Phew!! What a busy fun day we had

We entered to a warm welcome from Gloria (our friendly new boiler), and got busy setting up ready for a busy day.  At first we all sat quietly (well as quiet as we can be) getting on with our own projects.  These projects soon got forgotten once we decided it was time for lunch...

Looks yummy doesn't it ?

What choices ? 

We had no sooner got our lunch than Lynda and Lesley gave us all a quiz to complete...there were prizes so no conferring with your neighbour.   

 

Louise then arrived to give us our challenge for 2012 / 2013.....  

I would love to tell you more but our Wednesday ladies haven't been let into the secret yet, so my lips are sealed.

After the laughter and chatter that the challenge caused we had to calm the kiddies ladies before we could draw the 'c*%p' raffle.  Have to say you ladies didn't hold back in bagging up your goodies for the raffle.

What a lot we got!

Muriel choosing - while Hazel picks the next winner

The winners for the quiz came next, but this was just too confusing for me to keep track of, but I think the winner got 22 out of thirty of the questions correct....well done.  There were a number of 'runner up' prizes and I think everyone gained something even if it was just a bit more knowledge of the names of quilt blocks!  Thanks Lesley and Lynda.

With all the excitement we seemed to run out of time and some of the children ladies were leaving, so we had to put on hold our 'show and tell' until next week, but we did have a parade of the Christmas quilts 

Look good don't they!!

Angie has managed to finish her first quilt just in time for Christmas. 

Well done Angie, someone is going to be very happy on Christmas morning.

and last but never least Ellen had completed three coat hangers for some very special people.

Just a few more stitches to finish the lace edging 

My goodness what a lot went on today, well done ladies and thanks goes to all for the 'bring and share' lunch, the enthusiasm for taking on the challenge, and lastly for raising over £141 for 'The Sanctuary' homeless shelter in Rushden.

We will be opening up again next Monday for those that are able to make it, and I would really love to see you bring along your 'show and tell' goodies.