Sunday, 29 September 2013
Are You Ready?
Gail's ready... It's October on Tuesday... |
I'm not ready, I never did finish September either... I must away... retreat to Quilty Quarters to get on with my bats! |
There's a first Thursday of the month next week so there will be a meeting of Staffordshire Patchwork and Quilters the page is all updated with reminders for you.
Juki HZL 600F
It's amazing what a sewing machine can do... Patchwork and quilting requires only the straight stitch. Almost all sewing machines can sew a straight line of straight stitches. Appliqué is fun using a basic zig-zag stitch and we love the blanket stitch for the same job. Aside of that... there are often useful and decorative stitches to play with and a button hole programme or two... but do you use them?
When you find a lovely lady who knows what she is talking about on the subject of your very own sewing machine, you can learn how to do the most amazing things... The ladies had an excellent workshop with Sheila. They went home inspired to put button holes, labels of all sorts, fancy stitches, reversed stitches, different threads and so much more wonderful things on everything they make from here forward...
I plan to hold more workshops for getting to know your machine, it was all so very interesting.
When you find a lovely lady who knows what she is talking about on the subject of your very own sewing machine, you can learn how to do the most amazing things... The ladies had an excellent workshop with Sheila. They went home inspired to put button holes, labels of all sorts, fancy stitches, reversed stitches, different threads and so much more wonderful things on everything they make from here forward...
I plan to hold more workshops for getting to know your machine, it was all so very interesting.
Saturday, 28 September 2013
Stitching News
Hoot Hoot Hoot!... That's an owl-y toot toot toot fanfare for a finish... he he he Jenny Barlaston made this extremely cute little wall hanging. It will be gifted and is sure to make someone very happy |
The clearance fabrics have been popular all week, there's still a good choice at £5.00 per metre.
Beautiful Blues and Creams arrived from Moda along with the Road 15 collection
A new roll of Hobbs Fusible Wadding has been delivered... it's particularly good for smaller projects, like Sue's Tote Bags... an upcoming workshop in Angie's Very Own Patchwork and Quilting Shop!
It's 96 inches wide and £14.00 per metre, we have various smaller pieces available too.
I'm off to shower... it's out Know Your Machine... Juki HZL F600 day today... a fabulous sewing machine!
I'm off to shower... it's out Know Your Machine... Juki HZL F600 day today... a fabulous sewing machine!
Friday, 27 September 2013
Stitching News With Tooting
A few blocks were not needed in the quilt top so, a rather splendid backing was made... I'm expecting that you can see the lovely quilting easier from the back view. |
Thursday, 26 September 2013
Anyway... here goes...
Princess Jackie finished her fabulous wall hanging. She does the most beautiful machine appliqué with delicious colour and fabric choices. Toot toot toot Jackie, once again... it's another fabulous quilt.
Fran Cup Cake is fun to play with... we 'make it up as we go along' and she's happy to do that. This cushion was inspired by one in a new book. Fran tried her first machined, raw edge applique, her first couching... and a first zip has been done too!!!!
Jean Bean finished the centre of her very special quilt. There will be a very thin green inner border then another wider one, which I think it will be white. The backing is planned and will have something splendid appliquéd to it, of course.
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
Stitching News
Over the weekend, Lady Judith's hubby finished the shelving under my extra large ironing station so, with the help of the
Fabric At £5.00 per metre Clearance Sale...
there's a little extra shelf room for the new fabrics... JUST IN TIME!!!
Sunday, 22 September 2013
Hexagon Trees Workshop
Just as I predicted, the workshop was great. All the ladies left feeling like they had spent the day at a spa.
Here are the little quilts, all sandwiched and ready to be quilted. Thank you Jenny.
Saturday, 21 September 2013
It's Time To Start...
We've been doing Festive workshops for several months, having run out of time to finish off all of our projects last year, we decided not to get caught out again. I've investigated thoroughly and found out that Christmas or 'sewing prevention season' as it's come to be known in my world, is going to be in December again... and now that I've shared that little snippet with you, you could spread the word to your stitching friends so that we don't all get a surprise when we suddenly realise we only have 3 or 4 weeks to finish all the gifts we started making! ha ha ha... that's how it happens round here!
I despise seeing all the Festive things in the shops so early in the year (yes... Humbugs!) but when you are hand making things for gifting rather than purchasing them... you just have to get going, NOW!...
Our workshop today is this lovely little Hexagon Tree quilt and Jenny Barlaston is teaching it. It could be a table centre, a wall or door hanging or even a very posh gifting bag should you wish... We're going to have a great day... there should be pictures to share later....
I despise seeing all the Festive things in the shops so early in the year (yes... Humbugs!) but when you are hand making things for gifting rather than purchasing them... you just have to get going, NOW!...
Our workshop today is this lovely little Hexagon Tree quilt and Jenny Barlaston is teaching it. It could be a table centre, a wall or door hanging or even a very posh gifting bag should you wish... We're going to have a great day... there should be pictures to share later....
Friday, 20 September 2013
Stitching News
Krafty Karen's blocks are coming along very nicely. She's taking great care to get pointy-points and her junctions perfectly perfect. |
Gail gets a toot toot toot for her fabulous and finished quilt/play mat. She chose orange inner borders with multi coloured stripy main borders This quilt is about to be gifted to a lucky little one. |
See what I mean... This one is being made by Chris The Foot. She knows her lucky little person will be a boy so she opted to add blue borders... doesn't it look really different? |
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Stitching News
Dotty Maureen purchased this pattern on-line. It's a winter stitchery and is extremely cute. Can you see how the snowmen form a tree shape? It only took Dotty the one week to do all the stitching! |
Saturday, 14 September 2013
Stitching News With Tooting
If you read my blog regularly, you will have seen the steady steps of progress with the making of this spectacular quilt. Merrily's now finished it... boy was she pleased with herself! It's all her own design made with inspiration from a similar picture in an old magazine. The centre took a while and, I think you will agree, it looks just like the Statue Of Liberty? It's made of all HST (Half Square Triangles) and was the starting point for the project.
The border blocks mix all things British with all things American and such a lot of thought has gone into them.
Toot toot toot Merrily, your quilt is absolutely brilliant!
More new fabrics came... I know, what was I thinking... but they are really irresistabubble. I have a man building more shelves today, under the ironing boards!! Then I think I have maxed out on shelving... I thought that last time this happened though!
I have a great selection of fabrics on clearance at the moment... £5.00 per metre so, quite worth a lookey-look ... With shelves bursting... something has to give!
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