Gresford Quilt Show 2016 North Wales

Lots of photos of our group's day out to the Gresford Show. Eleven members travelled via public transport from Liverpool to North Wales and, as usual, we were so lucky with the weather and very kindly it only rained whilst we were indoors. 

The old school house serves as tea rooms and there are always delicious home made cakes, sandwiches and salads available. 

Whilst we do indulge in tea and cake, later in the afternoon, we must confess that this our traditional lunch. 

The church has a long history and many interesting tales connected to it. There are many ancient yew trees which King Richard II ordered to be planted to provide the wood for archery bows in his wars. The oldest below is over 1600 years old. What tales it could tell.

Miniature quilts and Christmas makes from Wrexham Quilting Circle

Examples of medallions in a "Stack & Wack" quilt. 

The lady was helpful in telling us how this technique is made.

Group Quilting Retreat at Frodsham

Last weekend, a group of members of Cornerstone Quilters gathered for a super residential Quilt Fest where we all made different items and had great fun.

Good food, spot raffles, a glass or more of whatever took our fancy, but essentially, concentrated stitching and lots of laughs made it into a great gathering that we will be sure to repeat in the future.
We were so sorry that Joan could not attend and hope her dear husband is making a good recovery. We missed you!
To all other members who didn't or couldn't join us... you missed a super event!

Val whizzed away and made this fabulous baby quilt top.

 Sue and Mo made excellent progress with their Cathedral Window style squares which will make up into wall hangings.

First day and Val's quilt is already on the way.

Margie made a novel dinosaur haversack for her grandson.

Brenda made these lovely pastel blocks. A mix of sizes where no two blocks have identical pieces.

Jo made 20 blocks towards a really bright "Stash & Slash" Kaffe Fassett quilt.

Caroline made good headway on a Christmas Celtic Braid table centre.

Debbie had a great idea to stitch her Celtic Braid in the centre of a table cloth for Christmas.

Josie stitched dozens of 2inch squares towards a stunning, blue, Liberty Tana Lawn quilt.

Mo also worked on her table centre in lovely colours and fabrics.

Considering we did lots of chatting and laughing etc., we did produce a remarkable array of quality stitching. I will leave it to your imagination what the "etc.," could be!

Our workshops were held each day in the "Sew Simple" Quilt shop in the nearby Lady Heys Craft Centre where we had a great welcome, all thanks to Ella and her staff, Ann and Olive. It is a quilters paradise with it's extensive range of quality fabrics, sewing notions and trimmings. Well worth a visit.

We stayed in the Forest Hills Hotel, Frodsham, in the Cheshire countryside, situated across from Liverpool on the Wirral Peninsular.

 Our group was kindly allotted a large conservatory so we could carry on with our stitching each evening and we enjoyed good company and quite a laugh, to say the least. It was excellent fun all round.

From the dining room there was a fabulous view across the River Mersey to Liverpool, and beyond, from our spot on the Wirral Peninsular.