January 2013 meeting

The Committee's Challenge this month was a A Craft item not quilted.

 Hardanger

 A christening robe

 Jan's little cross stitch

 Some beautiful embroidery by Margaret.

 Apologies from the photographer that it is out of focus.

 Antoinette with one of her dolls.

 A couple of cute owls.

 Another cross stitch

 Jules' cat.

Show and Tell from workshops

 Jo's from Shadow Frangipani

 From one Block Wonder by Jules

 Glenda shows us the block of the month 

 Andrea made this for a friend

Jean made this with fabric given to her.

 Disappearing nine patch

 A nice bright quilt by Jan

Juliet's latest Challenge.

I am sorry the quality of the photos isn't that great.  I took the photos on my new phone 

and reduced the pixels rather than reducing them later.

West 12x12 Challenge

The last challenge in our 12x12 Challenge is West.

 Muriwai by Dianne

 Jules 

Lion Rock by Antoinette

Quilts Across the Ranges 2013

Western Quilters' Circle 3 day annual Show 

"Quilts Across the Ranges"  

featuring over 100 quilts and wallhangings,

 the 2012 Hoffman Challenge on its last visit to Auckland, 

the club's annual challenge ("Reflections"), 

raffle quilt and table runner, 

Community quilts made for Age Concern, 

Trading Table featuring items handcrafted by club members plus a good selection of used quilt books and magazines. 

Merchants for retail therapy are Wright Fabrics, Wonderfil Speciality Threads and The Crafty Needle. 

Yummy home-made refreshments.  

Wheelchair access.  

Entry:  $5, children free.

Friday March 15th - Sunday March 17th, 10am - 4pm.  

 Kelston Community Centre,

 Cnr. Great North and Awaroa Roads, Glendene.

Christmas Meeting, Nov 2012

Christmas is now long past but as the blog editor took her time doing this post, it is now

nearly February. Hope all enjoyed the festive season.

The Committee's Challenge was a "Christmas Wall Hanging"

 Margaret lovely stitchery

 Tina's trees

Judy's ornament wall hanging 

 Ku's pukeko

  Jules' tumbling blocks

 Jan's wreath

  Jackie's panel

 June's Santa wall hanging

 Mary's tree

 Sue's advent wall hanging

 Wendy's Christmas quilt

 Marnie

 Antoinette and her Santas

 Grania's trees

Dianne

Cats 12x12 Challenge

The 12x12 Challenge due in November was Cats.

As these photos were taken at the November meeting and they are just
being posted now, I can't remember who did what.
Sorry from the blog editor.

CAB window display

This month WQC has a display of the 12x12 Challenges in

the CAB window at Glen Eden.

Thanks to Juliet and Noel for setting up this beautiful display.