Carrie collected a pile of her quilts which Mandy had longarmed. She often makes very large pieces but currently she is making smaller charity ones.
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| Deatail |
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| This had a wonderful modern quilting design called "Maze" |
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| Very effective |
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| Nice for a child |
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| Block quilt |
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| Detail |
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| More blocks, on point |
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| Detail |
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| I love this one though like all these photos it's darker than it should be |
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| Maggie's African fabrics with a fantastic border |
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| Belinda's from a Sarah Fielke workshop with added applique circles |
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| Maggie's chevron log cabin using various prints |
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| Stephanie's Carolyn Forster BOM from Today's Quilter |
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| Belinda's using a bright jelly roll |
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| Tracy with her quilt (Judy Newman?) and she made her dress too |
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| Mandy's perfectly pieced Jane Austen quilt |
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| Belinda's Baseball quilt with a beautiful pale aqua background |
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| Sewing in the Chapel |
The day after Oast nine friends travelled from various parts of the country to Norfolk for our long delayed quilt retreat. Lots of UFOs to complete as well as exciting new projects. We have a great space though without our usual kitchen facilities. However we have come armed with a few supplies of our own.
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| Nibbles |
I set out to sash and join my four patch florals only to be stymied by not enough fabric to complete the last row. It is obtainable though so I will order more when I return home. Once done I shall have Maggie long arm quilt it.
I am very pleased with the look of of the modern log cabin blocks started in a workshop with Mandy Munroe.
Now I've made five more Westminster strip blocks and joined them to complete a project started in Houston with Jane Hall. Yet another project to quilt.
Things are starting up again and on the 25th Oast Quilters held its first meeting since March 2020 and what a meeting it was as Moira Neal held us riveted with her joyful witty quilts but an an illustrated account of the thought and detail of what goes into them.
This was followed by a bumper Show & Tell.
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| Janet K's magnificent Star Burst |
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| I was very pleased to see these fussy four patches made by Sue M. in a workshop with me. |
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| Bright modern quilts by Mary D. |
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| Charity pieces by Canterbury Quilters |
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| Wonderful bright scrappy quilt by Tracy A. |
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| Someone completed these hexagons started by a late quilter. |
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| Great row quilt |
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| Unequal Nine Patch |
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| Pretty Dresdens |
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| Single Nine Patch chain |
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| Janet B's jacket |
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| Successful scrap quilt |
Quay Quilters had our first face to face meeting for over a year. I enjoyed seeing Bid's quilt from the Jan Hassard workshop - brighter than mine.
We spent a day in Durham where we met at the university. I find it hard to connect with the person I was then - more than fifty years ago.
I used to walk through the cathedral on my way to lectures crossing Prebends bridge, up the cliff and through a passage into the close and a tunnel into the cloisters and Bede;s chapel where I would pause for a brief prayer before out through the main door onto Palace Green.
The tiles reminded me of patchwork shapes - I imagine they date from the Victorian age. You would have to be quite clever to draft some of these patterns.
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| Border idea |
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| Circular focus |
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| We were in number two sharing the (now divided into two storeys) tall windows with our neighbour. A very nice pub is just next door. |
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| The Bowes Museum built to resemble a magnificent French chateau |
The main pupose was to visit the Bowes Museum, built as such in the nineteenth century by John Bowes and Josephine his French wife to house and share their collections. Currently the museum is hosting an exhibition of quilts aquired since their last show of North Country quilts quite a few years ago.
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| Detail |
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| A very effective "strippy" |
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| Another lovely frame quilt |
I did have a morning walking round Barnard Castle and checking out the antique dealers there one of which (Roberts) had shelves of quilts but nothing that caught my eye. I would really like an English frame quilt.
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| Shelves of quilts for sale |
I popped in one or two Ilkley (home town of Jenni Smith) charity shops and got a couple of (pink) shirts. I have loads of blue ones so these will add a welcome warm note. I'll cut them up but it's time to put my collection to use.
Travelling up North today I stopped in Cumber Park and took the opportunity to photograph the quilt I am currently utility stitching and the one that lives in the car.
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| The Give and Take quilt I am currently quilting. Note the black wadding. |
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| The Car Quilt |
Earlier I'd also stopped at the American Cemetery outside Cambridge where on this day the flag was at half mast.
