Campfire & Lavens Girls

Forgot to pack for Show & Tell this table runner top I finished yesterday morning. This one is Game Board, sewn mostly on my new machine. It's going to be a learning process to use this Husqvarna 855 machine. Totally different from the Elna Quilter's Dream and the Featherweight 221 that I've used for so long. But I know already I will like this machine.

The Campfire Girls, left to right: June Lee, Lois Ann Vincent, my cousin Ella Lane, Shirley Jean Marks and myself Chris Gillette.

Darla, Dennise and Donna Lee Lavens.....they all have married names but they'll be forever be known to us as the Lavens Girls. Their sister Darlane stopped by for a few minutes yesterday. We had a pot luck lunch at Donna Lee's home at Hunts Corners. We had planned to eat outside at Darla's camp but the rain stopped that plan.

Later we walked down the road to Darla and Dennise's camps. Checked out the Amish men building a barn down over the hill. They were just starting to put roofboards over the rafters when we went back to Donna Lee's house as it was starting to rain.

When Ella Mae, Jeanie and myself went home they had a tin roof done on one side and were putting the tin on the other side. We counted seven men working on the barn.

The Lavens Girls told us there are nine Amish families who have bought farms or farm land and will be living on this road. In addition there are about six more in the area.

We saw a sign Baked Goods - Fri. & Sat. They also have butter for sale.

We played a rousing game of Pay Me, won by Darla.

Rain stopped in late afternoon.

This morning it's back to hot and muggy.

Chris