Just Because

Now you have read about the party and the Gift for Cecily this will show you the close ups of the great stitcheries.

 Yes this may have caused tears. We have all been a bit worried about Cecily of late and decided as we couldn't fix the problem, we could make a quilt to make the problem seem a little better.

We all know Cecily LOVES her garden & her books, things that make her house a home, so we decided to focus on these beautiful things.  Most of our ladies stitched an embroidery - some for the 1st time ever and we pieced together this quilt.

 Butterfly by Olivia, Bird & Roses by Elizabeth

 A book in the shade of the tree by Gayle

 Bees by Kym, Novel by Kristine

 Verse by Elizabeth

friends by Leanne

A "proper" beehive by Emily

 Garden by Tracey

 serenity by Colleen

LIttle bird (top) by Rachel
Big bird (bottom) by Kirsten

 The UFO Craft tree by Debra (with a little incomplete stitching just for Cecily to do)
Thanks everyone for your signatures.

And the whole quilt top.  (Sorry about the angle of the photo).  When we handed it to Cecily on Tuesday it was borderless, she popped the red border on today and has some 'leftover' pieces to put around the outside..

From afar!!!

So it's about time I posted something isn't it! 

I have actually been quite creative of late, I'm learning to crochet. The current project is for my lovely friend Tash's brand new baby girl!!! 

I purchased a lovely white muslin wrap and have embroidered pictures from Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar in the corners and a cute caterpillar in the centre of one side. 

I'm now crocheting an edge around it.

I'll try and take a photo of the whole thing when I'm done!!

Looking forward to hearing what you have all been up to! 

Love Em xx

Another Farewell

The end of June saw us saying goodbye to another one of our ladies.

The lovely Emily is heading to greener pastures of NSW. 

 This photo shows her working on a quilt of 'drawings' from her school students.

 Emily's final night was a little low on numbers, but the sentiment behind her farewell gift was still the same.

We gave Emily a Jelly Roll and the instructions for a "Jelly Roll Race" quilt.  To make her quilt extra special we each stitch a 'personalised' phrase for Emily to incorporate into the quilt.

Yes, we did give Emily a quilt to make to keep herself occupied in her new home.  You have to love friends who give you tasks to do.

We will miss you Em.

A new skill and a FAREWELL!!

A couple of weeks ago we asked Marilyn to teach us how to sew hexagons.  Marilyn is a legendary 'hexagon' sewer.  She is currently sewing 1" hexagons, we chose to stitch 2" hexagons.

Lucky for us, Marilyn had some 'pre-prepared' hexagons that made our job much faster.

Gayle enjoyed herself so much, she laughed her way through the night.

 Marilyn (l) and Marcie (r) chat while Marcie sews some flannel flowers.

 We were all in 'hexagon mode' even our newest member Debbie (L).

 Emily was excited about her hexagons - she really enjoyed this and was super fast.

 Rachel our youngest stitcher was into her hexagons, but had to stop sewing to complete her homework.

 Here our other 'newbies' Zowie (L) and Leanne R) trying their hand at hexagons.

  Zowie had the tiniest stitches.

 And then last week when Marilyn least expected it, we presented her with the hexagons as her farewell gift.  Now she does need to stitch them together herself, but we hop that they will bring fond memories of her time with us.

 And a shot of the hexagons laid out on the table.

 Now to show just how dedicated to our cause we are, here is Emily stitching her hexagon while watching the State of Origin.  (GO QUEENSLAND)!!  Nice one Em.

The UFO Quilt

This quilt is being posted by special request.

In November last year, we farewelled one of our 'founding' members.

Colleen (or Mad Maude as her customers call her) left Roma for greener pastures.  Now being crafters we couldn't let this go unnoticed.  So we made her a quilt of 'crafty sayings'.

 Colleen giving us her best 'surprised' face.  (I didn't catch the actual surprise because I was too busy enjoying the moment)

 And the quilt itself.

it is hard to tell but our phrases are - L-R, top to bottom.

"Finished is better than perfect" by Marilyn

"I'm  not messy, I'm creative" by Emily

"May your bobbin always be full" by Gayle

"UFO or PHD? that is the question" - our eternal debate

"My Quilt, MY Rules" by Colleen - yes we did make her sew a block for her own quilt - she just didn't know it was for her.

"Craft fills my Days, not to mention my living room, bedroom and closets" by Becc

"A Fat Quarter is not a body part" by Cecily

"Three little words...... Quilt and Bind" by Debra

"I have UFOs I haven't even thought of yet" by Rachel (our youngest member)

and the little pink rectangle in the bottom right corner is our signature block

We hope you enjoy this little look into our past, but very much part of who we are.