Lovely day with the ladies at Elstree.
We don’t do red,
green and gold Christmas in our house – if anything it is blue, white and silver
– and I always leave it too late in the year to think about making something
for the festive season. So when Connecting Threads quilting group (in Elstree) scheduled
a workshop to make a Christmas quilt this month, I thought I might get one done
this year! But when I dug down into ‘deep stash’ I came across a red and green
bundle of fat quarters from Hobbycraft and I thought I should use them after
all and make something for the NSPCC sale at Allum Hall (Borehamwood) on 20th
November.
We ladies spent a relaxing but productive day, under the able guidance of our own Anne Sykes, piecing a very attractive block of red and green triangles with a cream strip in the centre – no pins – they just came together beautifully.
Some girls even got as far as layering, quilting and binding on the day! But we all had a lovely display by the end of the workshop.
I carried on when I got home and completed all the blocks. Now I’ve decided to make them into two table runners and at least one cushion – so I’d better get cracking.
Since then I’ve
quilted one side of my ‘Four in One’ quilt. I'm having another go at a lovely swirl and feather design that the amazing Judi Madsen demonstrates on Youtube and I think I'm getting better at it! Check back
for a progress report soon.
Tomorrow I have
another session with the ladies from U3A in Mill Hill and hope I won’t baffle
them so much this time. Then I get to help Karen with her new machine - Yay!
Happy Quilting
Everyone!
Janet
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