December 2024 Show & Tell

I would like to thank Judy P for her faithful service in posting Show & Tell for the last 11 years and Veronica D who looked after it for a spell. I have now taken the reigns up again of documenting our Show & Tell. I created this blog in 2007 so it it has been going for 17 years.

 It’s hard to believe another year has flown by so fast and it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Our 2024 Christmas Challenge is a mug rug with a Christmas theme. We had 22 entries this year. They were judged very competently by Diane H who chose 2 highly commended and 3rd, 2nd and 1st place. I’m sorry, I didn’t record who all those winners were, so you will have to wait for the February Newsletter. I didn’t think to take photos of them either, but our very competent new newsletter editor did so here they are:

Now, the general Show and Tell

Donna gave us a blast from the past with her Christmas wall hangings designed by Susan Claire:

The next 4 quilts are for the Te Awhina Quilt Project. All four quilts were quilted and finished by me (Helen.)

The first quilt is a top made by me to use a collection of random four-patches:

I decided to include some cushion panels in the backing:

The next was a collection of quarter log cabin blocks that were donated by Rosie N. I needed to make five more and add a border to make it the required size:

This top was also pieced by me (Helen). I did a variation of Bonnie Hunter’s Triple Star pattern and substituted half square triangles where there were four-patches:

The top of the following quilt was pieced and donated by Maureen L. It is a Bonnie Hunter Mystery quilt from a few years called En Provence:

The following quilt, made by me (Helen) will be heading over to Ireland in a week’s time with my son. It is a gift for the family he will be staying with for the first couple of months. The pattern is Crimson Christmas by Krista Moser of The Quilted Life.

Diane H made this beautiful Komebukuro bag with embroidered hexagon patchwork:

This sweet Lynette Anderson Christmas wall hanging was made by Veronica:

Veronica also made this bag for a Christmas present. Purple is the recipient’s favourite colour so Veronica hopes she likes it!

The following quilt was made by Lesley M to use up her collection of leftover Tula Pink fabric from her Wensleydale quilt. The scraps collection was supplemented from her friends’ leftovers!

Next up is Primitive Christmas made by Jenny H from a pattern by Lynette Anderson:

Jenny H also stitched this gorgeous wall hanging called Chirp by Sue Spargo:

The next quilt is also by Jenny H and is her version of the Dear Jen quilt, pattern by Jen Kingwell. It was started at Cottage Flair in Rotorua about 5 years ago before Jenny joined us in Whanganui. She hand pieced it (wow!) and quilted it on her domestic machine:

The next cute contribution is Rosie N’s Christmas Lizzie’s. Some have already been gifted and the rest are being donated:

I didn’t get a great picture of them while they were being held up, so here is a better photo:

The next wall hanging is Tinsel, made by Judy P and quilted by Jacqui Karl. It was a Sue Spargo block of the month.

Morag O made these sweet Christmas stockings:

This quilt was also made by Morag. It is called Shelly’s quilt.

This stunning Sashiko sampler was stitched by Hester d O. Hester was planning to use it a a back panel for a jacket but it was too long and too nice to sit on. The threads used a a combination of Naki threads and Hester’s own hand spun and silk dyed threads:

Beverly  C started this Sun Bonnet Sue quilt 20 years ago when she was living in Costa Rica. It is hand and machine quilted. She says it is time to be completed for the next generation with only the binding to finish:

Last, but not least, is Which way to Christmas by Annette B:

That’s all for this month. See you back in February.

November Show n Tell

 We had our Annual General Meeting this month and a new committee was formed, a mix of previous committee members and some new people which is always pleasing to see.  

There was also a Life Time Badge presented to Carol Burgess for outstanding service to Cotton On Quilters.

 Carol attended a Donna Ward class at Symposium, an intro to foundation paper piecing, called "Free Wheeling"

And also a free motion quilting class, also by Donna Ward, called fillers for spaces

This is a Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2023/2024 and was made by Jenny Harris.

This is the back of the next Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt and is by Frances Henderson

This is Mary Sammons Mystery Bonnie Hunter quilt.

Donna is the maker of this Bonnie Hunter quilt and Helen P quilted it and Donna has donated it to Helen for the Te Awhina Community Quilts Project.

Bonnie Hunter's Indigo Way by Helen P and quilted by Helen P and is for the Te Awhina quilt Project.

"Baby Blocks" made by Maureen L and quilted by Helen P for the Te Awhina Quilt Project.

This quilt is called Orange and Stripes and was made by Helen P and quilted by her. She used batting from the Goodie Bag at Symposium and 2 jelly rolls from spotlight and used the Quilt as you go method.

Kiwi Postcards is the name of this quilt and was made by Helen P and is for the Te Awhina quilt Project.

This is Diamond Painting by Kim Harrison  and is her first attempt at diamond painting and it was started in 2007, well done on completing it Kim.

This was a club challenge from a few years ago by Diana Jones.

Another by Diana and was a Sue Spargo project, hand stitched birds. A lot of work goes into these projects.

Diana had also completed these two hand stitched Sashiko panels.

Yvonne Moore named this wall hanging Kawandi.  Started in a Symposium class with Lorena Uriate from Sydney.  She supplied the kit, and has turned under edges and hand stitched.

Another by Yvonne Moore, called Annah Stretton dolls pram quilt. She unpicked a couple of mug mats from her Symposium goodie bag as the fabric was so pretty and practiced machine quilting with a straight ruler.

This quilt is named Scrap 9 Patches and is by Yvonne Moore and was made from her shoe box of pre cut squares, organised all sorts!

Here is a  selection of Little Blankets of Love for the Babies by Trish Souness.  Using all the cute pieces of fabric and creating is something enjoyable for her and she has donated 42 of these little beauties this year.

Diana Hay made this wall hanging, called NZ Fern.

Veronica has completed her Sashiko Panel.  Beautiful work.

This is an Un- named as Yet quilt by Annette Bourne.  Quilted by Lesley O'Rourke of Quarry burn Quilting.  Was a round Robin Run by Carey Hackett in 2009.  A final border was put on in 2004 and sent away for quilting and finished in November 2004.

"Persian Paisly" by Maureen Little.  Was an embroidery class with Jenny Hunter and Maureen laced and framed the project herself.

This is a little zipped birdie bag by Frances Henderson.  Very cute.

And this months raffle was won by Carol.