It was a lovely meeting yesterday and our AGM. Thanks to all those who stood for committee and to those who had been on but did not stand for re-election. Congratulations to all who were elected.
First up for Show & Tell is not a quilt at all. A lot of members enjoy other fibre arts as well as quilting and we love seeing what they have been making. Donna has been knitting socks and this is her latest pair. It is done with variegated wool and so the colour patterning doesn’t always match. With Frances on Donna’s shoulder suggesting she should try and make them match, Donna did make an effort and the ribbing does. The rest is more like a translation down 😀
I do love the colours even if the socks don’t exactly match each other and I would certainly wear them!
Donna has also finished her table runner from the Modern scrap quilt class. It is for her friend who has a really long table, hence the extra length.
Donna and Lesley have both been working on the Candy drop quilt pattern. Lesley used a grey background.
Donna used a dark grey/black for her background
Susan is having a ball making items in her favourite colour of green. The latest is this sweet flower wall hanging. Susan got inspiration for the design from the quilt show held in Featherston earlier this year. I love the flowers.
Dianne Harries is an embroiderer extraordinaire and her Autumnal Toadstool was done at a class at Stitch TÅ«Ä« in Cambridge with Sue Lucas. Everything is stitched with single strands of silk embroidery thread.It is fine, detailed work and stands about 3-4 inches high.
Dianne also showed us her latest canvas work called Amadeus variations. She used hand dyed threads by Steff Francis.
Yvonne has completed the latest Laundry Basket Quilts Mystery quilt. The clues were given out weekly over 9 weeks. Yvonne used vintage reproduction prints collected over the years, mostly fat eighths making it scrappy, which Yvonne likes in a quilt. It is a big quilt, 90 inches square. Some others of us are also doing the same pattern but we are a bit behind Yvonne.
Yvonne is also a member of Rose City Quilters and started this quilt, Can Can Snowball, in a class with Chris Jurd after Tote and Gloat in 2023. She fussy cut Kaffe Fassett and Kathy Doughty fabrics for the blocks. The inset edge triangles are from an Ikea duvet cover. It the fabric pattern works for your quilt top use it, I say. Yvonne won a ribbon at the recent Rose City Quilters show.Best use of colour, I think.
Hanna is well on the way to finishing her Modern Scrap Quilt from the class. She just has to add a border. Lovely colours.
Lesley, Judy and Rosie have made the Take a Stand bag, a By Annie pattern. Rosie also made the smaller bag, also a By Annie Pattern. These ladies love making the very popular By Annie patterns.
Last up is a quilt made by Caroline for her son and daughter in law. It is called mushrooms and has very cute mushroom fabrics in it. Caroline did a pieced backing in green and pinks which was the wedding colours of the couple.
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