September 2025 Show & Tell

 September already! I for one am looking forward to saying good bye to the winter chills.

First up in Show & Tell today are three Messenger Bags made on a recent retreat gathering by Carol, Frances and Donna. The pattern is By Annie and Carol deserves a star for guiding the others through deciphering their patterns, especially as Frances and Donna had some listening challenges 😂 It is quite a complex pattern involving what seemed like a million pieces.

The next three quilts are the lovely Sunshine and Lollipops pattern which was a block of the month project in the Homespun magazine. 

Donna did hers using a kit from Tilda fabrics. She says she loved making it. The pattern had fabulous instructions and everything went together well.

Maureen did hers in very pretty Liberty fabrics

Veronica used fabrics from her William Morris collection

Each quilt has its own distinct flavour, which my photos don't really do justice to.

Next up is the Jelly Roll Race pattern made by Donna. She has generously donated this quilt to the Te Awhina Project.

This beautiful Star Dash quilt was made by Frances from a Missouri Star Quilts pattern. The quilting on it is lovely. Frances has also generously donated this to the Te Awhina Quilt project. 

This wee fabric basket was made by Carol from the Petite Four pattern By Annie using a kit purchased from The Crafty Pear in Pahiatua.

Carol also made this insulated lunch box from a June Tailor kit given to Carol by Diana plus some of Carol’s own fabric.

Caroline used the fat quarter given to her in the welcome pack to make this lovely sewing machine cover.

Caroline enjoys cross stitch and has recently finished this China Cabinet stitchery.

These tiny cross stitch bears made by Caroline are for the maternity ward to go on the wee boxes containing the precious lost babies.

Caroline also made this mug rug bag using some lovely and very appropriate fabric

The beautiful Wooly Zip It badge was made by Jenny from a pattern by Wendy Williams. I love the two different sides.

We welcomed some visitors from Stafford to our meeting today and they brought Show & Tell with them. 

Sandra needed another project bag and epwas given the panel as a Christmas present. She loves the black and red fabric.

Sandra also made this Dropzone set of 3 bags. It is for the Stratford Village Quilters Christmas Challenge, black white and one solid colour.

She also made these 3 gorgeous  Christmas ornaments.

And this Ultimate Travel Bag

Margaret made two quilts using Letter to My Daughter stitchery designs. She didn’t wish to make the quilt that went with the designs so re-imagined them to suit two of her daughters.

The last quilt is also by Margaret and was her Stratford Paint Chip Challenge 2024.

Thanks so much to the ladies from Stratford for visiting us. We look forward to the next visit.

 

August 2025 Show & Tell

 First up is a “drop zone” bag made by Dianne H from a By Annie pattern.

This beautifully dyed wooden pouch was made by Dianne in a Wellington Workshop tutored by Fiona McCrae.i love the colours

Lastly from Dianne is this beautiful quilt called Sweet Surrender inspired by the pattern Sweet Surrender but made smaller with different borders.

Neeta made this Chandelier quilt and it was long arm quilted by John Neilson.

Neeta’s second quilt is this star quilt, also quilted by John.i love the big blocks and pastel colours.

Susan finished her jelly roll race quilt. She pieced the backing and it was quilted by Donna. Way to go Susan!

This Splendid Sampler quilt was made by Jenny H. It was made in a world-wide sew-a-long coordinated by Pat Sloan in the USA and Jan Davidson from Australia. Jenny started the quilt in 2016 and finished it at our club retreat this year.

The following Stack and Whack quilt was done as a group project when Marg was living in Papapkura. I finished quilting it and it will be donated to the Te Awhina Quilt Project.

Next up is a top called Pacific Gem from a Donna Ward pattern. It was started by the late Heather and was put aside while she battled cancer. The appliqué was completed by Frances and Helen and put together by Lesley, with much fudging. It will eventually become a Te Awhina quilt.

Welcome to our newest member, Marlene P. Marlene has been playing with hand sewn hexagons and wanted to try a colour wash quilt in hexagons to try and use up small scraps.

Marlene’s second quilt, Hooked on Hexagons, was quilted using a Bernina 790 Pro machine using hooped embroidery for the quilting. This one is for neighbours to use as a quilt while sitting at the fire pit at Waipipi Beach.

The bakers dozen top was also made by Marlene to try and use up scraps, using. Jen Kingwell pattern.

Dinasour Stomp was made by Caroline for her second grandson.

Lastly, we have some Manaaki Mats made by Veronica and her team. These are to wrap still born babies so the parents can spend time grieving with their lost child. The mats are made to hold ice packs to keep the baby in as good condition as possible while the family bond and grieve their loss.

