My friends and I this week

It is so good to have a group of friends that are always there for each other. That's what my Monday group is. We have all been through so much and especially very recently.

4 deaths, parents hospitalised and operations happening to just name a few. There have been many things but we get together each week for some tears, fun, laughter, stories and of course, some sewing. Thank you to my friends for their wonderful support......

Here we are hard at work.

Here is Rhonda hard at work machine quilting this scrap crazy quilt.
It is for a Xmas present.
 But it needs to be finished this week as she is going in for an operation on Friday.
 I dropped in to see her and the binding is nearly all sewn on..

Look at the mess. I have convinced my friends at this group to bring in their scraps. No matter how small and ugly. So every week they add to this bag. They have helped me make many quilts out of it. At first they thought I was crazy but now they have even made quilts themselves at home. They cannot believe what can be done out of what we would normally throw away. PROGRESS.

Look at all these scraps.

Barb finishing a binding on her Pirate quilt for a Xmas present

Joy working away, cutting and sewing together scraps..

 These will be put into an AUSSIE HERO QUILT

Joy battling with crumbs & scraps...

I have a really good friend that has moved interstate. She was working on a grandmas flower garden hexagon quilt... http://jobutterfield.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/goodnight-irene-flimsy.html.
Well, these were some of the left over hexagons.
The clever ladies from my Monday group designed this up out of the pieces. A member that was has moved away is working on it. She has been quilting it and is nearly finished...

Di's hexagons and Jill's design, applique and quilting.

Jill quilting away

 And then there is the BUBBLE TREE. Remember I started this last year for RSC... Well I didn't get too much done and our group wanted to make a wall hanging for the church we meet in.
So others have been working on it too and now the binding is being stitched.
Isn't it looking great.... Well done girls...

Church of Christ BUBBLE TREE 

And don't forget to sign up with Wendy for FNSI
http://sugarlane-designs.com/2015/11/november-friday-night-sew-sign-ups.html

GOOD FRIENDS are hard to find

I just had a surprise visit from a very good friend. She doesn't live far from me and some times there are quite a few days without us seeing each other or talking. Then there are other times we see each other more than once a day. Today, well, it was a surprise. A very nice surprise. In her hand was a beautiful bunch of flowers for me.... Just because.....

Thank you to my friend..

Makes the day feel so much nicer......

Friends

How do you know who or what a friend is?

When do you start to trust the comments of a someone you thought was a friend?

It is very disappointing to find out someone you thought was a friend doesn't think the same of you.

Loyalty & friendship is so hard to come by.