December 2009

H A P P Y N E W Y E A R T O Y O U A L L Mosaic 2 6x12 for the Contemporary Quilt group Journal Quilts. That is the 12th made this year. Just finished in time.

Mosaic 1 6x12 for Contemporary quilt group Journal quilts

Thunder storm 6 x 12 for Contemporary Quilt group Journal quilts

Snow storm 6 x 12 for Contemporary Quilt show journal quilts

Christine has made this friendly snake using the french braids to get the snakes patterns.

Denise has made this lovely christmas cloth out of the equilateral squares made on the last workshop.

Jean has made this christmas mat from her somerset patches.

Susanne has made this quilt for her daughter who wanted it to be on a black background. The rings are based on one of her daughters necklaces.

Betty has made this colourful 9 patch quilt with her huge stash and still she has lots left for more.

November

Leah is experimenting with a new method of Drunkards path and last time I heard from her it was at least 9ft square and with sue for quilting.

Jean has made a new table runner.

Sharron has a lovely fell pony and this inspired material choice for her travel bag.

Well done Margaret a nice pair of table mats.

This is the one side of Dennise's bag.

Yes. Yet another bag. This one has been made by Dennise and an unusual colour choice which worked really well.

October addings

Rae is quite new to classes but very keen and with a layer cake Rae has produced this lovely simply designed quilt then beautifully quilted by Sue of quiltessence. Great result.

Mags from Wednesday class has been exploring the blocks of Margeret Miller's book Angleplay. What a stunning result.

This is a copy of Sandies garden table quilt copied from my sisters I have. Sandie made so many strip next month should show matching cushions. Lovely. So doing circular not so hard.

My sister Beryl gave me a circular garden quilt. This inspired Barbara to make one for herself and a beauty. Without a pattern we copied her ideas. Well done Barbara.

September additions

These 2 pictures are of Trish's clamshells quilt. The back and the front. It was all made by hand and designed by Trish. well done.

This is another of sharron's quilts. The centre of each block has a cat. This pattern seems to be getting featured in a lot of books this year. Well done Sharron.

My niece Rachel was married September 13th and I made this quilt as her wedding present. Sue of quiltessence did the quilting and Rachel and Tom her husband were delighted. Guess what her sister Sarah is getting married next year so it looks like another one will be made next year.

Sharron from the thursday afternoon group has just finished this jelly roll quilt. Sharron did not buy a jelly roll but just cut her own chosen fabrics so you can still dip into your stash to produce one of those patterns. Sharrons quilt was machine quilted by a friend.

A new distraction

Willow daughter to Adam my son

A very proud and happy grandmother to Willow. She is a real cutie but I am biased.

These are from the latest workshop pineapples from plains. They were so busy it was almost silence and I had to force them to stop for lunch.

Jean's new bag with log cabins on one side.

and the lozenge design on the other sidemaking a good project bag.

June Quilts

Hooray! I got a 3rd under the category of Bed Quilts. Sorry the pictures a bit fuzzy.

My entry for Sandown 2009

Susanne has spent so many hours quilting this beautiful quilt made to match the picture behind the bed. Do not be afraid to wash your quilts on a gentle wash in the washing machine. Susanne did and it really enhanced the quilting.

Well Done Ineke and at last those geese have beaks.