Sunday, June 3, 2007

June Show & Tell

We held our June meeting yesterday and we had a great turnout of people. Our guest speaker was Judith Briant of the National Association of New Zealand Quilters (NANZQ). She spoke to us about the organisation, its purpose and the benefits of belonging. Then she was kind enough to show some of her quilts. Wow! Her work is beautiful. Sorry, there are no photos it.

We had a major display of the community quilts which were handed in. We didn't "Show & Tell" them but you can see them in the previous post. We have the results of the Jacqui Karl Dragon Fly class. I'm sure you'll agree they all look great:



Janice is making a quilt using the plan of their Delphinium growing work area that was drawn by a student (from France, I think) who stayed with them and worked in the nursery. The student is now getting married and Janice and Terry are attending the wedding. This will be the weeding, oops I mean wedding, gift:

Janice has called this the Orange Explosion:

Pauline finished her Triple F Challenge quilt that was started last year:

Helen H did this beautiful sampler with the Cloth Shop:

Frances worked with a non-quilting workmate to make this baby quilt for another colleague who is expecting a baby very soon:

I'm sorry I can't remember the exact name of this quilt made by Jenny. It has an African theme:

Another by Jenny called Music with Africa. It has music themed fabric in the border:

The blocks in this one were rescued by Jenny and made into this quilt called Nasturtium Lane (yes it is a pun on Wisteria Lane from Desperate Housewives). Jenny told a wonderful story about the people who live in the houses. I'm hoping she will write it down for us. It was very funny:

Sonia's son in Canada is getting married later in the year and this is one of two quilts she is taking over. It is a picnic and dog rug. On the reverse side she has backed it with "canine" polar fleece so the dogs can cuddle in it. The other quilt, which is the wedding quilt, is still in progress:

Redwork done by Carol:

Chook bags made by Carol and Audrey (sorry the photo isn't that great, Ruth was using my camera which is unfamiliar to her). They were fun bags:

Very cute Cats in Teapots made by Audrey:

Audrey has made this beautiful top from Asian themed fabrics. If I remeber rightly it is called Forever Blowing Bubbles:

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