Another Year Over (or nearly)

Goodness where has the time gone - our last meeting of the year. Our lives seem to get busier and more complex as we move into another year. We missed HT who had her nurses outfit on for the day. Meeting dates set for 2019 in the hope that life will allow us the odd day to craft, laugh and eat cake with each other. We very much look forward to the return of our sixth member in 2019, making our group complete once more.

Projects happening during December.... and two were actually finished during the day!!

Bobble Cushion cover by CB

Binding a beautiful quilt for mum HW

Hand sewing by CD

Crocheting a little scarf AB

Lunch was good as always, with naughty snacks both in the morning AND afternoon!!

 

Happy crafting in 2019 girls!

Progress from everyone

Novembers meeting was a full house of members with lots to show. HW had finally got round to deciding what to make with her ball of Angora yarn from Yarndale 2013! A pair of pretty finger-less gloves which are so lovely and soft, as well as non itchy. She has also been struggling with a Brioche knitting project and not finding the online help of much help. Perseverance will pay off in the end.

Angora gloves and Brioche knitting

Note the bee and hexagon stitch markers.

CB has been crocheting a blanket from more yarn bought in Skipton, though not at Yarndale. It has some tactile ripples that are crocheted around the posts of  trebles in an eyelet row. She also brought along a Surrey Life calendar for 2019, as one of her pictures is featured in it, as a result of entering the competition for images. Well done CB.

Ripple blanket and September photo

HT showed a quilt top she has been working on for one of her granddaughters, I did not get a picture of it - slacking! Then started work on another quilt for another of her grand children. The fabrics were very pretty with bunnies and ditzy flowers. Out of her comfort zone a bit, as she was following a pattern from a Missouri Quilt Company book. She got the patches cut and went on to work on a Corner to corner crochet blanket. This is a pattern that has been popular with several of our group.

Star Quilt patches and C2C crochet

AB had brought along the crochet scarf she started last month and had it finished by the end of the day. It was crocheted in V stitch with a chunky yarn and is destined as a present for a friend.

Rainbow coloured scarf

CD had several items for show and tell, one multi coloured scarf from a Yarndale purchase, this one looks like it could glow in the dark, the navy one was from a pattern in a book bought at Yarndale. The dark green/blue one is a kit from Crochet 24/7, bought at a local craft fair recently it took 2 evenings to make. The pink one is a lacy pattern from a crochet book with added metallic thread in dark red. She also downsized a 16 inch T shirt block to 10 inches. This is a good block for using stripes and checks, nice for boys quilts, and can be adapted for football teams.

Selection of crocheted scarves and cowls, a mini T shirt block

We had soup and bread for lunch with fruit flan for dessert, we ate before we thought to take a picture. We spoke to EL in Florida over the ipad and she showed us her latest Josephine basket, we were impressed. We then lit the candles on the cake and sang Happy Birthday to CB, who then opened her presents.

Cake, rainbow yarn and ribbons, purse and beach themed fabric, pamper and shawl, table runner.

We finished off with tea and a slice of that delicious cake. Another enjoyable day spent with like-minded friends.

October: It's all about the wool.....

With a full house this month the day was spent touching, oohing and aaahhing and mainly winding wool!

With gadgets a plenty we started slow but speed was gathered very quickly! Ooooo the colours.....

 

 

We did have a show and tell from CD.

  

  

There were projects being completed by all of us but I got slightly distracted by the wool winding and didn't get pictures! Slap wrist!

Food, of course, to help with the winding in the afternoon. Yum Yum - although we were completely fooled by the weather, with CB serving hearty warm soap when a salad would have been much more appropriate!

 

September 2018

It has been a few months since we were all (I know Ellen but it won't be long before you're back for good) together under one roof. With birthday celebrations for Grandchildren and catching up with life keeping some busy - it was good to see everyone.

HW working on Butterflies for Yarndale community charity project.

  

CB working on sewing all the decorations on her Christmas Wreath

AB starting a beautiful crochet blanket

CD working on a Christmas workshop for the WI, in the morning

And a wonderful scarf in the afternoon

HS completing a cushion cover

which we all thought went well with her completed quilt.

 

A wonderful lunch served by Annie - so good it went to quick for me to get a picture. See you all next month.

The Seaside - again!

It would be wrong with this amazing weather we are having not to visit the seaside again for our August meeting - a little light on the ground this month, with half the QQ available - we took the opportunity to enjoy something a little different!

Three go walking - having been informed that Ramsgate is only a stones throw from our meeting point we thought it would be a good idea to throw a stone....

We did have to check that this shelter had not been painted by our very own turtle loving QQ.

Poles or no poles - the soft sand was a different surface for us all to 'enjoy'!

A well earned treat....

A decision to take the 'high' path back, took us up in a lift, to be met be a massive group of people on phones - although this image does not show them all - there was about 20 odd people - a little strange - luckily for us we had one hip and cool mama in the group who knew exactly what they were up too - Pokemon battles - who knew!! 

Ramsgate - view from up high

A four mile round trip saw us hit the cold water (served from a wonderful glass jug decorated with turtles) and our projects on our return.

CB - Finishing UFO of old

 

HW - continuing with small hexagons

EL - trying not to complete a tapestry

And a collection of sea themed goodies for the Yarn Bombing this week - everyone stepped up with some great stuff

Once again I seemed to have missed photographing most of lunch - which was amazing! It included turtle salad - which you'll be pleased to hear contained no turtles!

It was with a little sadness that we wished Bon Voyager to our friends - wishing them a safe trip back to the US. However, we all know how quickly times goes - so it really won't be long before we see you again!!

July: The British Seaside

A complete change of venue for this meeting - a swift drive down the motorway we headed out early to the seaside to visit EL, to not only do a bit of sewing, but to celebrate a belated 'big' birthday. 

On arrival, the view was amazing - with the hot weather, the sky was blue, the water blue and the beach was filling up quickly.

 

 

 

In exploring the seaside town, we found a vintage car show. 

 

 

We missed out celebrating EL 20th birthday last October (I know the balloons and paper say otherwise but yes she was only 20!).  So a decision taken a while back was to spoil her while visiting the UK. I think we just about pulled it off!

 

 

And we still managed to get some sewing done. A quick show and tell...

HW - a surprising amount achieved with an hour here and there.

  

A beautiful bowl from CD, made from a kit given to her as a birthday gift from AB

Finishing touches to Jeffrey the Jellyfish - so inspired by EL efforts, CB started one!

 Continued work on the weaving of honey bun strips by EL - with a little help from CD.

A jelly fish head from CB.

A few extra hexagons from HW

And some star piecing from CD

It's always good to catch up with old friends! However, we always miss absent friends.