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Daisy stitches – Kickback Friday

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Well my Quilty Friends, it's still hot, hot, hot in Wales. So I was up, dressed and down the beach nice and early this morning before the day had a chance to heat up. And it was glorious down there this morning. I wanted to introduce Daisy to the beach. At first she was afraid. She was pretrified And after ten minutes of trying, I had to pick her up and carry her onto the beach. At first she stuck by me like glue. But then she thought the wet sand was pretty cool to lay in. What, me roll around in the wet sand. No it wasn't me - I'm not sure I like the beach. Stay with me this does involve stitching - eventually. Now she's getting into it - ears all akimbo - She looks a bit like a gremlin - maybe that's what happens to her for ten minutes every evening when she goes wild. Um.. must remember not to get her wet. Ah yes, this is the life - just call me Daisy Digger or Digger Daisy Using camera timer now - quic

Getting the paints out - Monday Group

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Well my Quilty Friends as this hot weather continues here in Wales my stitching has almost ground to a halt. It's just too hot to be indoors sewing. So it's hand stitching in the garden for me. Mind you even that's not easy with Daisy (my new puppy) wanting to help all the time. Once the weather cools down the and normal sewing resumes, the next part on my log cabin is the binding. Meanwhile,  I'm going to show you a little piece I'm currently working on. As a backdrop to this story. Me and a few of my quilty friends have recently joined the Contemporary Section of the Quilters Guild of the British Isles. I've been a 'Guild' member for years, but this May decided to join the Contemporary Section. Well, we all went to a Guild Area Day last month and the speaker was Gillian Travis . She is also a member of the Contemporary section. And she was showing amongst other things, some of the pieces she had made for the Contemporary challenge this

Win's 100 year old Welsh Quilt

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Win's 100 Year Old Welsh Quilt In actual class today our most Senior Member, Win, brought in one of her mothers quilts. Obviously being in Wales this is a Welsh Quilt.  It is about 100 years old. Above, Win with her mum's Welsh Quilt Below showing both sides of the quilt. The plain side shows off the quilting beautifully While the patterned side has some wonderfully colourful flowers on it.  Above and below are close-ups of the lovely quilting patterns. I was tempted to record her telling the story behind the quilt. But she was half way through when I thought of it and I didn’t like to ask her to start again. Anyways. As I said this quilt belonged to Win’s mother. And in typical Welsh fashion, the quilt was made by the village quilter/sewing lady. Win was brought up on a farm. And sadly her mother died when Win was very young.  But she knows the story of her mums quilts very well. I’ll try and tell you the story as best I can. This story is set