Show and Tell 4th April

Robbie brought along her Dilly bag made from a fat quarter with a little extra on the bottom,  love the quilted base.  She is using this for her lamp bag.

Last night at our meeting Rosie brought along a special show and tell for us all. Back in 2010 yes 2010, the club had a mystery challenge where participants were asked to take material from the bag and make the blocks as show here on the table and return them to Rosie when finished.  As you can see lots of different colour combinations were created.

As a club we will be looking to having some more of these fun activities which take up some of our left over stash and gets us together,  if you have any ideas mention them on Tuesday night, we are always open to new ideas.  

 

Also on Tuesday some of our members attended an informal workshop and did some fabric painting of The Nutcracker,

Ann 

Sandra 

Annie 

If you are out and about with other groups like this doing new and interesting things and would like to share, send me some photos for the blog I am sure our members would love to see them.
Have an Happy Easter weekend everyone hope the Easter Bunny stops at your house. 

 

 We are a busy, busy, group who make a variety of items all sewn, either by hand of by machine. We are free to make what ever takes our fancy and these days there is so much available to us on the internet, to inspire. We also inspire each other by what we show at "Show and Tell", I would encourage everyone to share their endeavors. 

Rosie made this from a workshop done many years ago

This is a quilt made over the past 6 months. The pattern is Amelie by Marie Sy Clair. Sheila did most of it by hand with the borders and piecing by machine. It is machine quilted on a domestic machine

This was made by Mary. This pattern always looks effective.

Cheryl showed us her lovely bag with many pockets. A lovely way to use clam shells

Definitely Easter love the colours. I can imagine these, made by Judy, filled with Easter eggs

Fiona has made this quilt as a wedding present for her brother arriving from America

This is one of many that Sandra has made, a useful bag made from a fat quarter

 March Retreat 2023.

Well what a fun productive relaxing time we had at Retreat. Here are some of examples of the creativity that did happen over the 3 days.

This quilt Ann started in 2013 at a Margaret McDonald Workshop. Well it is finally finished.

Sandra completed a bag for a friend

Di worked diligently on her quilt.  In between laughs and lots of interesting discussions. 

Cheryl presented a quilt, she finished from scraps which has turned out beautifully

Annie made a table house for two of her grand babies. It. Turned out amazing and featured something to remind them of their New Zealand Nanna and their English Grand parents. Even pickles the dog gets a mention.

First Meeting for 2023

 Now we really are back to business. A great meeting with plans made for activities for the year. If you are a member make sure we have an up to date email address and you will have access to all the details.

Hong is relatively new to the club and it is great to see her completed quilt top. It is an interesting pattern with lots of hidden designs

Sheila completed this quilt some time ago but was making some adjustments to the hanging sleeve. It is a called Red Delicious am Esther Aliu pattern. It is needleturned and quilted on her domestic machine. 

                                     

This is Fiona's work, it is Christmas inspired and she has spent time working on embroidery stitches by hand.

Annie Micallef completed this at a Saturday workshop. She had used scraps from the the fabrics used for the front to piece and make the backing.

Welcome to 2023

Welcome to 2023.

Well it has been a busy start to the year and we have been very tardy with our blogs but hopefully in the next few weeks we will pick up.  

We have a retreat coming up in early March so watch this space for the fun and games we get up to and of the course the quilting projects.

Don’t forget if you have any ideas of workshops or small projects we can share, let us know and we will try to follow up on them.

Sheila brought along her completed quilt which she sewed during her trip to and from Western Australia.

The Blocks show Hexi’s ,Tumbling blocks, Beautiful use of Doilies and embroidery.

Lovely work Sheila. 

Annie Also brought her Giraffe Quilt for show and tell, nice bright colours.wonder who this will go to?

So don’t forget your show and tell ladies .