Monday 29 April 2013

One Hundred and Thirty Nine ( and counting!!)

That's right!
139 FINISHED Linus Quilts. 
That is what the lovely Joan (the Linus Lady) collected today.  I think you can be rightly proud of yourselves ladies. They were sorted, counted and re-counted just to be sure.  (And we still have at least 10 quilt tops in the store cupboard that just need finishing)

a pile of hugs, just waiting for someone to hold.
 Joan brought us the Northants Linus news letter and a hint that we may feature in the next one!

Smile for the camera!
 If you still have a quilt top at home that need completing, don't worry, they can be passed to Joan at a later (but not too late) date.

Many tanks go to Jayne Smith of Makower UK who kindly sent some samples (loads actually)  for us to use in these quilts.

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Carol brought a collection of pieces that she has made for a Wedding Anniversary gift for a friend.
There was a cushion, some table mats, coasters and a cute bread basket. Lucky Friends!

note the EMPTY wine glass
 Ellen had finished her lovely neutral crazy cushion, compete with gold tassels. A lovely piece of work. Well done Ellen

simple palette but so effective
There didn't seem to be much going on in this corner, well on the sewing front anyway!
putting the world to rights?
 But I was wrong! Apparently Ena can talk and work at the same time. That lady has some hidden talents.

 She has lots of little bits of fabric and is making one of these






Not sure if she will be wearing or hanging it :)))

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We have organised a Hand Quilting Workshop taught by the talented Susie Corke to be held on Saturday 8th June. Cost is £19. and names to be given to Anne Dodson as soon as possible.
NUMBERS ARE LIMITED



Don't forget, next Monday (6th May) is a Bank Holiday, so
NO GROUP

But we will meet on Wednesday 8th May.

 On our next all day Monday (20th May) we will be having our

PIN CUSHION PARTY

Have you had your invite??

All are welcome, Bring a bag of your lovely fabrics and some stuffing and a notebook.  You can make any of the pin cushions that we have a pattern for. (We will not have copies of the patterns for everyone, so you will need to make your own notes).

 If you have an old china tea cup or little bowl, you could put a pin cushion in that!

 And here are some ideas that I have taken from this lovely blog where they posted a pincushion every Friday for a year! Loads of choice there then!






As its a Party, we will also be having a
BRING AND SHARE LUNCH

Don't be Late!!

3 comments:

  1. Its quite sad that so many children are in need of a hug. Project Linus issued 712 quilts in the county last year.

    Can't wait for the party ladies.
    But which to do ......

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  2. Lots of pincushions and probably super lunch....look forward to that. Well done on all the Linus Quilts

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  3. As Lesley said its sad to need them so we are lucky not to need then BUT able to make them.
    Really lovely quilts makes you proud to belong to the group.
    Pincushions sound fun plus the food.

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