April 2017 - English paper piecing (EPP)

This month we continued with English paper piecing (EPP). Many of our members like to have some hand sewing on the go, as it is often portable as small sections. even when making a sizeable quilt. Nearly everyone at this months meeting was working on a piece of EPP, some of which are being made into a group quilt  for charity - Project Linus.

Hexagons in various sizes were the most popular.

Monochrome quilt

Flower basket stash buster, probably not at 1/2 inch

Group efforts

Assembling with unbleached calico as background

Size variations - 1/2 inch to 3 inch hexagons 

Other members are trying diamonds.

 For a bit of variety we had a Linus quilt made from squares taking shape,

and some finishing of projects started on a recent cruise.

Fabric bead necklace and earring holder

Once again the 2 hours flew by as we stitched and chatted.

Circular Zipped Box Workshop - March 2017

Our members like to do workshops, but some found a whole day a bit daunting, so we thought we would try running our own half day ones. Our first half day workshop was making a circular zipped box. This pattern came from the internet and was labelled 'Copyright Karen Otto 2011 - Free for anyone to use anytime for any purpose'. This is how we got on with it. Two participants decided to add embellishments to the sides of their boxes.

Showing the colours chosen

 I was very impressed with the progress made on the day, as nearly everyone had the sides well underway by the finish, and these three have been completed subsequently. I estimated 12 hours to complete a box, but it looks like it can be done in 8 hours.