February

Firstly,  a warm welcome to new member Vera and, to those who are suffering with a horrible cold at the moment are were unable to join us yesterday, we wish you a speedy recovery.

This month's blog is going to be a little bland I'm afraid due to a bit of a disaster on the photo front; they've come out all 'misty' and, hence, useless. Not sure what happened as I also used my phone today to take a photo or too and they came out OK. So, without photos then:

• Jenny has been busy and has completed a lovely bag and the small quilt she had started last month. 
• Elaine showed us a couple of her finished bags too - a beach bag in turquoise fabrics and one in recycled denim. 
• Lesley brought to show us another quilt from her super vintage quilt collection.  
• Tina has made a couple of raggy quilts (just want we need with the weather we've had) and an attractive folk art wall hanging.
• Vera has also made a raggy quilt, her first quilt ever. Now that's enthusiasm for you!
• Three people have competed the first block of the mystery quilt challenge, although it's not actually needed until next month when we swap for the first time and make a start on block 2.

You will recall that this month we invited a speaker, the Regional Co-ordinator for Region 8 of the Quilters Guild. The plan for Helen to tell us about her quilting and quilts. Several boxes, large boxes, of quilts arrived, many more than we envisaged and the vast majority borrowed back from their current owners. There were lots of 'oohs' and 'aahs' from the audience who heard charming tales of how the quilts came to be, also picking up one of two good tips along the way for their own quilts. Many thanks to Helen for coming along to our meeting.

Fingers crossed for some photos next month!