December Show & Tell

Now that January is nearly over I thought it was time to put up the show & tell from the December meeting :-)

First up is Margaret's kiwiana placements:
Then Maria's version of the very popular Chris Barrington Santa:

Veronica loves everything cowboy:
Including the coffee. I have this Jacqui Karl pattern too, but it lies around in its plastic sleeve waiting for a caffeine fix:
Judy made this beautiful quilt of falling autumn leaves:
And this is June's lovely kiwiana themed quilt:
Margalite has been really inspired by Jane Sassaman's book. A fantastic way to use solid homespun fabric:


Eileen has made a wonderfully subtle star quilt:
It took her a while and the leaf blocks started out as another quilt but Frances' shadow autumn leaf quilt is stunning:
Jean's Children's quilt - really cute:
Joy is our community quilt organiser and she makes great kids quilts:
Love those snake heads!
Anita showed us her snowball quilt:
Bernice finished her Rookie Class quilt. I am very proud of her:
She did the class with her daughter Donna. Bernice was tickled pink when she finished her quilt before Donna.
The Christmas Angel graced our end of year lunch with her presence:


And the lunch was really rummy. a great way to end a busy quilt club year.

Xmas Dinner

Our club Christmas celebrations this year included a sit-down, fully catered 'traditional' cold ham, cold turkey, new potatoes and salad dinner. It was a wonderful meal well complemented by the festive table setting. Members each contributed and received a hand made xmas cracker with quilty contents and Frances contributed a poem which she recited just before the dessert was served:

The daughter of the farrier Could find no one to marry her, Because she said She would not wed A man who could not carry her.

The foolish girl was wrong enough, And had to wait quite long enough; For as she sat She grew so fat That nobody was strong enough.

It didn't appear to deter anyone from helping themselves to the little pavlova desserts!

October Show & Tell

It is now November and I need to put up the October show & Tell before the November stuff. I have got behind!!

At the October meeting Carol demonstrated how to do really accurate piecing with freezer paper for our Techniques Training session. Can you see her Featherweight Singer. That is a real sweetie of a machine (and I covet it mightily):
Anita and Colleen basting a quilt:
This is a beautiful Bible Block Quilt that Phillipa is making to hang in her church:
Veronica's Cats
Margalite makes quilts to go on beds. This is the first of 3:
And the second:
And the third:
Wow, what an output. Isn't that Stack 'n' Whack fabulous? Do you think blue is one of her favourite colours?

This is Jenny's Quilt:
A cool handbag made by Pauline:
Carol did an internet challenge based on colours starting with the letters of her name. She is holding a very cute drawstring bag made from 2 fat quarters:
These are pincushions Carol got from and internet swap. I love the egg!
And this is a really cool fun quilt:
Frances made this Shabby Chic basket quilt:
Helen H did a wonderul piece of discharge dyeing:
Audrey made these 2 cat wall hangings:
Very cute cats!
And this sweet table runner:
That's all, folks (until next time)

September Show & Tell

A bit late I know and there is still October to do (August Show & Tell didn't get photographed.) I'm not sure if I can remember all of who made what and I've forgotten most of the "Tell" part and some of the photos are less than best, but here it is:

First we start with a quilt-pounce demonstration from Ruth:
Lorraine's baby quilt:
And her cot quilt for Raetihi:
Karen's baby quilt
Judy's Black & White Ferns:
Pauline's Asian Quilt:
Jeans's cushion:
Jean's Quilt:
Jean's Table Runner:
Joy's Go Bag:
Kiwiana Hearts:
Bright Quilt
Colleen's Fruit:
Frances' Flower:
Heathers first trapunto:
Janice's Four Season's Internet Swap
Shattered Poppies
Ruth's Rosedbuds (completely hand pieced and hand quilting in progress):
Redwork Angels
Rae's Flower Quilt: