Quilters of Sutton: 2024

December 2024

This month will be our last evening meeting, as in February we start in the afternoon at 2pm on a Monday. At our last meeting this year we displayed our annual challenge, it was set to make a 12 inch finished block using a common background with blue, green and /or grey. We hope to make at least one Linus quilt from the resulting blocks. This challenge was enthusiastically supported with most members making more than one block and as many as four. The total number of blocks received was 26, Well done Quilters.

While we had mince pies and Stollen with our tea, some members worked on projects and others just chatted.

New project under way DG

WIP not yet sure what this one will be AP

A little bag from 'Ugly' fabrics AD

Hooded jacket for a grandson AD

WIP coming along MW

We also had some stunning quilts for Show and Tell.

These three from AP

This one from LW destined for Project Linus

November 2024

We had Christmas decorations scheduled for this month. There were several on offer, Origami triangles, which could be made up into several items;

Laced star and Yoyo angel.

Click here for instructions.

These last two could be accomplished in the evening.

The most popular project was the laced star.

IM, HM, JN, LE and MW

Two members tried the origami triangles, my favourite project,

And one member made a Yoyo angel,

There were some Linus quilts for Show and Tell.

Scottie dogs JN

Linus quilts CD

Lastly two book covers from CD.

October 2024

This month had us making book covers for an A6 notebook. Here are the works in progress

CD used hand dyed fabric with foiling and embroidery

MM is 'auditioning' for embellishment

MW used a patchwork fabric

One of our visitors S, used a marbled fabric

IM is using appliqué as embellishment

AB is also using appliqué embellishment

Another visitor AD chose this lovely nature print

LE managed to finish her cover

We had some other projects being worked on,

AP hexagons

Trauma Ted by JN

HM hand piecing and QAYG woodland blocks

We had some lovely Linus quilts for Show and Tell, these two from MW;

and these three from LE;

This lovely Christmas quilt was a request from AB's granddaughter, it got a lot of compliments;

Lastly one industrious sewer has already finished a Christmas challenge block, with a couple more to come.

LE Christmas challenge block 1

September 2024 AGM

September is the month we have our AGM and sign up for another year of sewing creativity. We also gave out a fat quarter of background fabric for our Christmas challenge. This years challenge is to make a block 12.5 inches square using the cream background fabric with blue, green and or grey fabric, in a design of the makers choice. We aim to make up a Linus quilt with any blocks participants wish to donate.

After the AGM we had tea and chat with some Show and Tell updates with our Nature BOM.