A visitor came to craft and brought Show and tell.

Last June we farewelled Marilyn from Craft.

You can read about Marilyn's farewell and gift here

Marilyn came to craft on Tuesday to give us all a surprise and she bought with her the completed 'hexagon project.'  Now Marilyn is a practical person and her sewing items must be useful, so her hexagons became pillow cases.

Warm colours on one side

 Cool colours on the other.

Well done Marilyn. We hope they bring a smile to your face when use them.

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.