Corded and Stuffed (Work in Progress)

Made some progress with the Corded and Stuffed pincushion today - started it at a workshop at the Great Northern Quilt Show in Harrogate last Sunday. The tutor was Sylvia Critcher.

I've completed all the hand stitching on the top and sides of the square cushion. It's ready for trimming away the unwanted wadding, then stitching to construct the box shape.

Great Northern Quilt Show

Sunday 9th September I had a great day at the show in Harrogate. My friend Jenny came with me and it was much more fun having some company - I usually go on my own. We took two workshops, one with Sylvia Critcher called Corded and Stuffed - a square pincushion combining Italian quilting, French cording and English quilting and the other was a crazy pieced embellished bag with Sally Holman. I thoroughly enjoyed both. The techniques we learned are things I would do again. There wasn't time to finish either of the projects, but I have almost done the pincushion and will complete the bag soon. Photos to come later.

I have never been to such a quiet show, but that meant that it was easy to get around and see all the stalls - it was my first quilt show and I'm already looking forward to the next one. The quilts on display were beautiful and inspirational.

Did a bit of shopping including fabric to make an "Out of Africa" quilt. I can't start this yet as there are other works in progress, but once these are done this one is next on the list.