Hosting the Te Pahu W.I group

Two ladies in the Te Pahu book club I belong to are also members of the Te Pahu Women's Institute. At the beginning of the year I had our book club members here for lunch so that we could all get our first book of the year. I was asked if I would mind having the Te Pahu WI group here to see the crafts etc that I've made and a look around the garden, I said yes.
Yesterday was the day nine lovely ladies turned up at my door and after their WI business was done they had the guided tour.
It wasn't until I started pulling things out to show that I realised just how many things I'd made and just how many things I've still to finish!!
After the tour we all had afternoon tea and had the longest of chats, they all brought afternoon tea which was delicious.
With everything displayed, I took the opportunity to take photos, and here they are.....

Flax weaving, from a course I did

Mosaics

Two quilt tops waiting to be professionally quilted

 

Scrap wool blanket things! a UFO

Cats, another UFO

Calendar quilt, needs embellishing

Some repair work needed

Wall hangings

Still to be hung, a rug I did the finishing touches to

An old ladder displaying quilts

One of the first quilts I ever made

Arty farty stuff

Quilt made from op shopped fabric

Left: crocheted mohair blanket, right: scrappy blanket

Some early crochet and a scrappy quilt

Hexie quilt, a work in progress

Dogs on a crocheted blanket

Dolls

Cushion corner

A multitude of mixed colours and textures

Cleopatra, the door stop

Another early wall hanging quilt

Op shop found stitchery and stash fabrics

A riot of colour, a cosy spare bedroom

 

Op shop found stitchery and fabric

Made from my stash of yarns, simple crocheted stitches but the texture makes it look spectacular, it weighs a ton!

Hexagons

Made from doilies and lacy scraps, filled with lavendar

 

Clay bust

Cross stitch dragonflies

Crocheted lacy scarf

Wool blanket quilt, warm and snuggly

One of two quilts the same, quilt kit found in an op shop then weeks later I found more of the same fabric,crocheted bag

warm crocheted wool throws

bags, crocheted, knitted and free form crochet

Patterns for the outdoor furniture

Bright colours and picnic blanket

Painted project

The revamped outdoor furniture I did last year

Welcome and thank you for afternoon tea ladies

Thank you gifts

Another weekend come and gone

Only three more weeks to the big day, it'll be here before you know it. We've nearly ticked off the things we wanted to achieve before the day. 

At the moment Joe has only one day a week off and that's Sunday, he managed to get most of the windows cleaned inside and out, we have a lot of windows and it's a job he hates.

Before we started anything yesterday, it was really hard to get started, Joe made us some breakfast. While the smell of bacon wafted through the air and me in me nightie, I went outside and took some photos of the garden. It was raining and with a covered deck above me I was nice and sheltered. 

The plants in the garden looked rather pretty

Dublin Bay

 Mary Rose

 Sharifa Asma

 Pat Austin

 Alstromerias are bursting into bloom

 This Japanese maple was planted in remembrance to one of my best mates mum.I really like the variegated leaves

 Tulip tree The foliage is stunning

 Lavender going mad

 Hostas & ferns in the tiered garden by the front door

 Max and Clyde's silk tree had leaves opening

 Small succulents

 Drum roll please....Ta dah moment

 The chairs are finished, oh was I losing the will to live?!

Each chair needed twelves eyelets, there are eight chairs.

That's 96 little holes to cut out for the eyelets!!

Then I had to hammer all the eyelets !

I did two chairs this morning, took a sabbatical for a few hours(I'll come back to that) and then persevered with it, next time, if there's ever a next time, I'm bloody well paying the $80+GST!

Anyway they look great and because of all the effort that went into them, they're going to stay under the deck and out of the elements, they'll last longer that way I hope.

I got four finished yesterday, Michael helped Joe with some heavy lifting 

and the table was put in place.

 The last four chairs

That sabbatical 😜included having lunch and watching two episodes of ER,

then starting on some little projects, remember this photo?

I took the first three items, the wee shelf, the tray and the white stool

They all got sanded and had a coat of primer/undercoat

I then chose three colours, two from the baskets of tester pots and the chalk paint

 Hard to see but there are three different colours I promise you

The underside of the shelf

 The tray

 The stool

 I'll do the second coats tomorrow then decide how to tittivate

Right that's me for the day, Joe will be home soon and I'm ready for dinner

see ya

Sue

xxx