Western Quilters' Circle Inc.: November 2014

Thread Sketched Gerbera with Sonya Prchal

We had a workshop with Sonya Prchal on the 5th Nov 2014

After tracing the design on to fabric, we moved to the foyer

to do the painting.

Marcia, Tina, Brenda & Renuka

Lots of concentration required for the painting

Brenda & Ranuka drying between colours

Orange

Added some blue

and now dark red

Final red. Starting to look like a gerbera. Now for the stitching.

It was a great day to be inside as the wind was howling outside.

We had lots of fun.

October 2014 Meeting

Committee's Challenge - Table/bed runner or Japanese themed

Juliet: Mariner’s Compass table runner.

Miniature Kimono wall-hanging.

Paper-pieced Cranes wall-hanging.

Quilt on canvas with obi selvedge and kimono fasteners brought back from Japan by Robyn Burgess.

Renuka

Yetty

General Show and Tell

Marcia - cushion which had been folded and manipulated

Margaret – BOM being made for her grand-daughter

Yetty – one with black strips

WQC Raffle Quilt for 2015

Tickets are on sale from January until the show.

September 2014 Meeting

Committee's Challenge - Hexagons

Margaret's hexagon blocks bought from Auckland Quilt Guild sales table, many of them still with old newspapers (with old ads.) etc. in the back of the hexagons

Elria – large hexagons done in Kaffe fabrics, nice back

Jan – very pastel hexagons on pink. Gave it to her husband’s aunt, told her to use it and not to worry if the cats slept on it as they would love it. When she died, aged 90, Jan discovered the quilt folded up in a drawer, never used. Jan took it back home.

Another Jan – quilt, hexagon flowers in flowerpots

Ku – hexagon flowers with applique leaves and stems

Sharon – double-sided quilt with hexagons done as quilt-as-you-go

Workshop Show and Tell

Renuka – 2 New York Beauty pieces from Juliet’s class – one Kiwiana,

the other American Stars and Stripes.

Tina – Large scrappy pineapple quilt

Pat – a green wall-hanging, with texture,

Pat – modern quilt with French braids in varying lengths

General Show and Tell

Barrie – owl quilt.

Large bright orange/green/brown quilt made from a
bundle of fat quarters she bought in Houston, to remember Houston

Juliet – two 8” x 13” quilts from trans-Tasman textile group of NZ and Australian tutors – one “Reflections”, the other a morepork (wise old owl for Knowledge challenge!)