Sue setting out her bags
Penny has her eye on the one she likes!
Many members found something they liked
Jill has been busy finishing off projects, above an autumn themed table runner and delightful place mat below.
Cath has been embroidering and quilting this panel for the end of a bed. I'm sorry Cath, the colours didn't photograph very well and don't do justice to your work.
Detail of the hand embroidery work
Cath has discovered she really enjoys hand embroidery and decided to add some to her Row-by-Row project too. It is very effective and adds a new dimension to the quilt.
Cath's row-by-row project
Hand embroidery adds extra dimension to Cath's quilt
This little chappie above has been knitted and donated by Gladys for the exhibition raffle later in the year, and the duck below is one of a set to be made into a pram toy by Penny.
Pam shows one of the completed Dorset buttons, (not Suffolk as I stated in a previous posting!) but I'm not sure there will be many more made to go with it. Pam is not a fan of hand work, "too fiddly and time consuming", much preferring to get stuck into something on her sewing machine. Talking of which, you may be interested to know that Pam made her decision to go ahead and buy a Janome embroidery/sewing machine. She said the offer was too good to miss and now eagerly awaits her new "toy" to arrive. It's very heavy so I don't think we'll be seeing it in the hall, and Pam will continue using her smaller machine in group meetings. But I hope we get to see some of the embroidery work she will be producing.
Pam below, working on her scrappy quilt project (above), using up every last inch of left over fabrics from previous projects to make the backing for the quilt too.
As you can see from the photo above, there wasn't much free space this week, but Helen (below) managed to find a quiet corner to refine one of her designs for the quilting motifs for the raffle quilt, and at the far end of the table above, Rozanne managed to find space too, to layer up all the setting triangles and corner blocks, once she had traced off the quilting motifs. The quilt will now be put together with sashing, then passed back to Rozanne so she can complete the hand quilting.
Another regular is pleased we have so many members. Our local baker does a good trade in bread each week as can be seen here, this is just the tail end of the regular queue for bread and rolls when he arrives mid morning.
Back inside, work continues. Here Margaret shows me one of a couple of 400g balls of yarn she's using to knit squares to join into a blanket for her 92 year old father who lives in the UK. Margaret visits him every few weeks to make sure he is ok, as he still manages to live alone in his own home.
Christine and Cath chat while working on their quilts, and Christine showed us two finished projects too.
Christine's completed quilt for her grand-daughter
Christine has a label on the back of this quilt which shows she began work on it it 2011, so she's pleased to have finished it at last!
A few blog posts ago I said Carol had virtually finished this table cloth, but Carol corrected me saying there is actually more to be stitched than actually stitched . Well it looks well on the way now!
Louise is seen here concentrating on practicing the technique of perfect mitred corners for quilt bindings.
Christine left with Louise
Jenny above left, discusses her findings with Jill after experimenting with fabric paint and screen prints, as part of Jenny's "the journey" project, which she and the Diversity girls are currently working on.
That's all again for this week, I hope you enjoy keeping up with our Group members as they work through their projects. Don't forget to pop over to our website where amongst the regular updates, the "Stitching Corner" member has changed to Kath this week. Next week I hope to show you the latest progress on the raffle quilt. Thanks for stopping by. Have a good week, Rachel
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