Patchwork Where?

Nothing like a last minute run around to find a new location. Who'd have thought that in a small country town, all venues would be booked out on the one day? Thankyou to our wonderful Sandra who opened her home to a group of chatty women and their sewing machines. I'm sure everyone agrees that it was very happy day.

The kettle boiled, the sewing machines whirred and some had show and tell to share.  Margaret has been very busy sewing up some lovely gifts to send accross to her daughter.

( These are a lovely grape purple ... why does purple never photograph well?)

Fay and Narelle spent a lovely day out at Biggenden's Show and Tell and were lucky enough to win a couple of raffle/lucky door prizes . Not to mention a couple of purchases too :-)

Good luck to anyone who has entries in this weekends Art Exhibition in Mount Perry.

Margaret, Fay, Kerry and Narelle are gearing up to head to Highfields next weekend for 'Stitchers Dream Day Out', lets hope for some lovely Spring weather.  We should have some fun things to share afterwards.

Stay tuned to see where our next patchwork day on Thursday 4th October will be held. Nothing like keeping you all on your toes so check back here closer to the date for a location.

Spring Cleaning?

September 2 had the girls meeting once again at the complex for a day of sewing and chatting. Ruth has been having a spring clean at home and brought in two overflowing containers of fabrics to share.
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The girls waited patiently till after lunch, and when Narelle and Patty finally arrived it was ooh's and aah's all round. Needless to say, each of us were able to add to our own stashes. A very big thankyou to Ruth for sharing with us.


Now for some show and tell. Margaret brought along these cute tote bags she made since last patchwork day.

Lots of pockets for all sorts of goodies. Well done Margaret!

Stay tuned for upcoming dates and a workshop perhaps.

Started and Finished

As the title suggests, this project was started and finished all within about a week! Narelle's daughter was on holiday from Uni and came along to patchwork day where she completed the embroidery for her folder cover.

She then had a sewing day at home for the cover and finished off the hand stitching to complete the project. The cover includes a pocket on the inside with a button close and a section for a pen.