Caverswall Quilt Cave

Jolly Jo announced a few months ago that she would not settle until she had finished all of her PHD's (Projects Half Done) At the time Jo cursed me for putting her statement in writing here but, knowing that we would all hold her to her promise has given her the uuuumfff she needed to continue. A massive sandwich was made, this blue and white quilt measures 2.5 metres long by 80+ inches, a big job to quilt. I'm sure you will see it again soon...

Gail's Pineapple Blossom blocks have become a quilt centre and the borders are in the process of being stitched on, there'll be a thin inner, luscious red border followed by a simple, plain black frame. Gail's considering a red backing pieced from several reds... which will make it double sided, a two for one quilt!!

You're probably going to think I am mean for sharing this with you, I promise that I'm not... this picture shows...
A. What happens when you don't check your tension before you start sewing.
B. How lovely it is to have friends at your quilt group when you have to unpick stitching.

Here's a little tip...
A. Run a short tension test before you start sewing, every time. 
B. Run a short tension test every time you change your thread or replace your bobbin.

Oh my does our Gilly ever have a lot of patience. She's making a double bed size quilt with the Log Cabin blocks of Lilly's Colours (my black and white quilt in the side bar) see how she's cutting every single component before she starts sewing? The binding clips are brilliant for keeping things in countabubble groups... like 10's, even I can count in 10's. See the kitchen roll tube? Gilly stuffs them tightly with the shavings of fabrics as she finds they're great for lighting fires with... in her living room fire place I mean... nothing suspect!! ha ha ha

Wendy amazed us all, again... last week she spoke about poppies... then last Wednesday we saw her making, what we thought was, an Hour Glass block quilt using various cream fabrics. Saturday she was cutting out pink and green bits... Wednesday morning she brought in this... Oh My! it is beautiful... The green fabric was the right shade but to add a little extra texture... Wendy painted it... Just like that!! I feel a breathless moment coming on again...

We meet again at Caverswall Village Hall on Wednesday 21st March. 10am - 3pm as usual.