OUT ALL DAY

 Very quickly....

I'm going to be out all day today.

I'm attending a Patchwork Workshop out at Tamahere.

I booked myself into it months ago.  We are making a zippered pouch thingee.

It's not like I don't know how to make them!   I just wanted to go to a workshop or two and meet other women really.

I hope it's a nice day.

So... I better get a move on.

Catch ya later with all the goss.

ABOVE:  Progress.... tricky pattern.

2.50 pm:  Home from the workshop.  It went well, lovely company.  Gorgeous Patchwork shop.  And the owner/tutor (Mel) is a really nice girl.

The first thing I really LOVED about this workshop was that we got to choose what fabrics we wanted to use.

I had fully expected to find a limited selection we had to choose from.

So, of course I went for some of my favourite fabric colours. 

There were 5 of us at the workshop, which was a good number.  Mel wasn't rushed off her feet helping everyone.

We finished an hour ahead of time ... so that was good.  I got home before the school 'rush hour' traffic.

ABOVE:  My 'pozzie' for the class.

ABOVE:  My view across the table... GORGEOUS Kaffe Fassett fabrics!  *drool*

I can honestly say the bag pattern was a right shit.  I didn't enjoy parts of it at all.  But, the end product?

ABOVE:  Mine.

ABOVE:  All five bags.  So neat seeing everyone's ... and the differing choices people made with their fabrics and zips.

ZIPS!  I had never used a double zip before.  What an amazing idea.  You just zip each side into the middle and boom, closed. LOVE IT. 

ABOVE:  It would have been RUDE of me to not buy a bit of fabric eh?  

Not much though, cos seriously, I have a bit already.

Right.  Down time for an hour or so, then Bex and the boys are popping in with a surprise for Marley.  I will 'save' that for tomorrow.  *snigger*

9.38 pm:  Stew arrived home, we had lamb shanks and veges for dinner, then we went to The Base for a couple of things.

Now home and just chilling.

Bed in a couple of hours.

Catch ya tomorrow.