August 2025 Show & Tell

 First up is a “drop zone” bag made by Dianne H from a By Annie pattern.

This beautifully dyed wooden pouch was made by Dianne in a Wellington Workshop tutored by Fiona McCrae.i love the colours

Lastly from Dianne is this beautiful quilt called Sweet Surrender inspired by the pattern Sweet Surrender but made smaller with different borders.

Neeta made this Chandelier quilt and it was long arm quilted by John Neilson.

Neeta’s second quilt is this star quilt, also quilted by John.i love the big blocks and pastel colours.

Susan finished her jelly roll race quilt. She pieced the backing and it was quilted by Donna. Way to go Susan!

This Splendid Sampler quilt was made by Jenny H. It was made in a world-wide sew-a-long coordinated by Pat Sloan in the USA and Jan Davidson from Australia. Jenny started the quilt in 2016 and finished it at our club retreat this year.

The following Stack and Whack quilt was done as a group project when Marg was living in Papapkura. I finished quilting it and it will be donated to the Te Awhina Quilt Project.

Next up is a top called Pacific Gem from a Donna Ward pattern. It was started by the late Heather and was put aside while she battled cancer. The appliqué was completed by Frances and Helen and put together by Lesley, with much fudging. It will eventually become a Te Awhina quilt.

Welcome to our newest member, Marlene P. Marlene has been playing with hand sewn hexagons and wanted to try a colour wash quilt in hexagons to try and use up small scraps.

Marlene’s second quilt, Hooked on Hexagons, was quilted using a Bernina 790 Pro machine using hooped embroidery for the quilting. This one is for neighbours to use as a quilt while sitting at the fire pit at Waipipi Beach.

The bakers dozen top was also made by Marlene to try and use up scraps, using. Jen Kingwell pattern.

Dinasour Stomp was made by Caroline for her second grandson.

Lastly, we have some Manaaki Mats made by Veronica and her team. These are to wrap still born babies so the parents can spend time grieving with their lost child. The mats are made to hold ice packs to keep the baby in as good condition as possible while the family bond and grieve their loss.