wonderful weekend...photo overload !

last weekend was really great as per usual. The lovely Faye treated us to lots of delectable feasts, none of which i photographed as i was too busy eating! Faye freezes the leftovers for her TV dinners but much to her consternation we ate BOTH lemon meringue pies, not a skerrick was left :))
Some of us sat up on Saturday night and watched Merry's son Tim compete in the hammer throw in the Commonwealth games. He came 6th, Wtg Tim....
I showed Di how to make felted lilies, hers worked beautifully,
mine i pulled apart:( another failure lol.

poser!!

She made another one the next day using doily as the centre , it semi worked just needed bit more wool to felt it together.

I made no knit scarves, so wonderful to be able to lay out everything without having to pack it all up all the time. i got five made......not terribly prolific, i was sick :(

added some sari silk to this one for Lucy...

Our craft room, the old squash court.

this is some of the girls work....

H's lovely needle felting

V had her music quilt top all cut out friday night and was hand quilting on Sunday...

arent these appliques lovely? h was working from her own photos.... the bungle bungles...the fabric is perfect for those rocks. They will be further worked with free motion stitching.
and a boab tree...i always think they look like upside down trees to me...



the pointy garland are for a quilt Merry is working on ....

H was also working on freestyle crocheting to put onto bag mesh. Now if i could crochet :(


anns lovely stitchery....

Dis bought this gorgeous red hat and just Had to make scarf to go with it. she added some of my red sari strips to put in it...



Di's quilt....

group photo...Thank you all for such a lovely crafty time away.....

And there's more....

Heads [and bums] down!!!
Robin, Ann and Sue [really just dont like having their photos taken!!]

Linda's bag made from Ties. The directions left something to be desired and everyone had some input into this!!



Sue and Linda trying to work it out !!

Group photo and our finished goodies!! well some of them were! From left back, Me, Di, Sue, Merry, Heather, Glenda,
fr.. Linda, Ann and Sue.

So where to start........

I had the bestest time away with my craft girls this weekend. We ate, laughed, made stuff and managed to fit some shopping in at the the market and garage sales. The main street of Heathcote [ it's soooo long!!] has some great little shops too, with a few bargains to be found!!

Faye totally spoiled us with her great food, comfy beds and great hospitality that we are already planning next years!!!!

Di , my lovely, talented friend and i did some felting. We saw some beautiful hats and scarves in one of the shops and it got us revved up to try some. Our bags probably took most of Saturday to make , i don't have a finished pic of Di's yet but it looks really lovely and vibrant with its flowers and butterflies.

This is the very first time i have felted a finished article and i was pretty pleased with it. Di and i did a felting class together years ago but we only made samples, so this was heaps better.

I'll start with mine first because i dont have a finished pic of Di's yet.


I did 3 layers for my bag and we put a plastic wrapped peice of corrugated card for the middle.

I wanted some 'shrinky bits' of material on my bag so used some organza and BOY did it shrivel!!!
I cant believe how the whole felting process just shrinks sooo much and how all of sudden it just happens!!


I also used silk tops and some sparkly acylic wool which worked in spots. I had to some dry needlefelting to finish off as it didnt felt into the fabric ....


I must have stopped taking photos from here to the finish!!!

my side seams are a bit lumpy still, but for a first go i am very happy with it!!!!



TADA!!!! My finshed bag.

Stay tuned, more pics tomorrow.....