With our usual Red Cross Rooms no longer available, where would we go for our club sewing get-togethers? The committee sorted out another hall for us, not always easy to do here in Levin, it seems. A small group of keen dedicated stitchers met in our new accommodation at the Scottish Society Hall in Bartholomew Road on Saturday morning. This hall was festooned with pennants of clan tartans hanging from the ceiling, and other interesting clan information on the walls.
There was plenty of room and the early birds had arranged the tables together in a square with the power cords and power boards all in the middle. Before too long the sewing machines were humming, and we settled down to a good day’s sewing.
Kath was working on her red, black and white quilt, and asked advice on what to quilt in the borders. A zig zag line was suggested, and Kath set to and carefully marked it out with ruler and chalk. I didn’t realise that this is Kath’s very first quilt – what a great job she is doing.
Kath and her first quilt
We were intruiged by Madalyn’s project – the Daily Dot quilt, designed by Susan Claire. Lots and lots of tiny appliques, one for each day of the week. This was a gift from Madalyn’s daughter, so it is really special.
Madalyn’s Block of the Day quilt
Susan had a big job ahead of her too – she was working on a Bookcase quilt for her daughter’s 21st birthday. She appreciated having quiet time away from home, she said, as she pondered the possibilities of the bookcase. Several blocks had been made already, so she has made a good start.
Susan’s Bookcase quilt
Lynne had brought along patterns and fabric to make a rotary cutter pouch. Most of us took the pattern to do later, while Marilyn took up the challenge and whipped up a pouch in an hour or so. These would make nice gifts for a sewing friend, I think.
Marilyn’s rotary cutter pouch
The day wasn’t just for machine sewers, two ladies came along with hand work. Moira stayed for the morning doing hand stitching, and Heather came along in the afternoon and worked on her hexagon quilt. And I worked away on my “go to” project to take to stitching days, working on paper pieced borders for my long term burgundy and cream log cabin quilt. And, I couldn’t believe it when I ran out of burgundy strips so had to pack that project away! Just as well I had packed my stitchery blocks as well, so I spent the last couple of hours working on that.
I’m still working on my paper pieced border blocks
I certainly enjoyed my stitching day – many thanks to Lynne and the committee for putting this on the calendar again.
Jenny Benton
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