The Bay Area Modern Meeting was yesterday and fun as usual. There is much talk of the upcoming retreat and also of the recent Sew Day. 46 people, the most EVER!, attended the meeting and the group had its first ever speaker. Lots of firsts.
A-B-C (A-Z) Challenge
We displayed our A-B-C Challenge blocks. Mine are Jewel Box and Indian.
Jewel Box
Indian
There are about 7-8 participants. Diana just joined by doing
The day started like this
and finished like this
but in the middle we had:
- a 'gaggle' of bloggers: Tracey (great host, thank you!), Ali, Julie, Emma, Val, Nancy, Alice. (We missed you Kristina!)
- a smidgen of crafting
- an obscene amount of eating
I had wanted to visit the Tsukiji fish markets on my last rip to Tokyo, this time Vince and I managed to go early Saturday morning. However to visit the wholesale tuna auctions we need to be there to apply for a ticket by 5am so thats on next years agenda!
all sort of differnet octopus....dead and alive...
I had to share Tammie's table setting for our bee meeting last week. The vase is filled with branches she wrapped with fabric scraps. The scraps are then wrapped with various color of embroidery floss to hold them in place. She got the idea from a magazine. I definitely want to do this! She gave us each of box of Valentine's candy. Click on the picture a couple of times for a better look.