Stitching News

Gail's quilt starts us off tooting for fabulous and finished quilts.
This pattern was in a recent magazine. Gail spotted the Lewis and Irene fabrics on sale in my trolleys at only £6.00 per metre, the colours and designs were perfect so... the deal was done!
 Hasn't it turned out great!! 

This is the back of Gail's quilt, as you can see she made it for Bella
Toot toot toot Gail, your quilt is fabulous... and finished

Keep that fanfare going because PM Pam finished things too. This delightful bag, pattern also from a magazine, has been made with a Charm Pack... coincidently, Pam had the exact one they used in the magazine which made her very happy.
A little piece of Cherry fabric, purchased in my very own quilt shop made a perfect accompaniment to that lovely Charm selection...

Looky-Looky-Looky! A draw string topped bag...
I love this way of 'topping a bag' and what a stroke of luck for Pam that I have a lovely selection of Baker's Twine to choose from, ha ha ha... toot toot toot Pam

Another fabulous and finished fanfare for PM Pams lovely Hexagon cushion.
Pam declared that she will, most definitely, be making more. It's great to have a portabubble, hand project on the go and Hexagons are perfect for that!

Maid Marion arrived with a pile of Teddy pictures, cut from some old fabric, wanting to know what we could suggest to use them up. We tried all sorts of ideas and the 9-Patch won the day. This top was started at Friday quilt club last week and already is needing to be sandwiched. 

Lovely Lyn is working on several projects at the same time.
  This lovely pattern is Owlie from Kids Quilts. It's all done except for one bird beak that seems to have been missed, then it will be made into a sandwich

New Sue decided to give herself a challenge... The strips for these blocks were 1 1/4" wide, which means they finish with 3/4" squares... the smaller the unit... the more accuracy is required... our New Sue... is very, very accurate!

How cute-e-tty-cute is this??... my goodness the quilting and stitching magazines are giving us some great patterns of late aren't they? Giggly Gillian made this beauty with hand stitchery and with Hexagons... she's turning it into a lovely cushion.

Fruity Rose started a beginner class a few weeks ago but decided to make her Railfence table runner a little bit longer... a little bit??? It's quite lovely and will match Rose's room perfectly... that's one big party table eh! This then, is the sandwich... more of a French Stick I think!! he he he

Remember I told you about my new Batik fabrics arriving? 30 I predicted... well, 40 bolts arrived!! Beautiful Bali Batik Hand Dyes, wonderful at £10.00 per metre and Ooooh, so fantastic are the colours... but 

Where will I put them?? Thank goodness for my little trolleys!!

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Let's start with a Fabulous and Finished fanfare of tooting for Jeannette Dilly's rather stunning quilt... toot toot toot! You almost need your sunglasses on to look at this beauty. All the background has been free-motion stippled and the pattern was a feature in a magazine, I forget which one.

Jeanette Milly started a new project. It's a Jelly Roll pattern but Milly is using her very own fabric cut into 2 1/2" strips. She's getting some lovely, accurate pointy-point centres on those Hexagons!!

Brenda Barbara brought in a picture of her next project, it was in a magazine, and, once I had figured out how to do it.... there wasn't a pattern you see.... Brenda was stitching away and got on a treat. The plan's make a lovely bag

Poor Jenny Barlaston... we've had lovely customers purchasing our fabulous Quilter's Quarters (Fat Quarters) so she had the job of cutting, folding and labelling more... it's a tricky thing keeping those baskets full... Jenny says it would be much easier to keep up without customers!! I gave her a little talking to of course! ha ha ha

No wonder Dilly makes a lot of quilts... see here?
She started one of her Snowman Collector blocks in the morning and the very next time I looked at her table she had prepared lots of blocks for her little boy quilt... she works so very fast and joins in with all the distractions like tea, giggling and gossip... a multi-tasking wonder woman?

Christabelle popped in to show of her fabulous and finished projects.
This delightful bag was purchased at the NEC Festival Of Quilts in August.
Isn't it cute...

This quilt and the one below are both commission works. The lovely customer will have a choice of which one meets her brief perfectly then Christabelle will have the other little quilt ready for gifting... now that's great service, don't you think?

Cuter than cute... which one would you choose?

I'm A Star!!!

