Wednesday 26th October saw us picking up our finest hand sewing needles to do needle turned applique in the form of hawaiian patchwork with Kate Smith. This is something you either find very difficult or you love. Personally I love the finished article, and Kate's samples were wonderful, but find the technique difficult to master. However I enjoyed our evening and it is certainly easier to chat when you are not sat at your machine.
We have had several new members join us this year and I hope they were able to get to know the other members whilst they enjoyed their stitching.
Next month we will be making a small Christmas Decoration.
You will need small contrasting pieces of material, some bondaweb, some beads, crystals, small buttons or other embellishment, a small piece of ribbon for making a hanger for your decoration, and some embroidery thread. Plus your hand sewing kit, and card to make a template. You will also need a small piece of pelmet vilene but this will be provided for those who have do not have it as part of their own sewing supplies.
Do come and join us for the evening if you are in the area.
Monday, 31 October 2016
Wednesday, 12 October 2016
White Rose Quilters met again after the summer recess on 28th September and we had the pleasure of welcoming some new members and also some visitors for the evening talk.
At our first meeting of the new programme we had invited Hazel Williams to speak to us on the subject of 'Gadgets and Gizmos'. (see meetings review)
Hazel also brought along her shop so that we could indulge our passion for acquiring more beautiful material, even though we all have enough to last us a lifetime. She had also bought along most of the gadgets that she had demonstrated. So an ideal time to pick up that something that you knew having seen it, you just had to have it, as it would make your life so much easier.
We had a good night including a raffle and 'Show and Tell' as some members had been quite busy over the summer.
At the next meeting on October 26th we will be making a small piece of Hawaiian quilting so members will need to bring along 2 contrasting pieces of material, both slightly larger than they want their finished piece to be, also some paper scissors and your hand sewing kit with thread to match your fabric.
At our first meeting of the new programme we had invited Hazel Williams to speak to us on the subject of 'Gadgets and Gizmos'. (see meetings review)
Hazel also brought along her shop so that we could indulge our passion for acquiring more beautiful material, even though we all have enough to last us a lifetime. She had also bought along most of the gadgets that she had demonstrated. So an ideal time to pick up that something that you knew having seen it, you just had to have it, as it would make your life so much easier.
We had a good night including a raffle and 'Show and Tell' as some members had been quite busy over the summer.
At the next meeting on October 26th we will be making a small piece of Hawaiian quilting so members will need to bring along 2 contrasting pieces of material, both slightly larger than they want their finished piece to be, also some paper scissors and your hand sewing kit with thread to match your fabric.
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