Vintage clothes and Farmer's Wives!

Well, now Farmer's Wife with Debs has started and various of us have our first 7 blocks to do for next month. Here's mine.....

Don't panic, ladies, other than the one on the bottom right (which I started at the class) they are all just pinned - if you look closely you can see the little pin heads. Having some time on my hands alone dog-sitting in Bromyard, I sat down with template plastic and fabric and got to work. Yes, I did get rather absorbed - having started about 3 p.m. and only finishing when the phone rang at 8.45 p.m. - but I had remembered to feed all the dogs. It wasn't until the phone rang though that I realised I had quite forgotten my own tea! It certainly helps, as Debs suggested, to pin them out as even the simpler ones are actually quite fiddly and it is good to see how the little pieces fit together. I plan to sew them while I am off doing Roman workshops in Kent. I also have some hand quilting to do. Graham is going to help me personalise some templates for this.

While we were down in Bromyard Broni and Graham did a museum friend's event on the Jazz Greats of the 1930s-1950s. Thanks to Sue, Broni has a new dress...................

What happens when you take your husband to a quilt show

Graham expressed a willingness to accompany me to the Berkhamsted Quilters Show on Saturday 7th September. He likes looking at the colours and patterns. In fact he is invaluable for getting me out of some of my geometrical confusions. But if truth were told it was the lure of homemade cake that sold the deal. Before we left home I seem to remember a comment about not buying yet more fabric.

Good little show - lots of interesting things to look at and ponder on. I am always fascinated with other people's use of colours and patterns.

Graham is a wargamer - little metal men in their miniature terrain settings - so he was immediately taken with the Miniature Patchwork Shop, which was the subject of a silent auction. It was lovely!

We then fell into conversation with the very talented Mary Gamester www.mary-gamester.co.uk having noticed a little Celtic panel on her stand. Now I love Celtic design but have thought it far too complicated to undertake at this stage in my patchwork/craft journey. Say's Graham, 'Think we should buy a set of these transfer printing inks. I like the idea of experimenting with them and you can do the sewing afterwards.' So we did. I, on the other hand, only bought a box of curved safety pins, honest!

Graham was very happy with the cake selection and he also took a set of pictures of items that he particularly liked. So here they are.......

And on Wednesday afternoon...............

Towse had the opportunity to go up in a two seater Cessna. Fear of flying now definitely cured! Make sure you look at the patchwork on the ground said a couple of people (Eleanor and Sue I think). So here it is.....

I took various photos with my camera hand hanging out the open window, which I can show to anyone else interested.

With thanks to Jane

Sue, Towse, Sylve, Carolyn and Eleanor met at Jane's last Wednesday. Much chat, some cake and plenty of discussion about the colour scheme of Sue's quilt (no pictures of that). But I did take a close up (for Kath) of Carolyn's finished sampler quilt.

I particularly like this version of Drunkard's Path.

Next get together will be for those who can make it to the next Wendover Sewing Bee on the 10th September.
Not long now until various of us start the Farmer's Wife quilt class!!