SEWING BUDDIES FAREWELL JUNE 10, 2011

Once a month several friends get together to work on our sewing/quilting projects and have lunch together.  This hen party has traditionally been at my house, but since it was staged for sale, I had moved a lot of my sewing gear over to BFF Mags' house so we met there.  She has a great set up for working on any crafts you can imagine!

We have a sewing teacher/friend named Mary who has helped us all improve our techniques and learn new ones.  She is a fabulous "sewist" and always brings something beautiful that she's done or is working on and always has something to teach us.  Yesterday we had a farewell event that wasn't really farewell, since I will be back from time to time and am leaving a machine, fabric and other stuff with Mags.  Still, it did seem like the end of an era.  :~(

Here are some shots of everyone except me, as I was the fashion photographer and we forgot to take some with me in the scene.  I was there!

FROM LEFT MARY, MAGGIE AND MAGS

ONE OF MAGS' EXQUISITE  HANDSPUN,

HANDKNITTED PIECES

     CONFERENCE AT THE
         IRONING BOARD

                                                                              HAPPY QUILT!

BAILEY LOVES COMPANY!

(That's my just finished vegetable print and mesh grocery tote behind him.)

LAST BUT NOT LEAST - FOOD!

We had a delicious lunch of Maggie's tortilla soup with all the fixins, plus guacamole and chips and the best apple pie in the world from Julian.  As usual, I started to add hot, i.e., habanero, sauce to my soup when Maggie suggested I taste it first.  It was perfect!  No additions necessary.  Mary brought the pie and we all raved about it.  Nothing beats Julian pies!

 (SORRY, WE WERE HUNGRY AND I FORGOT TO TAKE PIX WHILE

 THE FOOD STILL LOOKED BEAUTIFUL!)