CHARM ABOUT YOU

There is nothing quite like being in the company of other quilters! This past weekend I spent a day teaching the South West Modern Quilt Guild my Crossed Orange Peel pattern. I had met a few of the group before, some were familiar to me from social media and then there were new people to meet - all are utterly lovely and so welcoming!

The pattern is hand pieced, you can see my original mini quilt here (it will be available to purchase soon!) and it was really fun to see all the different fabrics everyone chose to use. Here are some blocks in progress:

And brave Helen took up my challenge of using one piece of fabric as the X. I'm still working on my own version of this but I think hers worked so nicely!

I really love teaching and it was an honour to teach such a talented and enthusiastic group! I am hoping to see finished projects popping up in #crossedorangepeel (that's my way of encouraging them to carry on sewing!!). It was nice to get to chat with everyone and there were some fabulous ideas about what they were going to do with their blocks, there was talk of a full sized quilt too - that would be brilliant!

We had a delicious lunch, everyone brought something to share, and then there was a show and tell. I didn't manage to get pictures of everything but Helen showed her beautiful apron that you can see in the top photo. The style is so wearable and I would like to make one for myself! And here are some of the other fabulous makes I did capture...