What a great day was had by all. Helen Spence came to give us a demonstration named 'Six tricks with triangles' and what wonderful tricks she played.
We all gathered round as she showed us her first 'trick'
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| Folding and ironing |
and the first set of triangles in place and pinned
Second round of triangles........ can you see the beginnings of 'Somerset Star'
Its all coming together now. Looks great doesn't it?
On to the next one. This is Helens flower. This is where she has used triangles, gathered them a little, and placed them in a circle....simple!
Stage two
Third round
Voilà! This is what we are all aiming for.
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| Don't ask why this is on its side... it just won't load properly...not my fault. |
Another trick was continual prairie points.
Cutting and folding
and look what we have
There were a few more tricks, 'Square within a Square', 'Half square triangles', and of course Helen could not miss out the 'Flying Geese'
Of we went to play
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| Neatly cut, ironed and ready to sew |
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| Can you see the Flying Geese? On to the next challenge |
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| More Flying Geese, and it looks like the flower is making an appearance |
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| Continual prairie points.....in two colours no less |
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| Busy busy busy |
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| Flying Geese and continual Prairie Points |
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| Flower in the making |
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| More Geese and Prairie Points |
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| Flowers |
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| Even this 'little one' managed the 'Flying Geese' and 'Squares within a square' |
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| Such a cute iron |
Not everyone played with triangles, we had some making the 1 hour wallets that were shown at our last 'all day'........ only one problem, this one took about 5 hours, but she did finish in the day.
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| Zips are a bit tricky!!! |
Christmas 2010 we were given a charm pack from the group, and gradually we have seen some of the items made with them and today another beauty arrived. Just look at Diana's face...... big wow from her
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| This also was made with triangles.......must be magic |
It seemed like a great day! I know Hope thoroughly enjoyed herself. It was so busy. The place was 'buzzing'
ReplyDeleteThank you Helen
Yes it was great, and it kept both YOU and Hope busy.
DeleteYou don't need fancy pants patterns to make beautiful quilts. Those Half Square Triangles are so effective. Another lovely day in good company:)))
ReplyDeleteMake a note of this quilt for our Quilt expo. next year
DeleteWe all had a great day and and thoroughly enjoyed all what Helen demonstrated and we did. Hope Helen comes again. Thank you for organizing the day. From every member.
ReplyDeleteYes, lets hope she can return in the New Year. Everyone seemed to learn something new which is great.
DeleteLots of concentration but with no stress,an inspirational day...and fun too.
ReplyDeleteIt was good to learn so many new 'tricks'! Don't you just love the 'All Days'.
ReplyDeleteP.S. The 'wow' face was because i was munching my lunch!! But the quilt WAS lovely.