Back to the Seventies

Not a lot happening as winter closes in. Shorter days, colder nights and not much motivation to do anything during the cold evenings after work.
Work itself has a more frantic air as the end of the financial year approaches, but at last that is over except for the piles of books everywhere waiting to be placed on the library system.
Knitting holds more attraction than quilting as I race to knit myself another warm cardigan before the onset of summer makes it irrelevant. But there are still fine days on the Coast and Misty takes maximum advantage.

However, next weekend should bring inspiration again as I head off to Reefton for the West Coast Quiilters' Retreat. Now if only I can find time and energy to prepare some of my still-to-be-finished projects ready for a working bee. There's my mother-in-law's quilt for her 86th birthday in August, the ongoing mariner's compass wall quilt still waiting for finishing inspiration, a bag pattern I have had since Timaru Symposium last year, and some scrap quilts I could get ready to actually quilt. Perhaps after the weekend there might be some photo show and tell of things that finally got done. I did finish a bag for a friend's birthday with bright Laurel Burch fabric and pinned a quilt ready to finish so something is getting done.

Meantime, we have been reliving history with a social night featuring a 70's music quiz. Our team was all pretty useless, but it was worth going to see some of the costumes. From hotpants, and caftans to culottes, to four inch high platform shoes, jeans with coloured flare inserts, beads, berets and headbands, and long boots. Did we really wear all those things?