The "scraps" were out in force yesterday, at the first 10-10 Super Sewing Session for 2018. This blog writer is always left feeling very inspired after seeing what others can do with little bits of fabric - have a scroll through the pics and enjoy...
Starting with this Dresden plate beauty. Set on a soft pink background, the plates were made out of many different types of fabrics and we are looking forward to seeing it again once the planned borders are added. She's kept us guessing on that one!
J, who is one of our newest members, came along with her first completed quilt, which she trimmed up and received a lesson in binding.... It was fantastic to share in her excitement of a completed quilt.
As I was wandering around taking photos, I thought I spied a pretty piece of fabric, nope, it was a happy, smiley mug, which looked very comfortable among the yarn and fabric.
Then, it was onto hexagon heaven... starting with a nice, neat tub of ready made hexies, I have shown first, the back of the quilt - look at how those seams have been pressed - ooohhh laa laa -
So that plastic tub of hexies, becomes this quilt in the pic below... 365 hexagons, 1 per day for 1 year.
In another bit of hexagon madness, this "medallion style" hexagon quilt was pulled out for some show'n'tell....
The wonderful colours in the next hexagon quilt are made from left overs of fabrics this lady has from all of her previous projects. Complete hexagons are all made and now she's going around the outside edges with the leftover hexies.
As you can see, we almost filled up the room in the hall, but I know if we'd had more people turn up, we would have made space. There were approx 30 sewers on the day. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pics of the embroidery and applique that the visiting ladies were working on. We had visitors from Frankston, Lang Lang and Ferntree Gully, which are all 2 or more hours away, as well as the local ladies.
A bit more fussy cutting for paper piecing...
And, of course the day is not complete unless there are some "Dear Jane" blocks and sawtooth stars being made.
One of the J's is making a quilt for a friend. What looked like a simple pattern has turned out to be quite a bit of work, but now that the first block has been conquered, she's more confident of completing the rest of the blocks. It sure is pretty..
R's quilt has had some fabric go missing. This is the last of 3 quilts she brought along with her to complete the tops. 2 were completely finished and this one got told off for not keeping it's pieces together
And, one of the A's also brought along 3 quilts to add the borders to and complete the tops. Yesterday was her first sewing session in quite a while and she went home very pleased with her progress.
The pink quilt above and the bright coloured quilt below are from classes held at Kilmore Quilters.
That's all for now folks, but if you like what you've seen on this page, please click on the tab above marked "calendar" to see when our next 10-10 Super Sewing Session is. We'd like it very much if you joined us.
