Last month I had another DWR class at the quilt shop with students using a very varied array of fabrics and styles, and one hand piecing hers. Let’s see what they did, huh?
After seeing my class samples, Lorraine decided to “go rogue” with some pieced and some solid arcs, and we even made a pieced centre! (makes we want to do another one!!)
Amanda had a pack of fabrics she wanted to use and she’s going a bit rogue too but with softer prints
Katrina is using a fabulous AMH print as a background and teaming it with shot cottons and following one of my class samples for the layout
Anne is using lots of brights with her low volume background and varying her arcs too
Kylie was the sole hand piecer and is using just 4 fabrics for her solid arc and set corners DWR
and Jennifer is using purples and greens with a self printed background for hers
It’s been a mixed Autumn this year; we’ve had some beautiful sunny days with cold mornings and evenings but brilliant sunshine
then cold, wet and miserable days, a portent to Winter which is now just around the corner. But the cold nights have brought out the colours in the deciduous trees in the neighbourhood. Burnt umber, shimmering gold, flaming red, burnished orange
all looking magnificent against the dark trunks and branches
It’s one of my favourite times of the year; the cooling days (I don’t like the heat) and chilly nights so perfect for sleeping, and as I said before, the colours have been beautiful
Some trees choose to colour up quickly, others take their time keeping green and autumn tones together even on the same branch, the green leaves having their tips “painted” and speckles of colour gradually appearing
Camellia’s are blooming now too, this one is my next door neighbour’s so I get to see it each time I leave the house
We’ve started an extra class at the quilt shop on the 4th Wednesday of each month and there are some vacancies so if you’d like to join us, please contact the shop for further details. And last time…..
Denise had a layout of her quilt and we decided what extra needed to be added
Jen made some stars, the ones on the left really messing with her head using those odd points on the stars
Karen played with her kite shapes and we did a bit of a layout to check on colour values
and we cut the corners for her diamond TAW – it’s nearly finished!
Meredithe x
This class is held at the quilt shop, Eltham and I can take you through starting a quilt, finishing a quilt, learning a new technique, get you going again on a stalled project……..
Because we were away for a week, and so we wouldn’t get bored (As If!), several of us (ahem!) took quite a few bits and pieces away to either start, finish and pursue.
I hit the ground running making this bag on the afternoon we arrived (and the knitting you can see in it? Can’t leave it alone at the moment so hope to have something to show you before too long)
next, this skirt made with fabric from Nuno Nuno and a freebie pattern from Tessuti
I spent two days rotary cutting and machine piecing
and made this Trip Around the World using Kaffe Fassett fabrics
then a quick trip to Mary’s one day and I had borders for it. (Well, not that quick as we stayed in Gisborne for our lunch at Canteena)
and I progressed some hand piecing and some hand quilting too, sitting on the sofa under a window with the sun filtering through the leaves onto my work – bliss!
Helen had some finishes too – this quilt which she’s made using all Kaffe Fassett fabrics and inspired by a block that I’d included in a bag I made her some years ago (all in Kaffe, of course!)
this quilt was so very nearly finished – just 6 triangles short, but Kaye has some of the fabric at home, so all will be well. Helen made this using my “Carpenter’s Wheel” templates in the 18″ size so the quilt is HUUUUUGE. Lots of Anna Maria Horner fabrics in it.
Helen also found The Perfect Spot at Mary’s to use as her Kaffe octagon joiner
Maree finished off a sashiko table runner
and decided to put her Kansas Dugout on point so we all chipped in with advice on that!
and she had some “Primavera” blocks that she was playing with (yes, some go in a different direction to others – all part of the plan!)
Kaye had made us some beautiful bags – this one is mine (mine, mine, all mine!!)
and she worked on her “Town Square” quilt pattern by Megan Manwarring
The Golfer:: My loving husband of some 20 years (yes, I was a child bride!), who likes nothing better than flogging a little white ball around the green fairways (and hopefully not getting into the rough) of his local golf course.
Ma & Pa Kettles:: My parents who live in the country, fondly known as The Kettles. Sadly my gorgeous Dad died in 2015, so it’s just Mum now.
MyDearFIL & MIL:: The Golfer’s Dad & Mum who have now both passed away.
LittleBigBrother:: My brother who is younger than me, but at 6 foot, definitely bigger than me!!
DocSisterInLaw:: LittleBigBrother’s wife (who has a Doctorate!)
Poppet:: My beautiful niece, and daughter of LittleBigBrother and DocSisterInLaw
Bliss
(blis) n. 1. perfect happiness; serene joy
Obviously the collective noun for a group of stitchers!!
Currently……
Reading: “Divided House” by J M Dalgliesh
Listening to: the cool jazz of Trudy at Nuno Nuno on her Spotify account – check it out!
Watching: The Golfer has just hooked us up to SBS On Demand and there’s lots to watch!
Going to: try and stay cool, calm and collected as we all “lockdown”!
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::Sewn and Quilted. **
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Quotes
---- "Style is knowing who you are,
what you want to say,
and not giving a damn." ----
Gore Vidal
-----"Be yourself.....everyone else is taken." ------