July 2025 Show & Tell

Today, we hosted “Pres” and “Dent” plus their entourage from Rangitīkei Quilters and it was a fabulous meeting. Pres and Dent (who are sisters) gave a highly entertaining talk showcasing their quilts from first quilts to most recent. I didn’t take photos, but I wish I had because the quilts were stunning, three huge bags of them. Some of us started playing guessing games as to who made the next quilt out of the bag. Their individual styles became evident as we viewed their work. Thank you ladies and your support act for a memorable, entertaining time. Thanks also to all our members who brought a “plate” for morning and afternoon tea. Well, it was more like continuous grazing such was the quantity of yummy food available.

Our own Show & Tell started with the latest quilt for Te Awhina. This top was donated by Maureen and quilted by me. Frances kindly stitched the biding on for me.

Next up are the results of the mug carry bag class taught by Carol at our last meeting. We are trying to encourage everyone to bring their own mugs to cut down on washing up at our meetings. Yvonne, Carol Linda and Hanna had a lot of fun making them.

Maureen constructed this bag with a scarf she bought when she was in Edinburgh. The tartan is Mulled Dress Blue Stewart and she used a pattern found on Pinterest.

Maureen also made this tote bag, along with a matching mug carrier bag and see through project bag. I love the fabric choices.

Maureen has been very productive, making this elephant door stop using a pattern from Homespun Magazine, June/July 2020.

Lastly from Maureen, a quilt made from Wellington Symposium blocks won by (and shared with Maureen) our dear late Annette.

Caroline made this bed runner from a jelly roll. It has been claimed by her cat as the place to sleep.

Rosie did a Wensleydale class at Fox’s Cottage using all Tula Pink fabrics. It was quilted by John Neilson.

Wensleydale, a Jen Kingwell pattern, has proved to be very popular.

Rosie’s next quilt was made for a great grand child. Rosie was working on stitching down the binding at club today, which is why it has clips around the edges.

Aimee’s Homestead Quilts issued a row by row challenge for the recent Rose City Quilters Tote & Gloat.

Yvonne did a Kaffe Fasset fabric quilt. Yvonne says it gave her the excuse (as if any quilter needs such a thing) to try several of Kaffe’s patterns without doing a whole quilt of each and to showcase the fabrics. She also tried different styles of quilting in each row.

Veronica chose a more muted palette and her quilt is also stunning. Each entrant to the challenge received a participation ribbon.

Yvonne returned with her finished Glitter quilt, another pattern by Jen Kingwell. I think this one was hand pieced. She started the quilt in a Symposium class, did lots of piecing at club meetings and quilted it on her Q16 machine.

Yvonne’s next quilt was also started in a Symposium class with Katrina Hadjimichael using her Ashbourne Mill pattern. This one was foundation paper piecing with a lot of blocks being completed here at COQ and was also quilted by Yvonne on her Q16.

Judy Y recently returned from visiting family in Australia and returned with several pieces of needlework from a deceased estate. These pieces were not sold at auction and were destined for the skip. Well done Judy for rescuing them. This piece is an antique hexagon quilt, maker unknown but she was the mother of the lady whose estate was being sold or otherwise disposed of. It must be at least 80 years old.  It is made using beautiful silk and silk velvet fabrics.

Judy also showed us the By Annie travel bag she made to take to Australia and it will also accompany her on her upcoming European tour.

Next up is Batik Blue made by Madeline for her great niece who is turning 10. The niece is very keen on lifesaving and waterskiing, so a blue quilt is just the ticket.

Madeline also made this jelly roll quilt in our recent Half Nighter class and she was working on finishing the binding today.i love the colours.

This fusion was made by Lesley using an embroidered panel rescued by Judy Y. Such beautiful colours. Lesley stabilised the embroidery before making it into the cushion. She used beautiful fabric she spied at Philp Wrights to complete it and the fabric couldn’t be a better match. Lesley says the cushion is for show only.

Frances made the following quilt for her soon to be born great grand daughter using an unfinished chook embroidered centre from one of the early Australian Patchwork & Quilting magazines. The pattern, if I remember correctly, was by Matched & Hatched. The square centre was donated to the Te Awhina Quilt Project but it was deemed to be unsuitable to be made into a quilt for an adult. A great result, Frances.

Frances gave it a more modern flavour on the back using this wonderful floral fabric with a matching stripe to make it the correct size.

Another pattern by the ever popular Jen Kingwell is this Winki Star quilt, also made and hand quilted by Frances. Great fabric choices in this beautiful quilt.

To finish off we had more Show & Tell from Pres and Dent’s Rangitīkei Country Quilters entourage. I didn’t get all the details of these quilts but it was lovely to see them.

Thanks, ladies for rounding off a great day of Show & Tell.