2025 May

 Hello June!

Well you'll be surprised to know this month is full of photos 😂

Completed "show and tell" felt birds from the Chertsey Ladies

And the start of slouch bags

My ridiculous to-do list

But a few finishes

Including the binding on the new hive quilt

This is a dresden plate flimsy that came over from Jackie's a long while ago.  I have finally embroidered  dresden plates on the blank blocks, but I'm not sure they show on the photos

I did a few patches (they are now off the to-do board)

and a few customer embroideries

Then I hopped on a plane to Ireland with the Dresden Plate flimsey: it's now been layers and basted so over to Jackie to quilt

And this is ready for quilting too

We don't get many pics of us, but this was a nice one

We made some project pouches

I have finally finished the tiny grandmother's flower garden: not sure what I'll do with it though

Hayley, Jane and I had a play with some fabric paints (thank you Val)

I really love the heliotropic qualities when you try things in the sun!

A friend brought us some donated quilts, and I managed to snap up this one (this pic shows half)

Deep breath and lots of measure twice checking and I cut it! First like this

Then a bit more detail

and now I have a quilted jacket!

but the most amazing creation has been left until last

And it's nothing to do with me

Huge congratulations to Niki and George

Munchkin due mid November

❤❤❤

2024 March

An early post this month, and I think I've been quite productive this month.

Chertsey Museum ladies made pin cushions in ramekin dishes

 

And I made some simple ones to thank the friends who had cleared out kitchen cupboards and made it possible.  (I hope I remembered everyone!)

The lovely Stephanie is leading the next Chertsey class - we are making felt rabbits, so I had a play in advance:

I went down a bit of a rabbit hole (pardon the pun) on Pinterest looking at "little house" pincushions.  I made a cottage

(a cottage with a chimney)

And then I got a bit carried away: a hobbit cottage;

and then a lighthouse, a beach hut and a birdhouse 😂  I had great fun, and I'm calling it work as I think this could be another class!

Lizzie and I made Mothering Sunday Gingers with violets;

Then a Saint Robin (a marvellous friend and neighbour of mum's);

And then Easter Gingers

I started and finished a Christmas pressie (I moved the trees a bit as I felt the design trees looked as if they were floating)

I finally finished a load of I-Spy quilts and got the names on them

And got a photo from baby Rose's grandma

Another idea for Chertsey classes is a pinch purse.  I had a practice to see if I could work out how to make them, and pulled out some weird paper stuff that claims to sew like fabric.  I'm not convinced it's like fabric but it worked ok . . .

So I tried another version.  This one opens as a hexagon - absolute nightmare to turn inside out (if you use the paper stuff I suggest you make it wrong sides together to avoid the fight)

I spent some money at the garden centre: I bought a Salix - not this one, but inspired by this.

And then Lizzie and I finished the week with a few customer orders,

And that was the end of March!  Hope you had / are having a good Easter weekend