Crochet

 The first three sessions this term have been all about crochet. We have a couple of very experienced crocheters in the group, one who's happy with granny squares but struggles otherwise and several who've never tried it before. We had a lot of fun trying things out, and I expect there'll be more in this post when the things that were started get finished.

Beryl is a keen knitter but hadn't tried crochet before. She made this lovely granny square!

Tricia has done a bit of crochet before, but prefers granny squares to other types of pattern. She made a granny square that grew and grew and the final product - a cushion cover.

And Sue is an experienced crocheter who produced this work of art (although not at our meetings!)

Freestyle Card Making

 Our most recent meeting was the last of the summer term, so we had our usual planning session for next term, and then we delved in to leftover cardmaking bits to see what we could come up with!

Dominique used one of the leftover sheets from our Hunkydory 3D Decoupage selection

Parvin used a sheet of Papermania 3D decoupage

Shilpa used a variety of die cuts and a pyrimage sheet for a couple of cards

Tricia used a La Cie image from one of their mini-booklets

Recycle Challenge

 We had fun re-using some things that might otherwise have found their way into a bin!

Beryl

(Coffee Can with Stencilled Paper and Ribbon)

Mary

(Coffee Can with Stencilled Paper and Ribbon)

Nadi

(Glass Jar with Stencilled Paper)

Sue H

(Coffee Can with Paper Napkin)

Tricia

(Cotton Shopper decorated with fabric recycled face masks)

Felt Pouches

At our last meeting, we made and decorated some felt pouches. This is a project we did about four years ago, but we've had enough new members since then, that it seemed like a good one to repeat. The pouches were decorated with die cuts of leftover felt using some Sizzix Bigz dies.

Some members are still finishing their projects, so I'll add more photos when I get them.

Beryl

Mary

Shilpa

Sue H

Tricia

Fridge Magnets with Sticky Notes

 The project this time was fairly simple, making fridge magnets which hold a pad of sticky notes using lolly sticks.

Beryl

Dominique

Mary

Nadi

Parvin

Sue H

Tricia

Thread Catchers

 Sue H ran our most recent project - something completely different too! We made thread catchers. I know that anyone who has ever sat stitching or sewing knows how many thread ends and scraps you get as you work. The idea of the thread catcher is to store these until you can get rid of them. It's a clever idea. They twist up to keep the threads inside.

Adrienne

Barbara

Dominique

Nadi

Sue H

Tricia

Photo Displays from CDs

 Adrienne led the most recent meeting, and we made a couple of photo display gadgets using CDs as a base.

Adrienne

Nadi

Parvin

Shilpa

Sue H

Tricia