We enjoyed hearing about what inspired Karen and how she took that inspiration and turned it into fabric art.
Forest interpreted in fabric
Pieced leaves on textured background
Norse creation myth land of fire meeting the land of ice with seeming nothingness in between.
Skinny strips provide texture
Log cabin snakes
February: A delightful variety of donation quilts by Ellie, Moreen, Corisande and Gail.
Irene Harvalias led a workshop to show us how to make interesting blocks out of strata of five 2.5″ strips. Some people used jelly rolls and others used scraps. We all started with the same process to produce quarter blocks. These were then assembled into one of three patterns; Diamond, Cross or Pinwheel.
Diamond block
Centered cross block
Pinwheel block
After choosing our block type we sewed them together. When jelly rolls or full width of fabric (WOF) were used the quarter blocks could be put together in a way that emphasized the pattern. The results were wonderfully varied.
Jean crosses and diamonds
Moreen scrappy diamonds
Karen WOF diamonds
Freda WOF diamonds
Eileen and Irene conferring
Eileen WOF diamonds
Gail scrappy diamonds
Comfort quilt of scrappy crosses by Moreen, Gail, Eileen and Freda. The fall colours prompted Gail to applique a few leaves on top.
At the January Show and Tell we enjoyed seeing a variety of projects
Sylvia made this quilt with wonderful soaring bird fabric.
Elly made several awesome kid quilts in bright colours and designs.
Barbara’s book bags with free stuff from Our Social Fabric
Cute baby sweater by Brenda
Annette’s modern style quilt with bright colours
Shirley used a layer cake to make a wonderful geometric design.
Scrappy curved log cabin made by Gail
Scrappy rainbow quilt by Gail
One of Janet’s experiments with little murals.
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.
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.
