November show n tell

Our club challenge this year was a nine patch swap with 25 participating over ten months, it was great to see the big reveal, they were all different.

 Country red and orange made by Maureen

 With green cornerstones by Diana

 Dark blue centre and stars by Frances

 Pink spot alternate by Sonia

 Grey cross by Sue.

 Diagonal by Carol

 Teals by Sonia

 With calico by Christine

 Small cot quit by Rosie

 Graduated colours by Judy

 Blue sash by Helen

 Teal feature sashing by Helen

 Rail fence alternate by Donna

 Made two quilts with bright sashings by Trish

 Black sashing by Madeline

 Pink half square triangles by Madeline

 A lovely selection of small cot quilts  by Judith

 Multi colours backed with an old UFO by Annette

 Black and white by Katherine

 Bag of blocks ready to be put together by Sue

 Red star by Pauline

 Circle applique and backed with signatures by every one who participated and sew quilt as you go by Lesley

 Set on point by Veronica

 Liz Halligan workshop "Botanicals" by Madeline

 Cot quilts  and green/purple one  made for a raffle by Judith

 Church raffle quilt make by Frances

 Knitted quilt with Shaun the sheep be Katherine

 Tie skirt for specialWOW at her work by Sue

 Snowman embroidery by Sue

 Blue double irish chain by Sue

 Blue and white by Sue

 Collage fish made at Foxs Cottage workshop by Veronica.

 Maureens stitch journal made at Foxs cottage with Jenny

 View of the quilts displayed.

Log cabin by Marion.

October show n tell

We had a pink theme for this months meeting starting off  with a shared  pink luncheon with proceeds going to Breast Cancer.

Maureens Mums 80th quilt made in 1995 one of her early ones much loved and used.

 Zip bags made by a group who  went to Kimbolten Retreat and was tutored by Carol;

Henrietta Hippo by Donna,inspired from a Bug Art greeting card. 

 Japanese post cards by Bep,she was at shop hop and saw this finished and bought the 36 pieces of Japanese fabric.

Butterfly Girl by Trish. a class done at Cotton-on in 1990 for a baby quilt. 

 Pink baby girl quilt by Trish

 Made for Heathers grandson,it is an identical one for him>he was born 8 weeks early in May, unfortunatlely someone int the NICU decided they needed it for themselves and acquired it without permission.Her daughter still wanted a duplicate to keep and luckily I still had enough fabric.

 Heather made another one for her grandson, not the usual colors but his room has lemon walls and grey toned curtains. The main fabric was purchased in Canada and the grey is a mode. Chose a simple postcard pattern as she felt anything more complicated would not show off the fabric.

 Minicurve hanging by Carol, she bought the book and ruler and wanted to try it out,possibly a cat in the middle.

Snowman by Carol, bought as a kit, stitched and put together as per pattern

 Twas the night before Christmas by Carol. Mystery BOM from the Country Yard.

 Blue and Turquoise Arrows by Frances,made by a couple of friends and herself for their church raffle. She has already used this  pattern in orange and gold onB &W.

 Some blocks by Frances another project in the making.

 Pink Angel by Annette. She made Coronet Angles for her Christmas tree, got out of hand and all the family got "an heirloom"

 Circular mat by Lynda. Closest thing to pink,made for  her trying out new concepts a long time ago.

 Queens sized bed quilt made by Madeline.

Grandmothers fan made by Veronica for her mother 2004.

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