British Patchwork and Quilting Magazine article

Thank You Tuesday Ladies, boy do I feel special!!!

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Giggly Gillian had added piano key borders to her alphabet panel last week. With reflection, this week she decided that they made the quilt a little too big... so she chopped them off! PMS (Pleasing My Self) is very much encouraged in y classroom... Licketty - split there was a sandwich... by the end of Gillian's day she had almost all of the quilting done too. 

Princess Jackie has now completed her wonderful Quilt top. Class was at full capacity this week so she wasn't able to make a sandwich... thank goodness we have Saturday Sandwich days in my very own shop... Jackie booked her sandwich slot and then moved on to another project for the rest of her class.

Inspired by one of Christabelle's cushions, PM Pam made this little quilt. She had hand stitched the Hexagons whilst away on a recent trip, they make a perfectly portable project... Pam's little quilt will also be made in to a fabulous cushion...
 isn't it wonderful to be able to inspire someone!!

Gail had been busy... she not only finished her lovely quilt top but she had sandwiched it too! Gail has decided to quilt diagonal lines and got a lot stitched during her day, looking fabulous... pattern from a magazine.

New Sue's latest project. It's going to be a wall hanging to be gifted.
There's a very quirky and fun reason for all those beautifully appliquéd mugs...
Have you got a favourite?

Brenda came for her second class. She's been busy at home making more Disappearing 9-Patch blocks. They were originally to be made into a Mat and Ruler bag but there's a good chance it will become a lap quilt now.

Jean, along with Brenda, is making the Disappearing 9-Patch blocks. It is different fabric to her first class as she jolly well changed her mind on her choice last time... she's gone Bright!

Lovely Lyn cut lots of Piano Key pieces from her left over fabrics. She wanted a good random layout for the colours so decided not to sew longer strips...  there should just about be enough.

Gail, at the same time she's quilting the quilt above, started her next fun project. She wants to make a Bug Quilt. Ladybirds are always popular aren't they... so that's a good place to start. Lovely fabric choices eh...

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PM Pam had the inspired idea of using 4 little 3 inch festive picture blocks from the strips that flood the market at this time of year, my shop included!! to make a superb seasonal cushion. It may look simple but there's a lot of accurate cutting and stitching involved... Fabulous and finished... toot toot toot Pam

Princess Jackie needs a Fabulous and finished fanfare next...
Toot toot-e-tty toot toot
A most beautiful girl-y-grl quilt...
ready to be displayed for the charity auction.

My Rebel Josie flicks from one project to the next... sometimes I can't keep up!! During her class, she noticed one of our panel quilts, we have them displayed on the wall. She liked it, purchased the panel, dug in her stash bag then... Lick-e-tty-Split... had it stitched and sandwiched!

Sheila came to play... Hip operation almost a thing of the past!!
She's doing a little hand stitching as it's still a little tricky to sew by machine... such a beautiful block... beautiful Batiks too!!! I have loads of Batiks for you to choose from.... and 30 more bolts will be here soon!

Brenda Barbara is making a festive wall hanging for her grand children.
It's a lot of fun building up little appliqué pictures and the Art To Heart book patterns in particular are just toooo cute!

Dotty Maureen is making an appliqué project too.
This is the Fairy Tales pattern from Kids Quilts
Dotty had fun rooting through a bag of scraps to find just the fabrics she needed. We have lots of the Kids Quilts patterns for sale... just in case you feel tempted!

Kate finished two of her extra wide borders and was able to find space for sandwiching them... thank goodness for apartment quilting!
Kate's beautiful quilt is growing fast now.

Sporty Sue finished her latest quilt top. When she declared that she wanted a red fabric for her inner border we all thought.... ooooo not sure about that!
But lookey!!! it is totally fabulous

Lady Judith's Lone Star... WoWeeeee!
It's just amazing what all the ladies have done with their Lone Star centres... most were started at Dotty's workshop but I think every one had a different finishing job... as you would expect, Lady Judith's quilt will be huge!

This is another of Annbacan's seat cushions... Loving the colours here!!!
We all love the Dresden Plates, I, personally, think that they are particularly fabulous as cushions...

Another seat cushion, Ann used up lot's of left over strips for this one...
It's rather amazing what can come out of a bag of scraps isn't it?

