Fun day stitching

The Guild had a class in Kwandi taught by Irene Blanck today. Irene is a fun and informative teacher, we had a great day. We had to take along a backing piece with wadding onto and the edges sewn down (forgot a photo). We learned about the history of Kwandi and the people who traditionally make it. Kwandi is made by the Siddi people in India, they have an African history. They make their quilts from old clothes often with sari backings, with lots of quilting stitching. 

I don't know why this is upside down, but you get the idea!

This is where I finished for the day, lots to continue with at home, once other projects have been done.

Irene and Anne.

This is one of Irene's Kwandi quilts. I like the extra squares on some of the bigger blocks.

That is it for me for now, off for dinner

Happy stitching  🪡🧵.

Retreat day 2

Lots is happening on retreat at Gisborne, I have some photos but not all that is being made.

Margaret came for a sit and sew with us and she made these two beautiful blocks

Maxine finished her bag

Front and

Back, sorry about my 👞 's

Judy has been working on this quilt top made from fabric she has been given

I have been sewing Hank onto his background with a fine zig zag, I kept missing one area so sewed over and over, it looked shocking on the back so I started to unpick and ripped the fabric 🤨

So it had gone into the naughty corner and I will try to fix it up at home, might need to out a little patch over it.

Judy's quilt top all laid out.

Lots happening today but I will update tomorrow. Is a beautiful day here today, we are expecting 23 deg ", tomorrow a change is coming through and we are expecting rain 🌧. Not so good for packing up and driving home but what can you do?

Happy stitching.