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Sew and tell Dec 17, last meeting for 2020

 

More charity quilts ready to be donated

Charity quilt 2

Charity quilt 3

Elly's OS trip was cancelled earlier this year 

because of COVID. She decided to make mini 

quilts to represent all the places she has been. 

They will adorn the walls of her sewing room

Christmas stockings for Elly's family

These 4 beautiful quilts were a team effort by Judy 

and Erica. Judy made the tops, they sandwiched

 them together, Erica did the quilting then back

 to Judy for binding. They are to be donated to 

our local nursing home

 

Judy and Erica 2

Judy and Erica 4

Margaret made a Christmas themed felt table center

Sew and tell Jan 14 2021

 

A disappearing nine patch made by Meryl from donated fabrics 

to be donated to the Veterans and families support group

Four placemats from Meryl to start our

 collection for Meals on Wheels this year

Robyn is in the process of making this

 gorgeous fairy quilt for her soon to be born

 3rd great-grand- daughter

Sew and tell Jan 12 2021

 

These fan panels were donated and 

Barbara turned them into a lovely

 bag for the trading table at our quilt 

show in Sept

Rhonda used up lots of small scraps

 to make this interesting quilt to go to our

 local nursing home 

Sew and tell Dec 10 2020

 

Another charity quilt ready to go

Jan got a bit over enthusiastic when she was cutting 

the 1/2 square triangles for this beautiful king size quilt. 

She had enough left over to make a single bed quilt

Some Xmas decorations for Meryl's family

Our flag making efforts so far. Nearly half way. About 3,000 to go

Sew and tell Dec 3 2020

 

 

Placemats from Maureen for Meals on Wheels

More placemats from Maureen

Placemats from Pat for Meals on Wheels

Another UFO finished. Pat bought this kit a few 

years ago and hadn't got around to making it.

Sew and tell Dec 1 2020

 

This cut out shape was discovered amongst some 

donated fabrics. Jo sewed it up and stuffed it ready

 for the trading table at the quilt show next Sep

Sew and tell Nov 26 2020

 

Maureen called this quilt "Puppy Love". 

She made it for her 5 yo grand-daughter

 whose 2 much loved dogs are her 

constant companions

This Tumbling Blocks (without "Y" seams)

 queen size quilt is an 18th birthday gift for Meryl's grandson

One of our new members, Janice, made

 this Log Cabin quilt in 2014. She brought it

 in to show us how she made it using the

 quilt as you go method

Margaret made this Drunkeds Path quilt to 

donate to the local Veterans support group. She used

 donated fabrics from our stash and cut then

 on the Accuquilt

Margaret used left over fabric to make the

 back of her Drunkeds Path quilt

Jess accepting Margaret's donation on behalf

 of the Veterans group

Ten more crib quilts made and donated by

 Judy, a friend of the group

Lois added her own design to the donated

 center block to create this lap quilt to donate to Bundaleer

Lois has been using up her scraps to make

 this quilt for Bundaleer nursing home.

Sew and tell Nov 24 2020

 

Janelle made this cot quilt ready for her grandchild on the way

Janelle also decorated this towel set to match the cot quilt

Sew and tell Nov 19 2020

 

Rosaleen fell in love with this quilt when

 she was on an OS trip a few years ago

 and bought the kit. When she got back

 home she thought "what have I done!"

 when she realised how much work was involved.

Sew and tell Nov 17 2020

 

Another cot quilt by Janelle, made from a cute panel

Rhonda has almost finished this UFO,

 it just needs binding now. She designed 

most of it herself when she discovered

 how difficult the center block pattern was 

Sew and tell Nov 5 2020

 

Stella started this quilt for her brother's

 60th birthday. She finally finished it

 just in time for his 65th.

Marg had some pieces of doilies left over

 from a quilt she recently finished and 

decided to turn them into a cushion cover

Making flags for bunting for next year's 

quilt show. We have just passed the 2 

thousand mark, so 4 thousand to go

Sew and tell Nov 3 2020

 

Janelle has been busy making cot quilts.

 Believe it or not, this one is made from a panel

Janelle bought some 5" squares at a

 bargain price and added some Teddy Bear

 fabric to make this cot quilt

Some elephant fabric complimented the

 5" squares for this cot quilt by Janelle

A cot quilt from Joe for a little family member

The little boy to receive this quilt from

 Joe loves jungle animals

Another cot quilt made by Joe

This UFO resurfaced recently, after hiding for

 a long time, just in time for Erica to finish

 it for her sister for Christmas

Sew and tell Oct 29 2020

 

Maureen made these cute placemats 

for the Christmas raffle at the Caravan 

club she travels with

Pat made this charity quilt to donate

 to Palliative Care

Another quilt from Pat for Palliative Care

Elly found the pattern for this 4 seasons 

quilt a few years ago when she visited

 the Piecemaker shop. It sat in the too hard

 basket until COVID lockdown when she

 thought it would be a good time to tackle it 

Detail of Elly's quilt

Some of the 10 crib quilts made and donated

 by Judy, a friend of WPQ who loves to sew

A dozen Christmas placemats for Meals on

 Wheels also donated by Judy 

Members of the Camden Haven Quilters

 have been busy during COVID making

 crib quilts to add to our collection for next year