After 5 x 12hour days – 2 spent helping set up the Show and the other 3 attending and packing down, I feel I could sleep for a week, but life won’t let me! The annual quilt show – Calico Christmas 2011 was a great success once again. I have managed to take photos of a few of the 269 quilts we had on display.
I have a lot of catching up to do quilt wise. My 2 or 3 on-line projects, the wedding quilt which should have been finished 3 months ago, and the 2 x 16th birthday Grandies quilts that are needed for 2012.
Firstly though I need to catch up on some sleep, so I can tackle the wonderful weekend retreat that I am off to this coming weekend. I feel its just what the doctor ordered.
7 days later……….Back to some sort of normality now, although at the moment we have family staying from Albany WA. I haven’t done any sewing apart from my weekend away, so soon I’ll be having withdrawal symptoms.
Here are some photos of the show that caught my eye. Unfortunately I don’t have names for all the quiltmakers.
Best of Show – made by Colleen Burr
All Doilied Up made by Jocelyn Atkinson
Both the quilt above – Blue Rose and the quilt below - Surfers Paradise were made by Ansa Breytenbach
This quilt ‘Lost Worlds’ was made by Ansa Breytenbach
Below ‘Kitchen Blues’ was made by Chris Behersing
Below – ‘A Wedding Ring at Last’ made by Donna Cumming
Above - Indian Rhapsody made by Hazel Foot - (President of the Auckland Patchworkers and Quilters Guild)
This quilt was made by the members of the APQG as a raffle quilt. I have had to crop the photo as there was a chair in front of the quilt, but the quilt was a queen size. We sold out of the raffle tickets early Sunday morning.
Thanks for dropping by
Sue
I have a lot of catching up to do quilt wise. My 2 or 3 on-line projects, the wedding quilt which should have been finished 3 months ago, and the 2 x 16th birthday Grandies quilts that are needed for 2012.
Firstly though I need to catch up on some sleep, so I can tackle the wonderful weekend retreat that I am off to this coming weekend. I feel its just what the doctor ordered.
7 days later……….Back to some sort of normality now, although at the moment we have family staying from Albany WA. I haven’t done any sewing apart from my weekend away, so soon I’ll be having withdrawal symptoms.
Here are some photos of the show that caught my eye. Unfortunately I don’t have names for all the quiltmakers.
Best of Show – made by Colleen Burr
All Doilied Up made by Jocelyn Atkinson
Both the quilt above – Blue Rose and the quilt below - Surfers Paradise were made by Ansa Breytenbach
This quilt ‘Lost Worlds’ was made by Ansa Breytenbach
Below ‘Kitchen Blues’ was made by Chris Behersing
Below – ‘A Wedding Ring at Last’ made by Donna Cumming
Above - Indian Rhapsody made by Hazel Foot - (President of the Auckland Patchworkers and Quilters Guild)
This quilt was made by the members of the APQG as a raffle quilt. I have had to crop the photo as there was a chair in front of the quilt, but the quilt was a queen size. We sold out of the raffle tickets early Sunday morning.
Thanks for dropping by
Sue
3 comments:
Some lovely work there Sue!! I see that applique is very popular!! Sounds as if you have been a very busy girl, hope you get some down time soon!!
Some lovely quilts and well done for helping to organise such a wonderful display. Great to see you back Sue.
The quilts at your show seem quite different to the ones at the show held recently in Adelaide. Applique is certainly popular, I really like the ones of the man's eyes, they seem familiar, Sir Ed Hillary maybe.
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