February sees us with several new members to swell our little community. We take this opportunity to welcome you all and hope you enjoy the coming months projects.
We start 2026 with a Kwandi project. You can be as adventurous as you like with this technique. Participants started with a small mat or a 'Boro' style bag.
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| Kawandi lap quilt MW, bag CD |
MW had made a lap quilt and supplied some samples to demonstrate the technique. Marion is currently working on the bag pattern. CD had also made some small examples and a bag. While this technique is traditionally done by hand, it is possible to stitch it by machine. Instructions.
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| WIP - Kawandi mats TD, ME, DG, CD and AB |
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| WIP - Kawandi bags MW, HM |
Some participants were working on knitting projects hats and teddy bears.
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| Baby hat SO |
These are some hexagons for making up into a picnic rug for her grandchildren MS.
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| Picnic rug MS |
We had some lovely show and tell quilts. This quilt by AP started life as a log cabin quilt, but the first block was put together wrongly and it morphed into a striking Bargello.
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| Striking Bargello quilt from AP |
This colourful string quilt from HM, shows how little fabric need go to waste.
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| Colourful string quilt HM |
This lovely star quilt from one of our newer group members LB, is having the binding stitched down.
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| Star quilt by LB |
Lastly some Linus quilts made from fabric donations. Instructions for the Strip quilt can be found here.
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| 4 quilts for Linus by CD |