Linda spent the morning hemming the binding on her very large quilt made from recycled men's shirt fabrics, using blocks in the cathedral window technique. There are a lot of shirts in there Linda!
Ann showed us her finished wall hanging, (seen below) made after being inspired by a similar hanging made by fellow member Helen Hulme
Jenny is working on a technique quite different from her usual digitized embroidery or felting. These Japanese technique "temari" balls are made by winding yarn around a polystyrene shape and then weaving more coloured yarns through strategically placed threads to make attractive designs.
Above, Rozanne is working on her hand stitched drunkards-path design quilt, and below is an industrious group of Margaret on her sewing machine, with Shirley, Sheila and Louise all knitting.
It was good to see Margaret and Gladys back after their trips to the UK and Australia to visit with families. Gladys showed us this clever knitted doll which she is donating to Pam's daughter's forthcoming charity event. Cinderella can be seen here with her sad face, ragged clothes and duster in hand,
then transformed into a princess complete with her dance card, below.
I believe Gladys and Margaret are working on another of these knitted dolls which are cleverly made as one doll, as shown below and would make a lovely gift for any little girl.
Vanessa I'm pleased to report, has received her piece of fabric to replace the trimming error in her quilt which you may remember I wrote about in a previous blog, has the quilt top "repaired" good as new, and ready to layer up with wadding and backing. Vanessa brought in two completed cross stitch picturesto show u, which are ready for framing, depicting two of her favourite places, Venice and Paris.
Here Ann is working on a new project, a small Christmas-themed wall hanging.
We are very fortunate to have regular access to a supply of wonderful mulberry papers, brought over from Thailand by Jenny's husband on his regular trips. Below are Yvonne and Ann with Jenny in the centre, having to make a difficult decision on which papers to choose not to buy!
And finally this week, it was good to see Penny (left) again, on one of her regular visits to Spain. Penny enjoys visiting the group to see what we are all doing and is here having a catch-up with Tricia, before a group of eight of us left a little early today to have lunch with her. Penny belongs to a thriving patchwork group in the UK and enjoys often returning with ideas she has seen in our group.
Thanks for reading our blog, hope to see you again next time. Happy stitching,
Rachel
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