Christmas Party!!!!!!

Yes its that time of year again when Santa comes to visit, so that means party time!! last year we had two fantastic parties, one at Buffet Island and one at the village hall, as they were so super we are planning the same again this year, right dates for your diary.

Thursday 10th December    Buffet Island  (time to be confirmed)

Wednesday 16th December    Last day of the year and Party at the village hall

Wednesday 13th January 2016    Star date for the new year   

Sewing :)

This week Wendy announced we are going to have a 'mini' Linus Day next week! Wendy has been collecting all the Linus quilts we have been making ready to give to the lovely Heather, she is seeing her next Thursday so next Wednesday, the 30th of September is a great day to finish of  any little quilts you would like to donate.

Lets see what we got up to today :)

Merilla is doing this fantastic piecing with these beautiful blues and whites

and she has done it all by hand!! :)

 

 

Cathy is still using up her scraps to make some cat quilts for charity :)

What a fabulous idea to get rid of your unwanted scraps

Wendy was quilting her lovely black quilt :)

 



Wendy also brought a long some of her quilts to show us

ready for next week, this one is stunning!!!!

 

 

I had a play with these blocks a few weeks a go and Wendy finished

it off and quilted it, ready for next week :) 

These two gorgeous quilts Wendy created for next week

I had nothing argent to do, so quilting them both and binded one  :) 

 

 

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This is Chris' stunning baby quilt! she has just got a bit more quilting left

to do :) then its of to Hong Kong!!

 



 

Irene always likes trying new things and this week is playing with these blocks with

 unfinished seams, very nice :)

 

Naughty Jenny and Marisabel ran off before I could get a picture of there projects!!

 I'll make sure I get them for next week!!!

 

That's it for another week

See you soon

xxx



Chickens!

Today we were very lucky to have Tracy with us today doing her chicken door stop workshop!
Here is Tracy's chicken she brought along to show us :)

 

Well we all decided it looked fantastic!! and we all couldn't wait to get sorted!!

 

 

Lets see how we got on :)

This is Lynda's super Scottish chick!

 

 

Annette's beautiful green chick!

 

 

Jenny's lovely cream chick!

 

Kate's Scottish chick

 

 

Wendy's super cream and red chick

  

 

This is Beryl's fabulous south American fighting cock!

(as named by Jenny!)

 

And this is mine :)

 

 

This is a picture of our brood!!!!

 

People were not just making chickens :)

 

 

Kate brought along her beautiful bag :)

 

 

Merilla is working on another block for her cross quilt

 

Margaret is making some more place mats :)

 

Lynda brought along her super knitting bag, she made this using Angie's

bottle bag pattern :) she has also made this brilliant little pouch

to keep all her bits and bobs in, which she created herself!! :)



 

Wendy has been busy made this lovely Linus quilt

 

and also been playing with the idea of a round bargello quilt :)

cant wait to see this finished:)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicken door stop work shop!

Next week is our Chicken door stop workshop, on Wednesday 16th September 2015

 

Don't worry if you don't fancy making a chicken, everyone is welcome :)

but if you are making on, this is what you will need,

 

 

One 7"square of dark fabric

One 7" square of light fabric

Two 2 1/4" x 6 1/2" and two 2 1/4"x 8" in light fabric

Two 2 1/4" x 8" and two 2 1/4" x 10" in dark fabric

Two 5" square for the wings

Two 5" square for the tail (can be different)

6" zip

Two 11" square of wadding

Two 11" Square of backing fabric (it wont be seen)

Approximately a fat eighth of red fabric for beak, wattle and crest

Some bond a web

19" x 9" firm fabric for the inner bag

 

I cant wait to see all these chickens next week :)  

 



 

 

Happy 100th Blog!!

Wow I cant believe this is our 100th blog! I would like to say a big thank you to all the lovely ladies at Caverswall, for supporting our little sewing session and sharing all their fantastic projects with us and keeping our blog going :)

Well lets see what we got up to this week

Maureen joined us today and brought a long her stunning blue and white flower quilt,

today she is has been working on the beautiful boarders :) 

 

Marisabel has been busy with her lovely advent calendar,

because there is only 104 days to go until Santa comes!!

 

Chris has been finishing the quilting on her beautiful baby quilt!

 



 

Cathy has been quilting her scrappy cat quilt :) 

Wendy found this beauty on her holidays and brought it in to show us

 

The Queen of Bags is working on yet another bag,

this gorgeous bag is for her very lucky sister in law

 



Irene ands Annette went on a work shop at the weekend, Irene brought a long her fantastic

bargello quilt in to show us :)

 

 

Marilla is still busy working on her fabulous cross quilt :)

 

 

 

that's it for another week

see you soon

xx