Patchwork, Tunisian Crochet, stacking Bowties Plus more

Yes its been quite a while since I have had the opportunity to catch up with my blog.  Also I struggle with the format of Blogger and once I have published my post, it moves my photographs around.  Sooooo frustrating.  Any tips would be appreciated.

My classes commenced end of April, starting patchwork for beginnrs at Wellington Sewing Center


Here are some of the quilt tops.

I ran two Classes of Tunisian Crochet, introducing tactile stitches to crocheters at Wellington Sewing Center.
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A Quilt as you Go class:

Louise and Prue showed off their completed Kaleidoscope quilts from Last years class.

Some of the ladies who attend my Wednesday night class made Stacking Bowtie cushions.

There are still more cushions under construction.  I do have another class for this technique coming up Sunday 5th August at Wellington Sewing Center.

We were lucky enough to test drive Sue Schreuder's E-Spinner made by Ashford.  It did look easy when Sue was using it.  Soooo on my "Want" list.

My Effort - lets just call this artistic!

And finally -an Overnight or Weekender bag class coming up.  Will fit in the aircraft "overhead" locker provided it does not wight more than 7kg.  Its fully lined with an internal pocket.
For more details, please visit Wellington Sewing Center website or contact Jo@sewingdirect.co.nz

Thats all for now.  Thank you for taking the time to read my post.  Until next time,
Happy stitching

Shirls

6 Sided Kaleidoscope day two - Nancy's Stitch Studio

Day two - the blocks have been sewn so the next task is laying out.  This can be daunting however we have a great tool - our mobile phone cameras.

Check out the before and after photos. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We kicked of our shoes and spent most of the day on the floor exploring different layouts.  I'm looking forward to seeing these quilts finished.

Shirley

 



6 Sided Kaleidoscope class at Nancy's Stitch Studio

I had a wonderful day teaching a class at Nancy's Stitch Studio in Wellington yesterday.
Check out the student's fabric selections and their first blocks.  Part two of this class will be in a fortnight.  So exciting - you don't know what these quilts will look like.  Unpredictability!!

 

 

 

 

 

For each block you have three variations (below)

variation 1

variation 2

variation 3

 

We meet in a fortnight and I'm really excited to see how these will turn out.

 

Happy Quilting.

Shirls

Todays 6 sided Kaleidoscope Class

I've had so much fun over the last couple of days running a 6 sided kaleidoscope class.  From the stresses of cutting the fabric to the squeals of delight deciding which way each block should spin.

The photos below show the fabric before cutting and the commencement of quilts being formed.

Judith's quilt

 

 

Judith has completed her quilt.  She has separated each block by using a solid.  She felt that having her blocks together was to busy.

 

Shirley.