Gisborne retreat week

This week I have been in Gisborne,  we arrived Monday lunchtime after stopping to see Tracee at Hummingbird Quilting to drop if quilts to quilt.

This was the sunrise the morning i left 

We have all being sewing away

I have made a quilt top from blocks made by Jan from Bellarine Quilters 

We were one block short so Margaret kindly made a block for me

I was going to put in a solid block but that got vetoed! 😃

Margaret's quilt she put together, fabrics from a quilty friends who passed recently.

Maria made a strip quilt

Carkeen is making Pea in a Pod blocks

Another quilt top I put together with blocks made by Jan

Anither quilt top finished by Maria

Karen's quilt, she is working on the binding

More of Jans blocks put together by Judy, this one is stunning!

Strip quilt made by Judy

A quilt top Margaret put together, blocks made by Jan,  border found in the retreat bins, I have to find another border to try and make it a little bigger.

Another quilt top made by Maria 

I am now seeing hexis, but heading off to bed soon with a  a cuppa.

Home tomorrow afternoon.

Happy stitching.

Final day

at Gisborne retreat lots was finished up

Christine finished a scrappy top

I finished the kit quilt, pretty happy with this one

The lovely Ann finished her Peas in a Pod quilt top

Without the maker 😁

Judy finished this great quilt top, great colours in this one.

I finished a Christmas strip cot quilt,  I did not plan to make this, Abbe brought over a big bag of Christmas fabric,  and flannelette and an idea formed.......

The back, lovely soft fabric.

I am sure there were other finishes too but I didn't get photos.

Back home now and getting ready for the arrival of Jenny on Sunday.

Happy stitching.

Gisborne retreat

Very happy to have some finishes today, lots of beautiful quilts were under production 

Maria's and Maxines blocks 

Anne's Peas in a Pod blocks and my kit and baby blocks

Afternoon walk round the block

These beautiful roses are in the garden here

Judy finished her last strip quilt top, love the colours

Christine is working on a scrap quilt

Carleen is doing another two rows for her top

More of Maxines quilt top

Judy has started another quilt

Dinner was an amazing baked potato, followed by

Pavlova, my favourite!! 

One more border and this one is done , yay!! 

We have watched a DVD tonight called Film Stars don't die in Liverpool, was quite good. 

I am off for a cuppa and bed.

Happy stitching. 

Slow start

for me today but I am happy with what I have done, it took me nearly all day to sew 16 blocks together, lots on unsewing took place and getting them in the right place took ages too.

This was a kit from the Eltham quilt shop, very happy to have it finished. I made the blocks at Baradine and now it is a finished top 😄

I also have finished a cheater quilt top

Fabric from Jemimas Creative quilting in Craigeburn, Raewyn and I xalled in ther on our way to the airport, centre is cheater fabric, the borders left over backing fabric.   Very happy with that one.

I have also been given this pile of fabric that was found in the ugly box here on retreat. I think they could be chopped up sarongs from Indonesia. I am still deciding what to do or even if I want to take them home.

Abbey came over this afternoon with a big bag of Christmas fabric so I am thinking on something to do with some of that.

Had two walks today but no photos.

Happy stitching.

Gisborne

Retreat has started, this afternoon has been a busy stitching one

I have a table runner quilted and the binding is on ready to be hand sewn down.

I have the blocks up for the next quilt

Still deciding if they need to be moved around. 

I had a  walk late this afternoon, the clouds were interesting 

We had some heavy showers thus afternoon ,I just got my walk in before it rained again.

Now I am sewing the binding onto the I Spy quilt

Back to some sewing for me.

Happy stitching 

Gisborne Retreat day 3

We had another busy day of sewing and chatting, I managed to get in 2 short walks

More stitching is happening on the hexie quilt

Christine has gathered squares from the throw out box here on retreat and has this four patch top ready to be sewn together

Maria has her Peas In a Pod quilt top together

Carleen has started a Zig Zag quilt, you start with a pentagon and add pieces ro each side and then trim back, is going to look  very effective

Judy has pieced another top from pieces left over from another quilt

Sue has cut and gathered hundreds of little circles and is now applliquing them to little squares 🙄

Maxine is adding more blocks to her Zig zag quilt top

For dinner we had baked potatoes and for desert we had pavlova, my favourite.

Off to do a little more sewing.

Happy stitching.