A brilliant day today. 5 ladies, and yours truly (of course I am a lady too!) making 6 of us. We have been meeting for a while now and it shows, if you could hear some of the conversations, you would know what I mean... a laugh a minute!
Gilllian has to work on the other side of the room as she is easily distracted, she says, I think she just loves to have two tables to herself! She is working on her Saw Tooth borders, 72 HSTs.. almost done now....
Lizzie has done a lot of stitching at home so she was able to make her sandwich today. I very cheekily asked the hotel to let us use another room for that... they have funny shaped tables in there so we had to improvise a bit
But that was fine, as you can see here Lizzie is now ready to quilt.
Dotty Maureen spied the opportunity, so we made her sandwich too. We all had back ache by the time we had finished the two though. fortunately t'was tea break time....
Messy Maureen, who was very tidy today...) did lots of quilting today. She had to switch between blue and white threads, to keep the crisp theme going. She used polyester batting so it is good and poofy, with it draped on her knees to tie the ends off, she had big rosy cheeks too!
Maureen bought her Pineapple Blossom quilt top to inspire us all... guess what the ladies want to make next?
I am a bit surprised at how fast we are moving along with this group... they love it.

Next meeting in Uttoxeter is on Sunday 14th, 10am to 3pm.

Angie's Mini-Shop

For my Quilt Cave in Portugal, I always had a mini-shop... a small table in the corner where I would sell supplies, like thread, needles, rulers, bobbins & blades. It is most irritating to find that you can't continue with your project because you ran out of something... or even more annoying, when you forget an important something.
My Mini-Shop never made huge profit, that wasn't the idea, it was all about convenience.
I've decided to start a new "Angie's Mini-Shop" here too. Whilst at the Fabric Guild I purchased a few things to start me off. There were two boxes of pins, I sold one already, I made a penny profit! he he he
The threads though, were stolen, I found the guilty party, so don't worry... They look lovely in my drawer! he he he
Now for each quilty meeting I have another bag to carry... maybe I'll purchase a small donkey?

The Fabric Guild

We, Dotty Maureen and myself, printed off the directions from t'internet and set off... we did really well and got very close to our destination.... until the directions said go straight over next 5 roundabouts (circles).. of course we were chatting away and lost count... he he he, typical women, I know!! but, GPS free we eventually found it!
and Oh my... there was a sale on!! The place was packed with people hunting, laughing and generally enjoying themselves. These photos were taken as we left the warehouse, earlier there were lots more happy shoppers. There is a refreshment corner with tea, coffee and hot chocolate, an assortment of yummy biscuits and lovely ladies to chat too, I think that might be my favourite bit because I LOVE TALKING!!! he he he, have you noticed?
So, to confess....
I know I said I would NOT buy fabrics, but, but, but.... I did buy 4 pieces. They are not for adding to my stash , they are for specific projects that I want to try, so I think they are justified purchases... you agree, right? These batiks were not in the sale though, bummer.
But these stripes were, £3 per yard... there were lots of stripes and checks that I would have loved to have brought home with me... so I was very, very good in only buying these two blue ones. I would have been happy with only a half metre of each but sale fabrics had a minimum 1 yard purchase, what a shame! he he he

Forsbrook Quilting Group

... see, I promised you I wouldn't be alone this week! Jenni and Dotty Maureen came to play. And a new student, Brenda (who I keep mixing up with Barbara? Who's Barbara?... I have no clue, begins with a B... that's all I need for confusion) he he he. We had a fantastic day and got a lot done.
Dotty Maureen managed to finish her quilt top, she is pondering whether to add another black strip border and what to do for a complementary backing. Unfortunately, Dotty Maureen will need to go shopping for that, so we are off to The Fabric Guild tomorrow, a little light shopping therapy should be just the ticket.. I won't buy fabric though...
I won't buy fabric...,
I won't buy fabric...,
I won't buy fabric...,
I won't buy fabric...,
I won't buy fabric...,.... is it working????
I won't buy fabric..... he he he OK, I will try not to buy fabric.

Remember This?

Remember this? Last year Alma Rosa sent me a link to a very cool method of piecing, it looked like fun, so... these blocks are the result of my trying it out.... once I had the blocks finished, as you see them in this picture, I had a different but brilliant idea.... so all work on this one stopped....
This is where my new idea took me, Wonky Straight Lines. It didn't take me long to get it completely finished, I was so into it... does that happen to you? I just could not leave it alone, wanted to stay home and sew, sew, sew, so I did.
I came across the first blocks over the weekend, when I was searching for something else, now I know that will have happened to you!!!... So, as you can see, I've sliced through the blocks, added bit of extra interest, sashed and joined the blocks together. I'm working on a border idea, I want it to be a bit wider than it is, but I'm not fussed about it getting too much longer... so the borders might be a bit wonky too.
I thought you might like to see my little rescue project... all this has grown in just 2 days! tis surely beautiful... the plant not my pot, ha ha ha

Other news, for those lovely ladies worrying about my Fridays sitting all alone.... I had 2 new ladies call to sign up and 2 of the Uttoxeter ladies have decided to join me this week in Forsbrook as the Uttoxeter class was cancelled at the last minute, I think they needed the room for a funeral thing... we don't call it a party do we?

I Quilted

Tomorrow I shall clean the house and catch up on the chores... because today, I quilted... for almost all of the day, I stitched.... and to top it all off perfectly, I found my quilting mojo!
I've picked out the fabric for the binding, I've pulled fabrics to finish another PHD.... looks like I'm finally on a roll!!

Fabric Plant Pot

White hyacinths, from the 'hardly alive and therefore a bargain corner' in Morrisons supermarket... it looks like I have successfully revived them! Every time I look the flower heads are a little bit bigger... don't they look lovely in my scrap fabric flower pot! inside though, they sit in a plastic bag as my pot isn't waterproof, he he he