Pin Cushion Party

After a really great day out on a visit to the National Quilt Championships at Malvern on Sunday, everyone arrived bright and early ( well some not so bright and some definitely not so early!!) to set up for our Pincushion Party.

There were about 25 different patterns to choose from

A Pretty Pumpkin shape

A Matryoshka Doll

 There was a very useful pincushion tidy that you could use near your sewing machine or on the arm of your chair

Handy tool

 And a positive plethora of mice 

Aren't they cute?

 And a flock of owls

does two count as a flock?

 Then there was rather  lot of this!!

Scrumptious Bring and Share lunch

 And the results of the day looked something like this!

lovely selection

Those mice having their own feast!

Tins and bags and pots

Ascot would be proud of these

Such a pretty china dish

and a lovely embroidered cushion in a china soup bowl

Not a bad turn out

 It's funny though, a little pincushion should have taken maybe a couple of hours, and most of these took ALL DAY!!!

 Angie is working on a pretty pink quilt, and we will see more of this later.

Maybe these girls can't stand the pace, as we were packed up and home quite early!  Too much shopping yesterday ladies!!

Next Monday (May 27th) is a Bank Holiday, so we will not meet on that day, but Wednesday meeting will be as normal.

Please read the notice board and note that ALL LIBRARY BOOKS are to be returned to group after TWO WEEKS .  Thank you

Have a great weekend!

After the Delay

Sorry Ladies, missed posting for a couple of weeks, but the Chancellor needed my end of year account (we are no longer in recession, you can thank me later!)

Right -

Helen Spence came to this evenings meeting to share her "6 Tricks with Triangles" demonstration.

Like a Lamb to the Slaughter!

 It doesn't look like she's bothered though

Because they had all had the warning to behave!!

Picture of innocence!

 We started with Somerset Folded Patchwork

A 3D flower

 

And then we had 3D Flying Geese ( sometimes called "one seam Flying Geese") 

And continuous Prairie Points, which everyone was amazed at.

Helen also showed us another way to set blocks on point, or A Square in A Square, without cutting triangles!

Everyone had a chance to have a go at these methods, and minds are whirring with ideas.

A Good Evening, 

Thank you Helen!

Here are some photos taken over the last couple of weeks

Elizabeth is making a Winnie the Pooh quilt

this is lovely

Jackie has made a Harry Potter cushion, very effective (and a bit scary!)





A great use of a geometric print

Is he a baddie?

Hayley has finished this years first Christmas project. So sweet

love the stripy print

Eileen has started another marathon quilt, with lots of appliqué. Looking good Eileen

Dainty lady

At first glance, I thought this was a Dresden Plate, but its an arrangements of hearts.

Unusual

Ena has a project on the go, this looks like a lot of work Ena. And there is a pic of another couple of starts that Christine & Chris are working on. More of these to follow,

And last but not least    

Angela

Angela

Angela

What a beauty

it has taken 14 years for her to finish this

Well done Angela it is fabulous

Will have pride of place at our Exhibition in September.

(and not a bit of crimpelene in sight!)

Don't forget its our Pincushion Party on Monday (all day)

Bring and Share lunch

Bring a bags of fabrics, stuffing and a note book

AND

The bus leaves Higham Market Square at

8.00 am (in the morning!!) 

 for our trip to Malvern Quilt Championships

Bring --- your breakfast!!

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!!

W.I.P. day

Firstly let me apologise because my camera ran out of steam after taking only  two photos, so the rest have been taken by my phone and the quality may be as suspect as my usual snaps.

There seemed to be a lot of W.I.P (work in progress) being done today..

Angie's hexie cushion

Jo's also working on her hexie 'thing'

Jo's not sure what her's will end up as, but she just carries on regardless.

Lynda may have taken up the challenge with this quilt....yes, she is still hand quilting it

Lovely Star

She's keeping warm as she looks down her nose at someone.

We have seen these little blocks being made for many months (if not years) but now the blocks are being put together with 'quilt as you go method'.

Looking good Mrs B

'Crazy' isn't going to be left out

 

So pretty

I can't remember seeing this before, lovely appliqué going on in this corner of the room.

 

Think this belongs to Pauline 

and introducing this 'snails trail' 

 

Just adding the bias trail to the border.

Wonder what wonders we will be seeing next time!

JUST A REMINDER

Please return all Linus quilts next week as Joan (Linus Lady) will be here to collect all the finished quilts.  We would like all unfinished quilts returned as well, so that we can have a 'tally up' and if quilts are needed in the coming year we will know whether we can provide them.

And the Crazy continues!

 So, despite what we put her through on Monday, the plucky Diana returned on Wednesday evening to continue her "Embellishing Crazy Patchwork" class. (She must have thought it was "Ground-hog Day")!!

Ena, being teachers pet, has worked quite hard on her piece and it is looking good.

Se brought an apple too!

 Beverly tried some couching on her block

Bright colours

 Carole & Eileen look like they have been cracking on too!

feet up for a mo

Gillian started of with a fussy cut angel

getting ready for the season?

And Jackie selected some nice neutrals

a nice little flower border

Louise has chosen some darker neutral fabrics and added some lace too

This has a vintage look

Susan used some cool greens in her piece

Start with a five sided piece

Not sure whose this is (let me know and I will amend the post) but a very floral selection that will take some serious embroidery - exciting!

Love those roses

Again - not sure who - looks like they mean business with that book of instructions!

a little twinkle here

And just to show that they can work hard - with Diana's cushions in the background - a good evenings work! Well done!

Please remember to return the Linus quilts next Wednesday.
 Mrs Linus is collecting them all on Monday 29th April. We will tally up numbers then.