Monday 18 April 2022

Stitching News

How lovely it is to have longer daylight hours... 

Gail finished two more of her lovely patchwork cushions. This block is called Lemoyne Star, it's basically lots of Half Square Triangles (HSTs) as lots of blocks are, it's the colour placement and unit orientation that makes them all so different... don't I sound knowledgeable!! Toot toot toot Gail, a fabulous and finished fanfare, for another lovely pair, poetry!

Last week, Rose was having a little look through my tempting book selection, I have a lot to choose from in my very own shop you know.... intrigued by the free-wheeling-ness of this book, Intuitive Color & Design, she purchased it. This week Rose came to class with a pile of scraps and set to... It took a little while to get her head around the method, but you can see, she nailed it! 

There are lots of different ways to approach a new project. Some people like to cut all the bits and label them up before sewing, some cut as they go, whatever works!! Some work in organized chaos...

But so long as there are results, does it really matter? Beano does tend to work in what looks like chaos to me, but here's the proof that she knows what she's doing

Our Pam is still working on her competition entry quilting. Proof that I'm not the only one who had three years to get it done and still had a last minute marathon!!

Bank Holiday weekends are wonderful aren't they but the lists of things to achieve during the 'holiday' don't really tally up with the time availabubble do they. Even though we have had a Friday and a Monday it's still not enough time.
I have though, finished the three quilts that were entered in to the Uttoxeter Quilt show three years ago. The hanging sleeves and labels stitched on, so that's a big relief.
Back to getting the things on my list ticked of now....

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