This month we started our Christmas projects with some lovely Suffolk Puff decorations. After a short demonstration on how to make the basic puff unit, members started to cut out the various sizes of circle to complete the designs. One of our members, KP, distributed Santa beads, one of which has already found a home on top of a finished tree decoration. I would not be at all surprised if one or two more find themselves a similar home. Thank you KP.
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| Round bauble and tree decorations in traditional and contemporary colours |
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| Scandinavian and traditional fabrics |
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| Traditional colours and a finished tree with bead decoration |
Some members feel they have enough Christmas decorations and chose to work on WIP's, these were all English paper piecing (EPP). Portability is one reason why this style of work is so popular. Very convenient if you travel a lot, as you can prepare yourself a kit suitable to stitch on the train, in a car and possibly on a plane - if you check with the airline whether they allow sewing needles. There are various instruments for snipping threads that are allowed on planes, these take the place of scissors which would need to go in your hold luggage if allowed by the airline.
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| EPP using tessellating shapes, mini hexagons, Provence themed fabrics and larger hexagons |
Lastly, we had Show and Tell with some of the quilts from the Regional day meeting and one Linus Quilt (sorry, no picture of this one).
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| Grunge Disappearing 9 Patch by KP |
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| Grunge Trapezium by KP |
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| Beach Huts hanging by PM |
