Coming soon......

Hopefully, coming soon.....the results of our recent stump work mini tutorial with Wendy. Enjoyed by all who took part, these little pieces are taking a while to complete but we're all looking forward to seeing them soon.

Meanwhile, some show and tell this month.

Embellishments

Today, quite a few of us spent the day 'playing' at making embellishments - fabric beads, fabric flowers and butterflies, machine made tassels, cords, using a variety of yo-yo templates and anything else we could think of or make from the huge variety of bits and pieces available.

Here are some photos:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Linus Quilts ready to go

The quilts we started earlier in the month are now all bound and labelled. What is more, a few more have been made at home since and donated to the haul which now stands at a fabulous 18! Many thanks to everyone involved for their efforts and generosity.

Here are the quilts.

January's meetings & the big reveal

We kicked off 2016 meeting twice per month, having added the first Wednesday to the third Wednesday. 

The first Wednesday was, and will continue to be, a sewing evening, free format, whatever project you like. What we saw was embroidery, knitting, gold work, needle felting and plenty of patchwork all UFOs or, if you prefer, PHDs.

As for the big reveal - 17 of us, that was pretty much all of us at the time the project started, have been working on the mystery block challenge for two years, making one block every other month for another person taking part in the challenge. Well, all 12 blocks are now made and can be revealed in all their glory. Our October meeting is the next big deadline in the challenge as the quilts need to be complete.

Everyone was delighted with their blocks, and it was lovely to see the the ideas and creativity, and growth in confidence as the project progressed. There were a few unusual sized blocks but nothing that can't be sorted out with a squaring ruler or a block border!!!

Want to see the blocks? Here goes........