June 2026 Show & Tell

 First up this month is this beautiful Dear Jane quilt completed by one of our former members, Karen Alexander. Karen is unwell and unable to come back to club but she gave Jo C permission to show us her beautiful quilt which took over 2 years to complete, by hand and machine. Karen quilted it herself and has done a fabulous job of it.

Here is the back.

A closeup view of the quilting.

Hanna made a block for the club project. Great colours.

Carol made this bag as a raffle for the upcoming Embroiderers Guild conference being held in Palmerston North.

Carol has a great niece/nephew due in August and made this quit top from a pattern in a Quilts and More magazine. It was supposed to be a cot size but I think a bed is size is great.

This lovely cactus bag was made by Lesley A. She used the freezer paper technique where the freezer paper sits on top of the block and is folded back to stitch. Lesley says she got frustrated doing designs like this using the traditional paper backed foundation piecing method and finds this method works for her.

Next up is a top by Yvonne started in a post Symposium Karen Stone class way back in 2015. Yvonne worked on it during club days last year. The colours used were picked up from the border fabric which was also used as the centre squares. A great way to get a colour combination to work.

Frances enjoys quilt as you go techniques and used a stitch and flip method. She started at the centre using and orphan block and built out from there. All the block units were left over from previous Bonnie Hunter Mystery quilts. The second photo is the backing. The photos were taken sideways and the quilt is single bed size donate to the Te Awhina quilt project.

That's it for today. Have a great month and we will see you next time.