Monday Quilt Group

Today I had the pleasure of sitting and stitching with three English ladies...a group that has been meeting in each other's homes every Monday for more than twenty years! Pam, today's hostess, was hand quilting a Project Linus quilt that will be given to someone in need of such a special gift. Jenny was doing a bit of applique on a block with flowers, ribbons, and a butterfly. Pat was doing some English paper piecing, a very labor intensive method but with dazzling results. I took my basket quilt and did some hand quilting. We all brought our sandwiches, and once our lunch break was over we went for a walk in Pam's lovely garden. She has perennials mostly and quite a variety of them. She also has a greenhouse where a bumper crop of grape tomatoes is starting to produce. The fish pond was covered by a layer of lily pads and their beautiful purple blossoms. I stayed until about two-thirty and then ran to catch the #5 bus back into town. I was delighted to be invited to join them again next week at Jenny's...looking forward to that.