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Hi All,  just a quick note to say thanks to you all for all the information and videos on your site.   This is the first quilt I have ever made and although not perfect, I am very pleased. I machine pieced the 3 strips together before cutting and added the border by machine. Everything else has been done by hand and I even managed to embroider our family names in the corners.

Tina came to our weekend retreat with some wonderful turquoise fabrics AND a fabric with the pink ribbon logo of Cancer Rearch and wanted to make her dear friend a quilt;  not only did we redesign the front blocks - a version of the Take 9 that others were working on -  but  we worked on the back too and while the quilt wasn't finished in the weekend  - it is now!

I would like to show you my Dresden Plate lap quilt which I have just finished. It is such a delightful pattern and I might try something with the tucks in as Jenny demonstrates.     May I say how much I enjoyed today's workshop of Jenny's Origami Hexagon.  we could not have a - it was just lovely.  Many thanks.

Jasmine joined us for our Sewing Weekend Getway at Dunford House in June and look what she made: Take Five Fabrics   As she is a long arm quilter she has taken pictures of the reverse of the quilts too, and don't they look lovely Take 9   Thanks for sharing (and look forward to seeing you in 2014!)

have completed my first Dresden Plate block and made it into a cushion.  Using the Creative Grids ruler, which I found to be excellent, and a Moda charm pack "Indigo Crossing".  I machine pieced then hand appliqued.   I was pleased with the result, as I had always thought this block to be very difficult.  The cushion is a gift for my friend who has a seaside cottage at Polzeath in Cornwall, where, I am hoping, it will fit in very nicely.

Your site is such an inspiration, I always check for tips and inspiration before I start a new project.

Best wishes

Roberta

Have completed another project. It was hard for me because I used scraps of materials of different textures and so had to resize blocks several times. It was however a very learning process for me.       Many thanks to DawnCameron-Dick. If you want to see the workshop that inspired  Joyce  click here:

Hi Valerie...must share my good news....
after watching your fabulous videos & picking up so much knowledge especially the mini mosaics with Paula...I entered the NFWI Makower Quilt Challenge  'Summer Days' & have won 1st prize......       The theme this year is 'Summer Days'...we had to design &  use 50 % of certain Makower fabrics ( I used 100% as I didn't want to bring any more colours in).I played with the lyrics to Gershwins Summertime to suit quilters!

Hurray I have just finished my quilt.  I love it.  For me it looks fabulous.  I know I can improve in stitch in the ditch and quilting but as you tell us practice makes perfect.
Thanks a lot for your tuition and guidance.  
Regards
Joyce   It's lovely Joyce and yes you will always improve with practice, but we never seem to stop learning or improving!   Its a journey that I hope you will continue to enjoy.

Hi Val,
I made this iron tote bag last week, with the pattern (available from the shopping pages)plus the fabric from Creative Quilting, after being inspired by your piece on Just Hands On.     Thanks for your great tips - it was a fun project and has been in use twice already! Jo   Love the fabric Jo !  (a  print from Makower - the Henley Studio) If you want to watch the video she refers to  you can click here:    

Anna and her mum, Jo, watched the needlefelting workshop together and then look what Anna made:         Brilliant results Anna - well done.   If you missed the workshop click here: and to find other children friendly workshops use the Quick Links 'children'

Here are 4 of the quilts that were made by my lovely quilting friends at our weekend away (they did work on other projects too!)       AND check out the labels that were made by Lynda for the back!   (I got to hold up one for Liz as she finished two for the appeal)