TUESDAY CRAFT GROUP GALLERY

Every now and then I like to showcase some of the achievements and works in progress of our Tuesday Craft group. We are all very excited when we can show off a completed or a new project to each other. But some of us are definitely better at completing things than others.

Like Lorraine, who has been working on this wonderful "Aunty Green's Coverlet."

Joanne is a fairly new member of our group, and her chosen medium is mosaics. here a small guitar begins its transformation.

Kiki is also a recent newcomer and at this stage was just toying with some ideas. She has since knitted a wonderful cushion cover and is starting on another...

Agnes is laying out some of the blocks she has made for a new grandson's "Eye Spy" quilt. A few other ladies helped out with suitable fabrics.

Lorraine and Agnes discuss the "arrangement. It is always great to get feedback from the other girls.

Connie is working on a piece of Crazy Patchwork which will eventually become a bag.

Meanwhile here is one I took just a week or two before, and it is Lorraine again, with a recently completed "Snail's Trail." Very cheerful and colourful!

QUILTS FINISHED

Every so often, we find ourselves having a "Show and Tell" session at our Tuesday Craft group, especially when a project has been completed. Last week we were able to view three finished quilts and ooh and aah and congratulate their makers, not only on their skills, but on their ability to actually finish something! Not all of us are so good at actually finishing things. Especially me. Not major projects anyway!

The first quilt to be unfolded was Lorraine's "Pineapple" quilt. This was done using a pile of scraps that Annette had bequeathed to Lorraine. Set against a black background, they look just fabulous! It is all handquilted.

 

Lorraine is one of our "champion finishers", not only of her own projects, but she often takes on other people's to finish too!

 Then it was Agnes' turn. This is one of Agnes' "Alaskan" series. When she and Bill went on a cruise to Alaska a few years ago, Agnes came across a wonderful Quilt shop, and has kept in touch with them and has bought a number of patterns and Alaskan inspired fabrics from them.

 Agnes has been having a year of "finishing" all sorts of projects, including some that have been around for a long time. She is almost at the end of the UFO pile, and is going to have to find something new to start. Maybe she would like to finish a few of mine!

 Finally it was Joy's turn. Now Joy has produced several dozen quilts at a time of her life when most people were well and truly retired. The latest group have been a series of "fairy" quilts, destined for her granddaughters and great granddaughters. As usual, Joy's choice of colours and fabrics really "sing."

 It is good to know that as you get older, your mobility and eyesight may start to fail, but the creativity is still there as strong as ever!