June Quilting Weekend

This weekend we had Betty, Ev, Elaine, Leonie, Linda, Liz and Mary at various times over the weekend.

It was a very busy Saturday. Ev and Leonie experimented with a variety of suggestions for quilting the Soft Blue Sampler. We ended up using knots through all the layers. The quilt and two cushions are now complete so if you know a good place to raffle it just let us know. The quilt finished as a double bed topper and looks marvelous, fantastic! Thank you to everyone who contributed their creativity to this one.

Linda, Elaine and Mary spent time finishing off their Mr Men and Butterfly blocks under threats of not being allowed to leave until they were complete. Soon we will have all the blocks done and can continue with those two quilts. Until then we can't really afford to draw another lucky dip as that would mean too many UFOs (unfinished objects).

Liz began the block trimming and sashing of the scrappy quilt (seen behind Elaine in the photo above) and I was able to complete that quilt top on Sunday ready for borders, backing and binding at our next gathering. Then it only needs to be quilted to finish it off.

We all missed Robyn who was on her way to Alaska on a cruise. Her expertise and little lessons are always a most welcome part of our weekend.

Our progress at the moment is quite slow but we have discussed a few ways to work the system better. If we draw the lucky dip first thing Saturday morning (first in gets to draw) then it will give us all the opportunity to work on our new blocks during the odd gaps in other work. This might help with getting all the blocks in on time for the next quilting weekend.