PHDs

We are very 'studious' at UFO craft.

 

We are working towards multiple PHDs.

We will be quite a group of Doctors.  (Ha, Ha)

 

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.

Catching up

Now it has been a bit of a while since we posted any photos so now for an update.

Zowie made more progress on her 1st quilt.  Here she is pinning the quilt.....

 and QUILTING IT HERSELF. 

 We are so impressed Zowie - your first quilt is one you should be proud of. 

 

We will have to photograph the finished quilt.

Then Leanne and Faye finished a couple of overnight bags - these had been a work in progress for a bit of a while. The 2 pink bags are made from the same fabric.  Isn't it fantastic how the changed handle colour changes the whole look of the bag?

 Debra completed the top of her "Cake Mix" quilt.  It is now waiting for quilting.

 Debra also bordered her "Scattered Tiles" quilt.  Yes waiting for quilting again.

 The lovely Faye brought in her STUNNING convergence quilt.  Recently returned from the quilter Faye was pondering binding.

 These are the two options chosen for binding - brown on half and mustard on half (diagonally).  It looks wonderful, but unfortunately we didn't photograph it.

 the last photo is Debra with a 'lacey scarf'.  This is just one of  the many made by Debra and Leanne.

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope we will have more updates soon.

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.

Finished and HUNG

The 2nd edition of the UFO quilt is finished.

It was hung at the Roma Show and is now taking pride of place in the patchwork room.

We hope this will remind us not to take ourselves too seriously.

We've been busy - and cosy!

Firstly Debra (R) was able to present the Quilt that Patchwork raffled for Roma SES to its winner (a very happy Wendy).

 Here we are hamming it up and keeping cosy beneath the quilt.

 Then it came to Tuesday night and it was cold - so we turned up at craft in our slippers (sorry Lyn - Uggies).

 

And the beautiful Becc showed us the quilt she has FINISHED for her daughter's 'big girl' bed.  

Well done Becc.  Nice first quilt.

This side is a 'flower garden'

 

 and the back is a "Carrot Patch".

Now this stunning piece of crochet was made by the supremely talented Cecily.  

It is a circle (even though it looks oval in this shot) about 80cm in diameter.

It is called a 'crazy patch crochet' and has found pride of  place on Cecily's daughter's bed.

We are ....

..getting so productive in our UFO group that we may have to look into changing our group name to FINISHED!! This Tuesday night we had 7 ladies at craft and there was plenty of projects on the go and so close to being finished.

Happy Birthday Rachel.....yummy cake even if I do say so myself.

 A very busy Becc making a shaggy quilt for Charlie. See below how it looks laid out on the cutting table.

 I am very sure that Sandra would have finished this knitting project and may have possibly started another. (Don't forget to bring in your finished project and show us all)

 I know this one was finished because I saw it in the show on the weekend!

 Pretty sure Ann got all her orange work done, too. (I love orange, did I tell you that before!)

 This project is coming along and will be finished soon enough. I had to get these two to stop work for the picture. Fay and Leanne.

See you all on Tuesday night again.
Gayle