Sun Bonnet Sue and Overall Sam appliqué were this months offering. We had a very good attendance at this meeting with some new participants. We have made these patterns in the past, June 2016, due to popular demand they are making a second appearance. We gave out a background fabric so that members could donate their blocks for a Linus quilt, should they wish. Most participants had a go at them, some deciding to use bonding web and take them home for machine stitching, others began hand stitching at class. I did not take pictures of all the blocks being made unfortunately. You can find the patterns and instructions here.
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| Sun bonnet Sue blocks |
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| Overall Sam blocks |
We had some finished Kawandi projects from February's meeting.
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| Kawandi Boro style bag KP |
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| Two Kawandi Boro style bags HM |
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| Kawandi mat |
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| Kawandi mat made to fit a tray IM |
There were also some lovely quilts presented.
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| Double bed quilt AB |
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| Heart quilt HM |
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| Scrappy strip quilt AP |
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| Quilts for Linus CD. The first 5 were made from leftover fabric from previous Linus quilts. |
Two knitting projects were on the go.
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| A cot blanket made using self stripping yarn LB. |
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| A little dog with a smart coat SO |
Last but not least CE brought in some Sun Bonnet Sue orphan blocks she had been given. As they are a similar size to the blocks being made at the moment, we may be able to include them in the final quilt.
In April and May we will be meeting on the second Monday of the month to avoid Easter and May bank holidays.