August 2026 Show & Tell

 Hi everyone

Our next club meeting is this coming Saturday so I thought I had better post the photos from the last club meeting before then 😂

Some of our Show & Tell are quilts from our re-visit theme where we encourage members to bring quilts they have made in the past to give them another airing. August’s theme was quilts with houses.

Donna made this house quilt along with her late friend (and COQ member) Carey. They took turns to choose a row to make.

Donna also made all these blocks from Sue Spargo’s Houses pattern. She didn’t complete the quilt but, instead, used some of the blocks to make bags for her retreat buddies.

Veronica made this beautiful quilt from a Yoko Saito block of the month pattern that was published in Quilts Mania. It’s stunning and beautifully quilted.

This Japanese bag was also made by Veronica from a pattern by Jenny Hunter.

Veronica’s also made this armchair caddy in a work shop with Sandra.

Home is Where the Heart Is was made by Trish..

The Houses on Thursday Street was also made by Trish during stitching with a very special girlfriend every Thursday. Trish loves house quilts.

The Little Red School house is also by Trish. She loves red and white school houses.

Pauline made this quilt in her colours plus a surprise.

This was made by Pauline from a Jinny Beyer kit.

Pauline also made this lovely quilt from a 5” pack of Kaffe Fassett fabrics. A nice fresh colour palette.

The Little Houses was made by members of Whanganui Embroidery Guild for their recent conference in Palmerston North. Many of the Embroiderers Guild are also COQ memebers. The quilt was finished by Diane H.

Lesley A is the maker of this Red Peace Lily wall hanging. The pattern is from a Love Patchwork and Quilting magazine.

I’m not sure who made this red and white quilt. I seem to have lost the recording paper. Can someone let me know, please and I will edit this post.

Madeline made this I Spy quilt for her great nephew Basil.

Odds & Scraps was also made by Madeline to use up scraps. She makes pet blankets, dolls quilts and quilts for the hospital’s children’s ward and for premier babies.

The following pictures are from Show& Tell but I seem to have lost the recording papers for them. Please let me know who made them and I will edit the post.

Judy made this top for her nephew. It was quilted by John N and has been taken to its new home in Australia.

Lastly are three quilts for Te Awhina made by May. The first two use the same blocks but in a different arrangement.

This one is Churn Dash Star.

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.