Holidays Show & Tell

Janice visited New Zealand over the holiday and caught up with some of our past members.

Maxine has put together her friendship squares into this wonderful quilt.

December Show & Tell

Better late than never….here are the photos from Show & Tell in December.

Two in One quilts – from Michele.  I think are from Tops & Tails book – Aussie author to be confirmed

 

The quilts both use the same fabrics and are cut at the same time with two very different results – a great idea!

Next up some Christmas flavour, with Poinsettias from Christina

 

  

and some Christmas trees, still a work in progress

Maggie has finished an adorable baby quilt

and a close-up of little Sunbonnet Sam

  

and Michele has been super busy with an Eye Spy Disappearing Nine Patch

and lastly, the stunning Winter Wonderland from Christina, an amazing feat in hand applique

Well done everyone. 

 

See you at our Christmas Party on the 15th!

Block of the Month - Maple Leaf

Our December BOM is the Maple Leaf block.
You can see one here

The blocks should be 12" blocks in "autumnal" colours and we will draw the winner on 08 December.

Wonky Stars Quilts

Finally, here are some pics of the finished quilts we made for the Bushfire appeal in Victoria this year.

The first one was backed, bound and quilted in blue

and a close up

 

The larger quilt was backed, bound and quilted in green

The quilting was done by the wonderful Wendy at Honey Pot Quilting in Bendigo, Victoria. 

October Show & Tell

Nice to have so many people here today and great to have visitors Loretta and Matthew, (Claudette's son') who helped her bring over suitcases and belongings as they are staying here for a while before leaving Singapore - in between cruises and trips to China of course.  Then we welcomed back Rosemary after all these months and what an entrance she made, tripping over the threshold in her eagerness to be back.  Fortunately with a pharmacist and doctor on hand she was soon mended and enjoying catching up with everyone.
Show and tell yielded some beautiful, diverse work.  Maurine had a cloth designed by her and made by Christina I think at the Henderson Home.  Elizabeth had a beautiful cushion (for her daughter?) complete with lovely little cat button.  Christina had a block of the month quilt that she had had quilted in the States on a computerised machine.  It is beautiful and she had been able to have a lot of input into the design which is always nice.  Maggie’s applique quilt was quilted in Indonesia with variegated thread and they have done a fantastic job incorporating stems and insects and drawing together something that we have seen evolve over the last few months.
We are all getting excited about the Quilt Challenge so don’t forget to buy your ticket and raffle tickets and fill in the entry forms if you haven’t already done so.

Lunch/High Tea

We enjoyed a “High Tea” which is really lunch, at the Shangri La Hotel’s Rose Veranda to say farewell to Melinda who is leaving us and heading to Shanghai with her family. Lots of yummy food, 102 different teas to choose from and a scrumptious dessert buffet.  Best wishes for your new adventures Melinda – we’ll miss you and your wonderful classes – and we look forward to hearing about the quilting and fabric opportunities in China.

New - Block of the Month Lucky Draw

We've started a Block of the Month Lucky Draw.  First draw is October and the theme is anything Christmas.  Blocks should be 8" (8 1/2" unfinished) and any technique.  Each block you contribute equals one entry in the Lucky Draw to win all the blocks for that month.   The winner will then choose theme for the next Lucky Block Draw.