MONKEY BUTTONS WORKSHOP

The above workshop last Thursday was really good. Amanda is a very good tutor and she does a whole lot more than just bags. It would be nice to get her back at a later date to do one of her quick quilts, she has designed several using Jelly Rolls, have a look at her website.

I have spent years of frustration trying to find a good way of marking quilts ready for quilting. Well here is the solution....(I got it from Amanda at Monkey Buttons). It is made by Clover and is described as a CHACO LINER PEN STYLE. Mine is bright yellow but I gather you can get it in other colours and is just brushes off when you have finished. It is like a tiny wheel and is filled with powdered ink, you can get refills. I'm sure some of you already know about it but it's new to me.

INVITATION FROM SANDITON QUILTERS

Sanditon Quilters from Little Common Bexhill have very kindly invited us to their group on Wednesday 8th July. They are having Eva Thomas giving a talk entitled 'From Stockholm to Sussex' .

JANICE GUNNER WORKSHOP

There are still some spaces on the Janice Gunner workshop 'Sensational Shibori' Thursday 16th July. It would be great to use your dyed fabric for the workshop, but don't let this put you off if you haven't managed to dye fabric, you can take some of your stash, or try using batiks. It will be a great chance to learn from an award winning quilter and textile artist. Janice is also a City and Guilds tutor. Have a look at her website www.janicegunner.co.uk her work is very impressive. Janice is giving a talk on Tuesday 14th July (2 days prior to the workshop) you will no doubt come away inspired and wishing you had booked the workshop..........Don't wait until the then because there won't be any spaces, get in touch with Penny because we are now going to offer the spaces to non-members.

MONKEY BUTTONS WORKSHOP

There are still a few places left on the Monkey Buttons workshop on Thursday 11th June. The cost is just £25

We will be making a choice of two bags, you can see these at www.monkeybuttons.com
Barcelona Bag or Pacific Blue. The web site is well worth a visit to see all the lovely kits that they do.

You will probably all have noticed that our web site has been up-dated, and the gallery has been changed. We are sorry that some of the quilts do not have the name of the maker, if any of them are yours, please email us and we will rectify this. Last years gallery is still on the web site you just need to click on the link.

Don't forget that tonight Tuesday 12th May is a talk by Carolyn Forster. This should be a very interesting evening. Carolyn has a book out at the moment called 'Quilting On The Go' and hopefully we will see some of the lovely quilts that are in her book. No doubt the book will be on sale tonight, and you could maybe get a signed copy. If you would like to bring a friend along the entrance will be £3.

Cut and Splash Workshop

Thank you so much Gunnel and Helen for a lovely workshop yesterday.

It was good to start a workshop and be told that you don't have to be really, really accurate. Some are just naturally accurate, but lots of us gave a sigh of relief. Planning is important, but with this technique you have no idea how it is going to look until you finish the block.

It was a beautiful day and at lunchtime we were able to sit in the sun and eat our lunch, we were then back at our machines and furiously cutting.

There were 16 ladies doing the workshop and every one's blocks looked so different, it will be great to see the finished quilts.

Send in your photos as soon as you can

Brenda

MONKEY BUTTONS WORKSHOP

There are still a few spaces on the above workshop. You can see the bags that we will be making by clicking on the Monkey Buttons link to the right of this message. The bags are; the Barcelona Bag or Pacific Blue. The cost of the workshop is only £25 and if you would like to come along you need to send your cheque to Penny as soon as possible, the places will be offered to outside groups if they are not filled. If you would like to bring a friend along to the workshop the fee is £28.00 to non-members.

Tip for making a signature block

First step is to iron the fabric you wish to sign your name on onto freezer paper. This makes it firm and very easy to write on. Once you have signed it remove the paper and just stitch over the letters.