So happy to be back

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It’s been awhile and I was so happy to be back at the bee today. There was a cake at lunch and I thought perhaps everyone was really glad to see me and were celebrating – turns out that it has been 10 years to the day since Kathleen retired and she made a cake (a very tasty cake) to celebrate.

When I made a quick trip into the kitchen for coffee Donna D was giving several ladies a hard time for making too much noise – she was trying to concentrate on cutting her log cabin strips. Later someone was complaining about aches and pains – Moreen commented that we were all “past our best before dates”!

Talk around the lunch table was ferry-related – losing your car on the ferry, being stuck when the hydraulic doors won’t open (or shut), being stuck on the ferry when the RCMP have to be called to make an arrest, and travelling back and forth on the same ferry when your vehicle won’t start (because you were using the wrong key)!

The garden-themed basket for the Year-End Party is waiting for donations. There were several in the group today working on (or finishing up) the Challenge for the year.

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Darlene quilted this at 4:30 this morning …

… and stitched down the binding at the bee

Moreen has a near-finish …

… just a bit of straightening required on one side

Sandy T has a gorgeous finish

Kathleen’s Quilt Canada project

These birds (Angel) …

… will join these flowers and butterflies

One baby quilt (Rene) …

… Two baby quilts (Rene) …

… Three baby quilts (Marion)

A beautiful Community Quilt (pieced and quilted by Darlene)

Sandra J is trying to make the Challenge fabric into a pastel!

Jane’s Ladder (Kathleen)

Penny is sewing her blocks together

Only Bev would work on something this complicated …

… but it will look wonderful

Jelly Roll Race (Barb M) …

… I guess we know who won!

Marlene keeps finding scraps

Wild Horses (Gwen)

Bargello (Donna S)

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Safe Travels

Both Kathy P and Margie are travelling for the next while – have a great trip and be safe. Rene managed to take time away from her garden to sew with us today. Carola was back too (with her knitting). Sandy T dropped in for a short while in the morning and Annie arrived just as we were having lunch. It’s a smaller crowd these days but it is good to see anyone who is able to attend.

There was some discussion about cleaning our sewing spaces. Marlene says she keeps her space quite tidy except when she’s looking for something! The Coronation Street saga turned into a conversation about Harry and Megan and that led us into a discussion of Charles, Diana and Camilla. You can’t say we don’t keep up-to-date!

A reminder that on Thursday we’ll be sewing blocks together for Community Quilts; we’ll be starting earlier than usual – at 6 PM. A Community Quilt day is also scheduled for Friday from 9 AM to 4 PM.

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It was a two-cake day!

We were celebrating May birthdays today and both Barb M and Cathy G brought cakes for us to share – and both of them brought their own version of a rhubarb cake. Both were yummy and most of us tried a slice of each – with whipped cream of course! Angel and Cathy G are celebrating birthdays this month.

It was quite a small crowd today if you don’t count the drop-ins. Kathy P stopped in to see what we were busy at and perhaps looking for her missing blocks; Margie and Shirley H dropped in at lunch time. Shirley is looking for a ride to Vancouver for Quilt Canada – if you can help her out please contact her.

Sandy T has our mouths watering when she shared her Lemon Lasagne recipe – the recipe, not even the lasagne! And Barb M just found out you can make cookies with your hand mixer; she has always made cookies completely by hand. We laughed at that but then she told us someone in her family doubts that anyone knew you could make cookies without a mixer.

It was a miniature day today – the last one of the year. Sandra had prizes for us all (there were only five of us). We’ll keep the current schedule of a meeting every second month.

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Are you living a full life?

It was early in the day when Sandra J came up with some words of wisdom – “If you have all your quilting projects done when you die you haven’t lived a full life”. So it stands to reason that if you have a lot of UFO’s you are taking advantage of every minute of life – I know I am!

It was a much smaller crowd again today – as Barb M says it was our summer crew. It is always nice to see whoever is able to attend and to see the wonderful things they are working on.

The only thing I can remember about the lunch conversation was “Birthday Cake” – perhaps I have a one-track mind. We’ll be celebrating May birthdays (and Donna S’s April birthday) next week. Quilters, like Guides, like to be prepared when it comes to treats so we already have a volunteer for the June cake!

Don’t forget the meeting on Thursday, and next week there will be a Mini Meez meeting.

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From Pee to Politics

At lunch, we started talking about weaving – both Annie and Sandy T were taught how to weave in school. Annie’s weaving took the form of a Tartan, something we all thought was quite ambitious for a beginner. Sandra J mentioned the little-known fact that in the beginning men peed on their kilts to make them last longer. That led to Marlene telling us about men peeing on copper to stain it green. And, somehow, that led us to Trump, the police and Scandal (the TV show). It was quite a lunch!

Many of our Retreat ladies were missing. It was a wonderful weekend and we thank all the organizers – Deb, Barb, Kathleen and Bev. There was one general dissatisfaction with the whole event – it wasn’t long enough!

Only a few quilters were left to hear Annie’s housecoat tale. I won’t repeat it here but if you catch her unawares some morning you might “see” the story!

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Where have all the quilters gone?

It was a small crowd today but we think many of our regulars are out in the garden on the few sunny days we’ve been allotted this month! We’re wishing Oris (and Gail) all the best; Margaret seems to enjoy the company of her puppy rather than us and Kathleen was “on the Island”.

We try to keep away from politics at the bee but it did come up today. Various opinions in the room regarding the pipeline but we didn’t solve anything. Barb M is wondering if she’ll need a passport when they travel to Alberta later this summer.

Plans and packing are underway for the Retreat, starting Saturday. Gates at the Camp don’t open until 9 AM so plan to arrive after that. Deb has the assignment of cabins so don’t move yourself in until you chat with her. Remember you will need to bring your lunch on Saturday but for the rest of the time we’ll be enjoying fantastic meals and snacks. But you know quilters – there are never enough snacks or drinks so bring your favourites.

Poor Deb is overwhelmed with planning the Retreat and prepping for her demo on Thursday night. Crazy Quilting is the topic.

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It’s all Sandy’s fault

The wind and rain today – that’s all Sandy T’s fault because she washed her car yesterday! It wasn’t Sandy’s day – she was being told (from all directions) about the upcoming Crazy Quilt demo and the Free-Motion Quilting class. Finally she got it all written into her calendar but when she kept saying the 18th for the demo (it is the 19th) we knew something was wrong. Poor Sandy had her calendar opened to the wrong year!

Sandra J was away ill and we were missing both Margaret and Gail; Eddie is travelling and a few were likely at the Seniors’ Lunch. As always though it was a lively crowd. Lots of finishes and near-finishes to brag about today and a few starts. Always great to see all the lovely colours in the room.

The conversation on one side of the room sounded extremely interesting this morning and finally Sandy T couldn’t stand it any longer. “Who are you talking about?” The reply was the latest escapades on Coronation Street. It would have made for lovely gossip had it been about Powell River residents!

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