April Show & Tell

Debbie had just finished hand-piecing this quilt in a Beginner’s Class and is now hand-quilting it. It looks super!

Debbie has also finished the lovely baby quilt

and a close-up of the gorgeous applique bees and flowers

Kathy has been busy making a “Tortilla Warmer” – what a great idea

…and she has also made a cute baby quilt

Marianne has been busy hand-dying lots of lovely fabrics and making these wonderful fabric postcards

Some of our members have been making quilts for the Japan to help with the Tsunami Disaster, at one of our local quilt shops.  These are two they helped quilt

…and a close-up of the machine-quilting by Sandra

As we hadn’t done a Show & Tell for a while, Elizabeth showed us her stunning hand-pieced quilt – a Karen Cunningham (from Australia) design.  This one is quite breathtaking “in the flesh” and was way too big for any of us to hold up off the dirty floor!

and a couple of close-ups. 

Elizabeth had the quilt machine-quilted in Oz by (I forget!)

Her fussy cutting was exquisite

Show & Tell November 2010

A good few things to show off this month…

Tiiu’s fabric dish which a friend made for her

Debbie’s hand-pieced and appliqued quilt from a jelly-roll – her first quilt (I stand to be corrected though!).  It looks fabulous

Tiiu’s challenge mini quilt; the challenge from her group in Perth.  The fish block is copied from the Group’s badge

Tiiu’s made from left-over fabric from the one above

Kate’s BOM quilt from a Sue Ross design. It looks awesome!

Kate’s “Red Centre” – for one of her boys. It is a pattern from Material Obsession

Kate’s baby quilt – a work in progress, but hopefully it will be finished and off to it’s new owner before the next Show & Tell. Forgotten the name of the block – a Gwen Marston design?  Skillfully uses Kate’s stash of beautiful Liberty fabrics.

Tiiu’s really expensive bag-to-be, made in a class at Rosie’s with a visiting Japanese tutor (name?)

Show & Tell July 2010

Thanks to Kallie for her hospitality – she can be assured her oven works very well and the sour-dough bread, quiche and cake were very well received.

There were lots of hexagons around today, a few bindings being stitched down and a few baby quilts on the go.  At next month’s show & tell, we’ll hopefully have a new quilting baby to show off.

Angeles made this beautiful bag from batiks in one of her last classes before leaving Shanghai. Hopefully she will do some classes for us later in the year.

Ellen hand-pieced the cathedral windows, then joined together with a variegated thread by machine and machine quilted. This is for her grandchildren.

Melissa has finished her lovely baby quilt in a blue/green/gray colourway. Machine pieced and hopefully her baby will be here any day now to enjoy it!

Kathy Q made this stunning Row By Month quilt in the US – each row represents a different month/season on the calendar.  There are 3D bunny ears and turkey feathers – it looks amazing. The shop supplied the fabrics and Kathy chose the borders herself.  We all agreed it would be too much to quilt this monster on her own and she will probably have it professionally machine quilted.

  Alison was still stitching down the binding on this cushion, made with a spiderweb block pattern sourced from a Blog.

As well as working on a baby quilt, Kathy I is making yo-yos/suffolk puffs from Kaffe Fassett fabrics. There were lots of ideas to put these to good use.

Kathy Q made this table runner from fabrics bought in Singapore and has used a sarong for some of the fabrics – very clever.

Lastly, Melissa made this cute little spectacle case for Tiiu using 1.5” squares which were leftovers from her baby quilt shown above.  She used a technique where the squares are pressed onto fusible web before the seams are stitched, which is a very accurate method for such small pieces.

Another Baby Quilt…

Thanks Kathy Q. for your hospitality this week. We had a great turnout and a few new faces which is wonderful

Kathy I. has finished a baby quilt for a boy. She was concerned at the amount of ‘girly’ florals in it, so has appliqued some cute, blue teddy bears. It looks gorgeous Kathy!

And to continue the theme of the Disappearing Nine Patches, here are the blocks I have made just put up randomly on my design wall

Show & Tell June 2010

Thanks Maggie for hosting this week.  We were busy auditioning and cutting fabric this week as well as our Show & Tell

Melissa has completed the top for her baby quilt in a Chinese Coins pattern for her very own baby, expected very soon.  It will be great to welcome an ANZA baby.

Maggie has completed another baby quilt; this one has a lovely embroidered panel in the centre Tiiu put together squares from a Moda fabric range which will now have applique or embroidery added

Tiiu – appliqued tree and birds     

Kate’s version of a Sue Spargo design. Kate has made hers with Japanese fabricsand the back of the quilt… 

Kate’s Spiderweb quilt

and a close up…

Apologies for the bad focus…I need to attend one of the ANZA Photography courses!  

May Show & Tell

Many thanks to Janice C for hosting today in her lovely home. It was wonderful to have four new faces joining us.  We bid a very sad farewell to Janice J – thanks SO much Janice for all your dedication and hard work for ANZA Quilters over the past years. You will be sorely missed, but always welcome back!
It seems ages since we’ve had a proper Show & Tell. Today we saw Maggie’s baby quilt for “Timeo” which is destined for Hong Kong. Lucky Baby.
Melissa joined us for the first time and has made this lovely pincushion from a Heather Bailey pattern, while she is waiting for her sewing machine to sail over here
And Alison finished the Wonky log cabins cushion, the pattern from Quilting Arts Stitch magazine

Show & Tell Feb/March 2010

There must be a baby boom….
Kate has made a gorgeous baby quilt with half-square triangles and machine quilted it in the ditch
Don’t you just love those quilts with feet?
And a close up….
  Alison used 2 x charm packs plus sashing to make a Disappearing nine patch quilt – stipple/meander quilting on a domestic machine