Last weekend we had our final get together for the year and rather than continue with our group project I held a Mystery Christmas Workshop. We all made a casserole carrier and were really pleased with the results.
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| Stephanie's expertise is always appreciated when machines need fixing! |
Jenny makes beautiful journals from old Golden Books and has some for sale...
They make perfect gifts and all are Christmas titles. The original covers and pages are interleaved with decorated journal pages. They are selling for $25 each plus postage.
If you are interested in purchasing any please just leave a comment below and I'll pass your contact details on to Jenny.
Karen writes...
I was intending to bring the finished baby coverlet to our November get-together but took the opportunity of Mike being here this past week to get him to take it back to Darwin. It is for his latest graddaughter Fleur. It only has two layers (a floral cotton backing) to make it more useful in Darwin's climate.
I also made two hot-dish cosies for Rick from 2 flannelettes and and a dark blue cotton and two layers of batting. Top-stitching the 4 layers resulted in my machine's tension going haywire and I've had to take it for servicing. So I've now got three weeks without my machine. Still, I've got plenty of other things to do till I get it back.
Unfortunately I had to cancel our last get-together to go to Mum in hospital (she is 99 and having heart issues).
Jeanette sent lots of pics from her group's Stay at Home Retreat quilting day. She was going to zoom in from there.
I think I like the heart one best but I also like the starry one too. Val, how great that you are still working hard and sharing your talents.
What a crowd of happy quilters who are producing amazing work. Thanks Jeanette.
We both had projects to do and a lot was achieved even though I was absent for a few hours visiting Mum in hospital.
We had 7 people at our October gathering at mine and then another 4 came on for our zoom session in the afternoon. A fabulous number! Unfortunately Jeanette was unable to connect but I have put her report in the entry below.
Progress was made on quite a few projects:
Briar Rose has gone home with Glenda for the binding to be hand-stitched. Then it just needs a label and a photo to be finished.
Shiny Blue was sandwiched but unfortunately we were a little short of backing fabric so Stephanie has taken that one home to add a strip of backing to one side. Then it can be quilted.
Green Stars which is now christened "Almost Celtic" is waiting for me to quilt it.
Party Lights now has its final borders attached. Next step there is to sandwich it. Perhaps a dark green binding on this quilt and the Almost Celtic will be appropriate.
Elaine also brought along some blocks she has been making in a different 'disappearing' vein and we all loved it - more later with that one.
My show and tell is not yet finished but at least the blocks are progressing well with long spells of time to just get inspired for the next step. I'll write more when it is done.
