September sees us having our AGM, we get an update on how the year has gone and a look at the projects and quilts that have been presented at the meetings over the past year. We also present the Christmas challenge theme and the new programme for the coming year.
We have had a very successful year, more than doubling our membership to 29, since we moved from an evening to a day time meeting. We had to move into a bigger space for meetings as a result. We have had a varied programme covering stitched pictures, Christmas cards and stockings, Kawandi, Appliqué (Sun bonnet Sue and Overall Sam), Mosaic patchwork, Curved piecing, QAYG and FPP. All these seem to have been enthusiastically received.
From the Show and Tell sessions members have been busy making 55 quilts, 35 of which were destined for Project Linus and 20 for personal use. One of the Linus quilts was made up from last years challenge, to make a seaside themed block 12½" square. It made a stunning 16 block quilt, so well done to all who contributed. A picture can be found at the end of the April 26 post. I also put our finished projects on the Gallery page, however it is not always as up to date as the posts!
Other items Included;
5 zippy purses from a previous demo,
4 table runners and 2 tree skirts,
Christmas decorations and cards, some from previous years projects,
Several Kawandi mats and bags,
We had 16+ blocks from the Appliqué demo, which will become a Linus quilt,
Mosaic patchwork produced a cushion, a small quilt and several WIP, several people were already working with hexagons,
Curved piecing has so far produced 2 cushions,
QAYG produced a cot quilt,
A large Jelly roll bag,
Several FPP cards,
Lots of knitting, prem baby cardigans, hats and toys many being donated to worthy causes.
At the end of the AGM we had some show and tell and a look at what projects participants had brought along.
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| Front and back of a very large QAYG quilt PK |
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| Flower fairy quilt for Linus JN |
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| Quilt destined for UNI with grand-daughter AB (sent via email) |
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| Improv circles MF, CW, ?LB, SF |
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| Ever popular EPP MW, IM, TD, KP |
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| Lovely quilt made from children's clothes. Plush fleece makes quilting by hand difficult. MS |
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| Appliqué baby booties SH |
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| Crochet face scrubs AT |
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| Intarsia knitting ?LJ |
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| Knitted teddy and clothes AD |
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| HM has embraced the Kawandi technique and is making another Boro style bag with lots of embellishment. |