November 21, 22, 2016

We started our evening sewing time with Linda's show and tell...here is her snowman quilt. It started out as a wall hanging but she got creative...something that comes easy for her...and enlarged it to a kiddie's quilt.

Then Marilyn showed us her latest work in progress. This chevron quilt is a commission that kind of grew from a double , to a queen and now possibly a king....you go, girl!

This sweet quilt is a quilt-as-you-go project, again by Marilyn....she will be adding borders...a colour for one side and another colour for the other, making it completely reversible. Always  innovative, is Marilyn.

 Program day and all the ladies were busy constructing folded wreaths being taught by Jacqui and Agathe.  Here's Judith talking to Elsie and Margaret is aligning her squares.

Vera got one done and is putting the finishing touches on her wreath....

 while Leigh is having a discussion with her sewing machine.  I think she won the argument.

 I caught Joyce mid chomp but she is working away on her wreath too.

 Show and tell started with Vera trying to hide behind a project using the block of the month from last year.  Rhode Island Red's??

Here's a sweet little snowman wall hanging she got ready for Christmas decorating.

 And this quilt is going to Ottawa ...I would hazard a wild guess that it is for a grand son...what say you?

This is another quilt heading off to Ottawa ...bright colours and warm flannel who could ask for more.

Muriel is doing a kind thing and making this sweet pillow in memory of a beloved pet for her son....thoughtful Momma!

Elsie is diligently working away on the block of the month row by row project and here is a sample of her Weathervane squares.

 Carolyn , besides being a wonderful quilter, is a master seamstress and here she is showing us a warm flannelette nightie she has made for her M.I.L. for Christmas.

Judith is also catching up on her row by row squares and showed her co-ordinating squares.

 Ethel has come back from a road trip to meet one of her pen pals and showed us these place mats she made,......

these mittens she knitted, .......

and this sweet little doll sleeping bag...I think she has been having some fun.

Susan got busy with this program day and made four of the folded wreaths....look out Christmas presents this year.

 Sheila challenged Jacqui and she rose to the occasion and made a little folded wreath just the right size to fit in Sheila's front door window. I think Sheila is very pleased and we are all thinking of ways we can challenge Jacqui...no doubt , she could show us all up.

Here are just a couple of the folded wreaths that Jacqui made....first for a craft sale and now they will be presents.  Waste not , want not.  good thinking for us all....