Jersey re-cycled patchwork quilt...update

Just a very quick update...because I said I would. L has been cutting up her daughter's clothes and is putting the patches together to make a memory quilt. All the fabrics are jersey, she has been very careful to cut rectangles of equal measurement to make final squares finishing 27cms ( i think!). She nearly has enough now and we were planning today how they can be joined. We thought about strips of woven fabric making long rows first and then joining the rows together with more of the same strips to frame each block. That's the plan anyway.....

They are a really lovely balance of colours and L has been very careful to plan around every bit of pattern she could. Looking lovely. :-)

Hurrah! the secret is finished!!

Well done to the stitching ladies of P. Children's Centre!! Your work is finished, a lovely master piece of team work and hard work. You should be very proud.

This was work in progress, still some spaces to fill.

A detail of the the finished piece, sorry the colours don't show up well, but I think you can see the detail and effort they all went to.
The colours show up better here and you can see the size. There are a few gaps for promised birds and rabbits and perhaps a monkey, we cannot remember! The staff at the Centre are very impressed with this and are inspired themselves. Good work.
Now for something completely different.....

M made great use of these trims for a bag for her daughter. The small crocheted flowers come from a hair scrunchie from Portugal. M used embroidery finger knitting to make the bag strap.
This is L's first project, I think it's too lovely for a pin cushion, but it suited the photo at the time. L is now working on a re-cycled quilt for her baby daughter, made form a collection of out grown clothes. I will take a picture this week i hope, please remind me L!

At last, the photo's in the right order.....

This small house deserves a re-run, S worked very hard to create this out of a washing powder box! She did most of it at home and only asked for a bit of advise from me and the group. It is difficult to plan exactly what is going to happen during such a project, so details were thought through and adapted.

This is just about finished. Lovely detail on the window box and the windows are now 'real' with plastic packaging glass so her daughter can peep through. Well done S, a tricky project and very neatly put together.
G was not sure whether she liked the course to begin with! I know!! However, we continued over the weeks and now she doesn't want to leave at the end of the session. Result.
G's stitching is very neat and the design is working well.
This is an update for the Patchwork girlies, K is beginning to stitch them together. I think it is a daunting task for them, I have suggested that they stitch groups of flowers together first and then stitch the flowers up later. They shouldn't get too bogged down with the overall design but still see the quilt growing. K said it looks better on a photo, you can see how many patches she has done. ( you can also see how much tea we drink in a class) :-)

where to begin...??

Over the last few weeks, I haven't been lazy, just so busy inspiring and reflecting (i am battling through an Adult Education teaching course), I haven't managed to 'blog' the lovely work you are all doing...so here it is......

S has found her creative voice again and is really enjoying stitching and creating. There is a list of ideas for most of her house and this is a good start for the lounge....

S started by making two bags for her small daughter's. They are too lovely to use, so they will hang on the wall with pride and come down for special occasions.

These pictures are in the wrong order (sorry, i never manage to get the hang of that)

S is working really well on this simple design. The base felt is some re-cycled from display boards from about 20 years ago! The detail is applied felt from KirstyFish lovely lady.

This is the detail:

Great use of simple stitching, very effective and a stunning composition.
This is the work so far.......

And this was the plan, Doh!!