Our Village Hall!

Our Village Hall has had a make over and been decorated by the members of the committee. The cost of the paint and the tools has been paid for by a donation from the Caverswall quilters, Well done to everyone and a great big thank you! 

Donuts!

Well today we had donuts :) jam and custard ones! a big thank you to Annie pie for bringing them!

We also did some sewing, lets see how we got on,

This is Margaret F's beautiful cat panel which she is putting a boarder on, I have an apology to

make, Margaret's favourite cat is on the top left, in the yellow block, not top right! :)

(sorry Margaret)

 

This is Lynda's gorgeous scrappy quilt, I love the contrast between the

light and dark fabrics, It just shows how you can make something stunning

with your scraps, you don't have to go out spending loads of money to get the

wow factor!   

 



 

Margaret has found this lovely pattern in a magazine and is having a go,

I cant wait to see this finished :)

 

 

Wendy is having a play today, and giving out lots of help and

advice (thank you Wendy)

 

Kate is off bags today and is making this wonderful baby quilt

for a very lucky relative :)

 

Is it to early to mention the 'C' word?

 Well Irene is working on a beautiful Christmas advent calendar,

I cant wait to see this finished! :)

 



 

Cathy we are all very proud of you this week, you were very brave

and picked up your music bag to finish, it was just one of those projects that we

all have, that seam a bit to challenging, but Cathy the super star she is, wasn't going to let it

defeat her, and I really cant wait to see this one finished :)

 

Annie pie has finished her stunning autumble quilt, and is now making a matching

bag! this is for an elderly friend, she can take the quilt with her where ever she goes and use it when needed, what a super idea!! 

 

 

Marilla has finished her beautiful bunting

Tar Dar!!!!!

and how fantastic it looks, each panel is hand quilted and looks absolutely

stunning!!

 

 

And me, with a little help, my dolly has now got a new dress and some hair,

next time she will be having her face and some knickers!

 

That's it for another week

see you soon

xx

Cake!!!!!

Well today we had a birthday, our lovely Irene, and that means CAKE!!!!!! :) we also did lots of chatting while the PAT testing was being done on our machines (so we are nice and safe :) ) and then we did some sewing. We also had a few visitors pop in we had Marian and Angie :)
Lets see what we got up to,

 

Cathy is having another day off her bag, so is quilting her

lovely Linus quilt :)

 

Wendy was playing with her embroidery machine, since she got it

out to be PAT tested she thought she would have a play :)

Maggie is putting off quilting her beautiful scrap quilt so she has decided

to make it a little bigger :) and why not?

 



Irene is putting another boarder on her purple butterfly

quilt, for her lucky hairdresser :)

 

 

The quilts always seam to 'pop' when you take a photo of them

and this is look fantastic!

 



 

Annette is making these fab foxy cushions :)

Annie Pie is quilting her beautiful autumble bargello quilt

 

 

Marilia is working on her beautiful bunting,

which I love!!!!

 

Chris has finished her quilt top on her beautiful baby quilt,

all ready to be sandwiched :)

And me I get A Tar Dar for finishing my Linus quilt

I also made this Swedish peg bag, which is very weird yet practical

which is me all over :)

 

That's it for this week at sewing but I would like to share with you my handy tip which I discovered this week, while starting my peg bag at home I decided to use interfacing for the first time! ha! I put it the wrong way round when I put my iron on it and lets say my iron didn't like it! so in a mad panic I was scrolling the internet to find a cure for my poor iron, but I could only find out how to get glue off :( so I thought I would use a good method a lady suggested for glue, vinegar! I thought brill I have some of that!! then I remembered I used that for my homemade weed killer! a bottle of vinegar a small cup of salt and a squirt of fairy liquid (and that works a treat on your weeds!) so I thought that my best hope so I will give it a go! 

 

 

This is my iron, I put the solution on with a tooth brush gave it a little rub, then gave it a little scrape with my finger nail and the horrible mess started coming off!! Fantastic! then I fill my iron with water and squirted lots of steam out to clean the holes out and gave a wipe over with a baby wipe and presto!!

 

  

 

One clean iron, I don't know if its is a proper method or sheer luck, but I thought I would share it with you just in case you ever have the same problem :)

 

that's it for this week

see you soon

xx

 

PAT Test Reminder

This is a reminder that next week

Wednesday 15th July 2015 is PAT Test week  

 

So if you have a machine that needs PAT Testing bring it along (don't forget your cable to)

Small charge applies

Sewing x

Well I know it has been a long time (sorry) but if anyone has ever had wisdom teeth problems they will understand, because of that I had to miss sewing again, and then it was closed on the 1st July so yesterday I was eager to get back to all the lovely ladies at Caverswall :)

Lets see what they have been getting up to,

 

Barbra has been working very hard on her beautiful fish quilt, she has now got to add

her boarders

Cathy is having a little break from her bag so is working on a 

Linus quilts :)

 



Wendy is having a little play today making this stunning heart

:)

 

 

 Margaret is getting started on her cat panel, she loves the one on the top right!

 

Annette is making some cushion covers for her mum in this beautiful fabric

 

 

I spotted this cute little pin cushion on Barbra's table and had to take

a picture :)  

The queen of bags Kate is busy working on these wonderful travel bags

for her very lucky granddaughters  

 



 

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Lynda is treating herself and making this beautiful lap quilt for herself

:)

 

 Irene is putting a boarder on her lovely purple butterfly quilt :)

 

Chris has been working on the last few blocks of her applique baby quilt

 

 

And me, I was finishing quilting my Linus quilt

 

While I was off I had to make a teacher present, my daughter requested

a Star Wars quilt

 

 

It has Yoda, R2 D2, an Ewok and of cause Princess Leia drawn by my

very talented daughter :)

 

Also while I was off my fantastic husband sorted out my sewing space,

when we moved we had a utility room

 

 

and with a little titivating Tar Dar!!!! 

 

 

Yes I'm very happy now :)

 

That's it for another week

see you soon

xx