Sewing at Broom Farm

C and M carried on with last week's projects.  M got the binding cut and machine stitched onto the table rummer, and just needs to hand stitch it.

C got the pieces for her dragon floor cushion all bond-a-webbed and cut out - isn't he going to be fab!!!

All classes finished now for Christmas, we start back at Broom Farm on Monday 9th January, 1pm in the Community Centre

Hope to see you there
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Sewing at Broom Farm

C and M had a productive time at Fun With Fabric today, while the kids had great fun rearranging all the furniture!

This is M's table runner - approaching 5 foot long she has stitched it all by hand, and the gold squares have been quilted by hand too.  She needs to get the binding fabric, but in the meantime we had a sewing machine lesson today, and she is going to now quilt some of the green squares by machine

C has finished these two stockings, but Toby's needs a bit more work.  Today she brought along a design for an appliqued dragon - about 20" across - which she wants to make as a floor cushion

Magical Mystery Make at Chertsey Museum

I didn't get any photos of the 'homework' from last month, but plenty of moans about how difficult the binding had been!  I did remind them that we had been working with fairly small units, and that binding a large quilt would be much easier, but promised them something easier for this session.

As I hadn't finished my sample, I took them on a Magical Mystery Make instead!  Based on a tutorial from Lis at Piece 'n' Peace, (thanks, Lis) I got them making Christmas Coasters that DID NOT NEED BINDING!!!!  Just for fun I didn't tell them what they were making, just gave them one instruction at a time!

Didn't they do well
 

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Christmas is coming . . .

. . . and Elsa is ready!

11 year old (!) Elsa started this stocking at the Windsor Baptist session on Saturday, and then we ran out of time.  I was only able to give her very quick instructions on how to finish it, and just look what she's done!

How fab is that?

And just in case you didn't appreciate the finer details . . .  here is the top in close up, including bells which were all her idea! (Thanks Tina for emailing the photos)

 
Could be difficult for Santa to  put in the pressies without waking her - was that the plan Elsa?



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Sewing at Windsor Baptist Church

Annoying, I forgot to take any photos, but we had two teenagers making themselves Christmas stockings, and three adults making Christmas coasters based on Lis's post here, and the new location at the Baptist church works really well

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Sewing at Broom Farm

Catherin, at Broom Farm, has been making Christmas stockings for herself, her son Toby, and Toby's dad.

This is the Santa she appliqued onto Toby's stocking -isn't it fab!

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Fun With Fabric Poster

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Welcome to Fun With Fabric

These are some of the projects previously completed at Fun With Fabric sessions

Stained Glass Window effect Owls

 Taggie Blankie for a baby

No-Sew woven denim bag

 Painting with Fabric - a framed winter scene made from felt and buttons, or a cupcake from felt

 A cushion cover with button and fabric scraps

Using traditional hexagons and paper piecing  to make a child's toy, or a flower block

 Is it a play mat? or a Quilt?  This is an I-Spy quilt - so it's both!!

Using picture fabrics to create a landscape wall hanging

This is a pin cushion made from smocked fabric

A unique tape measure

A quilt made from tessellated shapes