Seven Sisters Quilt Group – Page 2 – Melanie Makes Meringues

Cutting + sticking + sewing + baking. My creative life.

Gonk Babies

I made gonk babies recently with the homeless sewing group at the day centre, the Salvation Army Stitchers (or SAS as I like to call them). They are made from lovely soft fleece, which one of my friends from Seven Sisters Quilt Group gave me, and they are stuffed with…

Royal Wedding

I made a Royal Wedding care package for my Australian namesake and I can finally tell you about it as it has arrived. It took over a month! I thought it was lost in the post. The parcel contained union flag serviettes, small notebook and stickers and a tea cosy…

Selvage Tea Cosy

We've hosted a few afternoon teas lately. Scones, jam and clotted cream, cucumber sandwiches, a big family cake on a stand all enjoyed on our Royal Grafton tea service (which my husband was asked to dispose of during a site clearance but found it's way back to our house!). Now…

Violet

Meet Violet! I made her for my June facebook giveaway. She has her own bag and a lovely dolly quilt to snuggle up under. One of my friends from the Seven Sisters Quilt Group gave me the little triangle blocks when she was culling her fabric stash and I only…

Quilt Group Catch-Up

Went to Seven Sisters Quilt Group last night, a hotbed of creativity! Let me catch you up with everyone's projects.This tablecloth is coming on beautifully.Absolutely love the colours.Very organised, this advent calendar is almost finished and it's only October!A gorgeous scrappy Double Irish Chain.The flower quilting is very effective.Another lovely…

Double Irish Chain Quilt

My parents kindly photographed this double Irish chain quilt I made for my aunt whilst they were visiting her. I've only recently started to photograph my work so unfortunately I have not got many pictures of the things I've made. I'm very fond of this quilt which is made from…

Church Banners

These two banners that I made for the church I'm part of both started life as group challenges at Seven Sisters Quilt Group. For the first one everyone made a couple of little blocks which I placed around the central panel.Here is some detail from some of the small blocks.…

The Seven Sisters Quilt Group

Let me tell you a little about the Seven Sisters Quilt Group. Firstly, there's not seven of us and we're not sisters. We're named after a group of cliffs that you will find on the coast near to where we live. Make of that what you will. We have been…

Heirlooms

I read a definition of an heirloom quilt a while back, here it is: - A heirloom quilt is a quilt which is too good for your family to use now but good enough for a complete stranger to take to the beach in one hundred years time.Something that I…

Sewing Day with Mum

Over the last decade or so, since the children were born, time spent with my Mum seems to have become hurried and harried. We grab rushed moments, make frantic childcare arrangements, we are both very busy. We decided to put some time aside and hang out together, yesterday we got…

Melanie Makes Meringues