Stitching News

 As I have a little time, there is news to share...

Norma fetched her quilt back from the Long Arm Quilting lady, Amanda in Stone. She's very pleased with it. We were wondering how Amanda made the quilt larger though. Norma is sure it wasn't this large when she took it in, ha ha ha. During her class, Norma made the binding and got it stitched on ready for hand sewing at home. It's not quite Toot ready but I doubt we will see this quilt again. Well done Norma, it's fabulous and almost finished!

Gail decided that she really didn't want to make any more pieced 'daizies' for her quilt borders. I had received a new fabric delivery just a few days earlier and one was perfect, little daisies in pinks and peachy colours, exactly fitting the brief for this gifting quilt. I must have known Gail would need it!

Christabelle has been very busy with her embellishing stitchery. There are so many tiny details on this project, little seed stitches and french knots and lots of tiny running stitches. They are the only stitch names I know!! It is a beautiful design.

Bev had purchased this Tilda Windflower Quilt Kit during the Covid Lock-down, as so many people did. It says the difficulty level is 3, their maximum. Bev thought to herself, how hard can it be? Now she knows, it is VERY tricky, especially as she had never tried any patchwork piecing,ever! After making a few easier projects, she tackled it. She's done really well too, as you can see. The pattern says to trim off the excess units to make a level edge but Bev didn't want to, so we are working on an alternative finish for the borders, which will look great.

During a quilting retreat back in February, we were each given a Fat Quarter and were challenged to make something with it or, at least to use some of it, for the next retreat. I know some people will like this boot fabric, but I DO NOT.  It's not easy for me to think of something to make with fabric I really don't like, knowing I am not going to use the 'thing' afterwards. I decided to make a sewing machine foot control (pedal) bag!!! It's all about the feet! I'll be gifting this back to the retreat organizer and he will have to use it as it's a gift it would be rude not to, ha! That'll teach him to give me ugly fabric, ha ha ha

My Angel wall hanging is coming along nicely. I've done all the hand stitchery. The face, legs, some stringy bits for the baubles and a few stars, nothing too fancy, etc and started on the quilting. I'm hoping the long bank holiday weekend will be enough to get this finished.

The coach for Our Pilgrimage to Festival Of Quilts is filling up nicely. If you reserved a seat to join us, it's time to pay please. £40.00 includes your return journey and entrance ticket to the Quilt Show. I still have plenty of spaces too. Picking up in Leek, Cheadle and Uttoxeter en-route

Picture is from T'Interweb. 

Our coach will be a very chic, rich red and, hopefully, a tad more modern!!