September show n tell

     Anna Williams was out guest speaker for this month, she gave us a very emotional talk on her life and showed some of her quilts

 Rosie, Judy and Donna showed their creations from Liz Halligans workshop.

 Candy Lane made by Judith Archer, named by 5yr old Josiah. Will be donated to birthright also with a tiny teddy.

 Disappearing Hour Glass by Judith.made at mystery quilt weekend and will be donated to cancer society for a raffle.

 This months theme was something old, this baby dress was made for  Christine when she was a baby by a neighbour.

30's nine patch made by Heather,made for her daughter Kelly , Easy nine-patch done by starting with two contrasting squares, light for background and darker contrast, size easy to divide by three you end up with two 9patches, one with the dark squares in the corner and one with light squares in the corner.

 Embroidery done in the 1970's and 80;s by Jenny.

 Small articles project folders by Trish, she has been making these as gifts for her stitching friends

 Nine-patch scrap by Helen, used up some (but not much) of her vast scrap collection.

 Deer,  by Rosie,made for her granddaughters new bedroom

 Play time by Barbara, made for a great granddaughter no.4 in Australia

Whanau quilt by Diane, she has made 7 of these for family members instead of Korowai's

August show n tell

 Hexagon Addiction by Judy.Y.The moment she was shown this technique she was hooked. She does them will travelling as they are portable and completely handsewen. .

 Christmas tree done by Lesley and The ribbon that Binds us challenge for Rose City Quilters 2014 exhibition, Side by Side .Cotton-on Quilters colour was green.

Christmas capers made by Lesley for Constance

Around the World wall hanging by Pauline.She bought the background, had seen it with Auckland skyline and decided to do skyline of places she has visited which made impressions esp  the Taj Mahal centre.

Miniture Roses by Carol

Flight of the Dragonflies by Carol, made for her eldest niece

My Birthday Quilt by Trish, her friends gifted her fabrics for a special birthday in 2003

Making a silk purse out of a cows ear by Heather. Originally a BOM from Krazy Cow. Blocks never came on time and some were impossible to match the design. Ended up hating it and sat in UFO box. Decided to make a table runner out of the blocks and now actually like it.

Fish with Attitude by Heather. Likes the pattern but not the reds and yellows shown so I did my own thing.

 Black and White with a touch of colour by Heather, was quilted by Helen. BOM from Aimees Homestead Quilts

Home Sweet Home by Rosie, has taken her 2-3 years to make, Block from JJ's

Pukeko  table runner made by Donna

July meeting

 Colour Pops by Jo, she went to Mary Transoms course in Taupo

 Animal Stack by Bep for her first Great grand child.

 Quirky Angel by Madeline out of a Christmas craft book.

 Christmas message by Madeline.Made in Trish Souness class several years ago.

 Suffolk puff Christmas tree by Madeline

 Xmas table runner by Diana

 Owl xmas wall hanging by Diana

 Angel wall hanging by Diana

 Summer Quilt by Trish from small samples. Started to sew on Thursday and the project was interrupted by her move to Wanganui.Quilted by Sandra at Wise Owl Quilting  Tauranga

 Xmas pudding wall hanger by Veronica

Nut cracker by Veronica.

June show n tell

 HRH chaired our June Queens birthday weekend meeting

 Neonatal quilts made by  Judith from scraps for the unit at Wanganui hospital

 England, a memory teatowel made by Lesley from her trip to England

 English Blue by Lesley.her cousin in England had a blue pattern on her sheets,they were pristine  and found out later she ironed her sheets on the bed, funny memory.

 A little bit French by Lesley. Made for a friend whom she is meeting up with in Amsterdam later this month

 Red, white and blue mystery by Carol. BOM mystery quilt from an Australian patchwork shop,made 1998-99

 Crazy Country by Carol, made in class with Christina.

 Shades of red and blue by Carol,think it was made at an Arahina retreat

 Cover for lightbox by Carol, she bought a slim lightbox so made a cover for protection and also made a bag for the cord.

 A Cushion for Celia by Trish. When visiting Aimees last month she was tempted by a lovely cat fabric and purchased this piece to make a cushion for her eldest granddaughter.

 Scrappy Blue by Lynda, she  used some of her blue stash and also to keep her hand in on quilting.

 Tiger Tiger by Jenny. Cross stitch pictures of tigers made into a wall hanging for her sons 38th birthday.Was her sons nickname when he was little.

 Star Bright by Jo. Scrap jelly strips made from her stash for her 17 year old daughter who is going flatting.

 Bonnie Hunter mystery 2017-2018 by Frances. This is the 2nd Bonnie Hunter mystery she has completed. She has had such fun joining in with friends over Nov.Dec making it together.

 Christmas capers by Frances. Joined a bunch of friends to have a lovely Christmas outing at Aimees Homestead Quilts.

 Red work by Madeline, first time she tried it.

 Christmas bead tree by Madeline for a decoration

 Jelly roll Quilt by Madeline. She won the jelly roll on a raffle at club

Book covers by Laurie, playing with recycled fabrics and using different stitches.