Kids Creating Cushions

Photo heavy - sorry, but the kids at Chertsey Museum made such great cushions today, I couldn't bear to leave any photos out!

 

How's that for a fun day!!!!


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Even more lovely yellow

Three more lovely yellow blocks arrived in the post: Thank you Susan and Mahala

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More Yummy Yellow

The Chertsey Museum ladies have been busy again - and these three fab blocks came through my letter box

dreadful photos - but fab blocks towards the baby quilt, thanks Kay and  Deborah




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Mellow Yellow

At Chertsey Museum the classes have been arranged by the lovely, and now very pregnant Sally.  Sally has just gone on maternity leave, and the group decided we would make some yellow and white blocks to create a quilt for the baby.

I got photos of a few under construction last Friday

(it is coincidence that these are both foundation pieced flying geese)


And the first finished block arrived in the post today - it's lovely Deborah, I'm so glad you felt you could part with it!

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Fun With Fabric Update

Hi All

It’s that time again. . . The March Fun With Fabric sessions will be running this weekend at the usual venues:

·       Friday afternoon at Chertsey Museum (2 to 3:30),
·       Saturday morning at Windsor Baptist Church (10:30 to 12 noon) and
·       Saturday afternoon (2 to 4) at St Michael’s Church, Horton.

Feel free to email me for further information or click above on the tab relating to the venue that interests you.

Hope to see you soon

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Broom Farm sewing

At last I remembered to take photos of the creative loveliness that is happening at the Adult Education class I teach at the Broom Farm Army camp on a Monday afternoon:

Monika is working on two pirate pieces which will become floor cushion covers

 
 Jane brought some traditional sampler blocks last week, but this week wanted to work on this advent calendar.  The work was unpicking rather than stitching, but she's much happier with it now

Sally is working on a craft caddy for a mug - I'll get a photo of a mug 'wearing' a caddy, then it will make lots more sense!  This was a 'back of a cupboard' for two years but she's steaming ahead now . . .

and has inspired Katie to make one too!

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February at St Michael's

Crafty Church at St Michael's saw a few new members and lots of great creativity:

Yasmin and Carolin worked on Yasmin's shawl

I had fun playing with Lesley's felting kit

 While Lesley cut out felt flowers that she wants to felt onto a scarf

 

 I think the felting needle was far superior to the one I had: one blade and no handle, so I glued it into a lippy case to make it easier!

Alex is working from a book called Quilting For dummies, and is making this trapunto flower - the book suggests the cut-into-the-back-and-shove-in-some wadding method - I did show her the cut away method that Kandy taught the BQLers a few years ago

 And their mum is working on her tapestry, and I need photography lessons!






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February at Chertsey Museum

 Thanks to this book

And these pre-made samples (thanks Avril) we learnt reverse applique

With the help of freezer paper to stabilise the block fabric (the square) we were apply to apply a second fabric behind the fabric, with no visible stitches :-)

Two class samples

 And back and front of one with a fussy cut applique patch

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Kids' Fun With Fabric

Kids' Fun With Fabric

The monthly course at Chertsey Museum came about when I went to chat about helping with their Kids Craft days during school holidays.  When I was childminding I would take the gang there during the hols, and got to know Sally, the assistant curator.  When we talked about the children's sessions we got sidetracked and ended up arranging the adults sessions.

Well today I did my first children's sessions: 12 kids in the morning and 17 in the afternoon!  The theme was Making Monsters . . .  and just look what they achieved!

 

 

 

 

Me ? I'm exhausted!  Good night
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