Saturday, June 8, 2024

June Show n Tell

 Hi, well i missed May sorry, here is June so enjoy some lovely quilts.

This is called Pladish Quilt, pattern by Lo & Behold Stitchery. Maker of this quilt is Belinda and was made for her Dad's 80th birthday.  Quilted by John Nielson.


These are Hemingway Pouches , made by Carol. They are a quilted pouch with a diagonal zipper. Carol made these as her demo models.


Here is a colourful quilt by Frances.  She has called it Fun With Crumbs.  It was made from a quilt she saw on U Tube Missouri Star Triple Play, a crumb quilt.


Geese In The Garden and was made by Lesley.  She made it in a class that several members did at Fox's Cottage, I'm probably the last to get it together, she said.

This is called Postage Stamp and the blocks were by
Trish Souness, the top pieced by Mary Sammons and quilted by Helen P. It is a quilt for Te Awhina.


Maureen Little made this quilt, called Mardi Gras.  It has been quilted by John Nielson.  It was a block of the week, made over a year ago. Designed by Katherine Kerr and won a ribbon in the recent Capital Quilt show, The Mayors "Choice.


Another by Maureen, titled Citrus Pizzazz. She hand quilted this one.  Was a mystery quilt published in the Quilt Mania Magazine called Marshall by Jen Kingwell.  This quilt won best hand quilting in the Capital Quilt show.  Well done Maureen.

This is another by Belinda. titled Pirouette Quilt and the pattern source is By Tales of Cloth. She hand pieced it and it has been quilted by John Nielson.  This was stitched in 5 months at the start of 2024. She had sick girls at home and they chose the colour progression.  It is the first floral quilt Belinda has ever made.

This is Annette's Book Pouch, even has a nice label on it. After seeing a demonstration, she made this and finds it very handy to just throw your book pod into your handbag to read anywhere.


The name of this quilt is Ashbourne Mill, pattern source is Katrina Hadjanichael. and it was made by Yvonne Moore.  Yvonne has been doing foundation piecing for the last year and this is a progress show n tell.  She has several borders to go to complete the circles and a round of flying geese to finish.


Ocean Stripes, another top by Mary Sammons and quilted by Helen P and is donated to
Te Awhina.

This is titled Nine Patch Meet Postage Stamp. Postage Stamps made by Trish Souness, top completed by Helen P and also quilted by Helen.  The remaining postage stamps, from previous quilt,used as a border and is a quilt for Te Awhina.

A small iron bag by Annette Bourne.  Annette was lucky enough to been offered a small iron and she has used it a lot this month so made it it's own bag.


A table runner called Summer Delight by Annette.  She watched her friend Carol piece her table runner at a half nighter, so thought... I could do that, she loves the colours but thinks the pattern is lost amongst the colours.




No Such Thing As An Innocent Cat, pattern source Griet Lombard.  Machine pieced and quilted by Judy Potts and was made for her cat mad 8 year old Grandaughter.