Meagre pickings in the photos again folks. Someone is telling people about my shop because new people keep coming to see it. I don't think I stopped last week. It's supposed to be a wonderful secret, like a real shop, but not too busy 😂. It's actually very exciting helping people to take their first steps on the quilting ladder, soon they will slide down to that glorious dark side won't they!
I pushed the tables together on Friday for a sandwich Saturday! They have to be made, and classes are a bit full so there's just not enough space for moving tables around. And "No!" I am not going to have a larger shop! no matter how many of you suggest it.
Sue's first large quilt sandwich. She's made lots of beginner cushions and a table topper before so she's feeling quite accomplished and proud of her very own self for finishing this top. We had a chat about quilting designs and she'll be starting that job on Thursday.
Jackie's rich reds. French General fabrics by Moda are really scrumptious. These are 4" hour glass blocks, aren't they effective all together. This is also Jackie's first larger quilt so we'll see how she gets on with the quilting. I heard a whisper of a King Size next, whoop whoop!
This is Farmer Lynda's Birchenbower Trees quilt, a work in progress. She's absolutely thrilled with it and is spending every spare moment on the quilting, not ordinary quilting, a special kind. I'll show you in more detail when it's tooting time. I'll get close-ups for you!
That's all I have of customer project pictures, shocking isn't it, ha! I will try harder, but ... you know how it goes!
Back in 2016, on a retreat at Alison House in Matlock (Now Oakhill Hotel) I started to make this bag. I've mentioned before how rubbish I am at Bag Making, it's because there's a lot of writing to decipher. I like pictures and videos! I had purchased the pattern when I lived in Portugal and I've been back in the UK since 2009! Anyway, I had made a good amount of progress during the retreat. But then it got banished to a plastic box, along with other projects I don't know how to finish.
Well now, I have re-found it, that plastic box of PhD's. I have pulled out the bag, I've studied the pattern, a lot! I have worked on it a bit more and, what's more, I think I can finish it!! It's very exciting.
This next Sunday, 26th January, is a Funday Sewday at Checkley Village Hall. I have a good list of ladies, all eager to get back to the luxury of uninterrupted sewing days. If you haven't decided yet you have a couple of days to ponder. But please remember Wednesday 22nd is the last day to book for £20 as I need to buy all the supplies for your lunch.
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