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

Stained Glass with Gail Lawther

Gail Lawther is with us at The Royal Bridlington for a three day retreat / workshops.

The morning started after coffee and homemade biscuits with a quilt show by Gail. Her quilts are truely stunning - but I'm sorry I'm not allowed to post pics of all of them which is a shame because they are really worth seeing.

Today was stained glass - one of Gails signature techniques. The ladies had a choice of Mackintosh Rose, Rialto Bridge or Gondola Scene.

We started with reverse applique techniques for the larger areas then the smaller ones were applied with Bondaweb before the fusable bias was added and machined in place using a twin needle.

So here is some work in progress

This is Sue with her rose

And later this evening some of us manged to get them finished.

Here is my Rialto Bridge

Heather displaying her Rialto Bridge

Heather has also brought her Japanese Inspirations which she started with Pat Archibald a couple of weeks ago

So Tomorrow we have a choice of a Seacape or Maouri Curves.