Welcome, Feathered Friends

Last weekend Linda graciously hosted the gals for a quilting weekend. In between stitches we got out for a hike to clear the cobwebs and stretch our legs and this cute little birdhouse marked the beginning of the adventure. You likely can't read the little sign on the left but it reads, 'Welcome, Feathered Friends'.

Once back inside the needles continued to fly and I'll share more about that later in the week, but today it's all about the hand stitching. Betty made the binding for her Mother of the Bride quilt and got it all stitched down. The quilt is really something with all the antique linens and lace - such a treasure.

Sunday we had a planned power outage from 9 am through to 2 pm, so no machines humming in the background. Instead, everyone picked up their hand work. Linda is almost finished the Christmas Cabins quilt she and Jane started at our last getaway for her grandson (wait til you see it!); she spent her time cutting and sewing a 6-inch block border - the final touch on a truly wonderful quilt.

One of the borders on Linda/Jane's creation needed a rework so after I ripped it out Jane got busy and sewed everything back together the way they wanted it.

Anne has started her version of Snow Goose in rich turquoise and gold colours, sewing the various components by machine. She started assembling her blocks by hand and is thrilled with how it looks.

Betty moved to working on her version of Tumbling Blocks. It is gorgeously rich in colour but still not coming together in a way that she's thrilled with so I expect that there will be some ripping and reworking happening on it soon.

And I spent some time with Minnie, which is where I will pick up things today. There are a few last diamonds that need assembling and then more work on the half-diamond setting triangles, so I'll play with that while we wait for it to rain. It has been really dry of late and a good downpour or two would be more than welcome here....M