You need 6 winning numbers to win the lottery?! Well, there were 6 winners in my garden on Saturday when we finally handed over our strip bee quilts ... I definitely hit the jackpot when I joined this online quilting bee :)
It all started a year ago thanks to Maria who asked us to make a strip of any colour and design, then pass it on to the next person for them to add a strip. We didn't start out intending to meet at the end because we live all over the UK and Jersey - but thank goodness we did ... we had such fun - I was quite emotional:
On Saturday, we had the 'great reveal' and we were all reunited with our quilts. Here they all are - beautiful quilts, beautiful ladies:
On Saturday, we had the 'great reveal' and we were all reunited with our quilts. Here they all are - beautiful quilts, beautiful ladies:
(My strip was the bottom one)
Amy:
(Mine - the arrows at the bottom)
(I added the baskets)
Me:
(I started it with the 3rd strip down)
(I paper pieced the butterflies)
Fran:
(I added the fourth strip)
I also received some gorgeous presents:
And learnt some new tricks:
And thoroughly enjoyed having the girls coming to stay and play in my loft:
More importantly, I've made new friends ... aaahhhhh! I loved meeting all of you - you'd never have thought we hadn't met before by the amount of chatting that went on! What a wonderful weekend ... fancy a reunion in Wales next year, ladies?!
