Regional Day Exhibition

On Saturday 20th September, Region 2 of the Quilters Guild held a Surrey Regional day in the Old Barn Hall at Bookham. They had asked our group if we would like to put on an exhibition of our work. The Committee thought this a wonderful opportunity to show our skills. We asked members to submit pieces of work for the exhibition and two of our members volunteered to hang and chat about the quilts on the day. We are a small group that has only been formally meeting for a year. This meant that a lot of the work pre-dated the group, We did manage to show some results from the two workshops we have held so far, some still works in progress.

Les Etoiles Vert by Val Grange

Julia Gahagan Workshop- Little Village scenes

 Helen Tagg,Tanya Clarke, Christine Dally

Jane Austen Blues by Maggs Sandilands

The Griffen Myth by Christine Dally, Scrappy Zappy Do by Helen Worwood, Blue Night Time by Kanta Patel

Work by Maggs Sandilands, Sally Weir, Helen Worwood and Christine Dally

Work by Carole Baker, Marion Welch, Helen Worwood, Sally Weir and Marcia Turner

Thousand Vine by Liz Powderham

Maggs and Sally enjoyed the day, and I hope that their experience will encourage more of our members to engage with this sort of opportunity in the future.

Julia Gahagan workshop

On Saturday 6th September 2014 we held a workshop with Julia Gahagan to make mini quilts. The techniques used were shadow applique and quilting. These were great fun and economical for quilters with scraps, as the largest pieces of fabric were roughly the size of an A4 sheet of paper, the rest literally scraps. 

Works in progress

Julia was helpful with fabric choices, explaining the principles of using light,medium and dark tones in your design to get a good contrast. This lead to some small changes with better definition. It was a satisfying workshop, as you had the majority of the work done by the end of the day, with a bit of finishing off when you got it home. Each one is a unique miniature work of art. If you can bear to part with it, it would make a lovely gift. If not you could make a few more for giving.

End of day results

Everyone seemed to have a good time. The Trinity Centre is a lovely venue for workshops, with natural light and good facilities. We were well looked after by Judy who was on duty that day.

Beavering away

Editors notes: Some finished examples from the workshop.

Shadow applique and foundation piecing - work by Christine, Tanya and Irena