I'd like to show you the Tuesday Quilting class hard at work:)
Renata is trialling my pattern "The Friendly Jungle". She's changing it around a bit, making two wallhangings using the applique shapes. There will be small squares, assorted colours, between the blocks..will look lovely. She has a great sense of colour for cheery children's quilts. Renata leaves the ends of the embroidery threads until all the embroidery is finished, then she takes them through to the wrong side and secures them.
Anthea is making her sixth, or is it the tenth baby quilt. The original pattern was designed and made by Elaine Rose and called "I Spy Sophie Rose". It was published in Express Publications magazine, Patchwork and Stitching Vol 5 No 10. Anthea makes her quilts a little larger than the original, and always has squares on hand for the next baby in the "family" (which definitely includes her Church family). She has the happy knack of finding the right colours for the lattices and name strips to bring all the squares together in a way that appeals to the children. These quilts seem to find their way all over the world.
Now this is another of Bev's masterpieces. The candlewicked blocks (amazing in themselves)were quilted individually, and Bev is now sewing the rows of blocks together. Sorry the next photo is sideways...how do I fix it?
Bev is working on the back of the quilt now, working herringbone to join the batting pieces, and then very neatly sewing the backing squares together.
I tried to get a close-up of some of the embroidery work..it's exceptional. The varied stitches and threads give it a real depth.
So that's what's going on in the Tuesday quilting class this term.
Hope you are enjoying your quilting/ knitting/scrapbooking etc
cheers
Colleen
This is Renata's work in progress. There are 2 small two-block wallhangings here. The blocks just have some details to complete. Meanwhile Renata is placing the colourful squares between the blocks and around the edges. The work is pinned to a sheet hanging from a dowel rod.
