Wet, Wet, Wet and more rain all over Sydney and beyond today. But several people braved those roads to come to the Pub... from Newcastle to Caringbah, from the lower Blue Mountains to the Northern Beaches... and many many places in between, they came and enjoyed another lovely day at the Pub!

 Feeling a bit 'photo' lazy today so I didn't take heaps of photos, none of handwork, none of food and just tables full of clever Quilters, you must know the names of these lovely people by now so I'll continue to be lazy and not tell you  :-)

Okay you are excused for one... Welcome to Linda second from the right.

More clever quilters.

And yet more... 

Oh!  It looks like I wasn't there  :-)   and I did miss a couple of early leavers as well.

As my two year old grandson says, with a very big sigh...  'Fun Day' 

Knitted Hexagons... several requests were made yesterday for the pattern of my lovely Hexies!

I found the pattern I've used online a couple of weeks ago, but for the life of me I can't find it again... there are so many many many patterns for knitting or crocheting hexagons out there though so have a look.

Below is the pattern I used although I have altered it a tad and added a tad.

Since I've written this out and thinking about it I'm sure you could make the Hexagons smaller or larger by altering the basic pattern on just how many stitches you knit between the casting off  of the two stitches... understand?  (Slip 1, K2T, PSSO)

Knitted Hexagons

Needles compatible to yarn.             Cast on 79 stitches.

Row 1. Purl.

Row 2. K2T, K 10,*Slip 1, K2T, PSSO, K10* Repeat *to* four times. Slip 1, K1, PSSO. (67sts)

Row 3. Purl

Row 4. K2T, K8, *Slip 1, K2T, PSSO, K8. Repeat *to* four times. Slip 1, K1, PSSO. (55sts)

Row 5. Purl

Row 6. K2T, K6, *Slip 1, K2T, PSSO, K6. Repeat *to* four times. Slip 1, K1, PSSO. (43sts)

Row 7. Purl

Row 8. K2T, K4, *Slip 1, K2T, PSSO, K4. Repeat *to* four times. Slip 1, K1, PSSO. (31sts)

Row 9. Purl

Row 10. K2T, K2,*Slip 1, K2T, PSSO, K2. Repeat *to* four times. Slip 1, K1, PSSO. (19sts)

Row 11. Purl

Row 12. K2T, *Slip 1, K2T, PSSO. Repeat *to* four times. Slip 1, K1, PSSO. (7sts)

Row 13. Purl

Row 14. Slip 1, K2T, PSSO, Slip 1, K2T, PSSO, K1.  (3sts)

Break wool. Leave a twelve inch tail. Run end through remaining 3 stitches. Draw close and seam two edges together.

To make Half Hexagons for the sides.                        Cast on 40 stitches.

Row1. Purl.

Row 2. K2T, K10, *Slip 1, K2T, PSSO, K10* Repeat *to* three times. Slip 1, K1, PSSO.   (34sts)

Row 3. Purl

Row 4. K2T, K8, *Slip1, K2T, PSSO* Repeat *to* once more. Slip 1, K1, PSSO.  (28sts)

Row 5. Purl

Row 6. K2T, K6, *Slip1, K2T, PSSO* once more. Slip 1, K1, PSSO. (22sts)

Row 7. Purl

Row 8. K2T,  K4, *Slip 1, K2T, PSSO* once more.  Slip 1, K1, PSSO. (16sts)

Row 9. Purl

Row 10. K2T,  K2,  *Slip 1, K2T, PSSO* once more.  Slip 1, K1, PSSO. (10sts)

Row 11. Purl

Row 12. K2T, *Slip 1, K2T, PSSO* once more. Slip 1, K1, PSSO. (4sts)

Row 13. Purl

Row 14. K2T twice. Break wool, leaving enough to thread through remaining 2 sts and tie off

I stitched the Hexagons together using a contrasting wool but there are so many different patterns out there for knitting they together and double sided hexagons and so on...  Good Luck, have fun and bring your work along to the Pub next month... okay!!  

 
K - Knit.     K2T - Knit 2 together.     Slip 1 - Slip stitch.     PSSO - Pass slip stitch over.

Show, Show, Show and Tell Time!

There's no stopping that Marianne, here is another one of Bonnie K Hunter's 'Smith Mountain Morning' quilts, she had a beautiful one for show last month... check it out.
This one is for her DD who is now in Europe playing the game she loves.

The back, Marianne tells us that this is another quilt using only her stash but she still can't notice a difference... Mmmm!  I'm a bit like that as well.

Another block of Rita's Mario Bros quilt.  We can't wait to see this one together.

A very fishy quilt and back  :-)

Rita's DD loves Purple, so she'll love this quilt.

What a fun Hexagon quilt of Stephanie's,  I love the backing she's used.

Brenda's 'One Hour Bag', isn't it smart!  and do you know how long it took to make?  :-)

I love Jackie's 'Playing Around' quilt, she's just playing around and getting used to her machine... some playing around!  It's brilliant!

I love these colours, Jill uses the best fabrics, fabrics that I just don't have in my stash and as I've been on a mission for the past ?*&% years, of only using fabrics from my stash, I'm green with jealously!

Wow!  Nice and bright from Emma, and two little bright blocks below.  Lovely!

What beautiful Poopy fabric, I love it... Annie made this lovely and very handy bag.

