Here and Now | February 2017

Posted on February 14, 2017 by

a summer posy2-dscn5696“Saigon” progress3-dscn5697tomatoes are coming along5-dscn5700Loving //  cooler nights for sleeping
Eating //  we’ve bought a b-b-q so lots of that happening
Drinking //  cups of tea now the weather is a little cooler
Feeling //  tired – and it’s only February!
Making //  lots and lots of triangles for my “Saigon” quilt
Thinking //   there’s a lot to be done in the garden……
Dreaming //  of family Summer holidays at Torquay when I was a child

Joining up with Sarah at Say Little Hen for Here and Now in February.  Go on over and see what others are up to Here and Now.

Meredithe x

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Class show and tell

Posted on February 12, 2017 by

Morning

Carole has another “Carousel” block madeLeanne has started her “Carousel” too using her Tilda fabricsand in this pretty boxare the yo-yo’s Leanne is  makingSue W and I had great fun choosing these fabrics for a quilt Sue will be makingfrom this bookBeth is cutting all her “Carousel” pieces first and has just three more fabrics to draw upMarilyn started stitching her first blockJo worked on more of her blocksand Sue E has just a few more centres to appliqué on

Afternoon

Lyn stayed all day and thinks she has all 80 of her blocks made nowFernanda worked on her hexie blocks over Summer – these are just a fewand she saved all of these doileys from the fate of being thrown in the rubbish to use in her blocksand for something extra to do (!) Fernanda cut out these large hexies for a new quiltAnne joined us for the first time, and had a lesson in hand quiltingFrances started putting together her star blocks on pointTineke started appliqueing her corner  blocksand Helen worked on her block and just might have bought some more fabrics!Meredithe x

This class is held at Sewn and Quilted

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Errata

Posted on February 10, 2017 by

It has come to my attention that one of the template pieces for “Peony Medallion” is incorrect.  Sincere apologies for this error.peony-medallionThe template piece in question is piece “G” and replacement pieces have been sent to all stores which have bought the sets.  So if you have purchased a set, please collect your new “G” piece from them.  The good news is, the piece was oversized, so if you’ve already cut out some “G” pieces in fabric, they will just need to be cut down.  (There has to be a silver lining, right?)

Again, sincere apologies for any inconvenience.

Meredithe x

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Squealers 

Posted on February 6, 2017 by

The Squealers had their first get together for 2017 on Saturday and yes, there was lots of squealing as we greeted each other!

We shared lunch/afternoon teain between our sewing.

Kaye has resurrected her Boston Common blocks as part of her 17ufosin2017, and her aim is on coming home from work to  sew up a block on her machine before starting dinner (or hoping her uni daughter or husband will cook so she can make more!)The squares are so tiny – just bobbin size

and Kaye is appliqueing lots and lots of leavesLouise has finished this quiltand she’s also working on a 17ufosin2017 project, a Kim McLean appliquéAndrea was appliqueing too, a design of her ownMiss S is making hexagonsand her daughter, Miss 8, is also making hexagons…..and loving it!  Miss 8 has great taste declaring the Kaffe Fassett fabric “the most beautiful fabric in the whole world”!and not to be outdone, her sister, Miss 3, had to show me her special scissorsKaren is putting together her large hexagonsMaree is playing with her hexagonsand she showed us her first attempt at crochetMiss E has machine quilted this quilt, it’s bound and she was tying in ends…..it’s nearly done!and I was stitching on the next row of trianglesBusy, busy, busy!

Meredithe x

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More class show and tell

Posted on February 3, 2017 by

Morning

It was lovely to welcome everyone back to class and Carole has been a busy quilter over the Summer holidays finishing this quilt topand stitching up two “Carousel” blocksthere’s a bit of “Carousel” mania happening in this class with BethDeniseand Marilyn all starting to cut out for itand Carole had a play with yoyos for itSue E and Jo will be joining in later in the year, but they’re both wanting to finish current projects, so Sue E and I chose centres for her Dresden Plate blocksand she cut and started appliqueing them

and Jo is working on more of her blocksand Denise is also cutting out for a Clamshell Quilt.

Afternoon

Frances has been busy too, finishing her Christmas tree two days before Christmas Day and decorating it with coloured bellsand spending two days just stitching and getting lots done on her “Sweethearts” quilt which she laid out for us to seeand in class we measured and fussy cut the long sashing strips.

Tineke stitched on her next borders and we had a refresher lesson in mitres Lyn stitched more of her blocksJane stitched up three more sections for  her “Double Wedding Ring”and Helen worked on her “Grandmother’s Star” block

Meredithe x

This class is held at Sewn and Quilted

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Class show and tell

Posted on February 1, 2017 by

Had my first class teaching at the quilt shop today with some keen and enthusiastic ladies.

Jennifer brought along her very first quiltand we chose a backing and binding I must be out of practice with the camera as we pattern matched the backing ready for it to go to the quilters AND Jennifer started cutting out a quilt for her niece and I didn’t take photos of either.  I did take a pic of this quilt of Jennifer’s which we decided needed another row and then a border, which we will choose at a later date

Sue has been busy making hexagons, and we laid them out and looked at a fabric for the joining diamondSue also has a swag of lovely doileys, some of which she brought in to show us and we had a discussion on options for using them.

Beth came armed with this very pretty notebook, a Christmas present from her daughter, which Beth is using to write up all her quiltsas well as Beth stitching up some blocks, we made some calculations, worked out how best to cut the fabric, and Beth hand stitched two borders on.

More next month!  If you’d like to join me in this class, please click the link above/below and contact Alison or Sharon and book your spot!

Meredithe x

This class conducted at the quilt shop, Eltham.

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17ufosin2017 – January

Posted on January 31, 2017 by

Firstly, Anne and I are thrilled with the number of people – that’s you Dear Peeps! – who are joining us in this challenge, and during the month I’ve had several e-mails from regular commenters saying that they took the idea to their quilt groups and whole groups are joining in.  So a big “THANK YOU” to you all!!

So now, chickadees, how has your Substantial Progress gone on your nominated projects for January?

I’ve done quite well (halo shining!), me thinks.

I dragged out the nearly finished nine-patch……discovered it was a triangle quilt…….and that it needed just five seams and a press and the top was done!  So from this1-dscn5420to this 17-dscn5421and it’s off to the quilter this week.

On my “Saigon” quilt, the centre applique is finished14-dscn5459the final blocks are finished04-dscn5431I cut out triangles and stitched them up4-dscn5521carefully measured and trimmed back the applique1-dscn5531trialed the look with the triangles3-dscn5533then stitched them in place (I even gave it a cursory press before photographing for you!)4-dscn5535and yesterday I started cutting out the triangles for the next border.

My MSG project has gone from thisDSCN3713(ooh, I’ve just seen what I was going to do with the squares – hmm, like that idea!) to sorting through “bits”31-dscn5484to placing them42-dscn5497and all the right hand side border has been appliqued down.

Not bad for this month!

And now it’s over to you!  If you have a blog, please add your link below; if you don’t have a blog, list your month’s achievements in the comments, or add a post to Instagram with the hashtag #17ufosin2017  Can’t wait to see what everyone has done!  And if you missed out on posting last month, please join in this month – we’d love to have you along on the challenge.

Meredithe x

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