More completed projects......

It seems that despite having to cancel the meeting the previous week, group members have still found time to complete more projects and at this week's meeting there was a diverse display of work. 

 Linda has made this lovely dress for her new grand-daughter and was well on the way to finishing another one during this week's session.  Linda also showed us this delightful knitted all-in-one outfit, made from gorgeously soft yarn,  it will certainly keep it's occupant lovely and snug on cold outings.

Helen Hulme remembered at last to bring in her completed Row-by-Row project, only a couple more to be finished now, no pressure  girls!!

Ann here enjoying a chat with Helen, and showed us her finished table runner,

and "Quirky" wall hanging, which is made up of block designs from her Row-by-Row quilt.

Christine is working to a Christmas theme at the moment, making several small hangings seen below, a couple finished and others works in progress

Group member Carol brought her sister in to meet us this week, and while she's been on holiday has co-opted her into knitting a teddy for a prize in the Tombola at our exhibition.  I wonder if she managed to finish it before going back to Scotland. 

Eloise made this her last visit for  few weeks, she is off to the UK for a family visit and Vanessa joined us again after a few busy weeks with visitors, preventing her from coming to meetings.

Marilyn's deadline for finishing her quilt looms, but she's confident the target will be met.

Gladys is making progress with her quilt blocks, while Margaret chats to Elsje, and Shirley rejoins us after her month in the UK.

It was good to see Sandy back with us, here seen working on a crochet blanket she is donating as a prize in our exhibition raffle 

Cath spent the morning making this lovely table runner, I love the colour combination Cath.

Louise is back with us again after having family out to visit, and expressed a desire to learn how to free-motion machine quilt, so next week will be coming to the meeting armed with fabric and her machine for a lesson.  Louise has been practicing at home but would like some extra hints and tips to help her along the way.

Chris has quilted the sections of her Row-by-Row quilt, the next stage is joining these sections, then finally adding the binding.  I'm looking forward to seeing the finished quilt.

Elsje says the wool from Morocco which she is using for the knitted jacket she is working on is proving to be quite difficult to work with.  It seems many of the processes in making regular commercial yarn  have been left out and the wool is quite "un-processed" and thick.  Added to which the pattern Elsje is using calls for much finer yarn and needles, so she is having to make many adjustments as she progresses.  Not a simple project!

Helen is having  a few minutes break from her gold-work embroidery, and below Jacqueline looks well after returning from her Caribbean holiday where she says she had great fun.

Jacqueline has almost finished the bookmark she has been working on with help from Marilyn.

I think that's us caught up.  I have a valid reason for being late with this week's update for once!   I was at our sister group Diversity's meeting on Wednesday, needed Thursday to recover from the two meetings and did this by working on a small whole-cloth project, which I'm using to practice my quilting technique, and once I got started I didn't want to stop.  Although I didn't do this on Tuesday, here is a quick peak at a part of it.

Thanks for stopping by, do pop over to our website to have a look at the latest gallery updates and  "Stitching Corner" features Linda this week.  See you next time, Rachel

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