Tami arrived at 8:00 Friday night, right on schedule.  It had been a long day for her, so we spent the rest of the evening just relaxing and chatting.  But Saturday morning we were both up bright and early, and after coffee got right down to the business at hand!

A woman after my own heart, she asked if we "needed" to get dressed.  OF COURSE NOT - so we stayed in our jammies all day (at least until Marcie came over in the late afternoon.)

Aside from some issues with seam allowance,

Tami cruised right along and made great progress. 

And here is the happy student, with her finished table runner top!

Then she got started on making some Disappearing 4-Patch blocks for a set of placemats to go with it.  Eventually she will have 6, one in each fabric.  After just whipping up a couple, she commented on how surprisingly easy that pattern is.

We still need to coordinate another get-together session so I can teach her how to quilt and bind - but in the meantime she can play with her fabrics and whip up more blocks!

But not next weekend; she and Allan will be in Spokane for Ally's graduation from veterinary school!  Leah is also flying in, from NY, for the happy family celebration.  When I enjoy my chocolate bar I will certainly think of all the hard work Ally has done to get to that sweet moment.

Marcie (and Latina, of course) came by for a brief visit to meet Tami, and she brought her current optical illusion to show. She's only been working on it for a couple of weeks, but has made impressive progress.  The 8 graduated colors we worked hard at finding have blended together well, and the overall effect is certainly eye-catching!

Unfortunately Tami had to race back to Lake Havasu this morning (I saw her off, right on schedule at 6:30) for another happy family celebration, her niece's engagement luncheon at 11:00.

Today's plan (unless Tom has something else in the works?)

is to work on the t-shirt quilt.