Another fantastic Retreat with Gail Lawther

Following the outstanding success of last years retreat with Gail Lawther and the large number of people who were on the waiting list for a space, Gail and I decided to run the same workshops/retreat again this year.

Lots of the students have travelled long distances this time and so a good number of them arrived the day before and settled in.

Day one was Stained Glass and students could choose either a Mackintosh type Rose or a Venetian Scene.

Early on in the day, one lady started having trouble with her machine. What ever we tried it just wouldn't sew & kept breaking needles.  I managed to call John & Barbara at Bridlington Sewing Centre. Barbara said she would come & collect the machine & take it for John to have a look at.  She returned the machine within two hours - all fixed! The bobbin case had been damaged, the timing was out.  What superb service. Thank you John & Barbara.

Make sure you call in when you are in Bridlington.  John is a whiz with machines and you can even arrange to have yours serviced whilst you are here at The Royal Bridlington.

Here are some of the works in progress

Jo's cute doggy pin cushion

Day Two was Glimpes of New Zealand. Students could chose Maori Curves or a seascape.

Students work in progress

Day Three - Monet or Van Gogh. The choice today was Sunflowers or Water/ leaf design.

Students work in progress

Marion made this one as a consequences challenge with her local group

Glenda brought a bag with her which she had made and has used the Seminole which we made in Beryl Franks Workshop to decorate.

So if you missed out this time Gail will be back teaching again next year - 22nd/23rd/24th September 2015 . The leaflet is available here  http://www.quiltsandwich.co.uk/#!workshops/c24c2

Fusing with Gail Lawther

Todays workshop was all about fusing with Bondaweb.

There was a choice of either a Monet scene or Van Gogh Sunflowers.

First we has a quick look at our achievements from yesterday.

Again Gail had a variety of quilts to show us which had been made by fusing - look on the table for a peep.

Here is some work in progress

Time for tea and cake

And a good day was had by all.

Now for the clean up. Just before the workshops I made new covers for all the ironing boards, so today I provided lots of greaseproof paper so there would be no accidents with the bondaweb. WRONG. I have now unglued three irons and one of ironing boards is covered in Bondaweb and glue!

Gail will be back here again next October. Full details are on the website or can provide if you send me an email - fiona@royalhotelbrid.co.uk.