December Meeting

Our December meeting was our Christmas get together, which was held at The Brick House and we were having a sit down meal together.

We had our usual Christmas raffles which were supplied by the members and put together by the committee, 4 beautiful boxes of goodies to choose from and the winners were:

Sue E was the 1st winner and she chose the sewing package.

Donna B was next up with one of the grocery boxes.

3rd winner was Judy P with another grocery box full of yummy goodies.

And the final winner with the pamper basket was won by Jenny R.

Our challenge for Christmas this year was to make a table runner/table mats drawing your inspiration from a Christmas serviette.  There were 12 entries and we all had a vote to pick the one we liked the best. 

This is # 1 and # 2 entry.

# 3 is the same serviette but interpreted differently.

# 4 and # 5

 

#6 and #7

This is the back of # 7 and has used blocks from another club challenge on the back.

# 8
 

 #9 and # 10

# 11 which also was the shape of the tree.

#12.

And the winner, by one point, was Pauline, # 7 who received a lovely quilting gift.

the runner up was # 8. made by Lesley.

Well done to all the ladies who entered.

Wishing everyone a Happy Christmas and hope you all can get some sewing in over the break, stay safe and see you all in February.

 

November Show N Tell

 Well it was really good to be back at Club day after a few months of not been able to hold our meeting and the ladies have been busy.

First up today is Christmas Fun by Maureen Little.  Her friend Robyn started the embroidery and then passed them onto her.

Another by Maureen, "Enjoy the Journey:  Her quilting friend gave her hexagon templates for a Special Birthday and she enjoyed making this quilt

This one is titled Delectable Mountains and is made from shirts.  Very effective.

Another from Maureen, this is Irish Chain and is a scrap quilt, working through the years of scraps

"Where did you get that bag #2 Maureen made this bag to replace the last one she made in 2004,

"Show Case of Gold" by Pauline Walton.  She saw this at the Kapiti Show and a club member showed her an idea of how it went together and this is the result.

Pauline was going to have it professionally quilted but covid struck so she did it herself .

Bep attended a COQ workshop by Margaret for this Boro cushion cover.

Bep made this colourful quilt for her Great Grand Oma, it is for Arlo when he is in his big bed.  It was quilted by Joy Eyre.

Another by Bep.  Purple Variations. and was quilted by John Nelson.  It was started in Blenheim at the mini symposium and was left for awhile but she finally got back to it and enlarged it and finished it.  Well done Bep.

This is called :Colours of the Bush" and is by Judy Young.  She had it quilted by Helen Pedersen.  It was begun in lock down in 2020 and where she was staying she had very little fabric.  It continued to evolve until completed in October 2021.

This is a make up bag, made by Frances H. for her sister  She had been to a handbag workshop with Carol Burgess.  Her Mother took the handbag she had made and then her sister asked for one too!

And another bag made by Frances H.

Sue Elliot made these William Morris Cushion Covers. Her friends said she needed to upgrade her cushions.

Belinda Morgan made this European Pillow Case, the pattern is by Cottenin Boulbon

Another by Belinda and called Radius Quilt. Stunning.

This one is called Crystalline Quilt and is by Belinda. Pattern source is by Alderwood Studios.

This is Donna Bradley's bag made at COQ Workshop with Carol in October

Titled "Pretty Two by Two" by Annette Borne. She found the inspiration for this quilt in a magazine and used the drunkards block in pretty florals.

Another by Annette and was made with the left over blocks from a previous I spy quilt.  she had it quilted by John Nelson.

Every year Annette makes a new stocking to hang under her Mantle and this is the 2021 one.

Another I Spy quilt this is by M. McCrea and was made for her Great Nephew, Nico for his 2nd Birthday.  He will enjoy it i am sure.

M. McCrea made this one her her Grandson Brad for his 21st.

Veronica made this bag at Retreat.

Place mats by Veronica.

Cushion Covers by Veronica.  The pattern is by Jenny Hunter.

Colleen O'Neil stitched this "Rambling Rose Needle case"  It was a kit set purchased at Ribbon Rose when the COQ Club visited the Auckland Quilt show a few years ago.

These are a selection of pages from a nursery rhyme book put together by Sue Elliot.  She has painted them with lumiere paints, very effective.

Well this was a wonderful show n tell from members.