Baradine - Saturday night.

 Saturday night is theme and party night, well dinner and then back to sewing if you want to!! 😁 The theme was Winter Wonderland in the Warrumbungles. 

One of Australia's best kept secrets, Warrumbungle National Park is a haven for stargazing and hiking. Explore majestic bushland and unique rock formations by day. And by night, take in the wonders of the universe at the nation's only Dark Sky Park.

People have such wonderful ideas of what to wear on this night

Janice and Jo

Kylie, Lou and Lianne

Mary 

Two starry snow drift nights

Snow people

Night sky and a star

Mmmmm...showcasing Raewyn's salt and pepper while preparing the baked potato for dinner

a collection of snow people

Elsa and the starry night

warm winter revellers

another warm reveller

two penguins on parade

a star and Warm Winter Warrumbungles lady

snowman and Elsa

Dark starry night and a snow person.

Happy stitching.

Baradine

 Scrub Stitchin' is based at Baradine at the Agricultural Show Grounds, called Camp Cypress.

Sewing and chatting and comparing notes

I made the blocks for a 12 fat quarter quilt and had lots of help getting the blocks in the right order for sewing together

these photos are out of order as Di had her beautiful butterfly quilt laid out first

One evening looking for the sunset, it was heard to stay out long as the mosquitos were in large numbers and large size!!

Not a good photo, but our goodies bag

which contained these goodies

and the yellowish bag contained these goodies for making a Kwandi quilt, which Jo taught us how to do.

I went out for a walk one afternoon - braved mossie attack!!

these lilies were flowering everywhere, they must have enjoyed the rain

We had the traditional photo shoot on Saturday with the whole group

It was a bit bright looking into the sun!!

then the ladies who blog

and then some random photos

I photo bombed!!

we look a bit determined here 😀

Wonderful time with wonderful people.

Happy stitching.

Baradine - Show and tell

 There was a lots of beautiful show and tell at Baradine, 

Janice has done a wonderful blog post on show and tell, you can see it all by clicking on her name.

I put together and bordered this quilt, I was given the blocks by a lady at the Guild who makes many quilts for the Royal Children's Hospital, she will not quilt it and return it for someone in the Guild to bind.

I made these two quilt tops, based on the 10 Fat quarter pattern - I had two fat quarter packs with 10 in each so added two fat quarters from my stash to get twelve blocks to make an even quilt. This pattern is a great way to use fat quarters and not have any waste.

The little jeans legs bags are another step closer to a finish with the top bindings all done

Sorry this is sideways - I was given this  panel and another it goes with - I layered the panel, wadding and black felt and free motioned around the figures. I will cut them out with pinking shears and glue a hanger on the back. Then I need to quilt the backing they go on.

This was my swap gift, a candle and thread. The candle now lives in the ensuite and smells wonderful.

The swap gift I made when to Maureen, she loves elephants! It was a kit I bought in when I was at a quilt show in January. I also included some locally made chocolates and ginger bread sea horses.

I think that wraps up Baradine for this year.

Happy stitching.

The lovely Ladies of Baradine

Chooky, our leader, organiser and blogger who gets and keeps us all together

Miranda busy studying in the mornings while all the sewing happens around her!

Maureen and Kylie

Sharmayne and Janice

Raewyn

All fixed, no longer upside down!!

Out under the cypress trees , Mick very kindly took photos and then out his drone up and took more, but before that we had three sets of mothers and daughters, I caught two

Tina and Harriet, I was slow they were hugging and smiling beautifully just before this

Di and Melinda

More lovely ladies Miss Jules and Lea

Christine and Sharmayne.

And some photos I helped myself to from Chooky's blog 

Last year some of us were challenged to make a Corner Star quilt, Lea, Georgina and Kylie were finished, Raewyn is making blocks and mine is a top. The pattern is from Missouri Star.

One of Mick's drone photos

Morning tea maybe? Desert? I am not sure.

Raewyn modelling Chooky's braid strip

Brenda, back from hospital, her daughter and Di.

Kylie, Lea and Raewyn

Raewyn, myself, Georgina and Di, love the smiley face Brenda made for us!

Chooky and Christine, blogging friends for many years.

Ladies who completed their kit from last year, designed  by Anni Downs , lots of us did this as a challenge earlier this year.

Chooky and the Star Girls 😃

I think this was breakfast one day

again at breakfast

Happy campers at the machine.

I have some show and tell photos but that needs reducing or it will be a HUGE post!!

Thank you Chooky for a great few days.

Happy stitching.