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Saturday, July 14, 2012

Burnie Friendship Day and a first!

The Burnie Piecemakers and Material Girls held a fabulous Friendship Day yesterday, attended by 90+ ladies with their embroidery, stitching, knitting and crocheting projects. Sarah and her mum, Gail, brought Patchworks Plus to Burnie and we also had Mandy from the Fabric Cupboard in Wynyard and Julie and Michelle from Wells in Latrobe.

The lovely Leanne and Cathy came up for the day, so there was quite a FIS gathering there as well ;)

Proceeds from the Friendship Day - in excess of $1000 -  including a raffle for a gorgeous cot quilt made and donated by Bev, and Dutch Auctions [vixed up of course!], were donated to Burnie Heart Kids. I was so excited to see that Kristy won the quilt as she and her mum had made and donated the first quilt for Heart Kids 2 years ago in memory of the gorgeous Ella. It's only a couple of weeks till Kristy and her family welcome their new baby, so how fitting this was.

These days are always wonderful opportunities to catch up with friends from other areas, showcase some of the gorgeous work they have done and add a little - or a lot - to your own stash. Our theme was Christmas in July - here are some photos of the set up on Friday night - was too busy yesterday to take any more except for some showcase quilts.




Christine L's gorgeous quilt
And my first??? A pair of socks for one of my little girls :)
First one finished!
Decreasing for the toes

6 comments:

Fee said...

Wow it looks like a fab day for everyone involved - So wish we had more of that type of thing down this end of the world.

Hugs - Fee X

Anonymous said...

Vicky what lovely pics,the hall decorated looks fantastic,nice warm socks,well done.xx

Christine said...

Fabulous day and great that Kristy won the raffle.

Peg - Happy In Quilting said...

Great photos..looks like a perfect day...love those socks....

Lib said...

Looks like a good day. Pity Burnie is so far away lol. Love the socks, very cute

Leanne said...

I had a wonderful day Vicki, yoyr photos look lovely, the socks are so cute.