Monday saw some new members of the knitting/crochet club, all Spanish ladies who normally never use patterns to complete their projects. So another lady and myself spent our time translating patterns into charts so that they could understand and make what they had in mind (which is good for my Spanish too)
Yesterday, I went to the first meeting of the Competa Patchwork Group, where fifteen or so ladies were practising different applique techniques such as 'puntos con Dios' (an invisible stitch to sew one material onto another) and chain stitches, looking towards making a cat applique next week.
Which this morning led to being asked to wait in the supermarket while one of the lovely patchwork ladies who lives above the shop with her daughter, came down to the shop as she wanted me to show her how to do an open chain stitch, as the way I sew mine turned out to be easier to do than the one we were being taught. So we stood in the supermarket (next to the honey) while Dave waited patiently whilst we practised.
I suppose we all have various different skills to bring to the group and of course there is always something new to learn too..
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