The Missouri TOGA was this past weekend. What fun! TOGA (Treadle On Gathering & Academy). We played with vintage sewing machines, had demo's and classes, learned new things, hospital (for sewing machines), had a sewing kit exchange, show-n-tell, raffle table, raffle quilt and yummy food & friends (old and new)! This was the 5th Missouri TOGA, and I've been to all 5 so far.
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| some of the ladies who attended |
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| Friday's dinner |
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| some of the sewing kits exchanged |
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some of the sewing kits exchanged
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| me teaching mitered borders |
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| one of the demo's |
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| Dorise teaching project bags out of placemats |
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| one of our games & demo's |
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| Sarah cutting out her rotary cutting kit |
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| working on projects |
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| Barb leading the 'Name Game' |
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| game time |
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| game time |
We also had Show-N-Tell. Here are a few.
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| Missy's antique quilt |
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| Barb's quilt top (front) |
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| Barb's backing for her quilt top |
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| Esther's quilt |
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| Hannah's quilt |
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| Esther's quilt |
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| Hannah's quilt |
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| backing for Hannah's quilt |
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| Esther's quilt |
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| Hannah's table runner |
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| Sharon showing off newspaper patterns her mother collected |
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| Scott's grandmother's quilt |
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| JoAnn's flag |
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| music bags Abigail made for her sisters |
I mentioned food. Amber made the lunch for Friday and Saturday (YUM!).
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| Saturday's lunch |
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| Amber getting lunch ready |
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| Hucklebucks BBQ Saturday night |
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| B'Ann, Missy & Me at the festival in Ava Friday night |
I mentioned demo's and classes. Sarah participated (youngest Togateer).
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| rotary cutting kit |
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| project bag |
There were other demo's and classes, but I don't have photos for them. I taught the rotary cutting kits, mitered borders and paper piecing. Dorise taught project bags from placemats and notebook covers. JoAnn gave a demo on EQ8. We also had demo's on how to use some of the specialty feet for our machines.
There was a table raffle and a quilt raffle. I won the quilt raffle!!!!
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| our T-Shirts matched the raffle quilt |
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| 2 pillowcases to go with the raffle quilt |
I'll be sewing from my mother's dining room for the next several weeks, as I will be in Texas, taking care of her and my step-father after mom's knee replacement surgery. I'll be missing hubby and my puppies (who will be staying home). I have several projects to work on in Texas, both by machine (Radiant Suns, Omigosh!, etc) and hand (Angels Among Us). We'll see how much I get done between cooking, doctor's appts & mom's rehab appts.
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Great pictures. All the quilts are lovely.
ReplyDeleteI love spending toga with you every year!
ReplyDeleteThis looks like great fun!!! Congrats on winning the quilt raffle - that's a neat quilt. Good luck being a caregiver - I hope it all goes well. ~Jeanne
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on winning the quilt raffle!
ReplyDeleteI am exhausted!!! Just reading this and all your preparation... Your folks are lucky to have you come and stay and help with the recovery. Having been the primary help through 2 (hubs)… I really happy that we only have 2 knees each. That is a nice quilt to win!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful toga! I loved seeing the activities and projects, and how wonderful to have young people participating! Thanks for sharing the fun with us!
ReplyDeletecongratulations on winning the quilt is is beautiful looks like a great time everyone had. it is great that you can go help your mom after surgery. hopefully you will get some sewing done too. .
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a fun time!
ReplyDeleteHope your Mom recovers fast!!!