July 2026 Show & Tell

 My humble apologies for the delay in posting this. Life is a bit crazy right now. Hopefully my track record will improve. Show & Tell was short and sweet this month.

First up are some blocks for our COQ community quilt, made by Hana.

The bottom of these two blocks was made from the off cuts of the top one. Very creative.

This beautiful Sue Spargo pattern was made by Veronica. She quilted it herself and the pattern is called Critters and Clover.

Maureen finished her lovely project bag started in the club project class taught by Diane H

The next piece is also by Maureen. It’s called Easter Bunnies and was made for the Fox’s Cottage Daphne Diary Challenge. The inspiration page is show below the piece. 

Lastly is Shoofly in Taupe by Jenny H. This was a block of the month programme from Patchwork Passion from about 20 years ago. Jenny started it at retreat last year and quilted it on her domestic machine.

Well done everyone.

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.

May 2026 Show & Tell

 Sorry for the long delay posting this.

First up is this lovely sampler quilt made by Caroline using a jelly roll.

Caroline also made this wonderful big boy quilt for her grandson’s big boy bed, it’s called Sebby’s Truck quilt.

And a matching pillow slip

With the perfect fabric on the reverse

Roo-Tine carry bag was made by Linda for Christine, who has lived in Australia historically. Linda says Christine talks about Australia all the time. It’s a gift to say thanks.

Sunflower Serenade is a messenger bag from a pattern By Annie. Linda says she had lots of support from Carol.

Linda also made Bev’s Life We’ll Pieced for her late colleague. Bev was a midwife who loved gardening, cats, chickens and coffee. The pattern is Modern Scrap Quilt by Jenny Hunter and Linda made it for Bev’s daughter who lost her mum too soon.

With a beautiful backing.

Judy Y made this Felt and Feathers bag at an embroidery workshop.

Dianne H made this quilt for one of her mokopuna

Hanna completed this lap quilt. The inner part was made by a dear friend of hers who passed away last year. Hanna decided to make her part into a lap quilt for the friend’s sister who Hanna will be seeing soon.

The quilt stitching showed really well on the back.

Hannah also finished her wall hanging.

This Lilac quilt was made by Leslie A. She experimented with the half square layout made from a quarter bundle of floral prints and grunge fabric.

Leslie also made a cushion cover and then pillow covers using some of the remaining fabric.

 

Marlene made this blue and white foundation pieced Stars for Friends quilt. It was her first fully finished foundation paper pieced quilt.

The back:

Organic garden by Marlene was 2 1/2 years in the making. She is very happy with the top but not so keen on the back. She is, however, very pleased with the edging and is thankful for Cotton On Quilters’ advice.

Neeta made this Irish Chain quilt which was quilted by John Neilson.

April 2026 Show & Tell

We had a lovely meeting on Easter Saturday with hot cross buns and Easter eggs. The meeting was well attended but the Show & Tell was sweet and short this month. I hope everyone is saving up for the next meeting.

Lesley A, one of our new members showed us this beautiful swan pillow. I apologise for the very poor quality of the photo. This is an Elizabeth Hartmann pattern. Leslie says she likes things with swans on them.

Yvonne completed her Bonnie Hunter Triple Treat quilt and quilted it beautifully. She made it after she saw other completed Triple Treats and wanted to use pre-cut squares out of her overflowing 3 1/2” shoebox scraps box. Yvonne planned the colour placement on the floor and had to reposition a few. Talk about keeping yourself supple!

Yvonne used a duvet cover for the backing and the lovely quilting really shows up.

Veronica made this quilt for her brother and sister in law’s 50th wedding anniversary. It was quilted by John Neilson.

Here is the back.

Veronica also made this project bag.

This is Veronica’s progress on the Lots of Pots block of the month being run by Foxes Cottage. It is a Wendy Williams pattern. We will be seeing a few of these this year. It is a very popular project.

Last up is two more  locks for the community quilt. The first was made by Caroline and the second by Veronica. Well done ladies!

See you next month.

March 2026 Show & Tell

 Hi everyone

Thank you to Donna for taking photos for me while I was away attending my son’s wedding in Ireland. I had a fabulous time and the wedding was magical from start to finish.

First up is a blackwork stitchers, Halloween House, from The Steady Thread. This was stitched by Carol.

Frances made Microscopic Monsters for the Palmerston North Quilt Symposium held in 2015. She used the club Go Cutter to make the Winding Ways blocks.

Julie hand stitched and hand quilted this lovely quilt.

Pam made this beautiful rendition of a Rainbow trout for Andy’s 80th birthday. Andy has always been a fly fisherman.

Hanna made this table runner from a pattern.

Judy Y made this lovely bag for her sister. It contains matching sewing tools and the pattern is “Open Wide” from ByAnnie.

Judy also made this sewing kit for her granddaughter. It contains a needle book and hexagon pincushion.

Judy has been very productive. This swing machine cover was made by her using newly purchased fabrics used in a project, several years overdue.

Sue F has also been very productive. The next 6 items were made by her.

Black and White dresses made in a Foxes Cottage class, made for herself.

Pansy Dresses, for a person Sue supported.

“Dump Purse” bag made for a person Sue supported.

Bunnie bags big and small. Sue made these for Easter.

Uma the Elephant, pattern from Cool Crafting UK.

Sugar Plum Fairy, a Luna Lupin pattern from Cool Crafting UK made for Christmas.

Well done, Sue. Now to the Birds quilt made by Donna. She made this pattern along side the late Carey H. It was the last project Donna and Carey sewed together.

These two blocks were made by Carol and Judy using a club Go Cutter die. I think the intention is for other members to volunteer to make extra blocks so they can be assembled into a community quilt.

That’s it for this month. See you next time.