Beautiful Plaid.

Anthea created a beautiful Plaid Blanket for her Gran. The blanket was crocheted and then the plaid effect was woven into the existing crochet. It is stunning. The old lady was delighted with the gift. I don't know how Anthea was able to part with something so beautiful.

Janice is a Granny-in-waiting. The little pink jacket was knitted, "Just in case it is a girl!" The mitts and bootees match the little white cardigan she knitted a few weeks ago. Janice has a list of items to make for her first grandchild!

Anthea fell in love with Lyn's owl that was shown a couple of weeks ago. She asked Lyn to make one for her daughter's Harry Potter themed bedroom. What a Hoot! Anthea's daughter will be thrilled with her owl!

Finishes were as rare as hen's teeth this week. I suspect that everyone is working on Secret Projects.

Aileen's Baby Shower is on the 17th February.

We will meet in our new home on the 3rd of March, in the cafe in The Bridge,  while refurbishment work on the Conference suite is carried out. Details are given in Karen's e-mail, dated 27th of January. I still have some paper maps if you would like one. I hope to visit The Bridge this week and check out their coffee and will post the postcode in the next blog. Pass the word onto anyone who may have missed the e-mail and has been unable to attend our meetings recently.

AND finally.......congratulations to Isabel on her retirement. She was speechless this week when she received her vouchers of opportunity.......lessons in quilting, knitting socks from the toe up, scrap-booking, cake decorating etc. Once Isabel recovers from her holiday in the sun she will be learning lots of new skills, if she has the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Another Day of Sewing Goodness!

The only knitting finish last week was this cute owl knitted by Margaret. Of course I am biased because it's for me. The kit came free with Let's Knit and Margaret knitted it up in just a day. According to the kit his name is Sidney but I don't think that's a very owl-like name. Any ideas?

Our Helen has been continuing her quilting lessons with Val. Helen, Stephanie and now Janice go along on a Tuesday afternoon to receive their quilting lesson. This gorgeous back is the latest creation by Helen. Unfortunately you can't see the beautiful stitching around the hearts or along the straps of the bag. But it is there and just sets the bag off. I love the colours too.

Our Izzi continues to make these fabulous dresses for Dress The Girl. Every time she brings along her latest we all fall in love with them. I think these ones are my favourite. I made sure the back was also photographed so you can see the cute buttons.

These dresses are equally pretty. I love the ties added to the back. They really give the dress a gorgeous finish.

This one I love because it used to be my pillow case. It's amazing how different they look.

Another pretty dress. I love this one because of the fold over at the front of the bodice. Makes it that little bit different.

Other than that the sewing lessons continued. I am thinking it won't be much longer before we see a few finishes. We are still preparing for our 5th birthday next week. Looking forward to that. I also have a photo from another project done by one of Elaine's friends that I have still to scan in and show you.

Just a few dresses!

How amazing are these little girls dresses? All of them were the work of our resident sewing genius, Izzi. Each of these dresses were made from scrap material, sheets and pillow cases. The group favourite was the second photograph because it has a huge bow at the back. It was made with just two pillow cases. All of them are going to charity.

Izzi isn't the only one who has been sewing. Jill has finished her cross stitch owl cushion. She changed some of the colours from the original pattern so that they match better. I have to say I prefer the colours Jill chose. This is going to her lucky niece (sadly I couldn't sneak it in my bag).

These beautiful jumpers were knitted by Magdalena and are going to her two younger sons. The previous week Magda was making the chords which tie up the front. We all wondered what she was up to as she stood at the back twisting yarn. Very effective and worth the strange looks we gave her.

Fiona is one of our newer members who has been working on a baby blanket the last few weeks. She now has her first finish which is this beautiful scarf. I love the ruffle effect. I did get her to tell me the yarn she used but it has since escaped my memory (this is why I should write everything down).

I had been working on a pair of socks for my dad and managed to get them finished on the night. Even started another pair (not for dad).

 Elaine also had a finish. For the last few weeks she has been working on a throw for her niece. She finished it last week. Love the colours but I also love the ruffle effect on the edging.

Our Zuzann is also expanding her crochet skills. She has been practicing her double crochet. She plans on turning this into a panel. She will then make more panels and turn those into a baby blanket.