- Do you wash your fabric before you begin? - Most said "no" except for fabrics that will shrink a lot like calico.
- Do you follow a pattern or prefer to go your own way. - Most people seem to do a bit of each, even within the same quilt.
- What sewing gadgets would you recommend? - Lots of ideas here.
- Are pressing mats worth the expense? - The two people who have them think they're wonderful.
- What do you use to mark quilting lines? - There didn't seem to be a definitive answer to this and everyone seemed to have problems, especially with dark fabrics.
Etc, etc - I'm sure you get the drift and it was a thoroughly informative evening.
The cakes made by the committee were delicious and much appreciated. We all decided that it was an evening worth repeating in the future.
This weekend has been yet another extremely wet and windy one as we're in the middle of storm "Dennis". I've not bothered to step outside the door today and have had a lovey time sewing. I find it hard to practise free motion stitching (feed dogs down on the sewing machine) - it can be a bit boring, so I decided to do a picture with free motion instead. I have been wanting to stitch seed heads and umbelliferae etc for some time and, not being much good at drawing, I have copied shapes from pictures on Pinterest. These have been taken from "Snapdragon" .
I'm hoping that now I have copied I shall be able to design more of my own little pictures ........ I think it's raining tomorrow, too! 😀 I'm thinking that the next one will have machine and hand sewing - this one is all done by machine. They will probably be used as pages in my next book.
Happy stitching - Anita x
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