And I stitched it as well as the binding and the quilt is done. It does feel a bit like cheating just quilting a panel but they're so cute!
I finished painting my walk in wardrobe. It had all these scuff marks on the walls from the previous owner's suitcases. That was twenty years ago, mind you, but who paints their cupboards?! My cupboard is full of cubby holes and shelves so I had to use this little roller. It took me forever. Let's hope my bedroom walls are quicker. That's if I ever get around to painting them!
Then Judy and I went to retreat yeah! We usually stop at quilt shops on the way to Ballarat but we skipped them this time and went to a Craft Alive exhibition. This particular exhibition is much smaller than the ones in Melbourne but I think it was better. There were more bargains that's for sure! I purchased a new cutting mat, and a couple of true cut rulers, grips to stop your rulers from sliding and a rotary cutter that runs along the lip of the ruler so it doesn't slip. I'm hoping I'll have better luck with my cutting now. Hans, from Know-how sewing essentials offered 20% off everything AND gave me a further discount. Thanks Hans! I was thrilled!
Judy bought lots of fabric. She'll be retiring in just under two years (she's counting the days) and will be working away through her stash in no time!
We arrived at our lovely accommodation. We've stayed here before and it's perfect for two. I started drinking work straight away. After saying that the Easter bunting wasn't a priority this is, of course, what I started first!
Still going...
Then I moved on to my Sunflower Farm blocks.
I finished all I could do on the blocks and then I started sewing some blocks together before adding the animals that sit on the seams. I have weeks of sewing ahead of me!
And what was Judy doing I hear you ask? She placed a project on the design floor and ummed and ahhed over it for what seemed like all weekend. Here's her sewing machine looking all lonely!
I have noticed this very strange thing with Judy at retreats. She floats around doing what looks like nothing and then all of a sudden she's finished a billion quilts. How?!!
Ok so maybe not a billion but Judy finished these three quilt tops this weekend.
I've only just emptied my sewing things out of my car and so I haven't done anything since the weekend. But I have to crack on if I want that baby quilt finished before June!
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