more relaxed time! And Lisa, don’t know your surname but if you want to learn to quilt I will teach you anytime! Happy stitching!
Lets hear a big round of applause for all the wonderful ladies who got involved, and an extra big hand for Corrie.
Thanks so much for organising such a great day Corrie, we met some lovely people and had a lot of fun.
Natalie and Cathy
The quilts look fabulous Corrie. Sounds like you all had a fun day.
I had a great day Corrie, loved the sewing and meeting such lovely women. Well done to all on a great effort, and yes you did get my spelling correct. See you again. Marisa
I wish I could have come but its kinda hard to travel from Queensland with a sewing machine!
What a wonderful day you all must of had! Fantastic achievement, and it’s great to see a couple of pics of my blocks made into a charity quilt already.
Looks like you had a great day – and what a fabulous sunny space for sewing in – perfect!
This is such a wonderful event! Hope you all had fun. The quilts are sooo colorful. Thank you for sharing and make this a great event. Love to you all.
Looks like it was a great day Corrie! So glad you had a great turn out.
Do you need anything else to finish off some quilts? If you could let us know I could see what I have here to send to you.
Where about in QLD are you planning on send the first ones off too?
SO nice to see it all going on – wish I was closer. Really nice to catch site of a couple of my blocks in one of the tops.
Well done Corrie on achieving what you set out to do! Looks like you girls had a great time together
You are wonderful Corrie, seriously wonderful! I am so impressed with yours and the other ladies efforts. You should be feeling really chuffed :o) Retro Daddy’s comments make me laugh, men are so funny! xo
Yes, I am joining in that round of applause. Well done! Those quilts look fantastic.
You are all amazing, such great work!
I’m so excited I saw my squares!! What are the odds of that happening! Thanks so much for doing this Corrie it’s an awesome thing to have done. Well Done.
Oh look, there’s my fat head and a bunch of truly lovely quilts!
You are a MARVEL for organising all of this, Corrie. You have won me for life. x
It’s times like this that I wish I could sew! Those quilts will be so truly treasured. A great effort ladies.
What a fun day! My idea of heaven -non stop sewing, with a finished quilt or two at the end!!! Thanks Corrie for organising the day and to the other lovely ladies – it was so nice to spend the day with a great group of people. Count me in for the next sewing day!