Wendy is teaching another of her Grandaughters to quilt, sharing a couple of pics with us.
"I thought you might like to see my 7 year old granddaughter, Ellie, with her quilt she made with me in the holiday. She did all the sewing by herself on the machine and even quilted it by hand. She was very proud of herself"
Well done Ellie, its a lovely quilt, one to be very proud of.
Wendy also found time to create an inspirational wall hanging for her sewing room with the motto 'Sewing is cheaper than Therapy', can't argue with that. Love the button jar with real buttons.
The 'Heads Up' from Sheila? - start wearing your name badges- I believe she is gonna go crook at us if not- heavens only knows where that will lead! - extra homework probably.
It was great to see Helen and Marie on their first visit for awhile,
Marie was busy admiring Wendy's wall hanging
and Karen was catching up while stitching, how cute are her little mug rugs?
With international travel on hold and being unable to visit rellies, Jan is knitting up a storm and creating a jumper/cardy to carry her love and thoughts instead. Jan is also creating Australian animal softies for the littlies in Scotland and managed to snaffle a pattern from the de-stashed pile from Gaye.
Pat is taking the risk and winging her way to Victoria with this cutie created for a Grandies birthday.
Last week Jackie bought along a piece she is working on, another Applique challenge,
and this week, lovely vibrant felt flowers to add to what will eventually be a lovely cushion
We have fabric bargains galore, along with so many opportunities for adding to the stash.
You would all have seen the Facebook notices regarding the very successful Atrium Autumn Open Day including Patchwork groups Bobbin Along
Sale, there was some serious de-stashing and stash building on
Saturday, so much so that it will be an ongoing event, with plans afoot to
include a 'Bobbin Along' at our quilt exhibition in a mere 126 days.
Along with stash items there were some great bargains to be had with 11 quilts sold, all under the $100 mark.
A lovely and generous lady popped into the cottage and left us a bag of scraps, some were snaffled to add to the Uniforms for Kids effort, others snaffled for interesting projects of one kind or another, so Thank You very much, your fabrics will be put to very good use.
We also had more flyers letting us know the gals from Pacific Paradise are still in action with their sales of Patchwork fabric, quilts and craft. You can catch them at 24 Richardson St, Pacific Paradise on Mondays 9-4pm and Saturday 9-1p.m. the girls can be contacted on 54487620
Sheila also mentioned that the op-shop ‘Little Shop of Hope’ operating in the Uniting Church, Gloucester Road has Fatties in at the moment at a good price
We also had a new member join us yesterday, welcome Terry. Terry has moved to the Sunny Coast from Gladstone where she used to have---wait for it---her very own patchwork store – when things settle for Terry she will be offering her fabrics online.
Gaye, leader of the Sunshine Quilters Group is de-stashing at the moment and sent Marlene along to us with a great bundle of patterns and books for us to repurpose, including this humorous verse, bought to my attention by Marlene, part of a pattern but would make a lovely wall hanging for a sewing space.
This de-stashing and downsizing business seems to have gotten into everyone's blood at the moment, we are all spending too much time at home and not enough time out cruising and visiting. Wendy is putting a toe into the downsizing waters and selling off her dolls house, its fantastic, so many little items, would be a fab gift for a little girl or boy.
There is even a tinsy little pair of specs and a book on the bedside table
