April Show n tell

 Here are a wonderful collection of Baby Quilts for our local hospital made by Trish Souness.  This is her favourite project and it uses up her stash.

Maia Rose's Quilt, made by Frances for her 1st Great Grand daughter.  She was born 01.12.2023

And the back is super as well. 

A very colourful  bag by Gail Jory, it is made up of prairie points from a jelly roll.

These words are by Sue Elliot and are from Kirsty Lea Quiet Play pattern. Sue is going to put them onto canvas blocks.

Veronica made this Tiki wall hanging at Retreat.  It was one of the late Heather's patterns.

 

A lovely scrap baby quilt by Madeline.  Just using up scraps and it will be donated to our hospital.

And another by Madeline, it also will go to the hospital.

 

These are Bassinet Covers by Penny Hahon.  She was donated beautiful vintage handkerchiefs so turned them into these delightful covers. She has hand stitched them all down.

 

This hand stitched item is by Carol Burgess and is a Donna Heidler Pattern.  It has been on the go for awhile and Carol is going to get it framed.  It is called Cemetery Hill.

"Jelly roll Gem" by Linda Snelling Berg. A very large quilt and is for her Nephew who wanted a similar one as his Brothers.  Linda had purchased too many jelly rolls years ago but did have similar gem stones but different back grounds.  It has been quilted by Helen Pedersen.

This sweet Unicorn toy, made from felt, is by Mary Sammons.

These are a selection of bags and apples made from patterns in our newsletter.

 

This is a "Go Annie" pattern and was made by Rosie Neilson in Tula Pink Fabric. She made it at Retreat. Sandra helped her and it was a long slow process but she is very pleased with the result.

March Show n Tell

 A bit late but here is the March blog.

Not too sure who made this lovely cot quilt.

Flamingos was made by Madeline and is a Baby quilt.

This is a Messenger Bag and was made by Diane Harries and she made it at a Fox's Cottage class.  It is collage/applique under tulle.  To the side of the bag is an apple pin cushion with a dandelion stem for the stalk.

These pages are part of a mystery quilt by Laundry Basket.  A 6 inch block, one block every week for a year. Frances is making this quilt, will be interesting to see the progress.

This neat quilt is by Donna and is called Geese in the Garden.  It was a class she attended in February at Fox's Cottage and was run by Luchelle.

This is Bobbin Lace and called Charlotte Edging by Mary Daniel, very pretty.

Lisa's Cuddle Rug and was made by Penny Mahon and quilted by Helen P. It was made for her daughter.

I do not appear to have a written label for these quilts so sorry i can not give credit to who made them but they are all lovely works of art.

Show n Tell February 2024

We have a nice selection of quilts that our members have been working on over the Christmas break. First up are some Baby Quilts for the Maternity Unit ,in Whanganui.. Rosie says she  loves making them.

Trish Souness has been continuing with her love of making these little baby quilts for the unit in Whanganui.  the size they like is 24in x 22in.

This is called Kawandi and is by Di Harries.  It is an African - Indian tribal tradition.  All hand stitched and starts from the outside and finishes in the centre.

Another by Di Harries and is a WIP, half inch hexagons.  They are stamped and hand stitched with running stitch. About half of the 9 flower diamonds are currently assembled, lots more to go plus backing and embroidered.

Next are quilts that have been donated to Helen P who quilts them and are for the Te Awhina Quilt Project.  This one is Log Cabin Stack and was donated by Maureen L.

Coming Up Roses was donated by Maureen L.

Four Patch & Stripes, top donated by Mary S.

Chinese Coins, top donated by Hester V,

And the back is just as interesting.

 

A couple of ICU quilts for the Maternity Unit and these have been made by Madeline.

She also has made this community quilt.

This quilt is called Trout Fishing and is by Veronica and machine quilted by John Neilson.  she made it for a raffle for her Grandson who is going to U16 Hockey Tournament in April.

This is called My Best 2nd Tea Towel.. by Hester Den Ouden.  She is learning to weave and was taken by her next door neighbours woven tea towels from an Alaskan friend and she wanted to try it as well.

 

This was a large quilt but i only got a portion in the photo.  It is by Karen Carrol and called Periwinkle, she is in the process of machine quilting.

Another very large quilt, called Stag and was made by Mary Sammons.  It was from a kit from Grandmothers Garden in 2012, started for her Dad, reinvented in 2022 for her Husband and completed January 2024.

String Postcards by Yvonne Moore.  Almost her last string quilt in this series, several big boxes of long trimmings are now reduced to 2 shoe boxes.

Flying Geese made by Yvonne Moore.  pattern from a Quilters Companion magazine . She has used Kaffe fabrics as geese and old scraps as background.  very colourful.

This is Edwards Quilt and is by Annette Bourne.  It is an eye spy quilt for her English Grandson's 3rd Birthday and she is going to hand deliver it to Manchester.

And the back is just as exciting as the front.

 

Here is a selection of bags made by a few members from the free pattern that Belinda adds to our news letter.

This is a bag made by Jo and is a Jenny Hunter pattern.

A Memory Doggie by Di Harries and is made from her Daughters wedding Dress, dyed with synthetic dye in blue.  He looks very regal.

And this months raffle was won by Maria.