Monday, July 22, 2019

July meeting

 Colour Pops by Jo, she went to Mary Transoms course in Taupo




 Animal Stack by Bep for her first Great grand child.


 Quirky Angel by Madeline out of a Christmas craft book.


 Christmas message by Madeline.Made in Trish Souness class several years ago.



 Suffolk puff Christmas tree by Madeline


 Xmas table runner by Diana


 Owl xmas wall hanging by Diana


 Angel wall hanging by Diana


 Summer Quilt by Trish from small samples. Started to sew on Thursday and the project was interrupted by her move to Wanganui.Quilted by Sandra at Wise Owl Quilting  Tauranga


 Xmas pudding wall hanger by Veronica


Nut cracker by Veronica.

Saturday, June 8, 2019

June show n tell

 HRH chaired our June Queens birthday weekend meeting







 Neonatal quilts made by  Judith from scraps for the unit at Wanganui hospital



 England, a memory teatowel made by Lesley from her trip to England




 English Blue by Lesley.her cousin in England had a blue pattern on her sheets,they were pristine  and found out later she ironed her sheets on the bed, funny memory.




 A little bit French by Lesley. Made for a friend whom she is meeting up with in Amsterdam later this month



 Red, white and blue mystery by Carol. BOM mystery quilt from an Australian patchwork shop,made 1998-99


 Crazy Country by Carol, made in class with Christina.



 Shades of red and blue by Carol,think it was made at an Arahina retreat




 Cover for lightbox by Carol, she bought a slim lightbox so made a cover for protection and also made a bag for the cord.




 A Cushion for Celia by Trish. When visiting Aimees last month she was tempted by a lovely cat fabric and purchased this piece to make a cushion for her eldest granddaughter.








 Scrappy Blue by Lynda, she  used some of her blue stash and also to keep her hand in on quilting.





 Tiger Tiger by Jenny. Cross stitch pictures of tigers made into a wall hanging for her sons 38th birthday.Was her sons nickname when he was little.




 Star Bright by Jo. Scrap jelly strips made from her stash for her 17 year old daughter who is going flatting.




 Bonnie Hunter mystery 2017-2018 by Frances. This is the 2nd Bonnie Hunter mystery she has completed. She has had such fun joining in with friends over Nov.Dec making it together.





 Christmas capers by Frances. Joined a bunch of friends to have a lovely Christmas outing at Aimees Homestead Quilts.





 Red work by Madeline, first time she tried it.




 Christmas bead tree by Madeline for a decoration




 Jelly roll Quilt by Madeline. She won the jelly roll on a raffle at club





Book covers by Laurie, playing with recycled fabrics and using different stitches.

Thursday, May 23, 2019

May show n tell

 John Nielsen introduced himself to our club, he has just moved to Wanganui and has a quilting business called Quiltfairies by The River, he showed  us some of his quilts.









 Microscopic Monsters by Frances,made for quilt symposium Palm. North 2015.She used the clubs go.cutter to make the winding ways blocks. It was her own design for the monsters.  


 Summer Vines by Frances, a design by Peggy Waltman,she made it smaller than the original
quilt,needleturn applique and hand-quilted


 Moda French General Sampler by  Frances. Made quilt as you go, hand quilted.A cloth Shop sampler started Dec.2010,Finished Nov.2016


 People by Lesley. She wanted to try applique.It must of turned her off applique as she hasn't done much since.Quilt started 2002 finished 2004.


 Merging Seasons My Way by Maureen. Drawing on a grid to form the seasons, no pattern involved.


 Focus on the Future One Step at a Time by Maureen. A play with strip piecing.


 A Trellis in the Garden by Judy. Made for her own bed. She loved the shading of the colours and placement create the trellis pattern,she used many favourite scrappy pieces of fabric



 Bag made by Rosie. Bought bag at Melbourne show 2 years ago and did the felting with Jenny


 Kids by Rosie. First quilt she made, quilted in Taupo. A kit from Grandmothers Garden


 Kids by Rosie. To put inn stash for give away or selling



Kids Quilt by Rosie, made for a neighbours new Great Grandy.

 Golly Gosh by Trish. The fabric was gifted to her by a friend, so she had to make a quilt for expected grand-daughter.


Four  patch Fun by Trish, for a friends expected Great Grandchild.