A quilt for Rosie

Last week a few of us got together on a rainy January day to continue a Rookwood tradition, to make a quilt for someone we love.

Chris was there to warm up the machines.

Closely followed by Sou and Adrian. Watch out Adrian, you'll be signed up for costume making for the next production!

Diane was the resident expert in machine threading.

Iron your seams to the dark side Adrian!

William couldn't say no to Mrs Brett.....

Never thought I'd see the day :-)

Sou chooses her fabrics for block 2.

Time for a break.

Therese bought doughnuts. Some things never change.

Concentration.

Ann and Imogen popped in to sew a block.

 

Sou is sewing up a storm (she's been practising).

Hi Phillippa, time to get sewing.

Marilyn held the record for most blocks sewn.

Joan gets a lesson from Diane.

Hang on, one side is bigger than the other .........

Over half way...

Joan is flying....

Ah, now I see where I went wrong.

You've got to be accurate.

Queen of the rotary cutter.

Alison tears herself away from her marking to join us. It's much more fun!

Therese is promoted to quilt planner.

Sou is going to make another quilt when she gets home!

Kaye sews the final block - nearly there!

Sunday morning at Chris', time to tack and chat.

The back of the quilt.

Margaret, hemming expert.

Angela sewing in the sunshine.

Scrappy binding.

Ta dah!

Quilt posing.

 

We love you Rosie xxxxxxxx

 

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Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is fun, in small doses. I'm staying in Henderson again, trying a different hotel. Comfort Inn had an offer on. Just £40 for a suite and full breakfast. Can't be bad.

A nice pool which I always had to myself.

I did venture onto the Strip this time. It was chaotic, lots of new building going on. A big casino next to Ballys was being dismantled brick by brick.

Parking at the Paris was not easy without Diane's handy little notebook. Finally got there.

It's incredibly hot. When I left at 9.15 pm it was still 99 degrees in old money.

It's hard to get a photograph with no one in it!

Inside Caesars.

The Fountains of Bellagio are always on the list.

This time they were dancing to Shania Twain.

Next morning I weighed the suitcases and I was a couple of kg under. Time to visit Quiltique again!

I took my finished quilt top to show them. It has 1296 pieces in it.

Andrea had finished the one she was working on too.

It was nice to see them all again but now it's time to go home. Sad farewells to Dora who has been brilliant for each of the almost 2000 miles we have driven. There were a lot of U turns and I will not miss the 'right lane must turn right' sign but otherwise no problems at all.

Until next year!

Diet starts tomorrow.

 

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Cedar City, Utah

When you ask google how far it is from A to B don't forget to put driving into the search. Otherwise google will think you are an eagle. The journey from Grand Junction to Cedar City was much longer than I expected!

After only 20 miles Dora and I are in Utah. The landscape is quite different. My children called them crazy rocks.

It's a bit bleak.

I stopped in Green Springs for a break. A river in the middle of the desert.

Then an exciting drive through the San Rafael Reef.

 

Yes they are pretty crazy rocks.

 

Butch Cassidy hid around here after his various crimes. I tuned into Outllaw Country Radio. First track is Bruce Springsteen singing 'pay me my money down'.

No wonder they couldn't find him. No petrol or services for 120 miles.

Finally we arrive in Cedar City. It looks nice.

Quick meal at Sizzler.

Stroll down the Downtown area, apparently Cedar City was founded by an Englishman. Here he is.

This is the reason I am in Cedar City.

For the last 50 years they have held a Shakespeare festival here.

They have built a replica of the Globe in London.

I've been to the Globe. It's not exactly the same but its nice.

This is backstage.

Everyone was in costume.

I saw Loves Labours Lost. You couldn't take photographs during the performance. It was great fun. I'm sure they changed some of the words and they updated it to Regency times. Despite being late it was really warm so the fact that there was no roof wasn't a problem.

The cast invited everyone in the audience to come back in the morning for coffee and to chat about the performance.

But I'm heading for my last stop. Las Vegas!

 

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