Tuesday, September 6, 2016

September Show N Tell

Morag made this pretty Baby cot quilt, it is for her Son's best friend.

 
This is a close up of the lovely quilting.
 
 
Judy P. made this quilt up from a kit from Grandmother's Garden, it is for her Grandson.
 
 
Jean made this bright children's quilt, and has warm polar fleece on the back.
 
 
This is a close up of the middle panel.
 
 
Lydie went to a Jacqui Karl class at the mini symposium recently, this is a work in progress.

 
 And she also made this mini postcard.
 
 
Frances H. has finished the binding and machine quilted this pretty Baby Girl's Cot Quilt.

 
A good way of using the extra blocks on the back.
 
 
Maureen L. took part in a block exchange and made this colourful quilt.
 
 
A close up of the hand quilting in the border.
 
 
This is another vibrant quilt by Maureen L.
 
 
A close up of her hand quilting.
 

 
Diana showed us her aqua rag quilt that she has completed.
 
 
A beautiful string quilt by Judy A.
 
 
Another by Judy A. This was a club block of the month.

 
The back showing her machine quilting.

 
Veronica has completed her Jacobeon wall
hanging, it is in wool & felt.
 
 
Keith made up a crazy patchwork cot quilt.
 
This beautiful cross stitch mermaid is by Alison B. There are lots of crystals and beads sewn on it.
 

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

August Show n Tell 2016

Helen P made this scrappy quilt, called Crumb Block.  She had cut 4 1/2 in squares out of her scraps. Very colourful.


This is a close up of the quilting.
 

 This colourful quilt was made by the late Kerry H and quilted by Helen.
 
 This also is another one by Kerry which was a Mystery Quilt run by Maureen & Veronica.
 
 Always nice to have an interesting back.
 
 Bep has been busy recently and this is a quilt for her Grandson's 21st Birthday.
 
 Bep also attended the Mini Symposium in Blenheim recently and attended a Jacque Karl Class.  She made the stamp for the background and painted and stitched the rest.  It is a work in progress.
 
Bep also attended a Michielle Armstrong class and showed us this runner made up with a block called Twist & Shout.
 
 This African quilt is being donated to Vanuatu and was made by Maureen M.
 
 Maureen M. also made this stunning quilt with Batiks.
 
 Another by Maureen and is a scrappy quilt, very effective the way it has been put together.
 
 Kath E. has made a beautiful Flower Quilt.  It is on a cream background and was quilted by another club member Joy E.
 
Sue E. has made this Trip around The World Quilt for her Daughter who is living in China.  Some of the "rounds" tell you what countries she has been to.
 
  This very blue & yellow circle quilt was made by Carol B. at the recent mini Symposium.
 
 This is called Stargello Star and was made in a Claire Valence class at the mini symposium by Carol B.  It is very effective.
 
 These three sampler quilts have been made into cushion covers and are being taken to England by Jenny R.
 They were made by her Aunt in the 1920's when she was about 11 - 12 years old.
 
 Jenny R. has also finished her flower quilt which was started in a Greit Lombarb class our club held.
 
This is a dog coat made with Halloween fabric by Heather and is off to Canada for her daughter in Law's dog.


Saturday, July 9, 2016

July Show N Tell 2016

First up was this Baby Quilt made in beautiful soft colours by Francis H,  It is for a girl she works with.

Another Baby Quilt which has been made out of Jean M's Stash.
 


 
Another by Jean M made up with orphan blocks she had.
 


 
Betty B had a request from her daughter to make a vintage quilt and supplied a bag of woollen skirts to use. Betty has put it together beautifully.

This is a lovely idea for a quilt label. 
 
Judy A. has put this together using her stash of scraps. Lovely design and very colourful.
 
 
A beautiful table runner in shades of grey & navy.  Made by Heather Mc. for her Daughter in law. Another project heading off to Canada.

Maureen G. has completed a quilt top.  It was from our Club's block of the month project.  Maureen has used William Morris Fabrics.
 
A nice blend of neutral colours has been used in this strippy quilt by Veronica D.

 
This colourful table runner is by Keitha. She is an expert in flying geese now!

 
This UFO was started 2 years ago and has now been completed. Keitha has used a lovely cat material in this baby quilt.
Another UFO completed by Keitha, ,this time it is a Christmas Nativity wall hanging

 
 A New Zealand wallhanging made by Rosie N. for her Nephew in London.  It is a wedding gift to remind him of home.
Check out the wonderful machine quilting on it.

This is a neat idea of a pin cushion made out of coke bottle bottoms.  It was made by Judy A.



A beautiful bright cushion made by Julie H.G.  she went to a class by Jenny Brown.
These bags were part of an International bag exchange. These are the ones that Carol B. and Maureen G. received.  They asked for certain colours. The purple & green one (Maureen's) came from Perth and the Laurel Birch (Carol's) one came from Canada.