Whew! :)

First, let me just say it was a CRAZY busy weekend! First I spent the morning chatting with the gals at the Sydney Modern Quilt Guild...it is just so nice to be able to sit & sew! (I cut out all the Terrain I needed and will start on the squares of Kona Snow today too.) It is nice to be able to define ourselves as a guild, too, in these early days. There are a lot of different options out there for sewing groups, and I'm thrilled to be a founding part of one that looks outward. We are proudly community-focused and that means giving back: charitable organizations, free tutorials to members, exhibitions and raffles all to benefit someone besides just ourselves. Sewing bees were invented for women to come together as a community and make something for others. And that will be part of what we do. So that was a great morning!

In the afternoon we (me, Mr Poppleton, and Piper) headed up to SpidersCamp. I've mentioned my writing group (aka Spiders' Group) before, a time or two. But let me just say: these people are my dearest friends. We are all weird and wonderful. We meet fortnightly and we chat, laugh, share, protect and enrich each other and I have never found a group so wonderful in my life. Last year we began the tradition of going on a camp, and this year I actually got to go for a little bit! We headed up the freeway with our bag of pasta and potato salads, our sleeping bub, and had a wonderful dinner. There may have been a dance-off. And a dance attack. And I totally wrote two thousand words after being stuck for like three weeks. I LOVE YOU, SPIDERS.

But yes. Then home, and then a nice, long, squishy sleep.

Yesterday we cleaned up the yard, then I scoured the house from top to bottom, and then we had a dinner party with some of my husband's school friends. I have been trying to get my head around using Acorn to build a fabric line but beyond sketching randomly with my new Wacom, I'm hopeless...so I pestered our friend Matt for some Photoshop/Illustrator lessons! I am going to trade him a Ron Swanson quilt which, frankly, I have been looking for any excuse to make but all the beds in my house are covered three times over so yeah. It was a great party and everyone staggered out, exhausted, at half-past eleven. We might be nearing 30 but we can still stay up late (ish) on a Sunday night!

It was a good weekend. I'm only sorry I don't have pictures to show you! They are on a camera...somewhere...which I must find and upload! That is my next task, after

PS, I was featured on Jennifer's great blog Knotted Thread on Follower Friday! I love reading Jenn's blog and following her on Instagram. She is also opening up a fabric shop and has just gotten in hugely cute chevrons and spots!! Thanks for featuring me!! :)