Caverswall Quilt Cave

Brenda Barbara has been doing a lot of homework-ish stitching, during our meeting she managed to finish quilting her play mat, trim it up and to make the binding which she will probably add and finish at home... I'm thinking there will be a new project on Brenda's mind... wonder what it will be...
Joan The Shop finished free motion quilting the borders on this toddler throw. She learned how to do double sided binding so the back and front could be completely different... such a clever way to bind a quilt! Joan also started a new project, she's using a cross-stitch pattern with 1 1/2" squares of fabric for each stitch, each cross stitch that is... a clever idea....
Maid Marion made a sandwich and started to quilt, first she quilted the straight sashing pieces.. once they are all done, making the quilt very stable, she will try to do a blanket stitch edge round each wonky block centre
We had fun using up all of the left over fabrics to make the backing.. most of my ladies like to do this.. it's very satisfying to use up all your bits and it makes the back almost as interesting as the front/top....
but it's not always easy...
as Wendy found out... she made all these little fish blocks and wanted them floating all over the back.. she had driven herself nuts trying to figure out how to do it as she had thought there wasn't enough fabric... in the end there were bits left over... it looked fabulous.

Shirley Lerly very proudly, held up her lap quilts for a photo shoot. Both have been made in a very short time... both from fabrics left after "over-purchasing" fabric for a project.. just in case she needed it... I'm sure some of you do that too... I know I do... anyway...
Both quilts are the same, but different, and both had the binding stitched on by machine... a Bernina Baby actually. Stitching the binding completely by machine is catching on very well in our quilt cave.. it is soooo much faster to do...
Lizi did it too... she machine stitched her binding... all four 90" sides in a little bit over and hour!!! That would take about 4 days by hand.... This is Lizi's first quilt... and it is huge.... she loves it sooooooooo much! It has delicious Cream Rose wadding so it's very, very soft and truly phooofy! (spell check that one! it won't be there!)
This time, just one fabric for the back... what a beauty it is though. These large floral prints are perfect for backing... it saves the trauma of having to cut them up... I can't believe that only me, myself, yours truly would have had a problem cutting into this fabric.... Lizi already started her next project... a cushion, we're going for the little 'instant gratification' you get from a small project... a cushion ! perfect.

We meet again on Wednesday 16th February & Friday 18th February, 10am - 3pm
There's also a class at Uttoxeter next week on Tuesday 15th February... three to choose from, surely one will fit into your agenda! ha ha ha