Thorpe Hesley Sampler Quilts

This week is the last week of term for further education classes and on Wednesday my Thorpe Hesley class had its first proper show and tell. We had a lovely lunch too!

The first thing we made was a sampler quilt and for most of the students this was their first quilt.

It was so lovely to see them all finished and so proudly displayed for everyone to see

 Beryl's includes lots of vintage fabric, particularly Laura Ashley.

 Chris's quilt was made for her Grandaughter.

 Eileen made a Christmas quilt.

 Kath's is made with lovely Tanya Whelan fabrics and is also for her Grandaughter.

 Eileen's quilt is already proudly displayed on her bed and she is now working on a headboard.

 Sheila's quilt includes fabrics which belonged to her parents for a special memory quilt.

 Margaret chose this lovely blue and pink colour scheme.

 Carol's quilt is all made in solids - quite Amish in style I think.

Lynne's quilt is made with lovely subtle shades - very stylish.

I am thrilled with the quilts they have made and am so happy that we have been able to establish a quilting class at Thorpe Hesley. We have places available in September if you would like to join us - we are just off junction 35 of the M1.

Running With Scissors Sheffield

Recently I have been teaching for 'Running With Scissors' which is a company who organises craft workshops in Sheffield. 

Yesterday I taught my Log Cabin cushion workshop which was a great way to spend a rainy Saturday in June.

 As you can see Laura is very happy with her completed cushion.

 Most of the fabrics in Hannah's cushion were bought for her by her boyfriend as a surprise Christmas gift!
Her other Christmas presents were wrapped in this fabric! I am sure you will recognise some of the Alexander Henry sugar skull prints.

 Emma made this lovely cushion to match her bright blue sofa.

 Caroline decided to go for a monochrome effect.

A couple of months ago I did a course for Emma in which the students made an entire quilt.
The following photos show their lovely quilts - every one of them beautiful!

Liberated Piecing Workshop for Quilters Guild Region 14 Contemporary Quilt Group

Last Saturday I was invited to teach a workshop on Liberated Piecing for the Region 14 Contemporary Quilt Group.

We had a great day making liberated stars, square in a square, asterisk and hash sign blocks, wonky trees and houses.

Here are some of the finished blocks.

Hope to see some finished items at the next meeting in April!

You can read Sandra's report on the workshop here

Log Cabin Cushion Cover for Running With Scissors Sheffield

On November 12th I did a workshop for Running With Scissors in Sheffield.
We made log cabin cushion covers in the 'Quilt as you go' method.
Here are the finished cushions!

It was a lovely new venue in Meersbrook Sheffield and everyone had a very enjoyable day with lots of time to play with bright modern fabrics.

I will be returning to Running With Scissors for a two day Patchwork Quilt workshop in the Spring of 2012.

Strings and Crumbs Workshop

On October 15th I did a workshop for the ladies in my Embroidery and Quilting group entitled 'Strings and Crumbs'.
In the morning we made string pieced stars.
Here are some photos of completed blocks.

In the afternoon we moved on to crumb piecing.

Cherry made a lovely doll quilt top.

Things get a bit messy with all those scraps!

Here are some of the lovely crumb blocks they made.

Liberated Piecing Workshop at Boston Spa

This past month I have been very busy teaching. I have had 4 Saturday workshops in a 6 week period and have also been lucky enough to start a new weekly class on Wednesdays in Thorpe Hesley near Rotherham.

Anyway, I think it is about time I reported on some of those past workshops, starting with the one on October 8th for the Tuesday Quilters at Boston Spa.

We started with a nice easy liberated square in a square block.

 Then we moved onto liberated stars

 Lots of lovely blocks produced.

 This one was the most liberated - Gwen Marston herself would have been proud of this one!

 In the afternoon we moved onto asterisk blocks which are great fun to make.

 And at the end of the workshop we tried some crumb piecing.

We had a lovely day and the ladies went home with lots of inspiration for new liberated quilts.
I am looking forward to joining you all again for another workshop in 2012!

Liberated Piecing workshop

In October I am going to teach this workshop for the Tuesday Quilters in Boston Spa and I realised that I had never posted these photos from the workshop I did with Barnsley Creative Embroiderers last October.
For this workshop I give instructions on how to make 6 liberated blocks and people decide what they would like to do.
Its a great way to use up your scraps to make charity quilts or it can be the start of a new quilt.

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It was a very enjoyable day and some great quilts were made following on from this workshop.