Quay Quilters Show 2

Mary I's  delicate piece

Trish's Stars

Gill's made for her local church

Margaret's floating blocks

Avril's modern rainbow

Illusion of pictures on a wall.

This is Roz's: I was fascinatinated how the regular unit shape in the border
was broken up by the use of different fabrics and values.

 

Detail of Mary's lovely quilt with its use of embellishment.

Quay Quilters' Show

 Our last show was in 2019 and 2020 saw us reduced to posted raffle quilt blocks for the 2021 show through letterboxes because of Covid. 2021didn't happen and it was the Oast Show at the same time in 2022 so here we are at last in 2023 with the raffle quilt long completed.

This is our raffle quilt showcasing the versitility of half square triangles.

Here are two of the three quilts I put in. I'll look for a photo of the the third.

This is "Sunny" a favourite and with its fussy cut four patches will be something of a
basis for the next show's raffle quilt though the block frames will be different.

This is "Celestial Timepiece" my lifetime achievement quilt.  The rosette is second for something - 
piecing? traditional?, not sure.

Our quilts are always very varied.

I think this is Vanessa's

Vanessa's made from vintage blocks

Trish's Rail Fence

Wonderful Nutcracker quilt, probably Gill's.

Oast Quilters

July was such a busy quilty month including the Oast Quilters meeting. Here are some items from the Show & Tell:

Lynne's

I don't know who made this.

Marcia's

I 

Gabi's - I loved this

Bookcase quilt by ??

 

Spare room

 The Fish quilt is on the bed in the spare room and is giving me pleasure before it goes off to its new home.

And this is the Millennium Time (name of the crosses fabric) quilt still to be bound. Long and thinnish it's the size requested by Quilts for Care Leavers. With a musical theme I think it's suitable for a boy, always in demand.

On & Off the bed

 OFF

my vintage Dresden plate, thin and light, just right for summer.

Detail

ON

Rolling Along, a jelly roll pattern made along with other members of our four strong Bonnies'  house group. It's a coverlet with just two layers quilted by Maggie.

Uses Hoffman batiks

Quilters' Quild Region Two Show at Lullingstone Castle

 Since the retreat quilty events have been coming up quick and fast but I contracted coronavirus at High Leigh and spent a week watching Wimbledone from the sofa till I tested negative on Friday. This has made me behind with loading photos and blogging.

I had intended to deliver quilts to Lullingstone and help set up but we had to drop them off with someone else but I was able to go on Sunday and bring them back for people.

Here are my efforts plus I made the raffle quilt which was won by Trudy one of the people I took back quilts for. She seemed delighted but I told her no strings attached.

Me standing next to the raffle quilt, pieced by me and quilted by Maggie

Cafe Walls, straight lines pieced by me circle qulting by Maggie

A favourite, Give & Take

Very odd Fib quilt but I love the fabrics and
 on the bed at a holiday cottage it looked
great and lit up the room so there!

I was a bit disappointed to see fewer large quilts but the quality was good.

This is Orion by Gill Nicholls, fantastic.

I love the strong colours of this one by Liz Coleman

Lesley Mariner: Christma is coming

The stars of the show were final quilts by followers of the Region 2 master quilter course, many of whom were there to be presented with their certificates. I had been following the progress of some and was very impressed with the variety of techniques and the effort put in. Friendships too were formed.

The wool wadding adds a lovely texture to Melinda's master quilt, "Modern strippy spirals"

The is Stephanie's master quilt, "A Year in my Life".

This is Jenny Pudney's very different master quilt, "Yogi".

And last but not least, Jacquie's "The Master Quilt".

And again.

Our dear late friend, Izi's pieces are still being completed, this tricky one by Mandy held up by myself and Yvette.

Detail of Kathy's Stonefields

This is Kathy's Stonefields top; itwas her blocks that set Maggie, Belinda and Marigold off on their own Stonefields and friendhip journey.

Mandy's Winding Ways; her accucut dies have enabled other versions to be made too.

Mandy again using a panel to good purpose

Not just quilting but crocheted vegetables from Yvette for the church harvest festival!

And from the far table

Judy worked on a complicated project started

by Valerie.

Sheila was setting some very nicely screen
printed native birds and doing something
very complicaed with left over blue strips.

Marigold 's lovely collection of reds and exquisite stitchery

Detail

More retreating

 Our companions were very busy too. Mandy is a long arm quilter and always has a batch of quilted pieces for Carrie to bind and finish off, many charity projects. 

I think was a fairly complex piece from Yvette

and this Kathy's.

Yvette made this , again for a young person.

Carrie's cheery quilt for a child

Carrie's red and white churn dashes

Carrie's again in subtle colours