Some Christmas sewing from Sue

 Sue sent me a photo of one of her Christmas sewing projects - a sleeping bag for a special dolly.

Then there is a wedding veil for a little girl who will just love it.

It has certainly been lots of fun on Zoom during the year but the activity will now finish until further notice. If you would like it to start up again please let me know.

Meanwhile, Merry Christmas and all the best for 2023.

A finish for Betty M

 Betty M received the parts of this pretty tea cosy as a donation a long time ago. She has now used her craft time at home to finish it. It looks great.

Sue's latest cushion

 This one is stunning. And all made in a matter of an hour or so while on Zoom.

A finish for Betty J

A set of 8 placemats made from old shirt fabrics. They were all quite dull until the 'zinger' strips and borders were added.

Sue's lovely dolls and cushion

 Sue showed us this Kitty doll last week. She finished it during our zoom session. She has photographed it here with another of her dolly creations and a lovely retro cushion she has made.

They make such a lovely little group. The clothes are removable and include some Liberty fabric undies both on the dolls and a spare pair in the little shoulder bag.

So lovely I'm sure Imogen will love them.

Some finishes to show

 Ann has sent a photo of her cushion. I just love all the little details.

Week 2

Yesterday we had 6 crafters working very hard while enjoying some company. It was a great opportunity to laugh and chat together while working on our projects.

I had to laugh when I went downstairs to get a cuppa and returned to find all the zoom screens were empty. Everyone had decided a cuppa would be a good idea so disappeared to make one.

The other thing I noticed this week was that all those on were happy with periods of friendly silence. We even had two people using their sewing machines at the same time (unmuted) and the noise was not too disruptive.

We are all very amazed at the amount we achieve in the time we are on. Time just flies and jobs get done.

A finish for this week was the Peaches and Cream Doily Quilt and its matching table runner (see photo above). And there was Betty's unicorn and a dinosaur.

Progress in Week 1

This week we met on zoom for our first official open day. We had seven visitors at times during the day.

Lynette discovered she could do hand sewing with her left hand all strapped up.  She was able to quilt around her stars.

Sue cut fabric for some cushions then started on her hexagon project, and Kathryn cut lots of lovely pink squares ready for a quilt she wants to make.

Others visited for a short while and did crochet or just asked for advice on how to achieve a particular result.

Betty M did a bit more on her crocheted menagerie too..

I spent the whole time (when I was not eating, sipping coffee or putting chooks to bed) hand hemming the binding on my latest doily quilt.

I have hemmed half way round so by the end of next Tuesday I should have finished the binding and then will only have the label and official final photo before it is complete.

I have set up a reasonably comfortable zoom room corner for our Creative Tuesdays and eventually found a foot stool so I could sit straighter.

When you spend 8 hours in one place it has to be comfortable.