Sew Wot Tuesday

Our Sew Wot Tuesday rolled around again and this time Sandra was the hostess.  The mornings are getting chilly and we were welcomed into her home with a lovely warming  fire crackling away.  There is something quite comforting with the smell of a wood fire and seeing the flames crackling away.

Sandra had some show and tell.  First up was a partially completed “quilt as you go” quilt for  her aunty who now resides in a rest-home.  Sandra used up some of her long hoarded pansy fabrics for this special gift.

Sandra’s pansy quilt

Next she showed her gorgeous hand knitted shawl, which just needs to be stitched up.  This is another family treasure, made for her sister who will be welcoming her first great-grand child.   This truly is a labour of love,  and was certainly admired by us all.

Sandra's baby shawl

Carol had been super busy and had a lot to show.  Two sets of baby singlets and hats, plus nine knitted toys, all for donation.  “Do you knit in your sleep?”, she was asked.

All knitted by Carol

I took along my recent finishes, a cozy pair of wooly socks, and my bright and happy froggy quilt.  Originally made for donation, I love this little quilt, so may well keep it for a while, just in case

My show and tell

Mary didn't have any completed projects this time, but I rather liked her pretty little work bag, so I took a photo of that.  She completed the stitchery on the front first, then turned it into this pretty little draw string bag.

Mary’s draw string bag

I needed some advice with this years old project so took it along knowing these clever lades would be able to help me.  Way back in the past I went to a class and started this purply clam shell quilt, then bundled it away.  Not quite forgotten, because I knew it was there, it kept calling me to get it out and do some more work on it.  Constructed diagonally, I now wanted to make the rows shorter, but why would I be losing those pretty scallops edges when I started stitching the shorter rows, I wondered?  Was there a trick that I didn't know about?  Seems that’s what happens in this case, and I will have to carefully trim the edges straight when I get to the end.  Thanks for the advice, very much appreciated.  I find this curved machine stitching slow and rather trying, but have to decided to leave this project out on my sewing cabinet and work on it some time each week.  That’s the plan, anyway.

Purple clamshells

Before we knew it, morning tea was served.  And the sun was streaming through the windows onto the coffee table, so not a good picture at all.  But take my word for it, the morning tea was delicious, as usual.  Thanks so much Sandra.  .

Morning tea time

Most of us spent the morning knitting.  Carol was working on another baby toy, Sandra was doing a pretty yellow baby jumper, Heather was knitting a Peggy square, and I was knitting a striped baby’s jumper.  Mary was doing some embroidery, working with a kit which was a gift from one of her grand-daughters.

Carol, Sandra and Heather

Many thanks to Sandra for a lovely morning, I know we all enjoy these Sew Wots get-togethers.