Cake!!!!!!!

We had another lovely visitor today, and it was even more brilliant because they brought cake, and it was fantastic!!!!!! Thank you!!!

Well back to sewing,

 

Annette was working on her fabulous kaleidoscope quilt, she went on a workshop

with our dear friend Angie, at her quilt shop,   

Wendy is working on these very funky blocks she is just having a play at the moment,

and has got a plan to use some beautiful Christmas fabric to

make a table runner :)

 

Chris is also making a table runner, using these beautiful split pin wheels,

I cant wait to see this next week!

 



 

Maggie has brought these wonderful patterns with her in a hope

to make Anna's green party dress, really really can't wait

 to see this finished!!  

 

This is how far Cathy has got with her beautiful bargello

quilt, its really coming on fabulous, well done to Cathy :)

 



 

Wendy has done wonderful things to her beautiful felting, adding beads

and lots of embroidery and I think you will agree it

looks stunning!!!!!! Ta Dar!! 

 

 

and me, well I have been working on my little Christmas

table runner

 

that's it for today, see you soon

xx

HONEY!

Our lovely egg lady Gilly, will not only be bringing her fantastic free range eggs next week,
but also some of her brilliant,  Award winning, Organic Honey!! She is also trying to promote the charity APIARY which encourages people to keep bees.

Felt and Cake :)

Well this Wednesday the fabulous Jo Shaw paid us a visit, with a fantastic bag of goodies to share with us :)

 This is a selection of the fantastic art work done by Jo using felt  

 

 

This is a close up of my favourite piece :) Stunning!!!!!!!

 

So todays workshop is felting, lets see how we got on,

(these photos were before the water and soap was added)

 

 

This is Beryl's fantastic 'sunrise' 

 

Annette's lovely sheep 

Irene's beautiful topiary

 

A beautiful flower by Merilla

 

Wendy's fantastic 'under the sea'

Kate wanted to experiment with circles :)

 



 

Lynda's beautiful robin

 

 

and me, I did purple flowers.

 

We then added hot water, soap and lots of elbow grease :)

and Ta Dar!!!!

 

So from the top right there is, Me, Wendy, Maggie, Merilla, Beryl,

Irene, Kate, Annette and Lynda in the middle :)

 

 

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the work shop and sends Jo a great big "THANK YOU!" 

We enjoyed it that much, we have booked another felt work shop in February,

to make a seamless felt bag :) Can't wait!!

 

Jo also brought with her 3 lovely cakes :) YUMM!! and Thanks again,

 

 

Well the other ladies, who didn't felt were also very busy, lets see how they did;

 

Cathy is adding more strips to her fantastic Bargello Quilt, so the main red

diamond is complete :)

 

 

Ta Dar!!! Chris has finished her beautiful wall hanging :)

 

 After felting, Lynda was cutting fabric to make her curtains!!

 

Kate found a little pack in a magazine, to keep her busy :)

 

 

and Maggie had to make some alterations on the sleeves on her new jacket!!

 

Well it was a busy day today but we all had a fantastic time.

 

That's it for this week, see you soon

xxx

 

 

 P.S I did get a home felting kit, read on to see how we did,

 

More Felting!!!

In the fantastic workshop we had on Wednesday, Jo was selling kits so you could felt at home,. My daughter is art mad! So I thought we would give it a go, so this is how we got on,

So first she drew her felt picture, covered it with the netting, then added the soapy water :)

 Then we used the bag to rub and create friction and bubbles 

 

 

and started rubbing!!!!!!!!

 

 

and more rubbing!!!!!!!!!

 

then having dipped it in the hot and cold water, we have to roll!

 

 

ROLL, ROLL, ROLL lots of times!

 

Then Ta Dar!!

 

 

Does it remind you of any ones?

 

Well we both really enjoyed it, and cant wait to do it again!!

 

 

Christmas Holidays!

Over the Christmas period the Quilt Club will be closed for a few weeks, while everyone spends time with their families and to give our fantastic Wendy a little rest.

       We will be closing on the 17th December  2014

Then re opening on the 14th January 2015

A quick reminder

This is a reminder that this week

 Wednesday the 29th October 2014, is our fantastic Felt workshop with Jo Shaw

If you are joining us for this super workshop you will need to bring with you

*an apron

*a clear plastic bag

*an old towel

That's it!!!!!!

 



Naughty Computer!!!!

Morning every one, well as I explained in the last blog, I was not at my dearly loved sewing session this week. To continue the blog lovely Cathy took some fantastic pics and sent them to me (thanks Cathy) but I have had a naughty computer and it didn't want to open the email, so these lovely pics have been sent to my nearest and dearest and half way around the world just so I could get them on my lap top!!! Finally after 3 days off faffing Ta Dar!! I managed to get them where I needed them so lets see what the lovely ladies got up to,

 

 

Jenny's brought her Bargello lap quilt to sandwich and then she will be

ready to quilt :)

 

Jenny also brought this beautiful black and white bed scarf!!

Ta Dar!!!!

 

Jenny has been a busy girl, she has also brought along this fabulous

Christmas table runner!

Ta Dar!!!!

One more for Jenny she has even had time to make this beautiful

pin cushion, she has used silk ribbon for the roses and pink and red embroidery

thread for the flowers.

Ta Dar!!!

 

 

This is Irene's king size log cabin quilt "Spring time in the garden"

this was free motion quilted on a domestic machine, by our dear friend Helen, 

 

This is the log cabin from the back, showing of the fancy quilting,

 

Gilly popped in with the eggs and some other lovely things to share with us,

She has won a first prize award for her moulded Beeswax!

Ta Dar!!!!

 

 

Gilly also had two highly commended awards, one for her Honey

and the other for her Hiney, Cherry and Sultana Cake.

Ta Dar!! Didn't she do well!

 

Gilly also brought with her some more of her wonderful hand

knitted socks, Cathy has already got her needles and wool ready and has borrowed

the pattern from Gilly and the great news (for Cathy) is that Gilly will help her if

necessary.

 

 

Wendy has been working on the beautiful owl pin cushion,

Isn't he a little cutie?

Ta Dar!!

 

and this is Wendy's fantastic, Red Work Wall Hanging

Ta Dar!!!!

 

 

Margaret has finished piecing her second

beautiful lap quilt

 

And has also prepared the back ready for sandwiching :)

 

This is just a quick pic of the latest four quilts heading to Linus

Finished by Cathy, Wendy and myself

 

That it for another week

 

See you soon