Oast Quilters' Show & Tell

 Kerry told us how a former teacher had told her students to only use a single line of fabric in their work otherwise impending disaster would ensue! (Who WAS this!!) Kerry's work takes another path  and I'm pleased to say none of the quilts in our Show & Tell conformed to this safe and somewhat boring approach.

However I do sew with several people who do take this approach and their work is always very nice and sometimes depending on the collection used impressive. My outcomes are more hit and miss but I continue to trust in the magic of patchwork.

Barbara has been finishing her tops
and this was a cenrepiece now rounded off.

Beautiful work by Barbara, a consummate needlewoman. Check out the tiny hexagons with the wedding rings and subtle basket colours.

Pictures of charity pieces by Canterbury 
Quilts. Above the right hand one is by
Marianne and they completed the donated flannel top which would make a wonderful wheelchair
blanket.

Jolly quilt by Chris

A "Norah" quilt by Fiona.

Oast Quilters

Magnificent quilt pieced and long arm quilted by Kerry

 Kerry Keeble came to speak at Oast yesterday. There was a good turnout and a very friendly atmosphere and we enjoyed Kerry's talk and the lovely colours and fabrics in her quilts.

She will teach aspects of fussy cutting at the workshop tomorrow.

 As a postscript I had my bag body all done for our Bonnies meet on Friday, missing Trish.

Lots in hand

 I bit the bullet on Friday and embarked on basting my "Letterbox"  quilt this last weekend listening to quite a lot of the Guild Retreat content online as I went.

Laid sideways here. Uses lots of older Laura Ashley brushed cottons and Viyella.

I've had a go at quilting it but have rejected the pattern and the thread and now will pull out what I've done back and try out Baptists' Fan or a block template and see which I prefer. I like this quilt so much I want to be sure.

Still folded and reproachfully awaiting machine quilting is a dispearing ninepatch made from a pack of fat quarters and destined for Linus.

DNP

I have leftover squares which I'll sew into four patches for a smaller Linus quilt.

I've pieced the units from Valerie Nesbit's wonderful Two strip Mix Up workshop and arranged them and layered up the numbered blocks and taken photos of each so I don't lose my way (I probably will). 

Jelly roll had a very limited number of variations.

Top of the pile

Quay Kawandis

 It was great at Quay last meeting to see yet more people had taken up the Kawandi project.

Mags'

Pippa's

Queen Beez

At our Queen Beez Christmas get together we laid out our project and then our most recent borders to add. We have just one more wide border with lots of work to do on it to go. We will still be stitching it next meet up. I have just started on the outer triangles now.

So far

With added borders laid out.

Then it was time to admire Maggie's lovely complex projects. I'm so grateful to have such lovely creative friends. I get such a thrill from seeing their work coming along.

A complete reworking of units from a Jen Kingwell BOM

Colourful hexagon quilr laid on top

And another hexagon top in the making.

I  took along the now bound log cabin Maggie longarmed for me and collected my Summer Fruits (? name not quite decided yet) which I am binding now.

On going

Working on the hexagon block
in Sweet Tea and Green Beans

Front

Bag with zipped pocket from pattern in
Easy Japanese Style by Julia Davis et al.

The front with outside pocket

The back - Australian fabric

Mug bag and zippy pouches

Kantha mug mat

Setting out DNP units

 

Sewing Day Show and Tell

Giant Log Cabin from Tracy

DNP from Jenny

Scrappy Log Cabin "Betwixt" from me

 

Chichester weekend

We spent an enjoyable weekend in Chichester in November, Alan going round and about while I attended the QGBI's Region 2 Open Day on Saturday and workshop on Sunday.

In the morning Yasmeen Branton talked about her work which brings a high level of skill to her fresh looking modern applique quilt designs. Trained at the Royal College of Needlework she also showed small pieces involving incredibly worked tiny details.

A very engaging speaker.

In the lunch hour there were mini demonstrations. I was particularly interested in the Kawandi one with Susanne Boulter.

Detail of Kawandi made in African wax prints

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 I seem to have lost most of my workshop pictures apart from a general view. Yasmeen had taught applique on Friday but I did Two Strip mix up with the afternoon speaker Valerie Nesbitt of Just Hands On TV on the next day, Sunday. She also owns a shop near Hampton Court  Creative Quilting. I enjoyed the workshop so much I'll repeat it when Valerie comes to Oast in March.

Workshop held at the Eternal Maker