Pogles Wood Quilters' Show

 This was just for one day in St Michael and All Angels Church in Harbledown to raise money for the church. There are only six of them and the level of work was phenomenal. I had a lovely time going round then traders and a spot of homemade cake (they can bake too!) in the church hall then down to the Coach and Horses with three friends then back for coffee and a spot more cake (!) in the church hall, a wait for the raffle  (no luck) and another round of the quilts.

Shadow Moon from a Jen Kingwell workshop at FOQ - hand pieced

A EPP project

From a Carolyn Forster Big Stitch quilting workshop

From a Beth Studley All Sorts workshop

At the top a version of the Jane Austen quilt at Chawton

A vintage basket quilt

Production line

Quilts by the layer

 I felt I made progress today; I finished hand stitching down the mitred corners on the border of the Sunny quilt, then finished the last binding stitches on the Siblings Together charity quilt and the hand quilting on the Give and Take quilt, my grungy favourite. I will wash and face the latter, take Sunny to Maggie my longarmer friend for quilting and post off the Siblings together one.

Carrie

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.

Deatail

This had a wonderful modern
quilting design called "Maze"

Very effective

Nice for a child

Block quilt

Detail

More blocks, on point

Detail

I love this one though like all these photos it's darker than it should be

From my fellow retreaters

 

Maggie's African fabrics with a fantastic border

Belinda's from a Sarah Fielke workshop with added applique circles

Maggie's chevron log cabin using various prints

Stephanie's Carolyn Forster BOM from Today's Quilter

Belinda's using a bright jelly roll

Tracy with her quilt (Judy Newman?) and she made her dress too

Mandy's perfectly pieced Jane Austen quilt

Belinda's Baseball quilt with a beautiful pale aqua background

Quilt Retreat

 

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.

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.

Oast Quilters

 

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.

Janet K's magnificent Star Burst

I was very pleased to see these fussy four patches made by Sue M. in a workshop with me.

Bright modern quilts by Mary D.

Charity pieces by Canterbury Quilters

Wonderful bright scrappy quilt by Tracy A.

Someone completed these hexagons started by a late quilter.

Great row quilt

Unequal Nine Patch

Pretty Dresdens

Single  Nine Patch chain

Janet B's jacket

Successful scrap quilt

QQ and wash day

 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.

As I had used spray basting I washed my smaller quilts ready to donate to Linus. Unfortunately the windmills hand dyes ran but further washing and a colour catcher rectified the problem and they dried just in time to donate to Oast.