It's a new year, and we have all survived the really cold weather. I have been doing a lot of knitting by the fire. I am sure many of you have been doing handwork, under a warm quilt.
As our tip for this month, Anita sent us a YouTube video on ways to prevent your iron from leaking. I'm sure it is helpful for all of us.
https://youtu.be/_QcDKr3dkFM?feature=shared
I discovered a new author some of you might enjoy. Barbara Emodi is from Nova Scotia and writes cozy mysteries that take place in a small town in Nova Scotia called Gasper's Cove. The books have a crafting theme to them, and the first one is called "Crafting for Murder".
Now to Show and Tell.
Anita is still sewing her scraps. Here are some table mats she made recently.
Diane Hart is keeping busy in the cold. She is making blocks for a quilt called "99 Bottles" It is 16 blocks, each 14 inches. There is also pieced sashing and a pieced border.
I did a little sew along that was hosted on Instagram. The designer is on a mission to use up scraps, this year, so she is publishing some little bag patterns, quick and easy. This one is made from 5 - 10" squares.
In 2023, Lynda Smyth finished her OMyGosh quilt. How is yours coming, Joanne? Not for me, but this pattern from Sue Garman is a real scrap buster project.
Lynda also finished Jane Austen's coverlet quilt.
MaryAnn sent a picture of her first applique quilt. She made it in 2012 for a gift for a 50th wedding anniversary.
MaryAnn picked up these blocks with some fat quarters from the give away table, last week. She was wondering if anybody knew what the pattern is called and if half the blocks should lean one way and half the other.
Just a reminder that we are back to the first and third Tuesdays for the meetings from now until June.
Our next show and Tell is February 27.
Kate
