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!!