days with friends

Saturday was a get together with the fat 1/4 girls at Gisborne Patch and Quilt.
This group has been getting together for quite a few years in different forms, it started off as get togethers at Mill Rose cottage in Ballan.
People have come and gone from the group but thankfully the city girls still like to go. I have been quite slack and not attended many get togethers in the past year, but this year I have managed two.
It was a lovely day with lots of laughs, some wonderful retail therapy at one of my favourite shops where Mary always greets you like a friend.
There was sewing done  and a lot of progress made on my latest Mary Brown Block.
I tweaked the beak and legs a little as it didn't sit right to my eye (it's still not perfect but I can live with it) and I also took out a rooster that was on the bottom of the block. Just some berries and stitching to go and it's done. Might have to do something about an eye too?

Thought I would share some of the other bird blocks too.
This lovely owl block really was the main tempter for the quilt when I first saw it, I just love him.
Mind you the other blocks I felt were way beyond my skills but it took a few years for me to overcome that trepidation.

this block had some additional birdlife which I ommitted too. Sometimes less is more.

Some crochet has been occurring of late too.
I joined Attic 24's Sweet Pea CAL and ordered the wools from the UK too. The colours are amazing and the wool even though it's 100% acrylic is amazing. I finished the main blanket as far as I wanted to and had quite a bit left over so not wanting to waste the wool decided to crochet a small throw in her latest Shell design. While it is small I have been taking it to work with me to hook during lunch breaks.

Happy days!
Hope your Mother's day was a lovely one.

Marina