The fun times are returning!!..................

The last week started out pretty good with an overnight visit by DS and family. Miss Bridie always wants to sew on the machine, but first we made sausage rolls, and she was a great helper......

........and then carefully put the trays in the oven to cook.

Then it was time to sew, and she had a lovely piece of fabric with pretty stitches in different coloured threads to take home with her. Hopefully next time she will be here longer and we'll be able to make something bigger.

Mr Tate loves my frog collection and I let him play with this one and he was allowed to take it home. B When it was time to leave, we searched the house, but the frog was nowhere to be found. And after they had gone, guess where I found him??

While they were here, it was discovered there was a drainage issue from the bathroom, so I called the plumber this week and we have a large hole out the laundry door at the moment. There is now an inspection point in place and the problem was diagnosed as lots of tree roots in the pipes! And the nearest trees are quite a distance from this area.... Modern technology has reached the plumbing industry too, as they can put a camera up into the pipes to diagnose the problem, and I could see all the tree roots and cracks in the pipes.

While out on the highway this week we came across this rainbow across the sky.

We pulled off the road and zoomed into the brightest part for a photo, but sadly didn't find the pot of gold at the end!

I quilted another 3 quilts for the Angels group this week and they are now waiting for bindings. The Angels group will be shifting their fabrics to our Patchwork group hall soon, and will continue their activities at group sewing days. 

Kaye called in this week to show me her quilt now that it has the binding on and for me to take a full photo. ( In the last post I lamented that I did not get a full photo before it left the building).

This week it has almost been like old times. Today the fairy arrived in town on the Overland Train. And another 2 friends came for a sewing day. Much was achieved along with a lot of chatter, which was so good to listen too. Another 3 friends called in and out during the day as well!! Raylene calls this the revolving door!

Ruth was busy sewing 39 blocks together after she cut the pieces early this morning......

.....and by the time her hubby came to collect her she had stitched them all together and pressed them! (she had planned to put black with her coloured fabrics, but was talked into using the navy blue instead, so perhaps there might be another quilt in this design using the black as she had already cut the pieces for this??)

Yvonne was sewing string blocks and there will be more pics of these in the next post. Raylene looked at the remaining strings and decided they needed to be sorted into colours for a "colour coordinated" string quilt and here she is pondering her decisions.

I will have more news on progress in the days to come. Tomorrow will see the arrival of more ladies as we head into a long weekend and the first "official" retreat at Number 8 for more than 2 years!! We are very excited and looking forward to a return of former times. There are some staying over and a few locals calling in on some of the days. Now I need to remember to get the camera out for photos. 

I will also have a post soon about the Churn Dash SAL with Chooky. 

Time to finish this post now and get some sleep before more preparations tomorrow.

Will be back with updates soon.

Blessings, From Jude