A fun packed weekend!

Last weekend was spent with friends; most of them I have met over the years through blogging. On Saturday we had arranged to all meet up at Browns Plain for a lunch with a very special visitor from New South Wales...it was Donna, aka Chookyblue!

But there is a patchwork shop at Browns Plain so most of us left home early so we could visit the shop before lunch...😉

I was quite restrained in my shopping...

Then it was time to head off to the Browns Plains Tavern...

It was a lovely catch up with blogging friends and our lovely guest of honour...

My lunch was a pumpkin salad with grilled chicken...delicious!

We staying chatting for quite a few hours, enjoying catching up and also enjoying the air conditioning  in the Tavern.

Most of these friends are also Sunday Stitchers too! And of course the next day was our February Sunday Stitchers meet up at Orneau.
So on Sunday there were comments about 'how it was ages since we'd seen each other' wink wink! Lol

We had some delightful Show and Tell on Sunday...
From Michelle...

From Marilyn...

From Helen...

At Sunday Stitchers we all work on our own projects. I worked on some EPP using some of my Liberty stash...

It was a great weekend!

Chooky Blue's Party...

Once again I've joined in this event; like the majority of participants who signed up here, I did not actually travel to the Chookshed! All of us, by signing up, agreed to spend as much time as possible over this last weekend, working on craft projects...and eating yummy food was also on the agenda :-)
Friday night, I didn't get much crafting done, but instead went out with some family members to celebrate DH's birthday. The food at our chosen local restaurant was delightful, so that requirement can be ticked :-). (when we came home I did manage to work on some crocheted granny squares)

A closer look at the birthday cake that DsD2 made for her dad...a chocolate torte made with a recipe from a Diabetic website :-)

Saturday was really about preparation for projects that I wanted to work on. I spent lots of time, cutting out hexagons...it seemed like lots and lots of hexagons! One lot of hexies were out of Christmas fabrics for a Christmas in July Swap. The other lot of hexagons that I cut out were the 42 that I needed for the Liberty Rainbow Hexie Swap. The colours I was allocated were blue and purple. 

For this swap we have to use a glue pen(specifically a Sewline) to baste the hexies over the papers. I spoiled myself and bought some precut papers. I was a bit hesitant to use glue, being a stitching baster from the 1970s, but of course had to abide by the rules of the Swap. I was pleasantly surprised how easy the glueing was...a lot better with the heavier commercial papers as opposed to my homemade copy paper ones I'd tried years ago. 

On Saturday I also cut some more 2 inch squares for my Trip Around the World quilt; and marked the quarter inch line on 2 sides.

Also on Saturday, I sewed some more squares of Liberty fabrics for the blocks in my Liberty Postage Stamp Quilt block swap.

And to have a break from all that cutting, I grabbed the crochet hook and yarn and my pile of 10 inch crocheted squares grew by a few more.

Sunday was the May meet for the Sunday Stitchers and what better way to continue to work on stitching projects, surrounded by dear friends? 

It was also the group's Biggest Morning Tea to raise money for Cancer research. So that yummy food comes into play again! lol.

As well as eating, chatting and laughing at Sunday Stitchers, I basted those Christmas themed hexies on my homemade copy paper papers....just about got all my pile done...

A great weekend!
Congratulations to Chooky on another very successful birthday weekend. And here's that link again if you would like to 'visit' some of the other 'partygoers' to see how they celebrated.