Serious sewing.

I missed last week at Harmony Hill. We're now into our fourth Thursday morning meet and September is almost over. Yesterday I could see that most of our members were back in attendance and some serious sewing was going on.

Judy brought in a basket of rosemary cuttings from her garden and Pamela immediately set about making a wreath.

                 I was reminded that I had something about the rosemary plant in a book at home.

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              Judy was sketching trees, preparing for a silk painting demonstration this weekend.

Carolyn was crocheting the most exquisite little balls, it was very fine work.

Laura was embroidering little pictures, capturing the feel of the Mournes.

This embroidery in the hoop below is stitched on organza and then cut out with a heat tool.
Once the sheep are framed the little piece will be be placed outside of the frame.
Laura had a pile of these sheep pictures made and waiting to be framed and they were all lovely.

Here's one of the embroideries framed, showing how the little piece is positioned.

Mavis is working on some Indian embroidery samples. 

                                   There's a Banjara inspired quilt on Linda Kemshall's blog.

Anna is making a 'Lacy Heart' - a project taken from an old Stitch magazine.

These are Elizabeth's hexagons, nice Autumn colours and the pile is growing.

To make life easier she has been downloading and printing the hexagons ready for cutting out.

        You can take a look at the Patchwork Posse website here.

There's a nip in the air.

There's a nip in the air and it's beginning to feel like Autumn, and that means time to start back to Harmony Hill.
So last week saw a few more members returning after the summer break and it looked like Judy was already working towards our maritime themed exhibition next year, 'The World Is Your Oyster' and 'Under The Sea'.

Although, at the moment, there seems to be a patchwork bug going around!
Helen's paper-piecing has been inspiring others and everywhere I looked there were hexagons.

This is Elizabeth's work and she's making a small lap quilt.

These hexagons belong to Sharon.....

.....and she's also designed and made this handbag from a pair of denim jeans.

                                                                It's beautifully stitched.

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Dorothy likes making cards and she's used 'friendly plastic' to create a mix of bright colours. 

There's a new card on the left.

         Today she was doodling with Sharpie pens and working on some new designs for her cards.

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The jumper shown below is now in Albania. Maureen sponsors a young boy who lives there and she knitted the jumper for him. Last Thursday she brought in a thank you letter to show us and some photos of him looking very pleased with his gift.

Worth all the effort to see the happy look on his face.

Back to craft.

Well it was back to craft group yesterday and I was reluctant to force myself out. With all the lovely weather over the summer break and a gorgeous sunny day for the first day back I wasn't surprised at the usual slow start. I counted only 14 out of 30 members. Where are they all hiding?!
Our Past, Past, Past Chairlady made the announcements.
Over the summer the committee have been busy planning the activities for the 2013/14 season and we will be receiving a diary very soon.

There has been a change to the subject of the Christmas competition and it will now be 'Stars'.

As this is our 30th year and a Pearl Anniversary the theme for the Annual Exhibition is,
 'The World Is Your Oyster',  accompanied by our group project 'Under The Sea'.

There was a bit of stitching going on today but mostly it was chat and we looked at this exhibition.

The Anna Cheyne Award Exhibition is on in the Island Arts Centre from 5th - 27th September and there are lots of entries this year from artists working in a variety of mediums. It's really worth seeing.