Wednesday 6 February 2019

Our first day back for 2019 and 25 ladies braved the weather to meet up with friends and to catch up with what has been happening.  It was also good to get back into the swing of things and to see what others have been working on over the Christmas break. 

Margaret and 3 helpers were busily basting a quilt together ready for her to hand quilt it.  Sue was busy on her sewing machine working of a block and others were busy "catching up".

Saturday sewing is on this Saturday at the Women's Centre, Shakespeare Street.

Liz won the badge draw.  Below are some photos showing what our ladies have been up to.

Kay made this wall hanging in a Caroline Sharkey workshop.  It is an Art Quilt with the eagle and tree made by using tiny pieces of fabric.  Kay is gifting this to her granddaughter for her 12th birthday

Kay also made this Christmas table runner so that she would have something for a bench in her home.  This pattern came from a magazine - Love of Quilting

Del made this cushion cover as she was partial to the embroidery.  She is hoping that her granddaughter will also feel the same about it.

Del made this wall hanging in a Jenny Horsford workshop.  Del had to be dragged "kicking and screaming" to the workshop as she wasn't keen on having to do an amount of fabric painting. But as you can see, she did a marvelous job and is very pleased that she took part.  She is also the first to complete the piece.  This is an Art Quilt using fabric paints and a wide variety of fabric.  The forest floor is made up of a large amount of tiny fabric pieces that were placed between pieces of 'wash away' and then sewn to attach them to the hanging.  Well done, Del.

Marion made this for herself.   It is a Sweet Pea Crewel Embroidery block of the month.  The first block arrived in January 2018 and continued until December 2018.  Marion completed the quilt in January this year.  She found this interesting as it had a sense of mystery about it as you never actually saw the finished project until late in the year.

Joan started this quilt in Eungella using Bali batiks from her stash.  Joan has named this quilt "Firecracker" and she drafted the block after seeing the quilt on Pinterest.

Marlena made this bag from a picture that caught her fancy.  She added the diamante collar as she felt that the dog looked as if it would like a bit of bling.

Marlena adapted this quilt from a pattern called French Roses.  She wasn't happy with the look of it with just the roses so decided to add the disappearing 9 patch blocks.  She was very happy with the new ruler that she used to make the scalloped edge and vines as it made the process a breeze.

Cathy was pleased to say that after the third attempt she finally got her crocheted bag the right size.  She believes that the original pattern was made for pixies!