June

Val is a new beginner and she has made this cushion for her conservatory.

This was val's very first item and apologies about the focus. well done.

Thisn is the back of Gill's new foundation pineapple quilt and quilted by Sue of Quiltessence and what a wonderful job.

Here is Gill's cot quilt using foundation pineapple blocks inspired by the workshop done earlier.

Sylvia has produced this sew a Row quilt from the book by Karin Hellaby. It is a good learning book for beginners instead of doing sampler quilts and well done sylvia it looks stunning.

Estelle has also done a Sew a row quilt and used a lot of her stash and worked really well.

Margaret has completed her French braid piece made during a previous workshop. This has lovely colours.

During my Wednesday morning class we did some stained glass pieces from Gail Lawther.

Lynne also did the same as Julie and made hers in red.

Jean made this fron Gail's book with these lovely beach huts. The border was made with material with pebbles on and so appropriate.

Well done Ineke with this Bargello travel bag. Stunning.

May

The last workshop was Quick crazy patchwork and this is one of the blocks from the project.

This is my Quick crazy patchwork sample which is the base of the workshop.

Margaret produced this on the day. I am impressed they managed so much in 6 hours it certainly was quick

Gill also managed to complete all blocks and add sashing and border using batiks. This really worked well.

Betty did not add sashing and used up more of her stash. this looked a lot better than expected by Betty.

Mary also finished this in 6 hours and used white as sahing and border which looks very fresh.

Mary is part of the Infinity group I run as well as a class member and she has made this amazing contemporary tree.

Betty has made this bag using a japanese folded method. The pieces were joined with zig zag stitch.

April updates

The Infinity Contemporary quilt group display at Brockenhurst.

Hilary lover of strong tea has made her second quilt with French Braids. Well done

Leza has made this fabric bowl in her favourite colour. It really worked well.

Trish found this snowflake pattern in the Times and hand quilted this cushion. The photo does not show the details well.

Angela started class in January and made this french braid quilt with her materials bought in Canada. Angela machine quilted this herself.

Rosemary only joined the class this year and she has completed this quilt for Zac. Sue of quiltessence completed the quilting for her. Well done.

Leza loves Orange and here is her first wall hanging. Sorry about the photographer.

Margaret has made a second cushion in this for her car.

I could not resist adding this picture of Willo at nearly 9 months.

Jenny made this batik mix with lots of different braids.

Sharron decided to make a full size quilt so the cutting to a lot longer but the selection is working fine.

Margaret selected this piece with a few batiks added. Really good and check May to see the finished piece.

Vivienne has made this subtle piece and has progressed. Look for her completed piece in a new insert in may.

Liz has started preparing a braid to go with her ladybird cushion (to be)

Helen this was an amazing start to patchwork. I do hope you finish it. Feel free to come and get help.

The FRENCH BRAIDS workshop to be held 10th APRIL

The STARS and STRIPS Workshop

My sample for the workshop to give ideas.

A typical strip block.

A typical wonky star.

Most students managed at least 6 blocks on the day.

Susanne finished her workshop blocks in a week, the days blocks are shown below.

Jill made her workshop pieces with Amy butler material and was a little disappointed but I think it actuall looks very good.

Mary speeded her way through the blocks and actually managed to get these together in the 6 hour workshop. Since this was made a border has been adde and I await the quilting.

Susanne made these blocks and above is the finished item completed within a week from the workshop.

Betty has made this with her scraps and enjoyed the workshop but wished she had used brighter materials.

March entries from my students

Rae bought a pattern and made this unusual bag. it did not quite reflect the pattern but I still think it is delightful

Linda has just started classes and this is her very first piece of patchwork. the quilting stitches are very precise.

Joyce is addicted to making bags and this one is beautifully embroidered too.

Margaret otherwise known as Mags has made this colourful childs quilt. It was quite a challenge in organising the colours.

Trish has a list of projects as long as your arm and this was a cushion using fused bias binding. Well done Trish

Ineke has made this quilt and has been quilted by hand. This is Ineke's second item so well done.

Jean has made a double sided log cabin this is one side and the other to follow.

Jean's double sided log cabin. Each block made individually then joined with sashing.

Joe has just finished this delicate baby quilt and worked out very well.

Hilary is very proud of her first piece of patchwork and has learnt a lot of hand quilting too.

Rae came to a workshop last year for equilateral triangles and has made her sample into a cushion.

This is one of the cushions Susanne has made for her daughter as atest for the quilt she is producing at the moment. Keep an eye open in the future to see it.

Paula finished this table cover in January and well done to Paula.