This week our quilting group were at the Bee. The Bee Hive, to give it it's official title, belongs to All Saints Church in Wickham Market. It is their church rooms.
It's such a lovely warm friendly place, just the right place to hold a hand sewing group.
Well yesterday, it was more like a knitting group, as lots of us were doing knitted things for Christmas. I was sewing in the ends of yet another pair of socks and casting on a further pair, hopefully the last ones for this year..
Here are some of the girls, all deeply concentrating, Alison, Jenny and Liz all knitting for their grand children.
On the knitting theme, this is my latest shawl residing on the dinning room table. Meals on laps for the next couple of days as I have another shawl to block tomorrow.
This one took some knitting, there were an awful lot of stitches on the outer border.
Some sewing did get done. Annie and I were working on our 1/2" hexes, and Ann had been sewing little Christmas stockings.
Today, the machine appliqué was finished on the Rainy Day's quilt, and it's been sandwiched, ready for quilting. At the moment I think it will be hand quilted, but I like to leave it for a couple of days in case I change my mind.
Hand quilting is so therapeutic and with Christmas coming up quickly I will need something gentle to be getting on with.
I have the new BOM pattern for the Floral Impressions quilt by Deborah Kemball, using my lovely Oakshotts fabric, but I have to concentrate so hard on that. With so much going on, not sure that is a good project for this time of year. We shall see however. I intend to get it all cut out today, and then we shall see.. :0))
Keep safe and keep stitching …..Doti...
That's a very pretty leaf quilt. I also like to get together with other ladies for quilting and knitting.
ReplyDeleteThat shawl looks like you put in a lot of hard work and it is so beautiful.
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