Craft Group & Camping

Thursday evening was a wonderful night with my craft group!  This time we were treated to a group craft taught by my good friend Carol.  She had found a wonderful card to make that included paper folding.  At the end of the evening we had each made one or two interesting cards.  Here are the finished ones.

I hope to spend an evening and make a bunch of these using some of my many scrap book papers and try some other mediums as well as I love how these turned out!

Friday after work we headed out camping for our second time this year.  We are in our 6th year of owning our little trailer and it is so cosy and fun!  We had some weather on Friday and Saturday of 87 degrees so it was quite warm as well as very windy!

I brought along some projects to work on and make repairs on and ended up making a few extra items.  Here are the finished projects on the trailer table.

We had a visitor in our campsite on Saturday who stayed for quite a while...visited the trailer kitchen and took a peek inside my shoe.

It was another memorable weekend.

Thursday

Yesterday started with another 6:30 church service and another snow!

There was a little time after church before work so I stopped at a Caribou Coffee and read.

By the time I got to work...

Had a great Maundy Thursday.  I met with my craft group at Archivers after I stopped at Carlson Towers to visit Micaela at a craft sale she was doing there.

  I worked some more on my "Dream Big" book and spent some time with my good friends.  My friend Lois had done some cutting of church fabric and gave me her finished pile of fabric!

Thursdays' Blog

Busy day!  Drove out to Cokato to visit the folks.  Spent the morning at my mom's old church with her quilting group.  What a well oiled machine they are!  Everyone knew what they were doing.  They meet weekly on Thursday mornings from Jan. through May.  The rest of the year I believe they meet monthly.  They have already made 80 quilts!  There was one gal who was sewing around the borders of the completed quilts.

One gal ironed the labels on the backs of the completed quilts and baged and labeled the completed quilts for various donation locations.  There were 6 gals tying quilts.

There were 3 of us putting the backing batting and tops together and pinning them.  Most of the baby quilts then are taken to the nursing home in town where some of the woment that used to quilt work on tying them in the activies room.  How cool is that.  They even have one gal that makes a treat each week, makes the coffee and then washes the dishes so the quilters can get back to work.  It was amazing.  Here is the group taking a short break.

My mom is center and front in this photo.  All of the pieced quilts are made with 9" squares to a predetermined size and the backing are all a twin size flat sheet from Walmart.  Many of the baby quilts are whole cloth quilts.  One person does all of the cutting of the 9" squares at home and another does the sewing of the tops at home.  It was amazing.

Then I headed home for an evening of my craft group.  Two of the gals had been out of the country since we last met so we heard stories of their travel adventures.

Carol was working on felt Easter eggs for her grandkids school teachers, Verna did some work on some handmade greeting cards and I worked on my secret (heart) project.  Lois brought some fabric to show us that she had purchased on her trip.

Day 290 - Craft Group

Well, another new experience with the craft group.  Tonight Verna had reserved a seat for each of us for 5.00 at Archivers from 5:00 - 11:00.  We all met at the new restaurant in Maple Grove called Five Guys.  It is hambergers and wonderful fries.  Then on to Archivers.    There was not an empty chair in the place!

Verna worked on coloring in all of her Thanksgiving cards.

Carol updated her watertower book and worked on her leaf book.

Lois made some copies of some antique photos.

I stated my book of Dream Big in Door County.

I actually don't have a title for it yet.

What a great time with wonderful friends.

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Day 269 - Craft Group

Lovely fall evening for crafting in Andover.  Tonight Carol got another page done for her "Fall" tree book, I worked on a piece of cross stitching and Lois cut out orange "carrot" noses for a couple of winter quilts that she is going to make.  Verna was unable to make it to group tonight.  It is 1:00 am and I have to start work tomorrow morning (Friday- YEAH) at 7:30 am. Must get to bed.

Day 242 - Craft Group Night

Went to Carol's house for craft night.
 Verna worked on some beautiful cards,
Lois was starting a bracelet,
 Carol making a beaded votive holder and I did a
couple more paper minis.
 For some reason my photos are always "off" at craft night...

Here is a close up of the mini's: Fantasy Doll House,

 Fibber McGee Game,

Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head,

 Oatmeal Cream Pies and

Cosmic Brownies.

Day 232 - Craft Night

Tonight I hosted craft night with Micaela's friends.  Micaela worked on a crown to wear with her costume this year to the Renisance Festival and started an elf doll, Courtney worked on knitting a scarf, Kelly showed me her new Bernina Bernette sewing machine and made 2 cards, Andrea had a migrane but came anyway (what dedication!) and also made a crown for Ren Fes.  I did another birdhouse.
Everyone left and then I realized I hadn't taken a photo!!  This is what Micaela and I worked on.

What a great group of young women.  I am so lucky that they come and do crafts with me occasionally!

They have such fun spirits and fresh ideas and varied experiences. 

A joy to be around them.

Day 216 - Craft Group

Got together tonight with my monthly craft group.  Verna was missing as she was on her way to a funeral "up north".  Lois worked on little plastic canvas/ribbon bookmarks, Carol worked on her Watertower book (this page featuring the "Witche's Hat" watertower) and I worked on making patterns for little birdhouse coverings and started covering one of the birdhouses.  A good evening of sharing.

Day 186 - Craft Group

Had my monthly craft group tonight.  I worked on my first felt Easter candle mat.  Lois worked on hemming some summer pants.  Verna worked on making some greeting cards and Carol worked on her fall tree book.  It was a good time of sharing with a wonderful new recipe dessert served...Yum.  Thanks Carol.

Day 171 - Life is full of dissapointments....

I had my monthly craft group tonight and the camera got as far as the diningroom table this morning and that is where it was when I just returned home!!!! Verna did some die cutting and embossing on her little Cuddlebug machine, Lois worked on remaking a glass bead bracelet and Carol worked on her book of fall trees.  Oh, I worked on sorting through a bundle of antique postcards of Yellowstone.  It would have been a GREAT photo.

Carol, these are for you.

Day 167 - Craft Group

Had a craft group meeting tonight.  I worked on cutting out 64 little yellow circles in two sizes, Linse worked on a hat that she is knitting and Micaela worked on hand sewing on a pillow.

Day 138 - Craft night

Got together with my dear friends for our monthly craft night.  It was about 11:30 when we broke up and my camera battery was on its last leg so the photos leave a lot to be desired....

Verna worked on making graduation cards:

Carol made two lovely memory wire bracelets:

I worked on hand sewing the binding on the camping quilt. 

 (Lois was feeling a bit under the weather so she visited with us.)

Day 77 - Craft Group

Had my monthly Craft Group meeting tonight.

  I worked on yo-yo's and here is what I accomplished tonight:

My friend Lois was also making some yo-yo's and look at the interesting square shape she has.  She said she couldn't remember how those were done but would look it up for us.

Carol was making felt eggs and bunnies for the grandkids to give to teachers.  The tiny little butterflies and little pink bunny heads were decorative brads for scrapbooking!  Cool use for them!

Our fourth member Verna wasn't able to make it as she might have broken a bone in her foot.

She will find out tomorrow.....

Day 49 - Cutting Felt/Craft Group

Tonight was my monthly craft group meeting.  We have met for 20 years (I think).  It is 4 of us and this is what I worked on tonight.  Finished cutting out all of the flowers and stars for a project out of wool felt.

My friend Lois was working on knitting a little baby cap...

My friend Carol is working on her fall tree book....

and my friend Verna shared a Christmas album that she had put together.

It's after midnight and my brake light and ABS sign on the dashboard was on when I went to go home tonight so who knows what is going on with the car....