Sew Wot Tuesday

This week, our Sew Wot Tuesday was hosted by Helen, who lives out in the country.  I stopped off at Lewis Farms to pick up another kilo of lovely fresh asparagus.  Then on to Helen’s home.  It was a full house, with everyone able to make it, which was nice.

Carol started off the show and tell with four little baby quits she had made, to be donated to the local Plunket.  A nice grouping of little boy quilts featuring sports, frogs and turtles, dinosaurs, and pirates.

Donated to Plunket babies

Carol had also knitted four cute little soft toys, these were to be sent to the babies at the Neo Natal Hospital in Wanganui.

Look at these cuties

Heather had also been very busy.  She showed us a pretty  pillowcase she had made.  She found the very fine cross stitched piece of fabric in an Op Shop, reflected on the lady who had painstakingly worked on this piece, rescued it and turned it into a pillowcase.

Such fine work on these roses

Heather had done some beautiful baby knitting too.  A pretty blue jumper, and another fine 3ply baby cardigan.  She wanted to work on smaller  things, she told us.

Heather’s baby knitting

We all thought this serviette holder was such a clever pattern.  Heather stitched it up for a friend who loves pansies, using a piece of pink, purple and lemon pansy fabric.  Isn't it gorgeous!

Heather made this for a friend

Helen had been busy making pillowcases for her grandchildren for Christmas.  What little boy doesn’t like trains?  I’m quite keen to try this idea too, they are easy, I was told.

Christmas gifts

Not for Christmas, but for a young grandson celebrating a birthday in a couple of months time.  What a great quilt, full of trucks and trailers, road signs and road cones, this will a little boy’s dream quilt indeed.

What a great design

We were working on our various projects, Mary was stitching hexagons, and Heather was continuing on her boro stitching.  Jude was starting a new pair of socks, Sandra was knitting a cot blanket, and both myself and Carol were busy on our stitcheries. 

Helen was busy being the hostess with the mostess and served us a delicious morning tea.  We particularly loved the hot toasted asparagus rolls with cream cheese spread  on the bread, I’m going to try that idea too.  Helen’s husband says we should be called the Eat-a-Lots, not the Sew Wots – we certainly do enjoy our morning teas!

Morning tea time.

Then it was time to say our farewells and head for home, many thanks Helen for a lovely morning.  I drove home past a farm with the front paddock full of wrapped hay bales, so just had to stop and take a picture, it was a lovely rural sight indeed.  Then back home to suburbia.

  The farmer has been busy