I seem to be doing that a lot lately don't I? Catching up. No apologies though, having fun is obviously disruptive. I'll try to get organised before the next retreat, which is only 5 weeks away, then I'll be back to square one and trying to catch up again.
There are a few photos, so here goes: -
Christabelle came to make a lovely quilt sandwich. It was another Sandwich Saturday, on a Friday. This is a free pattern from Tildas World called Daydreamer. Not the easiest piecing you will ever encounter, it says on the pattern "Difficulty rating *** " but Chris is always up for a challenge, it paid off didn't it.
Sharon Leek finished her Stained glass Window quilt. It's been on her 'To Doo' list for a while and she is super chuffed with it. What a lovely bright projects it is. Those beautiful Batiks are perfect against the black sashing. Sharon quilted this during our July retreat. Toot toot toot, it's totally toot-able, fabulous and, best of all, finished! Though she might very well add a bit more quilting.
A requested workshop.
A few ladies wanted to learn about triangles and, if there was time, a bit of applique, so I booked them in on a Friday, that's what Fridays in my classroom are for at the moment, special requests and sandwich Saturdays. Lots of top tips were noted whilst all sorts of making triangle methods were practiced. From the simple and traditional way of cutting squares in half and sewing them together, to lots of other ways we've learned over the years. People are very clever thinking up different ways of achieving the same thing, like the No Waste Flying Geese (this one is my favourite method)
A few ladies wanted to learn about triangles and, if there was time, a bit of applique, so I booked them in on a Friday, that's what Fridays in my classroom are for at the moment, special requests and sandwich Saturdays. Lots of top tips were noted whilst all sorts of making triangle methods were practiced. From the simple and traditional way of cutting squares in half and sewing them together, to lots of other ways we've learned over the years. People are very clever thinking up different ways of achieving the same thing, like the No Waste Flying Geese (this one is my favourite method)
Here are a few of their results, all in blue fabrics from my home stash. One day they will run out!
I think the ladies enjoyed the workshop. They went home looking happy, and tired!
You'll be thinking that you've seen this sandwich before, and you have. It belonged to Princess Jackie. She had done quite a lot of quilting on the original sandwich but she wasn't happy with it. It was riding and not staying put. So, she un-stitched it all and came to a Sandwich Saturday, yes... on Friday! to remake her hexagon sandwich. This time Jackie will quilt with Big Stitch quilting, by hand, using Perle Cotton #8. It will be beautiful and it will keep her knees warm while she stitches!
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