hi everybody,
just a quick message for tonight, don't forget we have moved back to manthorpe nursery for our December meeting, don't forget to bring secret santa[ if you wish] and nibbles and some felt and ribbon and your sewing kit as Judith and jean will be showing us Scandinavian woven heart decorations, see you tonight
from
tina.
Grantham Stitchers.
We are a group of enthusiastic stitchers,we don't all live in grantham but we come together the second Monday of every month, seven till nine. We meet at the stitchcraft studio on londonthorpe road and we stitch anything and everything. we are always keen to hear new ideas and we make everyone welcome, you are very welcome to join us.
Monday 8 December 2014
Tuesday 15 July 2014
so we started with some hearts....
didn't we work hard last night!, we started with some lovely felt hearts, kindly brought in by wendy and we all proceeded to make heart themed gifts for the guilds tombola, |
arnt these a lovely pair. |
we thought the gift tags would be a lovely personal touch on a present |
this was a lovely piece of crazy patchwork using shirts. |
and isn't this little heart pretty. |
gorgeous. |
and this ones soo funky.... |
sarah was doing this lovely cross stitch. |
and finally, we should be doing trudis little block next month, so I will post again with a photo and requirments list, goodnight everyone and VERY WELL DONE |
Tuesday 15 April 2014
WILD MOON RISING.
this is a foundation method Xmas tree decoration- we will do this at the Christmas meet. |
and this one, |
yes its you chloe... |
lesleys hat needs some work, |
Judith had made a big cutting mat bag. |
Im blaming the silliness on the ginormous moon that we watched, rising above the trees |
what a beauty..... |
Frankie showed us the dyed wallhanging shes been working on. |
and heres another image of the moon.. |
not everyone finished their hats... |
well done jean, [whos already made 6 this week] |
ooh, Judith is soo proud of her hat, |
Frankies waving judiths danglers about., whilst wearing a new frock. and very nice it is too.and not everyone sewed, some people simply drank tea and had a nice chat.... not naming names....... |
Saturday 8 March 2014
dont budge an inch.
hiya everybody, here are some of the postcards we made at the last meeting, well done, they are lovely. can I remind everyone that we are doing inchies at the march meeting, don't forget your 12 inch background square and the 18 inch square of bondaweb and some scraps and cutting mat ,cutter, ruler ,scissors, sewing kit, machine and machine threads, now back to show and tell.
someones getting ahead with their Christmas stuff--!!!!! oh no I said that C word, pretend you didn't see it. |
this is clever stuff. |
this is Lorraine's pegged postcard, Lorraine was kind enough to show us how to make rag rugs, thank you Lorraine, |
here is the block using curved piecing technique that we will be doing soon, |
heres Lorraine showing us her threading using a monster needle. |
heres julies quilt that has many vintage fabrics in it, full of memories, |
heres joans tower of flowers |
and lastly, my homework from mary sleigh, goodbye and don't forget that wendy will be teaching us inchies at the next meeting, |
Sunday 9 February 2014
winter wonders
shes also made a dress, with a clever insert. |
everyone seems to have been very busy, |
this is a quite challenging patchwork pattern. |
we all tried making postcards
lorraines beautiful rug. |
what a lovely hanging |
first postcards |
well that's all for now see you all tomorrow and don't forget to make a postcard as we will need them for our exhibition this summer, |
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