SATURDAY CLASS

Saturday 21st February was the date for my 'November Christmas meeting' for my Group. We were unable to have it in November as the Hall had been double booked, [as it was for a wedding I didn't like to cause a fuss - I was a bit cross though.] So at that time, I decided we would just have that meeting in February. So we did, Mince Pies - courtesy of Annette - and all. Naturally it seemed odd, but the Ladies and Gent entered into the spirit of the thing. We were making a small Angel hanging plus a Tree hanging, they had two choices of the tree to do, sadly, I don't seem to have a picture of the the second choice tree here, only one lady had a go at it, and she made a grand job of it too.

Needs list...


1 - 2 - 3 Angels...



4 - 5 - 6 Angels...

7 - 8 - 9 Angels...



10 - 11 Angels + Nigel...



Mixed batch now...

Trees....

A very pretty Dresden Plate, not everyone wishes to make what is on offer for the day, so I encourage them to bring along their own work, as long as it it P Q or A...

Here comes our

SHOWTIME...

All the following photo's were taken by Rebecca,
I think she has done a superb job and will have it now
as a permanent thing...

I love this hanging, Linda who made this has loaned us the pattern, hopefully, one day, I will get around to making it, everyone at the group thinks it is me!!!!

These were quite small blocks, but beautifully quilted by hand, by Sharon...

Super bag, made by Annette for Rebecca...

Front............................................Back

Door curtain, made by Annette for her sister Suzanne...

.................................close up

These are Christmas Ornaments made at the OCTOBER meeting
from a workshop at the group by Betty -
try to ignore the quilt, that comes later...

This beautiful quilt was made by Michelle, she has quilted it on the machine,
after a class with me on Free Machine Quilting,
it was HUGE and very heavy!!! There are 4 of us holding up behind...

.......................................................Close up...

Another BIGGIE, this beauty was made by Sylvia, it is
Quilt as you go, she took a class at Bramble Patch for this...

......................................................Close up...............................Closer

Slightly smaller quilt by Dee, again Machine quilted
after taking a class with me,
I am so pleased to see the ladies are using what
I teach them, I do worry bout that!!
This was the 'T' block we did last year...

Annette's paper foundation village, her first attempt at PF...

These two made by Annette, she has made them for a friend's
two small children, Archie and Ruby...

Advent calender by Annette for Rebecca...

Fanfare of trumpets here,
this we did a while back...Joyce has finally finished hers,
well done Joyce...

Not sure if you can see the two Garden kneelers on top the radiator!!
Made by Rita for comfort in the garden, great idea, the carrot top ihas been
thread painted after a class with me, great stuff Rita, very realistic...



Admiring the Quilts on the table...

This is how we set the class up, 3 rows of tables, so they face sideways on
to me, which means no chair scraping when they need to see me,
I cannot bear that sound...

Quilted by Sylvia, this is a panel she bought as she liked it,
I don't blame her, it is lovely...

The End

So there we are, that is how I spent Saturday. A lovely day, well I thought it was, I do hope the ladies enjoyed it as much as me. We had a great sales table too, Betty had brought along loads of magazines she didn't want anymore which she sold for 50p each. We also had what I call the UGLIES sale. They bring along fabric which they don't want anymore, I auction it off for them, I do my best to get a good fair price, we had loads on Saturday and I sold every single piece. I am a pretty persuasive sales person I can tell you. As I say to them, here are cheap backings for your quilts, you can see the penny drop sometimes!!!

March will soon be here, so I have to get my thinking cap on for something for them to do.

Today, Sunday, my arms are killing me, my right one is so sore, I think it is probably holding up all the heavy quilts from yesterday. It will sort itself out. I hope!

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