This is a very old piece of patchwork, it was sewn by a young girl on her voyage to Austrlia in the 1800's . There is a very beautiful  love story attatched to it. My friend Jillian has lent this to me. it will be part of an exhibition in June 2012, of antique quilts. During The international quilt festival Of Ireland .

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Jewellery for a change

This week Marie Williams held a Jewellery workshop At The Sewing Shed studio. It was a great success and everyone enjoyed it. They all finished a fab necklace and pair of earings. Pictured here is Sarahs finished piece. Personally i could not resist the lovely pink and pale blue coloured beads and shells.Mmmmmmm.

Maries next workshop is going to be 10 th April.

It seems everyone is starting to come out of hibernation after the spell of bad wether, come on everyone wakey wakey, I know some of you are feeling slow to start, due to the current economic climate...we wont say the R word, but come on face facts. We can always cheer ourselves up with a bit (or alot of sewing) So if you are not doing a class, sign up for one. If thats not possible arrange a few sewing sessions with a friend. it will work I can promise you. Pictured here is the quilt that I am trying to finish before the 12TH Feb. If anyone is now feeling inpired, then I have a Jelly Roll workshop on Sat 27th Feb from 10 till 4 PM...roll on.....

Happy New year.
This picture proves that patchwork and wine DO go together.
Is that picture a bit blurry or is it me.......?
Karen holding her quilt and nearly empty wine glass!

Last week we started the Christmas classes, with great success. The Christmas table runner proving to be very popular. Here you can see Rochelle, Patricia and Carmel working hard to finish there table runners at a one day workshop.

Other workshops have been Santa snuggle quilt and the Bethlehem wall hanging.

I hope you are all stitching away for Christmas presents. I hope to add a free pattern next week to make Christmas coasters.

Check out the updated classes on my website. www.thesewingshed.ie.

I loved these blocks that Anne brought to show me this week. She started them 20 years ago and has now decided to finish them. They are made from old skirts that she had at the time, but very high quality cotton. She used hexagon templates to piece them.