Stitching News

Many of my customers work on more than one project at a time, especially those who come to class each week. Inspiration never stops catching the eye. Almost all declare that they won't start anything new until they have finished what they are doing. But they all do it! Starting a new project is fun! Just one more won't hurt, ha ha ha. That's how we end up with a list of things we want and need to sew, there are not enough hours in a day. We need more Bank Holidays don't we?

I've kind of lost count of how many sewing projects Christabelle has on the go at the moment. This one is the beginning of a Stack-n-Whack quilt. The fabric was purchased years ago. Now Chis wanted to get it all prepped for an upcoming Quilting Retreat. So she Stacked, Pinned & Whacked the main fabric, cut out all the background units and kitted up each block.Then of course she wanted to sew a block together to check all was tick-etty-boo. Isn't it going to be stunning? Chris had to be very strict with her very own self NOT to continue stitching blocks until retreat time. 

Another almost finished quilt for Our Norma. She has really enjoyed the piecing process of the 9-patches. She especially loved doing the applique in the borders. The quilt had just returned form the Long Arm Lady, Amanda In Stone. So Norma was able to prepare and machine sew on the binding ready to be hand stitched to the back at home. A job she really enjoys.

Julie hadn't even finished her pink-ish version of the Garden Retreat quilt when she sent me this picture of the border applique blocks for another Garden Retreat quilt. This one with a very different colour scheme. Very much improved Blanket stitching skills, which is no surprise with all her hours of practice!

Princess Jackie made another of her Circus themed blocks. How blooming cute are those Penguins!! You know, they do look a bit tipsy to me. This quilt will be gifted to a very lucky baby when it comes.

A new thing for Our Pam. Can you believe that she started another project? 

I certainly can't. It's all the fault of the internet. Pam was happily enjoying looking at the work of others when she spotted a green and cream Log Cabin quilt. That was on a Monday evening. Tuesday during class, she was on a roll! All the fabrics were cut for the upcoming retreat. I suspect she'll be taking approximately 22 projects!!!