Annual General Meeting ...... and some PATCHWORK!!!

 Mrs Beal had brought in a lovely zipper bag with a hand knit pair of socks that her DDIL had gifted her at Christmas.

Toasty socks and a beautiful bag

Elaine was sporting a patchwork waistcoat that she had made some time ago

 Crazy Waistcoat!

 And more crazy from our new member Christine, who was sewing the binding down on this cozy quilt

all hand pieced and then long arm quilted

 Maureen was doing a test run for our Linus Day,  using those shirt sleeves.

 A couple of people were working on their Secret project - It seems that colouring the sections means less mistakes!!  😜

Barbara was stitching some canvas. This will become a scissor keeper - hopefully 

More prep work ready for a sweat shop Linus day

Barbara

Pauline (the Apprentice)

Mrs Beal (the Tutor)

 We have seen Kathy's EPP project in various stages but she was happy to be showing off these completed cushions.

 Kay is hand quilting a colourful transport panel

 Val is hand stitching these Hexi flowers down onto what will become a cushion for a grand daughter

Barbara was rather concerned that as she now had enough hand pieced blocks made up, she will now HAVE to make another quilt  😳

 Elaine (of the Crazy Waistcoat) has begun a Spring Applique project

Debbie is stil going strong on her scrappy hexagon project

and MORE head start work on Linus quilts

Brenda is sewing the binding on this one

 Angie has used this pretty Broderie Anglaise to make a crib quilt for a forthcoming grandchild

 Just a sneaky peak of Pauline's lovely flower quilt, that is being hand quilted and I will show it in all its glory quite soon I think

The AGM was as quick as normal - Lynda won the "book" at 13 minutes. Why waste time talking when you can be sewing??? 😝😏

Eeerrrm - Happy New Year !!!

 Yes - I know I know! I haven't posted in ages. Now going through the photos I can't remember who was doing what and when.

Anyway, during Christmas week we had a small meeting where there was lots of panic knitting being completed and maybe just a bit of sewing.
 But a lot of chatting.
A relaxed day that we all appreciated in the manic run up to Christmas.

And my car boot was filled with our donations to be delivered to the local Food Bank/Homeless shelter

 The Shelter organisers were thrilled with our donation.

So a BIG Thank You for your generosity ladies

overflowing with kindness

 And so we begin a New Year where hopefully we will see more sewing projects, rather than knitting at our Patchwork & Quilting group

 This week saw our Monday All Day session and Elaine was working on this very pretty bag to carry her cutting boards

Carole was working on a secret project. Can you guess what this might be?
                                       

 Sue was sewing down some Hexi flowers - I think these were Liberty Lawns

 A new lady, Christine, was busy sewing squares together, and I will find out what the finished item will be next week.

 Bridget did not want to be included in this photo!  We have seen this cute dog quilt in progress and I think there is only a border to add before she begins quilting

 A group of ladies wanted to get each other through support each other making these lovely beaded scissor keepers.

 and were thrilled with the results

 Well, most of them had results...........

slightly distracted Jo?

 Ellen and Maureen were sorting some squares that were cut from the shirt sleeves left over from this donation
 

These will make some great Linus quilts. So if you have any spare minutes to sew some together during the next month , have a chat with Ellen and we can get a head start on our Project Linus day in February.

Don't forget we will hold our
Annual General Meeting on Monday 23rd January at 2.00pm 
This will be during our normal meeting and will only take a few minutes to go through the necessary formalities. Please come along if you can and if you are not able, please pass you apologies onto our Secretary. 

Hopefully we will have some lovely new patchwork projects to show you son. 

It's that Time of Year

 When there is a lot of panic finishing going on.

Which included an awful lot of knitting - but we aren't going to expel those members - some things need to be finished!   Including this sweet snowman jumper

 Hopefully it will be back to Patchwork & Quilting in the New Year!

Kay had (at last) finished her beautiful Christmas Sampler hanging. She loves making up the blocks, but isn't so keen on putting them together, I'm so glad she persevered - this is a beauty!

so much detail!

 Some more Star cushions from the project day, being made by Carole

 A couple of the Mini Mania girls brought in their November Applique Challenge

 June is busy folding and pinning fabrics to make a Christmas Tree

 Pat was adding the finishing touches to her Christmas Tree

Pam had made two sizes of Teddy Bear in a Stocking so thought that they needed a "Daddy Bear" size to finish them off

 Sheila has almost finished her Felt Wreath after having to re-make her Polar Bear as her Grandson had taken a liking to the original!

 It was nice to see Hazel with us again, and her cross stitch piece is making progress

Lynda is stitching a Christmas embroidery panel and assured me that this will be finished for Christmas (2017) . I don't doubt that at all!

Elaine was organising some blocks that she had finished  ready to piece this Gypsy Wife quilt

 Anonymous ( this will be a gift)  was stitching little pentagons together to make a babies ball

I believe she has to make two 😉😉😉

 Bridget has added more to her Doggy quilt block

Eileen is making another Christmas Card hanger ready for the postman to call

 Alison just has to add a teeny tiny head to this little Santa before the big day

 And to finish off Angie and Ena are still playing with sparkly baubles

 some are bigger than others - just saying 😉