We were greeted this morning by the man from Porters fixing a door that had been kicked in. By the time the first ten ladies had stepped round him he decided he'd better finish this job quickly and get out of there!
It was Committee Meeting Day and it finished before ten. We are learning how to rip through that agenda. Although the delivery of a special cup of take away coffee for the vice president did cause some off the agenda discussion!
An interesting little talk today for our in-house demo and a timely reminder for those contributing to the Blanket of Love scheme.
And then a large swag of things for Show and Tell. A happy and great patchwork morning was had by all.
In-house Demo on Blankets of Love. Robyn reminding us why and how we do this. (So touching.) And some samples of the sorts of special little quilts we need to make.
Karen has made this alphabet quilt for her friend to keep at her house for when the grandchild comes to visit. A lovely pattern for a child's quilt.
Linda L has finished The Dog Quilt. Not that it is a quilt for a dog, but for her son as it contains photos of every dog her son has owned.
Linda's first attempt at quilting herself with the long arm quilting frame. A close up showing the quilting and how well the photos printed onto fabric.
Del has made this very modern looking quilt for her grandson. No little cute fluffy animals here!
And a very graphic pieced backing as well. Stunning work Del.
Batik Swirls. Del decided to make this quilt from a past Block of the Month Bonanza pattern. If you squint you can see the swirls change from batik to cream.
Diana made this Tumbling Charm Squares quilt for her sister-in-law and is much happier with the colour scheme than in the one she made earlier.
(Although now that she has given the original to her mother
she quite likes the way it looks on the bed!)
Brenda won these crummy blocks in the September Block of the Month Bonanza. The blocks were called Crumbs because they are made from tiny bits of fabric that most people would normally just throw in the bin. A very colourful and scrappy little quilt but we notice that Brenda didn't want to make a whole lot more blocks for a larger quilt!
Stack It Up. Joan made this Stacked Bricks variation from a jelly roll her daughter had bought and not got around to using - a silly thing to do when you have a mother as prolific at producing quilts as Joan! It is just 2.5m of background fabric, one jelly roll and some clever sewing.
Cathy has made another two little minkee raggy edge quilts for her little granddaughters. They are so soft and cuddly! Cathy still has another one to make so will do it in an in-house workshop so we can all learn how to make one for someone special.
Margaret borrowed a book from our library called Thinking Outside the Block and got to thinking last week. There are only 4 different blocks in the whole book but look at the variations! Margaret had a lot of fun with this one.
And just to show that Margaret 's love of machine work is not because she has never done any handwork, here is an example of detailed hand stitching, embroidery and embellishment in a bear made by Margaret in a former sewing life. Linda W brought her embroidered bear in too to show what she could sew when she was young and silly! Aren't they just treasures?
The Badge Draw today was won by Erica who picked a very soft little package out of the bag and the Monthly Raffle was won by Pat.
