Blue Gum - Happy New Year

 Hi everyone and welcome to a brand new year.

Very pleasant day with 6 of us in attendance.

Hand Work

Irene was working on another scarf for charity. It's a pattern where you increase at the ends of the rows and the yarn was soft and pretty!

Heather is working on her long term project. Beautiful applique.

Marilyn is working on another crochet temperature rug. The blocks were quite small and the colour chart was interesting! Marilyn has kept a log of days of the week and temperatures and weather status as well.

Cath was working on the handles for a new bag, in purple of course!

Rita was working on her large floral hexagons.

Show & Tell

This is a lovely little quilt by Heather. It started as a fun fabric strip swap at a retreat! Lovely.

Some fabric purchased in Japan was the inspiration for this quilt top by Glynis

A waistcoat/vest Glynis was working on and is now finished.

Next get together:  will be at the Blue Gum on Saturday 7 February 2026. Hope to see you there!

 1 March 2025 @ The Blue Gum Hotel

We had quite a bit of show and tell today for the 6 ladies at our get together.

Show and Tell

These are some very colourful laundry bags completed by Rita for the 'Aussie Hero' project.

These are 4 completed quilts for charity completed by Rita.

This quilt with 'wolf' fabric in some of the tumbler shapes was made by Rita and claimed by one of her sisters as the name Wolf is significant to the family.

This top by Rita will be quilted and then raffled for charity when it is completed. Sorry Rita don't remember which charity!

Marilyn was finishing a crochet edge on this beautiful knitted shawl.  

Glynis's completed quilt with hand applique and waste triangles kindly donated to her by a friend.

Next Get Together

Saturday 5 April 2025 at the Blue Gum Hotel, Waitara.

Saturday 1 April 2023 - Blue Gum Hotel

 It was a perfect day to sit and sew/crochet. The sky was grey and there were heavy downpours of rain. Much chatting and admiring of Emma's yarn which unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of.

Cath had four quilts to share with us and she was very busy binding.

This is the first of Cath's quilts; it's a Sarah Fielke design all in Tula Pink Fabrics.

Number 2 - This was a delightful quilt which we all admired. It's called Balderdash by Emma Jean Jansen.

Number 3 - Can't remember what this one was called but it was great. Was a kit bought in Launceston some time ago and put together a bit differently than the original pattern suggested.

Number 4 - This one looked great too. It had ships in the strips.

Last was an eye-spy quilt from Rita for a young relative (I think) in Melbourne.

Here are a couple of close ups of the fabrics:

Perhaps we'll see you next time.

5 November 2022 - Blue Gum Hotel

 

It was a very pleasant day with 6 of us chatting away merrily.

Show and Tell

Rita made this cute quilt for a niece.

Stephanie is working on her pretty pink wrap.

Close up of her stitching and hexagon embellishment.

A collection of really great bags Cath has made.

Scrap top by Glynis - still deciding if it needs more borders or not.

Detail of the panel.

Does that fabric look familiar; do you have some of these scraps too!

Denim quilt by Glynis. I learned some lessons with this one.

The different squares gives you a chance to try out some different quilting motifs.

See you next time!

Lots of wonderful Show and Tell - We managed 30 items to Show and there were only 11 of us at the Pub, we have been busy.

Lots of stunning knitted scarfs - Becky.

Becky and Stephanie.

Stephanie.

How many scarves can one person wear at the same time - Emma knows!

A different scarf for Emma.

Maggie's quilt says it all about these last couple of years doesn't it.

I think this lovely quilt belongs to Penny S.

Wow!  What a wonderful sewing bag was made by Stephanie, just lovely.

Rita's quilt top and below back with a wonderful label.

Another beauty made by Rita.

Rita again.

Now my head is befuddled... is this yours Rita or is it Cath's??  Please let me know - and the quilt below as well.

Wow quilt made by Cath and another Wow from Cath below - I think.

Two very useful sewing bags made by Cath.

Here is another Stunner made Glynis.

I know who made all these bellow... Penniedarling that's who!

I made this one for friends granddaughter who lives in Canada and loves Pink.

Here are a few of the two dozen or so masks I've made this year... just some of them... can you tell which one is mine? and which are David's.

I cannot believe I didn't take a photo of these Babushka Quilts when they were finished and before they were shipped off to two Great Nieces in Brisbane and I gave one to a friend.  Silly Penniedarling.

The quilt above went to my Great Nieces Lila Rose and the one below went to her younger sister Chloe Hazel.

Yay! I just found this photo of the three quilts hanging on the line on my phone 🎉 

I love this Vest that I've just finished knitting, it's been made from the wools that were in a large rather long cardigan that I knitted back in the 1980's, I unpicked that old cardie and made something I now prefer to wear on cold days, something without long sleeves.

Below - the 5 books I've put together this year, yes I've been busy!  But what will I sew? knit? now?  I do have another book underway but I need handwork  mmmmmm???