Our September meeting involved a lot of catch ups on bee blocks. We had more Christmas cheer for Pauline. Mags provided us with a lovely herringbone pattern to create a French garden style elegance with our fussy cutting skills exercised.
This was the month we brought our block swaps for Augusta Modern Quilt Guild together for the first time. The challenge was to make a pair of 12.5" block out of solids and each guild kept one of the pair. We are then building twin quilts over the few months.
I'm not going to win any prizes for this photo but I wanted to keep the mystique, yes that's it, mystique, so it wouldn't have been right to share too much.
The majority of the meeting was taken up with confessions on unfinished work and some lush finishes. The guild have registered c50 Work In Progress pieces to challenge ourselves to finish those projects that need a bit of a push.
Leading the charge was Cathlene with a gorgeous array of colours and big hexies!
Sue then shared her part makes with a bangin' wonky dresden started she made at Stitchgathering 2016 and numerous blocks she wants to use some how!
Now the Empress herself with the most divine Liberty medallion. Sheila is talked about in hushed tones around these parts with how prolific her output is so we didn't believe she had any WIPs!
And sure as eggs is eggs there she is with a beeeeeaaaauuuuutiful Tartankiwi finish. We all started choosing our favourite block* but then agreed they are all fabulousa! *It's the otter ;)
Angela kicked off with this amazing finish, so much thought in the colour/fabric balance. She then went on to show is about 2,784** blocks she has amassed for a couple of quilts, can't wait to see them together! (**Slight exaggeration)
Here's a lovely WIP - it belongs to someone. My sugar high peaked at this point and my memory is foggy as to who is hiding behind it! You will be found (is it Diane?)!
Now dear Mags is another prolific quilter who is currently working on a dozen or so makes - beautiful birch trees, QAYG Cori Dantini panels, the STUNNING rainbow scraps (which is now complete!) amongst others.
Our esteemed treasurer, Ruth, brought us a mini piece of elegance with her fallen feather with scrappy binding which is just perfect.
Margaret continued the theme of elegance and sophistication with a WIP and a finish in stunning soft colours both showing how solids and patterns can play together. The cushion is inspired by her love of pebbles that have a single line of quartz (or calcite). A very effective pattern.
We then saw Liz's modern pinwheel made with her own templates - gorgeous, who doesn't love grellow!
Finally, from a photographic perspective, Robin's hand pieced, hand quilted BOM stunned with the amount of labour this love will have taken.
There are more WIPs to come next month! Any that weren't photographed will feature when completed I am sure (my own included). Everyone get finishing now :)
In other news for September... A few volunteers from the Guild are supporting a great charity called The Welcoming by hosting a workshop and weekly drop in to teach hand piecing techniques. It's early days but we are getting lovely feedback so we will bring more news on this in future blogs.
Autumn calls...
