A Productive Collaborative

 Wednesday evening saw Ena in a bit of  quandary. She was having a "practice" at a twisted Log Cabin that Shirley is going to teach us a bit later in the year.
She has gathered her fabrics and started her block, but was unsure if the colours she had picked were going to work
 She had purchased these teal and pale blue colours

not stitched

But she had thought that she would go more green

 What do you think?

I will tell you, that after a bit of discussion she is going ahead with the pale blue and teal. We will see how she goes.

 Lesley has attacked her scrap box and cut much of it into 2 1/2 " squares and strips. It has taken a while, but the (large) box of scraps is now in better order.

 Elizabeth had some very pretty fabrics to make a baby quilt.

love the ellie's and sheep

 And God forgive her Hayley is making an ADVENT!!! stocking panel. She may not be the quickest sewer, but ...... really!

 Amanda has pulled out a cushion panel to keep her busy

 Rosemary has created another pretty postcard

 It's not patchwork, but Susan has chosen a very bright variegated yarn to knit a baby jacket for her Grandson.

 Brenda is having fun selecting her fabrics for a baby quilt in a jigsaw design

clever use of Drunkards Path

Next Wednesday, we are doing our Three Corners projects, and Jackie has selected this delightful hanging for us to try. It just uses scraps ( I bet Lesley is kicking herself now) tied around string, and some little fragrant soaps and buttons to embellish it.

 We will also be making some small items for our sales table later in the year.
 Which was what the ladies on Monday tackled on their sweat shop session today

 Jo & Lesley had gone into mass production

 When they are all done we will have 25 crayon rolls from these two

They look sweet when closed up

 The "Top" corner were also making crayon holders but these are for pencils rather than the little wax crayons

There was also a "fish" pencil case being produced which started off as lots of strips of bright fabrics.

strips sewn ready for cutting out

 By the middle of the afternoon, we had quite a few items that Mrs Allsorts Beal will be adding to her collection for the shoebox appeal, with many more to be finished off .

 We will add some of the little rolls to the box for our sales table too.

The Coven corner were teaching a rather pretty embroidered heart ready for Easter  

 Aren't they just the sweetest?
These Coven ladies were so well organised, they had even brought in a twig tree to display the finished items!!

 Annette had selected a zipper bag for her corners project, though not so many of these were finished, because those pesky little rabbits took much longer than anticipated

Bernice's choice for her pouch

 When Annette had finished her heart, she carried on with her Sashiko panel that will be turned into  a box pouch

 And you can see Shirley's pencil case as well as a mug bag that she is making

 Here's a selection of the Hearts and a couple of the zipper pouches

 June had brought in her gorgeous knitted bag which received lots of well deserved praise

 A Great BIG Thank You to all the ladies that had taken the time to sort out some lovely projects for us today. I know that a couple were a bit worried, but it all turned out beautifully!!

 Thank You !!!!

 Our time with Ena is always eventful, and here you can see that she has sewn her batting to her trousers. Not just one or two stitches, a whole row had to be unpicked!!

 But this week, Rosemary takes the prize for stitching the most unusual  project.

not her usual neatness I must say......

 Someone give her some fabric to play with!!!