February 2014

Committee's Challenge was circles

 Barrie showed these 2 quilts containing circles

 General Show and Tell

 The wedding ring table runner that grew

 A lovely quilt made with horse panels for the Riding for the Disabled.

 This became a duvet cover as fabric was very heavy already.

 Made to use up red fabric

 And leftovers made this smaller quilt.

 A violet quilt for granddaughter Violet

 Made with a special ruler

 This beauty is a gift for a relative overseas

 Owls and a pussy cat

Dragica's Eastern Promise quilt made in Anna Williams workshop

Quilts Across the Ranges 2014

January 2014

The Committee's Challenge this month was a quilt incorporating stripes and spots

 Juliet's

 Brenda's

 Julia's

General Show and Tell

 Jan showed this crib quilt with redwork and animal blocks

 Another of Sue's shirt range

 and a small shirt range quilt

 Sue's baby quilt

 Craig's Japanese ladies

 Judithea's pot luck from Natalie Murdoch's class

 Anoinette's beige houses

Colleen's first attempt

Quilts Across the Ranges 2014

MARCH 14 - 16, 2014.

Quilts Across the Ranges 

Western Quilters' Circle annual 3 day show,

 featuring over 100 quilts and wall hangings,

 and the club’s annual challenge of “Circus”, 

plus the 2013 Hoffman Challenge quilts

and The Colours of New Zealand Challenge.

  3 merchants – Milton from Wright Fabrics, House of Patchwork and The Ribbon Rose.  Extensive Trading Table including quilts and wall hangings for sale.

  A display of Community quilts made for Age Concern.

  Raffle quilt.

  Yummy home-made refreshments available. 

 Wheelchair access.

Venue:   Kelston Community Centre (entire centre), Cnr. Great North and Awaroa Roads, Glendene, West Auckland.  10am - 4pm daily.  Entry: $5, children free.

Contact:  westernquilters84@gmail.com

November Meeting 2013

It is hard to believe that another year has passed.

We had our last meeting of the year and our Christmas breakup.

The ladies with their bags from Karen Davis' bag class.

 Claire's Eastern Promise quilt completed.

 Jan with a quilt made with blocks her mother made.

 Cat quilts in duplicate

Margaret's Santa

Proposed Trip to Houston Quilt Festival 2014

Houston Quilt Festival 2014

If anyone is interested in the proposed WQC trip to the Houston Quilt Festival 2014,

 please contact Rick Wood,  Air NZ Holidays Broker:

 phone(09) 528 7788/mobile:- 021 654 462 , 

email:- rick.wood@airnabrokers.co.nz.

 Details will be sent to those interested. 

WQC contact:- Denise Albert on mobile:- 0274 785131. 

Open to all quilters across NZ

October Meeting

The months are flying by now.

  One more meeting and then it is Christmas.

The committees challenge this month was a quilt made with

traditional paper piecing.

Wedding rings from the Kerri Glen workshop

 Completed community quilts

 Craig showed this lovely kiwiana wall hanging

 Craig's magnificant Mariner's Compass.

 Andrea is making this for a very sick friend.

 Sue's log cabin quilt made from old shirts.

 Judithea made this for a friend using fabric from a bathroom.

Once washed she only managed to save the coloured strips.

 Pat made this in a class

 The raffle quilt completed.  Tickets on sale in January 2014

 Trudy showed some of the fabric she dyed in Bev Cooke's

class.