Wednesday 22 February 2017

 Another smaller group today with the tables lined up directly in front of open doors. Will this summer ever finish? We are beginning to think that it is the heat that is making the smaller numbers and so we are actively looking for more suitable permanent premises. (After 30 years! Wow!) This may mean a change of day for patchwork. No one likes change and a change would not suit every member, but we need to think about and discuss this issue.

It was the first BomB (Block Of the Month Bonzanza) for the year today and we started with a fairly simple pattern, although it did have one partial seam, for our first charity quilt of the year. All BomBs this year will be made with fabric left from Heather's stash and will be donated to charity.

Liz won the Badge Draw today.

And it was the first of the monthly "Stay for Lunch" mornings that Marilyn is organising on the last Wednesday of the month. Not that we are staying for lunch. Today's lunch was at the Northern Beaches Bowls Club which has a lovely Roast of the Day and very pleasant air conditioning. Everyone is welcome.

Here is another quilt from Heather's legacy. A magazine with the pattern marked and most of these fabrics were in a plastic bag. Robyn has added some fabrics and finished this little quilt which Di quilted with traffic signs and vehicles. When Robyn has put the binding on, it will go to the Women's Centre.

Di has quilted this for Robyn's daughter Jolie who made the quilt for her Harry Potter mad daughter who is about to turn 11 and get her letter to go to Hogwarts.
It's a very special work of art.

Cheryl has made this quilt for a friend from some of her Bali fabric stash that it seems will never be used up. It was a quick Quilt As You Go pattern.

The back of Cheryl's quilt. She used some colourful Spotlight fabrics for the backing.

Cathy used some scraps left behind by Faye to make this simple and eyecatching little quilt for the Women's Centre

A small piece of the colourful flower fabric and being told to make a square in a square block and a 9-patch block were the only instructions to make blocks for this charity quilt. Robyn has pieced the blocks together and Di will now quilt it. It is certainly bright!

Anne has made another bag. This one is entirely from scraps a friend gave her. The lining is actually material cut from a shirt sleeve and the pocket is the sleeve cuff. It would have been completely thrifty if Anne didn't have to buy a magnetic closure.

Four of the Flower Box blocks demonstrated today in the BomB.

The BomB Lady doing her thing while BomB participants choose the strips to take home. Because the blocks are only 9"and we'll need about 36 for a good sized quilt, people were asked to complete two blocks if possible - after all, all the strips had been cut out for them!