Sunday, November 9, 2014

November Show N Tell 2014.

Cotton On quilters held their exhibition last month and this quilt by Alison B won the Viewers Choice. Congratulations Alison, it was a well deserved win.

 
Jenny's cat wall hanging came 2nd, beautiful work Jenny.

 
This lovely shoe quilt came in 3rd and is by Denise and this is her 2nd quilt that she has ever made. Amazing work.
 
 
These coffee place mats and runner are by Doreen.
 

 
A lovely purple heart quilt by Doreen as well.

 
This is a made to measure sewing machine cover by Frances. Her machine sits down in a machine table and this cover fits over it perfectly.

 
Jeanette is into the bag making for presents.
 
 

 
Diane has made a lovely Owl Quilt.
 
 
and a bright Christmas Runner by Diane as well.

 
This Beach Ladies Quilt is by Jenny, we had fun picking out which lady we thought we were!

 
Sonia made this bright quilt.

 
and she also made these lovely children's aprons, with a yummy recipe printed on them.

 
This is a raw edge quilt made by Heather.

 
Heather also made this Tiki wall hanging.

 
A great fish quilt, nice and bright, by Heather .

 
and another by Heather.  Lovely colour combination.
 
 
Heather has had a few busy months. This is a striking quilt.

 
This is a wedding gift, made by Madeline. She had made lots of buntings to hang for her niece's wedding and later made them into a quilt.

 
This is also a wedding quilt made by Madeline.

 
A close up of the middle square.

 
And a close up of the corner squares.

 
This is a lovely bright yellow Dresden Plate Quilt by Judy A.

 
Maureen G. has also been making bags.

 
And Maureen also made this Bed Runner.

 
These cosy slippers and small work bag were made by Carol.

 
Love this mesh bag by Carol.

 
These slippers are by Veronica.

 
Audrey made these Mr & Mrs Smith dolls and bags for her grandchildren.
 
 
Audrey brightened up these large tea towels.

 
A beautiful hand embroidery wall hanging by Veronica.

 
This is another bag by Carol.
 
 
We had a  Speaker at our November Meeting, one of our members is also into Wood Turning and she bought along a few pieces that have won National and Regional prizes.

 
Tracey said that it is just like piecing quilts together, but wood is not as forgiving as material!

 
The pieces were amazing.


Monday, October 13, 2014

Show n Tell

I have been away on holiday and these are some of the quilts from the August and September meetings. Sorry but there are not captions for all of them.

 



This is a child's quilt by Rosalie.


 
This is one of our club's mystery quilts. 

 

 











 
I love the brightness of this one, by Carol.
 
 



this pretty little box was made by Audrey.


 
This is another box (I know you can not tell from the photo) by Audrey.
 



 
Madeline made this Christmas runner.

 
Don't you just love these slippers! Made by Maureen.

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Show n Tell July 2014

 
A king size quilt which was very very large was put together by Phillipa.
Beautiful colour.

 
The quilting was superb.

 
This is Doreen's fairy quilt for her 4 yr old Grandaughter in Perth.

 
A close up of the lovely fairies.

 
Jean made this lovely scrap quilt.

 
Ngaire made this double sided quilt. This is the front.

 
And this is the back. A great way to use your scraps!
 



The above photos are Clematis quilts that were made in a Jane Rixon class.
 

 
A raffle quilt for St John's made by the Friday quilting group.

 
This lovely bag was made by Jeanette.


 
A Scrap Quilt by Jeanette. 



 
And another scrap quilt by Jeanette.
 

 
Dianne showed us her beautiful pansy embroidery.



This beautiful placemat was made by Alison. She kept her hands busy while on holiday.
 

Kim made this sewing kit, it hangs over the arm of a chair. Very neat.
 
 
Kim also made this very fat Chook. It will make a great door stop!
 
 
This lattice quilt was made by Ngaire. Another scrap quilt.
 
Here are a few of the mystery quilts all ready to baste and then quilt.

different colour schemes make them look so different.

 
 
 
Hopefully we will see them all quilted in the next few months!!
 
 
Another large quilt, this is by Veronica. She has finished a UFO. It was
a mystery quilt run by Frances.


 The last item for show n tell was by Keitha. It is going to be a bag for her Granddaughter.