14 November

Another happy Monday afternoon

Last week I didn't get any photos of  the work going on, so this week I was a bit snap happy which seemed to put a shocked look on poor 'Mrs Beal's' face, but you can see one of the crochet blanket that surely will come in handy if we get the winter that we have been warned about.

 

Tapestries ready to have a few stitches added once the world has been put to right....lets get our priorities right.

These busy bees are working towards some great Christmas wall hangings ...or may be cushions, but definitely Christmas is in the air.

This I am assured just took a couple of days to make. Save all your scraps of batting, cut it into 4" squares and keep in a safe place (this took more than a couple of days, more like a year, but we didn't count that), next fabric was cut into 5" squares and sandwiched, ( fabric face down, then batting, then fabric face up).  

I was not really paying total attention (so off to the naughty step for me), but I think the next step was to stitch a big cross through all layers, you then stitch the 5"square layers together in rows with a 1/2" seam allowance (randomly if you can do random).  Once the quilt is together, you sit comfortably and snip the 1/2" seam to give the frayed look.  You can then have a 'Ta dah' moment just like Lynda, and a cosy quilt to boot. 

These are what's planned for our 'all day' session next week.  Shirley is running this, and will have the cut out cards for sale on the day.  Hope you took down your requirements, but I am sure if you bring along your scraps of Christmas fabric, perhaps some double sided tape, and maybe some glue and usual sewing bits, I am sure you could play along.

See you all next week.