April's Meeting Brought Guests and a Wonderful Show & Tell

April's meeting brought a visit from Tanya and Theresa from Leo Hayes High School. These wonderful ladies run the "Feed the Lions" program among many other jobs at the school - not sure when they sleep. It was interesting to hear all about how the program runs, what they can use and how it's distributed. Nice to know what happens to our donations.

Their presentation was followed by our show & tell.

June G.'s Spring Geese - a beauty indeed! So much work in each goose. It was quilted by Mona Gagnon

Dorothy J.'s Stacked squares will be a gift for an engineering friend. Dorothy quilted it herself.

Dorothy also made this quilt which involved a lot of hand appliqued orange peel. She quilted this one as well.

Donna C. multicoloured stacked bricks has caught her daughters' attention. Donna may need to make more of this cutie. Connie F. quilted this for Donna this past weekend.

Peggy H. created this cheery quilt with the help of her granddaughters. It's to become a gift for Peggy's niece in Newfoundland.

The next few pictures are of potholders of all colours made by Peggy and Beryl. They will be sold to support a school in Africa.

Gretchen J. made nautical placemats and tea cozies. Gretchen is practicing various methods and patterns with the idea of making it a future workday. Great idea!

Theresa had quilts that her sister Mary sewed up for her while Theresa was away. So nice to have a helping hand. First up is a Christmas themed quilt.

Theresa also showed us her leaf quilt. Love the gray background.

Gloria P.'s queen sized town she calls Plan B. The houses were just windowpaned in the pattern but ended up a town with a harbour.

Our March meeting was held last night and included a presentation by our own Linda Wolstenholme on felted wool projects. Linda gave us the "how to's" and examples of her wonderful work as she explores another craft. Thank you, Linda, for opening our minds to more possibilities and sharing your knowledge.

Our March show and tell follows Linda's samples of her work.

And now, our show and tell

First up is Diane B. beautiful blue house quilt

Donna's C. lovely table toppers

Bonnie B. has been very busy with the three following quilts that she quilted herself.

First up is Bonnie's string quilt

Bonnie's mauve lovely that will be a gift

and, Bonnie is ready for Christmas already

Cecile G. was given 11 of these blocks and had to replicate the 12th.  These blocks were made by different people as a group project.

It wouldn't be show & tell without another awesome Bertha M. creation - this one is a gorgeous Friendship Star.

Like Bertha, Joyce N. is a very prolific quilter. This beauty is a donation quilt for a Victoria Quilts fund raising raffle. It's all New Brunswick! Each postcard is pieced and appliqued and the background are pieced triangles. Following are shots of the postcards in this quilt. This quilt needs to be seen up close to be appreciated - the more you look the more you see

January at the Guild started off with a wonderful trunk show by our own Lucille P. Although photographed as Lucille showed us each of her creative projects, they will never show the beauty and talent that you can see in person. Our members saw some potential work day ideas as the projects waltzed across the floor. Thank you for sharing, Lucille.

This was followed by our monthly Show & Tell - again, so much creativity, beautiful work and some wonderful and sometimes funny background stories

Lucille's Trunk Show:

Her First Quilt - Corn & Beans

Bargello

Jewel Box

After a lengthy time of not quilting, Lucille returned with a winter moon wall hanging

Trees using the Karen Henry confetti method

Thread painting using a Libby Lehman pattern

Swallow Tail Light House, Grand Manan - using Karen Henry's confetti method

A bag donated by Lucille and won by Cecile G. in a draw

Appliqued and embroidered center piece

Kaleidoscope pattern by Ricky Tims

Teaching herself ruler work on a mug rug

Lucille's pattern for teaching herself ruler work

Judy Niemeyer's Prairie Star pattern - foundation paper pieced, trapunto and also quilted by Lucille

Ribbon Illusion - trapunto and thread painted

Log cabins and applique

Lucille's current project involving log cabins and strip piecing

Puppy's Portrait - thread painting

A just completed top - Homeward Bound

A block of the month with lots of applique

A hand crochet table cloth made by Lucille's grandmother

AND NOW FOR OUR SHOW AND TELL

June G.'s Love Blooms Here - lots of applique to keep June happy

Stars, flying geese and beautiful hand embroidery by Dorothy J.

Susan M. had to be dreaming of warm weather and sand when sewing this quilt

Janet S. showed us her lovely Double Irish Chain - completed over the holdiays

Peggy L. was a busy lady this fall.  First up - a last minute Christmas gift that kept her up very late for a few nights.

Peggy also had a beautiful gift for her daughter  - lucky girl

Embroidered and appliqued

Peggy also made this gorgeous Bursted Star quilt.  It will be on display shortly at the Quilting Shed.

Marg. R. brought some fabric from New Zealand to make this Daisy Chain quilt  The quilt will now return to New Zealand for her granddaughter.

Marg also made a table runner to match a friend's diningroom

Christine B.'s eye catching Solar Flare - paperless paper piecing and Tula Pink fabric

Christine also made Jen Kingswell "Wensleydale" pattern using Tilda fabric

A lucky couple is about to receive a beautiful wedding gift - a "Metro Rings" quilt made by Cathy C.

Cathy also made this sweet little quilt for a new granddaughter.

Cecile G. put on her "idea" cap and come up with a wheelchair quilt that includes pockets, pictures and texture

Joyce N. is always so creative - this time with "Black Light" that includes a silk backing. Although the original pattern called for paper piecing - Joyce didn't. She did her own thing with a wonderful outcome.