April show n tell

This month's theme was Animals & Birds.

This selection belongs to Carol Burgess

Chicken Run, pattern bought at Christchurch Symposium

Christmas Penguins

Cats on the Table, a kit from Grandmother's Garden

They came in Twos

The next are wall hangings by Diana Jones

Another by Carol. this one is called Monty's Mates and was made from a kit from Quilters Barn and she named it after her then cat and it was made to keep for herself.

Fantails by Bep. She is a fan of fantails as they do not see them in Europe.

The next group are wall hangings by Gail Jory and are machine embroidered.

Cat Ladies.

Zoo Babies

Froga-rama

Dragons Abound.

This wall hanging is a railway Track Challenge 

By Lesley McFarlane,  Not finished but nearly there, she has changed her mind several times.

A post & rail challenge by Sue Elliot. She has used Lumine paint and it was a 2021 club challenge.

This is a theme bag by Madeline.

We are now into our show n tell for the month.

A shoulder bag, a joint effort by Trish Souness, it was embroidered by her Daughter Janine and is for her Grandaughter Celia.  It is a linen bag.

The sunflower placemats are for Anya of Ukraine who is Trish's niece in law and is returning from the war zone this week. Trish also made some black and white ones to use up some fabric.

A Molly Zipper Pouch by Carol, another pattern she just had to make!

Symphony in Green by Judy Young.  It is a quilt for herself, utilizing a blanket for the backing, 3 weeks from start to finish.  Great effort.

By Diane Harries. she attended a class by Anna Williams but made up her own design.

My Whimsical garden by Jenny Rattenbury. she started it in 2017 and finished in Feb 2022.  Inspired by 4 designers.

This is Ava's 1st birthday quilt, made by Bep.

Also by Bep, just 9 patches to practice a bit of easy straight quilting.

This is the back of the quilt by Maureen.  she has called it Bubbles and was made for her Grandaughter,  Pattern is dear diary by Sherri Noel, rebecca mae design.com was quilted by John Neilson.

this is the front

another back from the same designer

the front called Reach for the Stars for Maureen's Grandson.

"Dinosaur" by Donna for her Great Nephew in Auckland.

another by Donna, called Monster

sorry out of sequence, but is the back for the Dinosaur quilt. Is a panel.

this is Homegrown, pattern by Sue Spargo. By Veronica and is hand stitched and machine quilted.  Veronica made hers in grunge material.

Two bags Veronica made for her Granddaughters while at retreat recently

The next selection is by Diane Harries who attended a course by Greit Lombard. These are the pages inside the book.

and the cover of the book.

We also had a guest speaker on the day, Rhonnie Brindson, a textile artist and this is a selection of her work.