Disappearing 9 Patch 03

This  is just a small piece where the side squares of each ninepatch were a different colour while the corner squares are of a consistent alphabet fabric. This quilt was bagged out as it is only 40" square.

A figure of eight pattern emarges

Fabric detail

The back

Disappearing 9 Patch 02

The second quilt I made with Japanese type fabrics was  scrappy and I scattered the quarter blocks throughout. I am more than pleased with this quilt which Maggie Breakspear quilted for me. It's a keeper.

Border detail

Quilting detail

Disappearing 9-Patch 01

This one is the basic three colour version, very wishy washy.

In a Pale Shade

Linus Finish

I am getting to the end of the picture squares Linus Quilt. This one has penguins on the back.

36 x 48"

This is machine faced rather than bound.

Facing from the back sewn down with serpentine stitch.

Flashback - Omitted to post this in November

I found this post loitering as a draft - I thought I had lost it.

Joy's Convergence meets Gail Lawther's silhouettes. Seen at the Oast UFO day

Still on the subject of convergence, I must show Joy's piece which was a larger version combined with motifs from a recent Gail Lawther workshop.

My "Babes in the Wood" quilt.

Detail of Judy Martin block

Alternate block

On Remembrance Day the local residents association held an arts and crafts display in St Stephen's Hall to showcase the work of local residents. There were photos, hand printed silk scarves, paintings and work from a quilting group I displayed a seasonal quilt straight off my bed and onto a quilt stand.

I think this is Marion's work and the result of
another recent Guild workshop, "Little People"..
Seen on the local quilt group table.

Another recent event was a Quilters' Guild 12 Days of Christmas workshop with Maggie Kingston. which everyone enjoyed. They got all 12 patterns included in the price of the work shop.
Last Friday Maggie and I  got together with Tracy in attendance to make Ruth McDowall's petals quilt from a very early book of hers.  It is quite complicated and two heads proved better than one. Independently we've chosen similar fabrics though Maggie has gone for check backgrounds too. Once you get the methodology sorted the results are very different and pleasing. I am freezer paper piecing.

Tracy had received an early Christmas
present from Zoe in New Zealand.

Maggie completed four sections to make a single flower

My fabric placement guide

Tree Skirt

My namesake Mary shared a tree skirt pattern  but it wasn't till this year I got round to making it. We had the most magnificent tree ever so it merited a suitable set out.
The skirt was composed of pieced diamonds and feature squares. When I looked at the pattern it seemed that I needed to cut some squares on point and some straight. In the event it would have been better to cut the all on point (they were a directional print) but by then I'd burnt my boats. I quilted it with a thick soft vilene as wadding.
To tie it round the tree I cut a circle out from the centre and a slit with ties. It was a surprisingly quick and easy make for so effective a result.

The diamond units

The feature squares, 4 on point and four cut straight

I made four of these units practising Y-seams

The completed piece before I trimmed the rear square level with the adjoining  ones and cutting the centre circle and slit

Look what Secret Santa gave me

Secret Santa Judi came up trumps with my pressie. a nice size combination pressing mat, pieces holder, cutting surface and sandpaper type surface for drawing round template, It will be very useful for the sewing at Bonnies and working on my  Quilt of the Crosses blocks. One of the other Secret Santas liked it so much she got one for herself.

I am cross with myself for leaving the longest gap ever between posts. I wrote quite a long considered post only to press the wrong button and it all to vanish before publishing so with the discouragement of that and a frenzy of DNP sewing for the workshop plus Christmas preparations I let the time pass.
Now I am home enjoying the quiet time before activities start up again in the new year so I shall endeavour to catch up.

U3A Convergence pieces

Here is Janet with her canine creations

Doggy pals

We had a lovely morning at the U3A. Lots had finished their convergence pieces and Margaret showed members how to make continuous prairie points in one or two colours. Earlier in the term she had presented a bonus project of a patchwork dog and once Janet Mac. produced hers a whole litter emerged..

One of two Christmas versions

One of two batik versions : I love the softly blended colours

Grace is making a table runner.

Contrasting blues

Another Christmas version

More batiks working well

Margaret's: absolutely "just so"!

More from Detling

Janet Stevens: One Fabric Quilt using a Jinny Beyer fussy cut border print to great effect.
As I do a less considered stack and whakery squares technique I was interested in the
regular patterns achieved here.

Detail

Stephanie Crawley: Pansy wall hanging
I was interested in this because a Bonnie friend has just
got an embroidery machine and we watched it working at
our last meeting.

Detail

Flower Pots by Janet Keenan
I took this because I also like to quilt and then
applique and I liked her style of quilting.

Another block in Janet Keenan's quilt

Detling

For the last few years Grosvenor have mounted one of their seasonal shows at the Kent Showground, Detling. It's on a rather small scale compared with the others but much appreciated as it's much nearer  than the others. I quite like seeing several quilts by the same maker or different interpretations of the same theme.
Here are some of the ones I photographed:

Greta Fitchett: Morrocan Babouches

Lesley Brankin: By the Common

Cherry Vernon-Harcourt: Coastal Study 1

Jaqui Tobin: Sea Snake, a favourite

Sharon Gray: The Dot

Detail