Orpington Quilters
Show 'n Tell 2023
For October.................
Jenny showed this lovely quilt of angled strips and circles. This was the result of a Zoom workshop run by Cindy Grisdela in the US. Cindy uses colour and texture in her contemporary art quilts and Jenny made this in her style.
Chris presented another beautiful incubator quilt, which was quilted by Steph.
Karen brought in this delightful runner that she made as part of the Mystery Quilt project 2023.
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In September members brought in their various Daisy and Grace projects to show our guest, Nicola Walton.
Jenny showed hexagons filled with pieces of lace, embroidery, etc. given to her by her mother. She also presented a lovely cushion and skinny jelly roll quilt.
Hexagons from Michelle.
Hexagons from Karen and a very useful bag for keeping patchwork blocks in order.
Jennifer presented this quilt that she made during lockdown. Having already packed up her possessions for a move to Australia, lockdown suddenly hit and everything was put on hold. With none of her own stash available, Jennifer had to ask friends for fabric donations in order to complete this quilt.
Robbie showed several large hexagon pieces.
.......and Diane, even larger ones
Debbie presented a hexagon panel and a sewing kit, and her patchwork bag.
All of the work shown this month were created using Daisy and Grace kits.
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For August.................
Debbie presented her completed Block of the Month quilt from 2020. She was very pleased with the result as this is her first full-sized quilt.
Chris presented this small quilt made up of excess blocks from another piece she is working on.
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For July.................
This colourful quilt of hexagons was recently created by Anna. She was tempted to call it "Hexie Hell" as she bought the purple fabric about ten years ago but when she needed more to complete the quilt, it was no longer available so she had to do some colour matching to finish it off.
Here is another incubator quilt from Chris, which was long-arm quilted by Steph.
This lovely quilt was shown by Jennifer. It was a Block of the Month project in the Quilting magazine. She mostly used scraps from her stash but bought some black fabric to complete it.
Here is an unusual quilt, presented by Sue. It was made as a gift for a friend, 43-year old male, who loves anything to do with Godzilla. Having looked at the complex make-up of the monster, Sue decided to make this as his younger, better looking brother! The finished article is about 6ft square.
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Here are items displayed at June's meeting.
These two pieces were made by Yvonne.
On the left is a Foundation Paper Piecing (FPP) called Dancing Ribbons, a free pattern by Cindy Rounds Richards.
And on the right, a Delphine Brooks pattern of a cockerel which Yvonne made into a cushion cover. She said this was not an easy project as it needed lots of thought on how to put it together.
And from Jenny........
This lovely teddy made from her granddaughter's old school uniform.
And her completed rice bag.
Chris presented the following items, which were quilted by Steph.
Front and reverse of a Linus quilt
Two incubator quilts
Here is the inside and outside of a sewing bag that Robbie made from a Daisy & Grace kit
And last (but certainly not least)....
Christine showed her completed rice bag
And Karen presented a bridal bag she has made for her daughter's wedding in November, to go with the wedding dress which she has already made.
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The following items were displayed at May's Show 'n Tell........
The panels on this quilt came from the Young Quilters group and was made up by Mags.
Chris put together this incubator quilt with orphan blocks from Norma. Another great collaboration.
This beautiful quilt was created by Stephanie. As yet it is unfinished but it is already possible to see the fantastic work that has gone into it.
The recent Rice Bag project that was initiated by Norma seems to have really captured Anna's imagination. Here are some of her wonderful designs.
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Many beautiful pieces were displayed at our April meeting..........
Anna showed this very useful bag which she had bought as a plain item and then embellished.....
.......... and her completed rice bag from a project proposed by Norma.
Diane presented this incubator quilt.......
.......... and her recently completed quilt based on Edyta Sitar's 2021 mystery quilt.
Many of our members also belong to other quilting groups, such is their love for this craft. Previously Mags and Carol from Colourwheel proposed to take any orphan blocks our ladies may have so that the Colourwheel group could put them together to make charity quilts. Well, the results are outstanding. Obviously not all blocks came from Orpington Quilters but as you can see, much effort was involved in creating the beautiful quilts below.....
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These quilts were shown at our March meeting........
Here is the front and reverse of a quilt presented by Robbie. This Hunters Star pattern was taken from a video by Jenny Doan of Missouri Star. Mags did the instructions and delivered the workshop.
Back in October 2022 some of our members tackled a face project. Here is Christine's completed piece.
Diane showed these two lovely quilts.............................
This quilt is Celtic Solstice by Bonnie Hunter. It was her mystery quilt starting in 2013. The top was completed in January 2014 but Diane was not sure how to quilt it so it was just lying in the cupboard until this month.
This quilt is Carolina Christmas, again designed by Bonnie Hunter. It was another mystery quilt from 2009. The centre was completed in early 2010 but Diane did not like the border Bonnie Hunter used so it languished in a cupboard until this month. In an effort to clear her UFO pile, Diane got it out and decided on different borders to complete the top, fortunately she still had some pieces of the original fabrics.
Anna presented this quilt that she started over six years ago as a wedding present for her sister. It remained unfinished for a long time so she decided to complete it for herself.
Anna also showed this Woven Ribbon quilt that she created from a Regan workshop. All the fabric for the top was hand-dyed. The reverse (not shown) was upcycled from a ripped sheet that her husband wanted to throw out but Anna still had a use for it!
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Here are some quilts that were shown in our February meeting.
Chris presented this lovely quilt, the third she has made from the Jellyroll book. She explained how it was crucial to consider the placing of the white pieces to get the interlocking effect.
This beautiful quilt was created by Anna.
And as usual, some more incubator quilts were shown.
By Diane
By Chris
Jennifer presented 2 of her quilts...............
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A few quilts were shown in our January meeting.
This a Debbie Shaw piece by Claire, who is new to patchwork and quilting. As yet, this an unfinished piece but it's beautifully put together so far. Well done!
This Linus quilt was made by Ross, a member of the Colour Wheel Quilters group, and handed over to Norma for onward distribution.
A number of incubator quilts were also passed on to Norma to be donated to Kings College hospital.
These two quilts were created by Chris
And this one by Sue
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