Hi ladies, what a wet day it was!! The view from the window showed the muddy waters surging down the, not so dry, river bed!!! Luckily we were inside keeping dry and fairly warm. The fires do make a big difference.
It was a relatively quiet meeting with nineteen members braving the wet conditions: nineteen on the nineteenth!!!
Some sewers got their heads down and achieved loads - well done Jill W and Pam - Jill quilting her reconstructed Mystery Quilt (yes, Rachel, reconstructed Mystery Quilt!!) and Pam making two cushion covers (yes! two!) in which she used a special cutting ruler/stencil to great effect, a bigger project than the book marks she made for Christmas!! No photo of the cushion covers as they needed pressing and it was the end of the meeting - a good photo of the two industrious ladies though!!
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| Jill W and Pam - two industrious ladies |
Other ladies were sewing, stitching, knitting and crocheting. Carol was constructing her Scrappy Illusion quilt after having decided to make it bigger for her son and grandchildren to snuggle under - it is no longer a lap quilt but the size of a double bed quilt! It is coming together really well, well done Carol.
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| Carol working on her ggrroowwwwwing quilt! |
Jacqueline has begun to assemble her first quilt - quite rightly she is thrilled - she can really see what her work is going to look like when it is quilted and completed.
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| completion nears for Jacqueline |
Christine, who is running the Bargello workshops on 2nd and 9th April, brought samples of the effects that can be achieved through using the technique - amazing, beautiful . . .
. . . don't they make you want to have a go?
Well, coming to the end of this blog - check, check and recheck is now my motto as Jill W and Pam were almost described as 'illustrious' instead of 'industrious'!!! It would have been in the best possible sense of the word!! Hasta luego, Helen xx
. . . don't they make you want to have a go?
Well, coming to the end of this blog - check, check and recheck is now my motto as Jill W and Pam were almost described as 'illustrious' instead of 'industrious'!!! It would have been in the best possible sense of the word!! Hasta luego, Helen xx
I can't wait to see the reconstructed quilt Jill, what have you done with it? And Carol you have your coat off, so it must have been hard work... or warmer in the hall! Christine those bargellos look super. Think I'll join the class and "reconstruct" (I like the terminology Helen!)the sample I made for the second Bargello class I taught a couple of yeasr ago, but never got round to completing! Jacqueline, your quilt design looks lovely. The Blog looks great Helen, thanks for holding the fort while I'm here in freezing England, but having wonderful cuddles with tiny twin boys. We had snow yesterday, but it sounds as though your weather is not too great either. See you all in a couple of weeks. Rachel
ReplyDeleteWe are lucky that we have ladies so willing to do the blog for us, & yes the heaters are a great help.
ReplyDeleteThis week looks like more rain but hopefully we will have another good turn out. Thanks again for all the hard work, see you Tuesday
Thank you ladies for your kind comments.
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