Under the watchful eye of Vicky Munday a group of 8-11 year olds (boys and girls) from the Pluto class at St.John Evangelist School,Islington, meet on a Monday evening (after school) for a hour - using donated fabrics, threads and other bits and bobs they made this pile of treasures. Young sewing addicts I would say!!! (P.S.
Dorothy says: I thought you might be interested in this quilt made from Jennie's pattern.
It was quite challenging but very enjoyable. Lovely Dorothy - and well done.
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Anna just loves to sew and couldn't wait to start on her tree decorations - good job Anna. This comes as either a pattern or as a kit (Christmas Cuddlies Bears by Brenda Walker) and you can purchase your own!
No you don't - older quilts were often fastened with tying and using buttons is another option ( but don't use buttons if the quilt is for a very young child). Here is a comment from one of our viewers: Thank you for the tying and buttoning for a quilt. I have just tied my Christmas Lap quilt, and found your instructions very helpful.
An Exhibition of Embroidered Work by members of MK GEMS was held
on 30th November 2013 at the Summerlin Centre. The exhibition raised £1224.21 for Macmillan Cancer Support. In addition the group made an appliqued quilt earlier this year (it's in Issue 28
of Flair magazine) which was auctioned in October at 'Strictly',
Milton Keynes for a further
£400.
MK Gems was founded 6 years ago by Mary Sayers.
Anna and her Mum, Jo, joined the charity sewing day that was held tomake quilts for Momentum and made donations both for their time and for fabric - thanks so much.
Anna went home with a delightful piece of cat fabric and here is the bookmark she turned it into.
Again - nice work Anna.
What do you do if the quilt becomes too big to manage? Well quilt as you go is an option - and both Valerie and Carolyn Forster have methods you might like to try: Valerie uses the machine and Carolyn works by hand: Here is the comment from Heather - I have also just re-watched your video on how to join a quilt as you go project using the machine instead of hand sewing.
We were busy yesterday filming with Fran Rose who is passionate about beading; got several workshops filmed as well as details of her new books and kits – so keep an eye on the shop. Picture taken by Matt Bigwood.
A bunch of generous ladies joined Valerie to make quilts for this very worthwhile (local) charity that supports children with life threatening illnesses and their families. We were also joined by Fabian (who is currently undergoing treatment) and his mum and sister and here is Fabian snuggling under the quilt that he made. To learn more about Momentum click here and Momentum was awarded with the Kingston Business Excellence Award for 'Commitment to the Community'.
An exhibition of work by girls from the Contemporary Quilt group which is running until 5pm tomorrow (Tues 19th). Organised by Kate Findlay it is well worth a visit if you are in the neighbourhood but if not don't worry as Valerie and the cameras will be there tomorrow so you will be able to enjoy it from the comfort of your home early in 2014.
Today was the day we sent out the second of our newsletters for November – did you get yours? If not please let us know. We were recently forced to change our email provider and we have discovered that certain email addresses are a little more difficult to send through to – these may include those at blueyonder; tiscali; talk talk and aol (and that includes Jennie and Valerie so we aren’t singling anyone out!!!) Our Tech team are trying to get to the bottom of the problem or indeed find a work-around, so please bear with us. You can read the current missive by clicking here: Don’t forget that you can watch on your iPad (but you might need a little help from Puffin!).