That's it for today, I have many more pictures... I don't seem able to catch up. We have a lot of family birthdays this month so there's a lot of party-ing to be done... time management goes out of the window!!

Fabulous Finishes

Jeannette Dilly finished her perfectly purple quilt.
The pattern, called Raspberry Swirl, is from a magazine, they made it in ice-cream-pink and chocolatey colours and it's been a very popular pattern.
Jeannette's quilt is larger as she added a few extra borders... 

Here's the back... we love pieced backings!!
It's fabulous and finished toot toot toot

Morning Judith finished her toot-a-bubbly fabulous Skeleton quilt
Isn't he a smart fellow. He's about to be gifted to a lucky young lad.

Morning Judith found this carrier bag saver pattern on-line and saved it in her head... clever that! The pattern stated that it could be made within an hour so Judith put it to the test! 3 hours later it was finished...
Maybe the first one takes a little longer then?

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Princess Jackie does the most beautiful appliqué.... you've probably noticed already. This pattern was inspired by a piece of fabric... Jackie traced the little design elements then took them to  the library to be blown up. What a lovely quilt centre! what a great idea... The beautiful quilt will be part of a fundraising auction, we can bid too!

Rose spent her day quilting... She is stitching in the ditch and for Rose, 'steady eddy' is the only way... it might take quite a bit longer but the results are worth it. Rose is making this quilt to be raffled as a fundraiser, so we get to purchase tickets if we would like the chance to win.

Gail had a tricky job putting her strips together... those little white sashings had to line up you see, they can cause a little stress but Gail wasn't phased at all... well.. just a little maybe... again, it will be worth all the effort... what a lovely quilt!

Lovely Lyn joined us after a short dressmaking course absence, he he he
See, the beauty of quilt making is that they don't have waists and bust measurements to be fitted to!!! ha ha ha This poor neglected quilt came back to life... taa daaaa

Just Jan's carpet quilt is coming along a treat.
On the floor here for auditioning what happens next...
What a great, fun way to invent your very own design!

Mara had been watching 'how to make triangles' on YouTube but decided to come along to class to pick up a few top tips for success before tackling them.
She went home well educated and very inspired.
These HST's will be turned into a Nappy holder (Diapers)

This is another of Princess Jackie's works of art...
 These absolutely fabulous fun fish will be used for the borders of...

This quilt centre... oooo's and ahhhhh's are quite commonplace in my little classroom when Jackie shows us what she's working on. This gorgeous quilt will also be part of Jackie's fundraising Auction... I'm not sure when it is, Maybe I will get more details soon.
It's cute-e-tty cute... don't you think?

Fabulous And Finished

New Sue finally finished her Stargazy Daisiez quilt. Sue attended my workshop, I think it was over a year ago... she's made so many other projects... this one got set to one side... not that it matters now... it's ready for a fanfare of tooting....

This is the back of Sue's Daisiez quilt.... like a fabulous lawned garden!
I hope you noticed the free motion quilting.

Giggly Gillian finished her delightful daisy cushion. I'm actually thinking that my photo doesn't really show you how truly beautiful this work is...
Toot toot toot Gillian, it is... Fabulous and Finished

Lady Judith's turn now... Toot toot toot for her enormous, fabulous and finished quilt... Judith quilted it on her standard size Janome, domestic sewing machine and she's recently had surgery on her shoulder... you see... with a little stamina and determination, it can be done

Annbacan is making fifteen patchwork seat cushions and every one will be different. Her daughter will be opening a lovely new shop as she expands Crafty Urchins. It will look amazing with all the colours Ann chose. for now, this one is fabulous and finished... toot toot toot

Jeannette Dilly was so proud of her very own self... she's decided to tackle Free-Motion quilting and is loving it.... Toot toot toot for this fabulous and finished cushion t'will look great alongside the amazing quilt you can see there being sandwiched.

Every project gets a fanfare if it gets finished... This is a second tooting today for Jeannette Dilly... A very handy bag... the pattern features in the recent Fabrications magazine, we have quite a few ladies making it... 

That's us getting back to normal here. Phones are on and the internet is back, though dreadfully slow. I have lots of pictures in my bank so I will try to show you a few each day... so what's different there eh! ha