Lovely class

 Fiona came to rainy, chilly Canberra to to go to a class at Makerie with Judy Newman. We had such a nice time. Judy is a fabulous teacher and we learnt some new tricks and Makerie is a lovely shop. I may have bought a few essentials and a few other lovely things too. We went for 2 days and some of the ladies are there enjoying a third day! We both started the Vermont Summer Medallion which is quite a bit of needleturn.

Here we are with Judy and the beautiful quilt we are making.

And....here is my start! We did prepare some paper pieces for the next border but there was not much to show for 2 days of stitching.

Class with Helen Stubbings

Last Sunday, I attended a delightful class at Hobbysew with Helen Stubbings of Hugs and Kisses. It was fun to try some new techniques for needleturn and paper piecing using Helen's special applique paper. We were making this lovely bag.

 Helen was a lovely teacher and it was great to catch up with her again.

 One of the very special treats was seeing all the lovely samples that Helen brought with her to tempt us. A few patterns came home with me! Hobbysew also has a wonderful selection of Helen's beautiful fabrics.

 This gorgeous quilt is going to be offered as a BOM at the shop soon.

 This lovely quilt has been coloured with Helen's colourque technique of colouring with pencils.

 The quilting was beautifully done too.

A class, some lovely stitching and new patterns

It was fun to share a class with some lovely ladies on Monday. They were getting ready for Christmas and the ladies were making a little felt Santa, mini Christmas bunting, a redwork stitchery and a foundation pieced stocking decoration. Several of them started a few of the projects and enjoyed learning some new skills.

 One of the ladies brought along this gorgeous pouch full of her stitching goodies. It was a project from the Inspirations magazine and used a wonderful assortment of braids

 At Wednesday stitching, Christine was working on a beautiful tablecloth that her mother had embroidered. It was quite old and had a printed label mentioning "wartime".

 This gorgeous cross stitch was being worked on as well.

 Hobbysew had a delivery of lovely Anni Downs' patterns on Tuesday and these just HAD to come home with me!!!!

 Then I HAD to start on a couple of the little stitcheries for the bags!

Wonderful class with Michele Hill

I was so lucky to go to a class with Michele Hill on Monday. Michele has written several wonderful patchwork books about William Morris and she teaches on wonderful tours in England too. She taught over the weekend too and the ladies look like they had a great time. We were working with woven wool felt and wool felt on Monday and enjoying lots of lovely handwork. Michele was so generous and gave us lots of patterns and great ideas throughout the day. Here she is with her beautiful wool applique quilt.

 She also had lots of lovely show and tell. This dragon quilt is so amazing and is almost covered with beads.

 We could have made this hanging, the felt quilt above, a tea cosy or a block holder with our patterns.

 Aren't these blocks beautiful?

 Here is the one I started on the day. It is now all appliqued down and I am starting to embroider it.

 This is Adrienne's block. Her colours look great.

Thanks to Canberra Quilters for organising these classes and to the lovely ladies who provided yummy goodies for us to eat for morning and afternoon tea.And mostly, thank to Michele for a lovely class.