It had taken a while to organise today's workshop, which was Fiona's idea - and then poor Fiona couldn't manage! (everyone missed you - get well soon!). Once everyone arrived and the first cuppa of the day had been drunk, it was down to work. But, I hear you cry - what were you making from those intriguing things you showed us yesterday? Well, let us see what everyone was doing ....
Anne and Ali are busy with some preparation ....
Lizzi pinning her pattern in place ....
Lorraine concentrating on sewing a straight seam .....
Tricia doing some cutting out.
Good progress was made even with a stop for lunch and possibly more cuppas! Anne didn't get quite as much done, as her hands get sore if she does too much sewing, but the others got this far ....
Lorraine and Ali's applique
and Lizzi and Tricia's (Lizzi decided she just wanted flowers, without the stems). Which reminds me - yesterday I mentioned we would be using a gadget - you probably realised from the photo it was to make the stems with!
And what was I doing .... I had already done some of my bag, so that they could see what it should look like, then as the day went on, I worked through the various stages until I got this far ...
and made my lining .....
So how will it look when it's finished ..... this is the original one I made
You can see this one is slightly different, with the panels between the applique ones made with strips, but I decided to simplify it (and use less fabric) by using just one fabric for those panels. The others have promised to bring their bags when they are finished, so you will get to see all of them - but you can already see from the photos how different they are going to be.
We had a very enjoyable day and plans are already being made for another workshop later in the year - perhaps for a Christmas wallhanging.
I haven't heard from my swap parthner yet if she has received her parcel, so I still can't show you what I sent her, but I'll give you another litle peek ....
Tomorrow, I'm off up to Polmont to visit Greenpark Quilters (I've been a member there twice!), then I'm going to see Stuart. I'm staying the night, doing more visiting on Saturday morning, then back home by teatime .... so I think you might have to wait until Sunday for the next instalment!