LQ at Indian Cottage

A crowd of women around the gates of our meeting venue - London Quilters were locked out! But across the road the owner of Indian Cottage (9 Fairhazel Gardens, Swiss Cottage) let us use his basement dining room. It was a squeeze but very congenial! And we were all very grateful -The Chairman's Challenge - can the group make 100 Linus quilts by the October meeting? - produced its first dozen -
Lisa Walton had to forgo projector and slides, but the good lighting in this ad hoc venue made up for that. An entertaining and informative talk, as was her workshop. Here's her beading sampler -
and she passed her quilts around for examination and photographing -
Show'n'tell brought this log cabin from Janice, recently shown at Hever -
Lucy's "Strawberry Jam" made from a jelly roll [technical term] hadthe perfect strawberry fabric on the back -
Tricia's beach hut cushion -Linda's "Thin Blue Line" entry -My "eyelash quilt" from Lisa's workshop had reached this stage in the quilting - border done (and binding on) but about 1/4 left to quilt. I'm revelling in the loopy pattern and might not be able to resist filling in the blank bits with more quilting in a different colour thread.
After the meeting, our host brought down plates of yummy samosas - what a great guy! (That address again is Indian Cottage, 9 Fairhazel Gardens - tube stations Swiss Cottage or Finchley Road.)

And when I got home, the beautiful moon was high in the sky -