Getting Ahead

When Spectrum has its next meeting I will be on holiday, Gina said the colour for next time would be green so I'm been very good and I've started my green square. I'm trying to get ahead instead of been behind do you think I'll get a gold star from teacher?

I've been messing around with the cut and come again technique. I'm not sure I like this one as much, I didn't do any curved seams but I did do a diagonal one. Anyway I'm hoping to turn it into a bag today so I'll decide when I have a finished bag.

As promised a picture of Vanessa's Bargello quilt.

I'm now going to go and make the bag.

We Have A winner

First things first here are the 9 names in the giveaway.

Dawn did the draw for me.

The winner is....... Gina.

I have done my Orange square and managed to get both squares mounted, the only productive thing I did last week.

We had a two day workshop Saturday and Sunday. The ladies were making Bargello quilt tops and they all did a fantastic job.

This is Jacqui with her top.

Anne, who used blues and creams.

Carole, you can't see from the picture but she used metallic fabric and her top looked very rich.

Gill who used Amy Butler fabric. This top looks very fresh and summery.

Margaret, holding a panel from her top. Margaret and Jean are ambitious ladies all the others used seven fabrics to make their tops but not these two they decided to use fourteen and this is why Margaret is holding up a panel. You can see enough to know how the pattern is going to look. Margaret used batik fabrics.

This is Polly's.

I'm two pictures missing - Jean who didn't want to stop sewing and I don't blame her using fourteen fabrics and Vanessa who will be in today so I'll be able to get a picture and show you later in the week.

100th Post

I can't believe I've made it to 100 posts. There is a celebratory giveaway but it's at the bottom of this post. In typical Angela fashion I've loaded my pictures onto blogger in the wrong order, sort of on par with how the rest of the week has gone.

It's been quite a while since my last post, but I have been busy.

I have spent time working on my 3D piece for my City and Guilds. It has taken longer than I anticipated and the weaving was very fiddly and annoying but I'm very pleased with the finished vessel.


I enjoyed using some of my treasures. I've been collecting them for years (as you can imagine) and it was enjoyable rooting through them deciding what to use and then of course because they are treasures they bring back memories.

Last Saturday we had a Bargello workshop at the shop and right at the last minute I decided to give it a go. I didn't get as far as the other ladies who went away with borders on their quilts and they also got them layered up and basted, but thats what happens when you don't start until 2 in the afternoon. But I am very very pleased with my quilt.

Like everything else I do it has now got more complicated. I'm not putting a straight border on - I'm going to do Prairie Points. Never done them before but I'd never done a Bargello before so I might as well jump in with both feet.

Now we get to the giveaway. A few little goodies.

And also this little bag I made. I used a very pretty batik fabric and the picture doesn't do it justice. There will of course be some chocolate.

This is another bag that I made for Steph.

Nick starts his new job on Monday. He is moving back to Wittering so Steph will be closer to home. Hopefully he will be there longer than the 18 months he has been at Henlow.

They haven't been married for a year yet but they have had their fair share of upheaval but I guess that's life in the RAF.

Enjoy your weekend and good luck with the giveaway. I've just realised I forgot to say the giveaway will be a draw, to enter just leave a comment on this post and I will do a draw next Saturday.