June Sew Day

Saturday found the 3 D's, Deb, Debbie and Me, along with Pam gathered once again around the table in Livermore for our Sew Day. Holly and Alex were off on adventures of their own this month.

This month Pam was in charge of the munchie/finger foods. For lunch Deb made a fantastic taco salad and Debbie put together a fresh fruit salad. No lunch pictures to share though - apparently we were much to ravenous to stop for photos.

I shared The Pioneer Woman's apple dumplings for dessert and managed to document them before they too became history.

Here's where we get down to business, but it looks like we're probably off eating again.

Pam came prepared to demonstrate machine applique and had a kit for each of us ready to work on. Since I came with hand work and left the machine at home, looks like I have some homework to do.

Here's Deb. I think she's mildly amused at the fact that I can't count. (Note to self - when asked to pick a number between 1-25, 34 probably isn't a good choice)

Debbie is contemplating the possibility of tossing her machine through the window after dealing with some icky tension issues. Nothing we tried was helping and the window was beginning to look like a viable option. Fortunately cooler heads prevailed.

Pam entertained us with stories from Quilt Market and her attempt to create a rose with the Clover template? tool? thing? Whatever it's called I think it's pretty safe to say we probably won't be seeing any of these roses in future projects.

This month I cut fabric and did some prep work for the June installement of "Stars for a New Day" block of of the month offered to members of The Quilt Show and continued the embroidery embellishment on block 6 of Sue Garman's "Night Before Christmas" quilt.

Our Saturday Sew Days have become a welcome break in my schedule, particularly ones like today where it seems there is more talking and eating going on than sewing. It's good to spend time with friends.

Deanna