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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)

Joyce made this lovely pincushion and wrote to Lorna as follows:

It is with great pleasure to tell you that I have finished the pin cushion. It is a real exquisite item. Package was really high class and I can agree that it would make a very nice present to whoever enjoys such crafts.  I enjoyed your tutorial and thank justhandsontv for presenting it to us.  I hope you enjoy my photo.     to enjoy Lorna's tutorial click here:

Julia - an ardent member of JHO made this - so from Doha here is her quilt       As you can see Jennie does get around! This was our Medallion Block of the Month programme: lovely quilt Julia - well done and thanks for sharing.

Hi Valerie...attached a couple of pics..I pad & laptop covers...enjoyed making the seminole bags & we enclosed clever plastic coated magnets inside the flap to close...Lyn     We are looking into whether or not the magnets will be a problem for Ipads and/or other computerized items - in the meantime perhaps velcro would be safer?!

I am so pleased to finish my tumbling blocks with Jenny's help. I liked the hand sewing one too and might try it later on.   from Joyce   So by hand or by machine the blocks still look good - well done Joyce.

      Linda has obviously had a lot of fun with the template;  there are more workshops planned to help get even better use from this little bit of plastic!

Using the Your First Sampler blocks as a starting point,  adding some blocks of their own and under the guidance of Lyn Butler a group of friends made this lovely surprise gift for Beryl's surprise party.   and she loved it!!!     and I'm not surprised - it is really lovely;  lucky girl.

Thank you for setting the bargello pattern up for me. After having a look at it I had a play and made a table mat which then turned into a table runner.  Here is a picture of it. I shall do a demo of this on Monday evening and hope to get lots made to sell at St Michael's Hospice in November.

Hi Valerie ..enjoyed the video on machine quilting today...which is very strange as that's exactly what I have been doing today..   pattern from P&Q mag...made 2 wall hangings and a table mat for a pending class...Lyn   There is something very appealing about Penguins isn't there

Block 7 Card Trick.(from the Your First Sampler Quilt series running on the site) It WAS challenging but at the end I was successful. Thanks a lot     Joyce:

So happy to send you the image of the Lifted Star. I am so proud of it.  It took me 3 attempts to get it the right size but perceverance paid off.  Thanks to Sylvia   from Joyce   and very nice it is too!