Monday, 15 April 2013

Spring Has Sprung and Crazy Comes To Town

 The sun was shining and there was a warmth in the air.....

 And good old Angela has volunteered to sew labels on the Linus quilts.

There are lots. 

 She is a hero.

one down - dozens to go!!

 Christine was foundation piecing some very pretty blocks
lovely colours
 And Lynda is still hand quilting her Sampler.
lots of blocks to go
 Angie was happy to show of her challenge sewing machine pad - with pockets! Go Angie!
handy pockets to keep you essentials in

 But the day was dominated by the lovely Diana who came to show us tips on embellishing Crazy blocks - lets face it, we do CRAZY very well!
 So some started by piecing the blocks




 starting off well





nearly done

really colourful

And then the fancy stuff was added
using all those fancy stitches on your machine

Hand or Machine?
Adding some hand embroidery
like the swirls!


And here are some shots of works in progress

Ellen's rather sophisticated colours



embellished blocks
Murial has used all sorts of fabrics in her blocks
Has quite a Victorian feel

Glennys used candy colours, I wonder if this will be something for her grand-daughter

pretty selection

Ena's colour choice was quite strong - doesn't it make a difference?


pretty pansy fussy cut for the centre



A BIG THANK-YOU to Diana for helping us all out today.
For anyone who may be interested Diana will be with us on Wednesday evening too.

And this is our 101th post!! Where did that time go!!








6 comments:

  1. Congratulations on your posting 101th time.

    Those Crazy blocks are lovely, and suit your ladies so well. ;))))

    ReplyDelete
  2. Think someone has gone crazy, Lynda's quilt was last weeks project, she was busy with Tilda today...Ha Ha Ha. It was a good day with everyone working hard thanks to Diana. Congrats on the 101 posts, how time flies when having fun.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I thought it was me going crazy for a moment!!! some really great piece sewn today. Great day all round.

      Delete
  3. Looks like everyone is having far too much fun, and achieving a great deal.

    ReplyDelete
  4. "Cock up corner" did well,maybe because of the crazy theme,we had a lovely fun,relaxed day.Many thanks Diana.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Thank you Diana a great day had by all.
    Some thing I had never tried before.Great to try some thing different and Diana was so nice and very helpful.

    ReplyDelete