Thursday, 5 February 2026

 ELM CITY QUILTERS GUILD, FREDERICTON, N.B.


Our meeting last night brought lots of laughs and even more beautiful work to drool over! The first photo is our Quilt Show raffle quilt top ready for quilting. The second is Lyn's "Posh Penelope". She will be demonstrating this block at our April workday. The remainder is tonight's show & tell of quilts by members who joined from 2005 to 2015 as well as our regular "new stuff"


Our Raffle Quilt Top - all ready for quilting



Posh Penelope by Lyn F.  Lynn will demo this block in April




Quilts by Members who joined from 2005 2015





Joyce N. joined in 2007 bringing all her creativity eastward. Tonight she brought us her fish quilt complete with tail.



Janet M. joined in 2013 and brought a personal favorite made during COVID. Hand quilted by Janet





Janet also showed her Canada 150 quilt. She won the panel and some fat quarters.




Angela W. joined in 2013. Tonight she brought an early quilt from recycled jeans




Alison A. joined with Angela. Alison made two of these - gifted one and kept one.




Bonnie B. joined us in 2010. She brought us several early quilts tonight. First up a baby quilt for a granddaughter who is now in university.




Bonnie also made this well loved embroidered Sun Bonnet Sue for her daughter a long time ago.


Bonnie also made this ribbon quilt in her early days




and Bonnie also made this Bargello quilt in the early days



and Bonnie also made this Crooked Path quilt



Gloria P joined around 2010 and brought her very first quilt that she did at the age of 15. Her Mom quilted it. Gloria's feels her sense of colour has certainly improved since then.



Our regular Show & Tell of new stuff




And more recently Bonnie B. made this black and white lovely




Joyce N. came back with a more current piece - a One Block Wonder




Joyce also brought lots of birds - the centre being a piece she picked up from the work day "gifting" table. It definitely had Joyce's name on it.




Joyce created this Maze for a niece's upcoming wedding.




June's Split 9 Patch that she quilted free motion herself



Christine B. used all her pretty Kaffe Fasset bits to make her foundation pieced strip quilt




Christine B. also brought Little Baskets quilt. A really interesting quilt to view. Quilted by Jennie S.





Betty V. has recently finished a lovely pastel quilt that she's hand quilted herself. She even added the hanging sleeve for our upcoming quilt show




Betty finished her table runner for the quilt show as well




Betty also made this sweet little bag.




Kate T. surrounded her panel with beautiful reverse applique.  Below is a close up









Lyn F.'s brightly coloured block of the month from Corriander Quilts




Marg T. & Gretchen J. also finished their quilt show runners.





Gloria P. brought her "Ripples" quilt made from batiks. This quilt is sewn in strips from side to side.