July Gatherings

This is a very, very photo heavy post, while the gatherings were smaller due to it being mid-winter, the show'n'tell was wonderful and there was lots of it.

Starting with a border for a "Rotherfields Grey" quilt...

Followed closely by S working on her "Rotherfields Grey" centre panel...

The hexagon flowers pictured in the tin below are being appliqued onto the border strip for part of C's "Rotherfields Grey" quilt.


The photos of this quilt do not quite do it justice.  Such a wonderful use of blues and browns, combined with light tone backgrounds to make a wonderful scrap buster.

 


As always, W, is doing stunning hand applique, here is one of her "Caswell" quilt blocks....

Another quilt from W, we have seen this in progress for the past few months, and it has also turned out stunning.

 


And, of course no gathering is complete without many more hexagons being paper pieced. 

Hand pieced hexagons, no papers.....

Now for the knitting!  M purchased a ball of wool at our day in Maldon and has knitted up a very nice slouch hat, followed by C who is knitting with a mix of commercial and hand spun wool.  A very nice tactile piece.

Now, for some more completed quilts and quilt tops...

Lots of little triangles.... and..... Some blocks of "Patchwork of the Crosses"

To finish off, some truly lovely embroidery and embellishing....

Thank you for stopping by our blog.  We hope to 'see' you again next month! xxx

A day with Michele Hill

Very early in the morning, many members arrived to assist with setting up for what was a jam packed and exciting day.  Kilmore Quilters and their guests were privileged to have the beautiful Michele Hill speak about her journey with Beatrix Potter.

While the setting up in the hall was going on, there was a flurry of activity in the kitchen to prepare for the beautiful morning tea and lunch...

Guests were treated to a large range of cakes, slices and sandwiches for morning tea...

The stage was set with members 'Michele Hill' quilts on display

The morning consisted of a very interesting, sometimes funny and sometimes poignant talk from Michele Hill.  Michele, showed (and wowed) the audience photos of her travels to find out more about Beatrix Potter.  She also spoke about how her quilting journey has brought her to making quilts based upon the children's stories of the well known characters of Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddleduck and so on.

* The talk and movies/slide-show were very interesting and this blog writer didn't take any photos during the presentation because she was too captivated by Michele's words.

After the presentation, a delicious lunch of  home-made soup (pumpkin or chicken and veg plus a roll) was served.

During the day there were many opportunities to meet Michele, purchase her books and have the books signed.

If that wasn't enough, everyone was treated to a magnificent display of show'n'tell from Members and Guests.

The day was interspersed with door prizes and raffle drawings.  Every person who attended received a small gift.

Magnificent morning tea

Delicious lunch

Amazing show'n'tell

and

an incredible guest speaker - Michele Hill,

all added up to a truly wonderful day.