wednesday 2 july.....

Another lovely evening, here at our little quilt group....

 

Lots of cleverness and creativity was shared as always ~

 

Marg's gorgeous little ellie ~

 

 

complete with little 'tattoo'!.....

 

 

Tracee's workshop result, from a class at the Craft & Quilt show, using a really interesting dyeing technique ~

 

 

Sue, working hard on my her quilt.....lol ~

 

 

Donna added some more stitching to her beautiful Scandinavian Rose stitchery~

 

 

And Helen made a mug rug, to match her mug and mug bag - lovely colours, Helen!

 

 

 

I wonder what stitchy cleverness will be in store this week.....

 

xx

Another Wednesday night

 Several of us braved the winter night to sit and sew together. There was some sewing going on, but many actually knitted.
Marina had finished a couple of quilts, first a lovely floral quilt, and another one with beautiful Balis, and cut (if I remember correctly) on the Accuquilt.

Sue had been finishing the border on this knitted blanket. Very colouful, and lots of movement in that wool.
Helen, Marg, and Patti were knitting, Annette was cutting out fabric, Tracee was blanket stitching her "North Pole" quilt, and Donna was binding a 2600 quilt (to be revealed soon).
All in all, a productive and fun evening!

Wednesday happenings

Last night we had the pleasure of two new ladies, both knitters but who knows, they might turn to quilting now they know us!!

Margaret has finished her sewing bag - mostly handmade... loads of pockets for storing the necessities for sewing...

she has done a beautiful job...lovely buttons and embellishments.......

Something inside Marg???

Anette has dome heaps of work on the bed runner she is making from her daughters wedding dress....beautiful!

And Anette has been working on a bed runner for herself, she is one busy lady!! Love the colours here Anette!

And Miss Tracee got busy a couple of Sunday's ago when she had no power for the day - she made this beautiful hippy hippo from a RicRac pattern. Isn't she so cute?

We are very lucky to have such a clever talented group!

Birthday's dinner

Last night we changed our sit and sew to a gathering at the pub because this month we celebrate the  birthdays of Tania, Anette, Amanda, Donna and Marg - May is a busy month!!

Helen with her salt and pepper calamari...tadah!!!

Me trying to sneak a photo down the table....didn't work did it!! On the left Tania and Anette on the right Jenny, Marg and Donna enjoying her salt and pepper calamari!

Tania and Anette saying what is she doing?????

Happy celebrators!!

Wednesday craftiness

We had some lovely show-and-tells last Wednesday night. Marg especially had done a lot of work, and showed us her beautiful sunflower bag. It was just so perfectly done, surely the stern judges at the CWA will find no fault with it!

Marg also made some really nice pot holders which will come in handy for whoever they are meant for.

 

 Now don't you just love that OWL!!! It's a pillowcase, quite professionally finished with a zipper! And Marg's piece de resistance, a handmade doll. 'Misty' is a lovely lady dressed in lace and velvet (something of the 70s there, Marg?), with her own 'diamond' necklace and a bunch of flowers. Love the hat and jacket, well done, you!



Finally, here's Sue's 'Bollywood' crazy patch block. The photo is a bit blurry and doesn't do it justice. It was just fantastic; all that was missing was a bit of Bollywood music! Can't wait to see that quilt finished!

Wednesday again

Wednesday night was well attended, and a good night showcasing the talents of this lovely group.
Here's Sue, with her adorable sheep, one of the Tilda designs. I can just see a small child making this her favourite toy!

 Annette brought along her lovely sampler quilt, a huge project with 30 beautiful blocks! How good would this look on a bed?!

 How cute is this elf? Tracee has outdone herself with this little fellow. Aren't the colours beautiful?

 Here's a closer look at the little elf.

Tracee also made this tea cup holder, complete with a little pocket for a tea bag. Sweet! Must make myself a cup holder, I think I'm the only one who hasn't.

 Well, yes, if you're around Tracee long enough, some creativity will be transferred, I'm sure! I wouldn't mind getting your bug, Tracee.

Now, how cute is this?! Carol's daughter made another in a series of mug rugs, this one for Easter. And Carol brought bunny tails for nibbles, how nice! I now have these visions of tail-less bunnies hopping around Gisborne....

Carol was working on this gorgeous stitchery - all by hand, mind. I couldn't work out how she made those raspberries, but that was the mystery stitchery she was working on last week. Aha!

Once more, a lovely night with these fun and talented ladies.

Busy evening

Several of us gathered last night to chat, and snack and sew

Lots and lots of goodies for supper!

Marg was busy creating, as was Tracee but hers is secret sewing,

I am working on another crazy quilt block,

Donna is hand quilting her amazing, beautiful quilt with North American animals on it,

beautiful animals,

look at the detail!

Carol was busy with her hexies as were Helen and Anette,

heads down bums up night!! Lol! We did talk to each other I promise!!

Happy sewing!