A Finish and a Birthday

 I have a Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) finish, I'm pleased to say.  It all started  when I found I had a piece of black and white fabric which I decided to use as a boys project, adding colours each month.  Nice and simple to stitch, and I stitched up four blocks each month.

This is how it started.

Part way through making these blocks I had run out of the original black and white fabric, so had to go to my LQS and buy some more.  I couldn't get exactly what I was using previously, but thought the black and white polka dots blended in quite well.  The final two block sets were  stitched last month, and I had enough to assemble the top, adding a plain black border.  Then a bit of time spent machine quilting, and on to the last part, stitching the burgundy binding down.

Who doesn't love stitching the binding down!

I'm quite pleased with how this turned out, and it will be a boys donation quilt.  Perhaps this one will suit an older, maybe teenage boy?  

All done

I was invited to an 80th birthday celebration today, for my friend Robyn.  I knew Robyn at Waiwhetu Girls College, back in the day.  Although we had lost touch for quite a few years, I bumped into her at a meeting when we moved to Levin, and our friendship picked up again.  So that was really nice. 

Two old school friends

 The weather was glorious, a calm and sunny winter's day, it felt rather like Spring, with not a breath of wind.  Robyn's family put on a lovely day for her, and provided all the food.  The boys cooked up a storm on the BBQ, there were salads, savouries and sandwhiches, and a whole table of delicious birthday cakes and cup cakes.

Just look at all this deliciousness

I had a lovely afternoon helping Robyn celebrate this major milestone in her life.