Sunday, 6 November 2011

Another TWG workshop!

There was an emergency call from my Mum last week, hoping I could do another quilting workshop with the Chesterfield Townwomen's Guild, as their booked person had had to cancel.
I need to find out how to say 'no' (anyone out there with tips to help me?!) as it's a 120 mile round trip, but the promise of lunch with my parents was tempting, so off I went with my squares of Vilene and a bag of blue strings.
They were a lovely friendly group of ladies, and here they are all hard at work. I rather optimistically brought 49 squares, hoping for a good-sized quilt (blocks are 6" finished).They were very diligent about mixing up the fabrics and the values, to produce blocks which would go together well.My Mum, in the blue, helped out with the teaching, and we got on well. I pinned the completed blocks onto the back of a quilt I had brought as an example, and they quickly mounted up.Here are the blocks close up. They'll look even better when they're sewn together. There was a total of 20 blocks made in a two hour period, and the prize for the fastest worker went to Doreen who made five blocks. Well done, ladies. This will make a great quilt for anyone who likes blue!

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