December 2016 - lots to look at!

Jane's Country Medallion quilt, adapted to become square

Pretty colours

Delicate middle.  You would not have thought that such a relatively simple change would make such an impact on the quilt as a whole.....

Lynne is making some little quilts....

Jackie at it again with stars

and changing it up with this stunning two colour one for one of her daughters

sooo pretty

Lynne's Christmas garland

with all these lovely little hearts and gingerbread people and cute little cone....

Another of Chris's star quilts for her grandsons

quilted by Janet J S Longarm Quilting

More stars - Jackie or Janet I think

Another one of Janet's prior to quilting

Lesley's table runner - an elegant take on the festive season

Kim working her way round....

My centre - could do better, but it's been a long time lol

Siân's beautiful doily quilt; they look as though they might be more like the dressing table sets you used to have..

but whatever they are, this is an innovative piece of work...

I think this might be the one she took to Australia on a recent trip and it was quilted whilst she was there

Flange round the edges - nice touch

..and the back

Jackie's husband made this

He did well; I think he was lucky to get it back.  We all fell in love with it...

Kim again - next round

Sarah made this piece for her mother

Love the frames and the lace

and the ribbons she has used.  Sarah thinks out of the box more often than not; it is always interesting to see what she will come up with

This is Janet's.  She has an awful lot of them to make, and is buttonholing them as well.  It will be beautiful when it is finished.  Janet got the idea from a rather old book about patchwork quilts and adapted it slightly.

June's photos

Jackie's workbox - beautiful fabric; inside is at the top.  It is absolutely stunning.

Jackie made some hexies..and then some more.  Many of these fabrics are from her youth, or her children's clothes, so sentimental in themselves.  She then wondered what to do with them and settled on appliqueing them to calico squares.  But when she put them together it looked a bit bland - lot of white space - so.... off to the hexies again, but tiny ones and then what to do.  She fiddled about and got the main blocks to alternate direction - its quite subtle, but gives a bit of movement and once sewn together she appliqued these tiny beauties at the junction of each block and it just makes it.  These pics do not do it justice; it is beautiful and Jackie should be very proud of herself. Quilting next, and I think she may be waiting for cooler weather!

This is a hexie of a different ilk. It's part of a workbox that some of us are making.  Wendy provided the pattern.  You will see more further on.....

Steph had some cat blocks which she has been paper piecing.  Here she has laid them out on the floor trying to figure out the sashings for an attic window style and also alternate blocks.  Don't think she has come to a conclusion yet!

Lynne has been busy after a long period of being unable to sew....this fab dragon

shirt and shorts for grandson

top for grand daughter

and this fab creation - not sure if its a swim suit or a gym suit (good at gym, that young lady)

little owls on a bobbin tree

Lynne brought in her chatelaine to show

Sian was going to the US for a wedding and these two little pieces were gifts for her hosts, I think

Sian's pretty country garden quilt, little florals, stripes for the fencing, lovely, summer colours

Janet spent ages beautifully appliqueing these butterflies and then livened it up with these great sashings.  They frame each block beautifully

Sian's baby quilt - think it might be a commission.  It's very pretty!

I think this might also be one of Janet's, though Jane has also made one which you will see later on.  Love the animals in the middle of each block.  This is a log cabin variation though I think there may have been a template for it.