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A lovely day sewing...

I've had a lovely day today sewing with the Rocheberie Schoolhouse Quilters. It's always nice to catch up with such lovely quilters and bloggers:
There was a great speaker as well - Gail Lawther. She described the influence her visits to New Zealand had had on her and also showed us the great work she'd produced. As you can see I just had to buy the book.
We were also very lucky as we got a Christmas pressie too - a charm pack of lovely fabrics. I'm afraid the cake we had didn't last long enough for me to take a photo of - but I can assure you it was very very nice (and a very generous slice it was too).
So all in all a great day. As you can see from the photos below there were lots of us there.



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Sew Create It - Jane said…
Whooosh talk about quick posting!!

I'm so glad you enjoyed the day. It was a bumper meeting and everyone seems to have really enjoyed themselves. Gail was lovely to listen too and her New Zealand talk was very inspiring.
21 November 2009 at 18:59
Sarah said…
Had to be quick with the posting as I had a my SIL and her boyfriend coming round for dinner.
It really was a great day.
21 November 2009 at 23:10
Thimbleanna said…
How fun! Looks like you all had a wonderful day -- it's always nice to be inspired!
22 November 2009 at 04:13
Contented Caroline said…
I'm glad you enjoyed the day - I was pretty shattered afterwards, never seen it so busy but very 'buzzy' and enjoyable. I had to have that Gail Lowther book too!!
22 November 2009 at 20:22
Sarah said…
I was really impressed with Gail’s interpretation of what she'd seen in New Zealand - I might have to set our group a challenge for our exhibition in 2011. LOL they love it when I get mad ideas...
22 November 2009 at 21:14
sewkalico said…
Sounds like a fabulous day!
26 November 2009 at 19:09
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