Hello 2014

My goodness, It is the end of March & this is our first UFO Crafters blog post.  tut... tut.

We have been busy, very busy indeed.  It does help when we have a deadline, doesn't it ladies???

Now where to start.... let me troll back through my photos to January....

Umm, no crafty photos, but I do know most of us were on holidays at some point.

Many of us took stitching, but the general concensus was that the stitching enjoyed the trip, but not much was finished.  That's Ok.

What about February??

Leanne came in with another finish.  Yes, this quilt is about F*VE years old apparently.  But it is now FINISHED!!

 Victoria came in with her beautiful cushion.

 

and a close up of her hand embroidery

 

 Victoria also had a twister quilt top.  I believe this one is in the 'to quilt' pile now.

 

 We all ooohed and ahhhed over the stunning quilt made by members of the club and & Bev Dingwall to raffle for the upcoming quilt show.  It is a massive 87" square & just beautiful.

 Cecily completed her drunkard's path quilt with a beautiful soft colour scheme & unique layout.

 and a close up of the quilting completed on her 'new toy'

 Tracey finished Cooper's Star Wars Quilt.  He is one excited boy & has granted permission for the quilt to be put into the quilt show.

 Later in the month, Victoria worked on the layout of her drunkard's path quilt.  We have nicknamed it "Mint Slice".  It is quite different to Cecily's above don't you think.

 and Debra ummed and ahhhed over borders for her quilt.  

the middle one was chosen

So all in all February was good.  I know there were more works done but I didn't get photos of them all.

Keep up the great work ladies.

Cecily's Stunning Finish & a Birthday

Gayle posted here on the 23rd July about Cecily's stunning embroider.

Last Tuesday 13 August, Cecil brought her FINISHED PROJECT.

Isn't that just GORGEOUS.  It is a project keeper/caddy that Cecily informed me will hold her cottons & hand sewing project. 

 Every surface has stitching

 and as lovely as the inside is, check out the outside.  Every little diamond square has a pearl bead sewn into it.  It is so tactile.  Debra said it reminded her of a faberge egg, with a 'surprise' on the inside.

 And as for a Birthday - Victoria came to craft to celebrate her Birthday.  As we did not know it was a special day, she even brought her own cake with her.

I am fairly sure I will get in trouble for posting these photos, but I think they show the real Victoria and her beautiful spirit and smile.

 and the yummy, yummy, yummy caramel mud cake.

We hope your enjoyed your Birthday night with us Victoria.

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

This Tuesday night.

You missed this......on Tuesday night. Cecily had her hand stitching......too beautiful...

A quilt layout was decided.... and does anyone have a HAMMER???

As we posted a couple of days ago HERE  Debra was trying to choose a layout for her layer cake quilt.  We had 3 choices "diagonals, chevrons or circles" however as Debra didn't love any of them she moved all the pieces around again and here is the sewn result.

Giant Diamond with a 'ripple effect"

(Yes I know there is a block in upside down, I will unpick that on another day)

 Leanne was making cushions for her daughter to use at her job in the Daycare Centre and required a hammer.  We asked the room "does anyone have a hammer with them?"  Can you believe that no one did??? shock of all horrors, what do you use when you cant find a hammer?????

Bricks of course

 

And a group shot with a  few more of us in it.  L-R: Olivia, Lynn, Liz (front), Debra, Gayle (Front) Tracey & Leanne.

See everyone next week.