Lissa isn't telling us just how many balls of Noro she used to make this rug, it doesn't matter, it's so well worth it!  Beautiful Lissa.

When someone tries to slip out of the Pub with this folded up in their bag, then when questioned about it... says... it's just my car quilt!   You have to question that person very closely to make sure they aren't hiding any other wonderful masterpieces!  I love this raggy and of all the quilts at the Pub this month... this is the one I would have stolen, if I was quicker and knew it was under the table!   
I've fallen in love Lissa!

Michelle finished off this masterpiece yesterday, she had to stop talking a few times to make sure she was following the pattern properly though.  Look at the size of it!

Back view and front view!   Just beautiful.

This post is a bit later than usual, I had a lovely weekend with SCQuilters, Grandchildren, Grandchildrens Parents and Food, so now only able to get these photos and the SCQuilters Blog up!

You asked for it... Food Glorious Food!  We do enjoy a delicious lunch at the Blue Gum Pub.

I enjoyed the Prawn and Pork Spring Rolls!  Oh and the Ice Cream :-)

Others enjoyed Fish and Chips, Caesar Salad, Steak Sandwich, Mushroom and Risotto, Mini Burgers, Spring Rolls, Crispy Pork and Mash, Salt and Pepper Squid, Chicken and Cous Cous, Chicken Pie, Chicken Schnitzel and Mini Ice Cream Cone.

Selina bought along fabrics she just didn't need anymore... it's called De-Stashing!  I must try it sometime.

It was very popular, this is only about half of what Selina bought along!  Surprise Surprise!  It was all snapped up by the end of the day :-)

Handwork - Boy oh boy! Are we a handy lot or what! Nothing we can't do really! What's that I hear you say? Yes indeed, I agree... we are just 'Brilliant'! Thank you :-)

 What a pretty pattern this is, I love it Annie.

 I love this one as well... just lovely Becky.

 And this one being knitted by Brenda... I'm loving knitting at the moment.

I can't remember who was knitting this lovely Aran... I do love it though.

 Cath is hand sewing these Clamshells.

 Gillian is sewing a Zig and a Zag!

 Glynis is finishing off these blocks for her sister? sister in law?

 Heather was cutting some of her own fabric and some of Selina's De-Stash fabrics.

Two little blocks finished!

 Irene is crocheting, crocheting and crocheting this masterpiece.

 Jackie's baby bunting and Iggle Piggle blocks, she's working on an Upsy Daisy block on the right. (I know about these strange people, I have lots of Grandchildren!)

 Just look at this!!  So delicate and as fine as lace.  Jean tells me it's very tricky to do because if she's talking and makes a mistake she can't work out how to fix it.

Jenn always has something fantastic on the go.  I love these flowers.

 I also love Jill's fabric choices... this is going to be a Fox Block!

And in a trice... it is a Fox Block!  :-)

Lisa is sewing some wonderfully interesting circles on this just as interesting block!

 Wow!  See how she sews.......   Liz is making great roads with her embroidery!  dare I say it looks almost finished???

Now I wonder where these Hexies are headed...  Interesting, stay tuned, Marilyn is sure to show us more next month.

 Penny using some of Lynne's old Liberty Prints in her Lucy Boston Block.  So pretty.

 Now you have to love this!  Ruth is crocheting 'Rising Suns' for something she's making for an Anzac piece.  Can  you see the 'Rising Suns'?  Very clever.

And lastly, but not leastly,  Selina is working - working - working on the quilt she has entered in the Sydney Quilt Show...  keep going Selina, keep going... you can do it!  :-)  We look forward to the finished product in a month or two.

Show, Show, Show and Tell! (Trouble is with the 'Tell', I've usually forgotten by the time I get these photos up so maybe this should just be called 'Show')

 Becky's very clever shawl, I am fascinated by the cast on cast off process of this pattern.

 Another beauty by Cath and making the most of the left overs on the back.

 I love, love, love this square of Gillian's, she's used an old doily as the background, very clever!  Gillian tells me there are more squares to come... I for one, can't wait to see them.

 Lovely soft star quilt by Jackie.

 ... and a Super Hero quilt by Jackie.

 But wait... more by Jackie.  An ABC quilt ... how sweet is this one!

 Jackie wins the 'most prolific prize' today  :-)

 A very striking quilt by Jean.  I love it, you really have to look hard to see what the pattern is here... very clever.

 Bit blurry I'm sorry... Liz bought this little old Pill Box and filled it with embroidery!  Is there anything that can't be embroidered by Liz!  She is very clever isn't she.

 Just look at this tiny thing  :-)

 Lynne is making Drunkard Path blocks, very clever placement of the blocks, I've never made this block so I really have to concentrate to see where the block stops and starts... I think there are 16 different squares/blocks here??  Am I right??

 Dang!  I've forgotten the name of this beautiful quilt by Marianne... it's another Bonnie K Hunter and I love it so much I thought I would make it myself and I asked Marianne a couple of times what it was called!  Dang!    Help please Marianne :-)
Below is the back so just some wadding and it's ready for quilting.

Marilyn's Sudoku Quilt made for her DH who is just mad about Sudoku  :-)  just as I am actually! Oh NO!  I've just realized just how Sudoku it really is...  nine different fabrics, one in each of the nine squares... I will have to spend time checking that this Sudoku has been finished correctly  :-)