Thursday 7 June 2012

Post FQR Linky Party

What a great weekend.... it all went by far too fast and I arrived home in a state of bewilderment... What have I been doing? Where have I been? Who did I talk to?....

Right from the work go the FQ team made us very welcome, with a Goody bag and a 'Name Bingo' game to get us all talking to each other.... It has been said by others that there was a lot of staring in the Boob area, as a lot of us had participated in a name badge swap - Remember I had Boris guarding my cleavage... But as only 2 of the participants were the 'male' of the species I don't think anyone was offended...

We soon settled down to our first classes and mine was Framed Curses Purses with Katy... actually it was 'easier' than I was expecting but the glueing was a bit messy and I still have to clean off some 'overspill' but that was because I was in a bit of a hurry...



I was very impressed with the facilities at Baden Powell house.... all the years I was involved in the Scouting movement I never made it there.. The staff were brilliant.. the cry of "Coffee" or "Lunch" went up and everything was laid out for us.. (that was a bonus... I was expecting to run out for sandwiches..)

At lunch we had a quick huddle on the roof terrace and traded our handmade treats... Everyone had made fantastic items so it didn't matter which group you were in... they were all to a very high standard... but I was very pleased particularly to be in the same group as Mrs Sew & Sew she had shyly shown pictures and I had squealed that I would love to be in the same group...
My swap swag....

and on the reverse of these two I had the date & place, so I will always remember .....
So thank you to Group 2.... Elizabeth, Emily, Nicky & Di... I love all my pouches, they already have contents... and Emily's notebook (with Golden Ticket..) is in my handbag, stuffed with cards and email addresses from the weekend... I made spares so I also had another swap with Vicky but her pouch didn't make it into the photo session it was already in use in my car...

My afternoon class was Paper Pieced Pillows with Lynne, I had opted to make a Union Jack pillow.. & managed to make it to the halfway point for the front.. I have since been working to finish and it is ready to have the back put on.. photo's later..

A group of us popped down the road for dinner but returned pretty quickly to continue with our Iron Man Quilt Challenge and the Pub Quiz... where we were graced with the presence of some VIP's...


Not too sure about Wills tats....and has Charles been in the Jewelry box again?
The Windsors were victorious in the quiz ..... Didn't one do well....

I think Day 2 will be on another post... Off to get that flag done....

11 comments:

  1. It was so lovely to meet you and have you in my class - you'd better come next year you know! XXX

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  2. It was lovely to meet you and once again, thank you so much for bringing the London tube fabric for me.

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  3. Oh you are on my list and you never signed!!! Love your purse x

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    1. Oh sorry... I never knew.... Next year then....

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  4. Teresa! Lucky you got one of these stitched Skyline-Purses!!! It was so nice to meet you - and thank you again for your additional help in the PPP Class :o) Hope very much to see you next year!
    Christine

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  5. Teresa it was great to meet you and I was so pleased to be in your swap group. Di x

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  6. can't believe we were in the same groups and never got to chat to each other! will have to make a trip out to the shop

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    1. Message me first to see if I'm there... I only do 'odd' days now...

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  7. Your stitched skline purses were fab. One will see you next year.

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  8. So nice to meet you through our new purse swap! It sounds like you had a wonderful time at the retrea! You brought home some lovely gifts! Deborah/ Miss Luella

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  9. Thanks Teresa ! Glad you liked it and got one! You just never know what will appeal to someone....you can start doing your own next!

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