Late Fall Projects

As we come to the end of 2016, here are a few projects

which members have been working on recently:

A quilt top by Carol

Pat R's mittens and hat

                         

Anne's wool and silk baby blanket,

and a crocheted baby crown

Daphne's quilt,

 a tote bag she made from an antique quilt,

and also a table runner made to compliment a pottery bowl

Susie's applique quilt top,

and needle cases made for and gifted to each of us,

and more of Susie's hand appliqué

Peggy's hand pieced hexagon

Carol's knitted blanket

and her Christmassy pieced lap quilt

Barbara's quilt

A Christmas wall hanging by Susan

An adorable winter hat by Anne,

 

as well as some delicious lemon squares she baked to tempt us!

We have had such a wonderful year together

around the creative table,

and we look forward to fresh new 

projects, conversation and laughter

in 2017!

Constantly Creative

"…Methinks it is a token of healthy and gentle characteristics,
 when women of high thoughts and accomplishments love to sew,
 especially as they are never more at home with their own hearts
than while so occupied."
                                                                         ---Hawthorne's Marble Faun

We certainly do love to sew - and knit, embroider, quilt and chat - and our group has met every week throughout the summer and into autumn, with only a brief pause for vacation.

Here are some of the pieces we have worked on and shared…

Susie has been doing a great deal of needle turned appliqué,

as well as sharing some of her many beautiful quilts.

Carol's knitting needles are constantly in motion, as she knits shawls,

socks and scarves...

and she shared a quit top she had made,

which glowed with the sun shining through it!

Judy worked on her embroidered birds...

and shared some fused fabric landscapes which she made into cards.

Pat R. continued to do hand quilting...

and started knitting a baby hat with ear coverings for the winter ahead.

Ann cut out and hand appliquéd wool flowers, leaves and stems...

made an adorable little hat...

and began hand embroidering flowers on a quilt top.

Susan worked on a Christmas redwork embroidery...

and shared a quilted wall hanging she had made for her grand daughter.

Peggy showed us a quilted autumn table runner she made,

and Pat K. made a little purse,

and a pillow top for her daughter.

And we were excited to learn that she had won two awards for

this beautiful quilt which we had watched her work on for months!

Congratulations, Pat!!

Barbara continues to work on squares for her quilted village -

this one is in process.

And Daphne made this handbag as a custom order

for a very satisfied customer.

Finally, Dottie showed us her completed wool appliqué quilt which had been quilted

and bound - a wonderful accomplishment!

As the weather turns colder, it is always good to gather together, work

on our projects and enjoy each other's company 

around the creative table!

Catching Up

When we Thursday girls arrive at Susie's house, 

we're greeted by the sight of her pretty gardens 

and the sound of laughter floating from the open windows. 

Time to gather around the creative table!

We've been sharing all kinds of stitching lately, sometimes accompanied

 by a delicious coffee cake, like this one made recently by Ann.

Barbara has been appliquéing, embroidering and beading more of her village shops, with names borrowed from local stores.

And Carol has been busy knitting some beautiful pieces in rich colors.

Pat R. is meticulously hand quilting this pretty quilt,

and recently shared this cute sheep quilt top she had made.

Anne is sewing this vividly colored wool appliquéd quilt block

and Judy just finished hand embroidering this little owl.

Susie has done so much work lately, it's hard to keep up with her!

This is one of her many fabulous quilts, recently machine quilted by Barbara.

And she continues to work on her hand appliquéd quilt blocks for a baby quilt.

And finally, some of us had fun recently when Ann showed up with some coasters she had purchased while on a trip to Texas. They have an opening to hang on your nose and… well, here we are looking our very best! Our laughter could probably be heard throughout the neighborhood!

               

                  

                  

    The coasters are available at Amazon.com.

                                                                             Lots of fun!

          We'll be back soon with more pictures and stories!

                 

             

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