ELM CITY QUILTERS GUILD, FREDERICTON, N.B.

It was meeting time again last night. Lots of information given for our upcoming quilt show and a beautiful show & tell showcasing the wide range of talents in our group.

Hope to see you all at the quilt show!

Donna C has the cutest teddy bears - hot off the quilting machine (by Jennie). Teddies on the back too.

Allison H. brought us hearts in her wall hanging and below are her beautiful spring birds as well

Gretchen J. participated in the Posh Penelope workday and here is her block.

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Gretchen also made a beautiful big bag to hold her rulers and her cutting mats.

Heather O. first showed us a wonderful big butterfly

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and then Heather showed us her gorgeous birds quilt - quilted by Joan B.

Wow, Lucille - she loves a challenge. A block of the month that's a real eye catcher.

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Again - no easy ones for Lucille - birds and flowers BOM

Bonnie B's Tumbler Toss - love the edge that follows the tumblers

Kate T. went teenie tiny with this quilt - a dollhouse quilt

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Kate is prepared to work the kitchen at our May show - her apron is complete

I Love the Whole World was a Discovery Channel song interpreted by Kate T. and sung to us by Jennie S.

Below is the back of Kate's quilt as well as a close-up of the words to the song

Mediterranean Bricks by Kate T. Inspired by her cruise and fabrics bought

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Kate also made this red work/blue work from fabrics purchased on the same cruise.

 

ELM CITY QUILTERS GUILD, FREDERICTON, N.B.

April's meeting had some great ideas for using your stash to its limit and a wonderful show and tell. Joanne G, Liz R and Joyce N. - three very creative people spoke about quilters' effect on the earth and how we can minimize our footprint by maximizing how we use our fabrics right down to the tiniest pieces.

Our raffle quilt is completed and ready for ticket sales!

Part of the evening's program included Joyce's hexi wall hanging made from fabric samples

Utilizing orphan blocks in projects

Joanne's crumb blocks and purse from recycled jeans

Joyce used left over triangle flippy corners to make blocks

Liz R. made a bag from salvages.

And now for Show & Tell

Bertha M. joined Elm City about 1997 and this is her first quilt. Quilted by Janet S.

Cecile G. joined in 1995 and brought her bear quilt and sang us the Bear Skip Rope song

Cecile also brought her very summery Sunflowers & Birds quilt. A block exchange was part of the creation.

The back of Cecile's quilt

Dianne B. brought us back to winter with her sampler quilt that she made from a photo - no pattern.

Elaine S. brought us a quilt she completed from a block exchange. Elaine chose to use a minke backing and no batting.

Liz R. participated in the same block exchange as Cecile and Elaine to create this lovely.

June G. finished her Workday project in beautiful soft peach.

Susan M. finished a project she started a long, long time ago. It's hand appliqued, machine appliqued, pieced and now finished!

Kate T. demonstrated how to use your really small pieces in blocks. She hand quilted herself.  Following is the back of Kate's quilt and a close up of some very small blocks.

Joyce showed her new rotary cutter cover she completed at the retreat.

They're not fabric but they are quilt blocks - painted by Esther B & Bonnie B. from recent classes taken.

Joanne G. also finished her workday project too. Already for the quilt show!

Joanne also brought her gift for a friend who is part of an orchestra. She tea dyed some fabrics to match her quilt.

ELM CITY QUILTERS GUILD, FREDERICTON, N.B.

Last night at our March meeting we had the pleasure of being introduced to another craft - knitting gnomes - you know, those cute little mythical characters associated with Nordic culture. Heather Olmstead, a local knitter and quilter, gave us a talk on how she got started and has progressed to creating almost a whole village of the little people. Our Quilt Show committee gave us an update on the upcoming show and the meeting ended with our usual awesome show & tell.

Heather's Gnomes of the Month. Followed by Heather's gnome in a canoe complete with pet dog along for the ride

Betty V. joined the Guild in 2018. She brought her PEI quilt of well known PEI locals. She hand quilted it herself.

Dorothy J. thought she'd use up her scraps. She quilted it herself.

Elaine S. showed us her 3 yard quilt - striking!

Elaine also brought 3 wall hanging from courses she took. Left is Rocky Harbour, Nfld (Laurie Swim course). Centre is scenery (Pippa Moore course). Right is a Japanese inspired hanging (Ricky Timms workshop)

Our guest speaker, Heather, also brought show & tell. This is a double sided sew as you go runner.  This is followed by the other side of her runner.

 

 

Heather is also a pickle ball gal and showed us her pickle ball inspired bag.  Side 1 followed by Side 2.

Donna C. has just had her winter wall hanging quilted by Jennie S. Fresh off the press.

Donna also brought her Christmas placemats

Christine P., Bonnie B and Annette R. did their own 16 patch block exchange.  Below is Christine's finished quilt

And Bonnie B.'s quilt

And Annette R.'s quilt

Christine P. also brought her first rag quilt. She hasn't washed it yet to make it fluffy.  Following is the back of Christine's quilt.

Wanderer's Wife by Liz R.   A Jen Kingwell pattern.

Liz always wanted a blue quilt so made herself this Winner's Bouquet

Janet S. has a garden going with flowers on gray background

Janet used the last of her flowers as well as other scraps to create her blue garden

Kate T.'s "Paradise" wall hanging - making us all wish for warmer temps.

Kate's "Cuban Turtle". Wondering if he's swimming to "Paradise"

Gloria P. participated in Lyn F.'s "Split 9 Patch" workday using only scraps from her stash.