July Happenings & Show'n'Tell

Our July Gathering was extremely well attended, with lots and lots of Show'n'Tell this month.  Please enjoy the scrolling through the pictures this month, there is lots to see. 

During the Gathering a small Christmas Tree workshop was held and it was an impromptu "Christmas In July" event.  

For a different take on a Christmas Tree, these Suffolk Puffs with buttons will be stacked together to make gorgeous little tree decorations.  These are being made for sale at our Quilt Show in October.  As you can see, there's a lot in progress.

Look at these gorgeous clamshells!

A very excited H brought in her prize winning quilt from Vic Quilter's Showcase - She was awarded Runner-Up, Small Quilts, Amateur.  This is very exciting for our Group.

It's no secret that many of our Members LOVE Sashiko.  Check out these beautiful stitches!

Now for Applique! How gorgeous are these houses??

Some applique works in progress....

These two gorgeous small quilts depicting Japan and Australia....

And.... English Paper Piecing.... Oh My....

Some stitchery...

To round out the month, here are some finished quilts...  So much productivity!!

 

 Coming up in August:

            -  10-10 Super Saturday Sewing Day on Sat 13th,

            -  20th Anniversary Luncheon on Sun 21st, and;

            -  Monthly Gathering on Tues 23rd.

We hope to see you soon! :)

March Monthly Gatherings

March has seen some restrictions lifting and more Members attending our Gatherings.  We also had several new ladies join us to become Members.  This month's show'n'tell is amazing.  We shall start with Applique and work our way through it all.....

Penguin by HSh

Christmas Bear by KM

The two appliques, above, are so very cute.  They are going to be in a couple of fun quilts soon.

Below are two very pretty applique quilts, using very different techniques.  

Dream Catcher by JG

Stained Glass by JD

Some very cute hand embroidery with JMc translating a hand drawn elf into a stitchery and RD stitching a toadstool pincushion.

French knots into flower centres to being a new embroidery project by C in stunning, bright colours.

BH has been diligently working on her sashiko piece for a while now and it looks amazing.

One of the newest members, EMc, has embroidered, appliqued and had quilted her version of the Sue Spargo pattern - Folktales.  WOW! is the only word that comes to mind!!

Still in finishing mode, JG, has made a garden trellis quilt.  Soft, subtle and pretty.

Below - HSh was busy with binding.  She has made a grandchild's table mat, completed a very old UFO green table-runner and put together a Dr Seuss quilt top.

ML is hand-piecing apple-cores.  Love the light and dark colour choices.

JMc is hand-piecing octagonal flowers.  Each time she joins us there are different coloured flowers being stitched together.

One of our newer members, JS, is creating a very funky and modern looking hexagon quilt.

AdJ is making a Jen Kingwell pattern.

JG has had another finish, and this one's an absolute beauty!  It is the La Passacaligica quilt from one of the books by Willeyn Hammerstein.  Those "jewel" colours against the black background are amazing!

W is working on very, very pretty dresden plate circles with Liberty fabrics.

JG has been finishing all sorts of projects - cup of tea anyone?

And... to finish off all of the glorious March Show'n'Tell is this gorgeous (to me) classical blue and white winding ways by HSm.

 

We hope you've enjoyed this trip through our monthly gatherings. 

May Gathering & AGM Night

During May, not only is there our normal monthly gatherings, plus the upcoming Retreat and the 10-10 Sewing Day, we had some very prolific members too.........

Starting with an update on Dear Jane:

J is making Quilted Diamonds, from the book by Linda Franz.  Essentially, it is Dear Jane blocks put into a diamond shape.

The next two photos are updates of blocks by B and W.... 

S, who joined the group this year brought along her hand pieced Dear Jane which wowed all of us.

Then R was taking it easy with some sashiko...

 And, what would a blog post be without hexagons?  Hexagons abound in this group!

Here is Pele Mele by H.  Pele Mele really can be anything you like.   The shear variety we are seeing each month since the class back in March from our members is astonishing.

J was a 'tutor helper' at AQC and she really liked what the tutor was showing with the embellishment of clothing and has re-purposed an old denim jacket to make something fun and modern.

C brought along her three little girls to embroider their faces on.  They are so cute!

AGM
Our AGM was held at the night gathering.  All Committee Office Bearer positions have remained the same with some changes to the General Committee.  Details have been updated and circulated to Members.