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Our Christmas Party with Show and Tell
Festive table spread
Julia’s decorations added a festive touch
Star quilt completed from a donation by Freda
Baby Quilt by Adele
Joan, Annette and Karen enjoying each other’s company
Jenny’s first large quilt turned out very well.
Book bags for gifts for kids from the community nurse
Moreen’s Fire Engine kids quilt
One of Joan’s many quilt pieces. This a kids play quilt.
Pam’s ‘Family’ wall hanging
Polar Bear Quilt by Corisande
Moreen shows off her Maple Leaf Quilt
Stained Glass Quilt by Gail
Birds and flowers by Corisande
Brenda shows Jenny the hedgehogs she made
Calico Cat wall hanging by Pam
Summer Camp Quilt pattern by Missouri Star company. Blocks pieced by Sylvia. Finished and quilted by Gail.
Speaker Stacy Day
Stacy entertained us with stories as she talked about the inspiration for the quilts in her book “Child’s Play”. It was delightful to see how her colours and techniques worked together to make beautiful quilts both children and adults would love to have.
Goldfish designed and pieced by Stacy Day remembering the goldfish of her childhood.
Butterfly kisses designed and pieced by Stacy Day.
I love Lady Bugs by Stacy Day in two colour formats.
Swish, a quilt designed to capture the feeling of energy of her boys awake in the spiky stars and the calm when they are asleep in the mellow diamonds.
Moon and stars applique designed by Stacy Day with pieced background.
Baby Showers designed by Stacy Day using scrappy pieced slabs for the raindrops.
Amazing Applique – November class
Instructors Gail Newell and Moreen Rutherford split the day. In the morning Gail walked the class through machine applique from Pattern to finishing. We started with stitching ‘alien blobs’ and the brave graduated to sea creatures. In the afternoon Moreen displayed a huge variety of projects and then got the class started on their own mini project, a Hawaiian, elephant or butterfly applique.
Front of a ‘boring bag’. Appliqued bag holds items to occupy little people when they are in boring situations.Aquatic kids play quilt. Designed by Gail Newell. Blocks were sashed together after applique and quilting. It is machine applique and quilting. After stitching practice blocks at the workshop Suzanne, Sherry, Vickie, Karen, Freda, Jean and Brenda felt confident enough to work on the aquatic applique and quilting.
October Outreach Quilts
Appliqued Circles by Pat Lai, four of Joan Sherwood’s several Preemie quilts. Preemie Quilt by Suzan Laferte, Kid’s Sea Creature quilt by Anette Brower and Book Bags by Jennie Hsu.
At our October meeting Martha Todd talked about quilt making delightfully slightly wonky designs, curves and using whole fabric. We were intrigued by her journey into hand dying with both dyes and rust!
Cultural Days September 29, 2018. Kids making paper bag books with great concentration put together some cool projects surrounded by fabric art of all sorts.
Making books out of paper bags, magazine pictures, stickers, ribbons and other stuff amid quilting displays and demonstrations.
Member Entries to Textile Category of Midsummer Arts Dream Juried Exhibition 2018
“Landscape Sampler” by Gail Newell. Awarded first place in Textile Category of Midsummer Arts Dream Juried Exhibition 2018
“Flower Garden With Hummingbirds” designed, sewn and quilted by Pam Mahoney. Awarded second place in Textile Category of Midsummer Arts Dream Juried Exhibition 2018
“Talking of Trees” designed, stitched and quilted by Vickie McLeod
“Kingfisher” wall hanging. Designed, stitched and quilted by Gail Newell.
“Lighthouse” hanging designed, pieced and quilted by Pam Mahoney.
