Baby Quilts

As you know we love to make charity quilts here at the village hall, our latest project is incubator quilts for the neo natal at the Royal. If you are interested in making them or need a reminder of the size they are 15" by 10" lets see some we have made :)

These beautiful quilts are what the wonder Wendy has created since last week!

 

 

and I did this one to add to the collection :)

 

Marian is working on these gorgeous snowman applique blocks :)

which she is planning to make in to two wall hangings

 

Jenny is doing a favours for a family member

and covering a seat for her trailer tent :)

 

These beautiful tissue holders and book cover were made by the very cleaver Irene

ready for the Stone Canoe Club Christmas fair

 

Cathy has been practicing her free motion quilting,

 

Margaret was cutting out blocks for her incubator quilt

 

Maureen was adding to her fabulous blue and white flower quilt  

 

and me,

 

 

I finished quilting my Charity Quilt.

 

That's it for another week

see you soon

xx

Christmas Party Update!

We are changing the date of our Christmas Party at Caverswall so we can make sure everyone can make it  :)
The new date will be Wednesday 9th December Then the last day of the year will be the 16th :)

Linus!!!!

We were very busy today, and everyone was very excited to see the massive pile off quilts we had collected.

We had a grand total of  28 quilts!!!!

 

 

12 off these beautiful quilts are going to Linus

 

and 16 Quilts will be going to another fantastic children's charity

 

 

We have also been working on these gorgeous incubator quilts :) 

 

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Kate is working on this fantastic quilt, she is designing it as she

goes along :)

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Cathy is working really hard on her doggy quilt, she is planning to use

a stencil to quilt it :)

 



 

Irene has been working on her lovely blocks :)

 

and Maggie has been altering more of her clothes :)

 

That's it for this week

see you soon

xxxx

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 :)