crafty cleverness.....

a little catch up on some of the crafty gorgeousness on Wednesday night....

Marg's sweet little teddy bear...

Amanda's Argyle quilt made for her now-fiance Josh (love that engagement ring, Miss Amanda!)...


Sarah's pretty applique...




Maureen's stunning french braid quilt, made with the beautiful 'Panier des Fleurs' range by French General. A really beautiful quilt, Maureen.


and lastly, just a gorgeous box of threads - I loved seeing all these colours sitting next to each other waiting to be used in Amanda's stitchery - photos to come soon

new members, new quilts

Looks like I'm the blog-hog at the moment! Welcome to new members, our group is betting bigger - and should I say it - younger! Great to have new members and new ideas. Here's a lovely quilt made by Sarah? (Not too good with the names yet). Traditional sampler with some lovely blocks.

Donna finally finished a quilt too - doesn't happen often these days! It's a table runner, own design, hand made, and going to Germany.

more sewing

Dorothy finished a cute little redwork stitchery (no Dorothy, we don't mind if it's not ironed for the photo!).








Helen brought in her lovely raggedy-seams flannel quilt to show us. The designs in these fabrics are really lovely. Gorgeous quilt Helen!

Annette's quilt

I forgot to say Annette even added a label!! How good is that?

Annette's quilt

Annette has finished her "plain" (her words) quilt - if I remember correctly this quilt started because Annette bought the centre piece of fabric and then said what do I do from here?? Beautiful job Annette.

Quilt for Vietnam

Annette's daughter is off to Vietnam to work in a hospital and an orphanage that cares for HIV babies - I made this cheats quilt (no wadding) for her to take over there.

Show and tell

Marg has completed her French Braid quilt - it looks amazing, the blues have come up really well.

Works in progress

Tania showed us her finished quilt top - beautiful job Tania - how many years did you say this was in progress??

Crafting weekend

Fabric and near completed items began to appear in unusual places as the day went on!! Annette began work on a raggy seams baby quilt.

The owls have landed!!

The owls are finished - well the sewing part now just have to find a piece of dowel and hang it on the wall! I am chuffed - so good to get something finished!! One little owl is still sleepy, not quite woken up yet! Thanks for the idea Donna! Actually this wee owl looks a little grumpy to be disturbed!!

Photo quilt

This is a quilt I made for my Dad - kind of a potted history of his life in pictures. The photos were printed on fabric and then made in to hexagons. Was really happy with this one.