It's that time again, and the Sew Wot ladies met at our home this time. It was nice to welcome Mary again, who hadn't been able to join us for a few weeks.
Welcome, all
It was a fine but cool morning, with a nippy wind blowing. The heat pump soon got things warmed up inside. Jude received a couple of late birthday gifts, a pretty kit for a purse, and a big bucket of Liquorice Allsorts, purchased from our local RJ's Factory shop.
Although Mary had been unable to join us for a while, she certainly hadn't been idle. Her knitting fingers have been busy and she showed us what she had been working on. Four pairs of socks, and three pairs of thick cozy slippers.
Mary has been very busy
Mary had also brough along her brown and cream quilt top. The main body of the top had been stitched, and Mary added machine applique motifs to the borders when she felt well enough for a stint at the sewing machine.
Mary's quilt top
We can always count on Carol to have some knitted donation toys to show us. These three had the cutest sleepy face expressions, and will be going to the Neo Natal ward for babies.
Carol's knitted toys
And I showed my recently completed pirate quilt top, now layered up and pinned and ready for quilting.
Here come the pirates
Helen had brought along her hexagon quilt to show Jude, who had expressed an interest in doing something similar. Not for me, all those tiny pieces have to be hand stitched together. This technique holds no fear for some, as both Mary and Helen have made a couple of these quilts already, and Helen is working on another now.
Helen's pretty hexagon quilt
We all had our knitting out, and sat and chatted away. Helen and Jude told us about their recent trip up to the Quilt Symposium in Cambridge. Gemma had a fine time checking out the ladies, sniffing their bags, and then decided to settle down next to Heather.
Carol, Heather and Gemma looking on
Of course we had morning tea
After a couple of date changes, we finally settled on a date for our Christmas break-up lunch which suited everyone. Our diaries are starting to fill up with pre Christmas outings. It was a lovely morning, so nice to host my Sew Wot friends again.
1 comment:
I made a quilt like Helen's some years ago - it is called Lucy Boston's Patchwork of Crosses - I no you don't enjoy the hand work but it was fun to do, hers looks lovely
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