April 22, 2025
SVQG hosted Akerley Area and Victoria Quilt Guild for Program Day that included a Trunk Show, Slow Stitching, Show &Tell and lunch.
Trunk Show Sue McEachern
Award winning quilts were showcased. Awards such as Best In Show and Best Hand Quilting.Many items were shown, small, medium and large. Some techniques used were hand piecing, machine piecing, applique,embroidery, bias tape, use of selvages, needle felting, wool on cotton, wool on linen, wool on wool and slow stitching. Borders included traditional, wavy, saw tooth and piano key. Quilting techniques included hand quilting, hoop quilting and machine quilting.
Sue mentioned that she didn't always label the quilts that were for herself. She loves using Wool Batting.
Sue has purchased several old quilts and at the end of her show she gave one of those away.
Display of Slow Stitching by Judy S. and Brenda R.
Show & Tell
First in the Show and Tell section were our guests from Akerley Guild
Laurie M. presented her 9 Patch With A Twist which was hand quilted.Laurie's denim jacket is embellished with quilted sections
Laurie also showcased the Scrap Happy Triple Irish Chain quilt that the Akerley Guild has made as a Raffle Quilt
Jane's project is Fireworks and it even has a pieced backing
Jackie C has used a Lighthouse Panel and some orphan blocks to construct her quilt
A fun Swimsuit Quilt was made by Pat. Laurie was given credit for the quilting. Pat also was wearing a quilted jacket
Sharon M showed her Sew'n Wild Oats Quilt, made in brown and teal fabrics
Ann C has made a pillow from a Spider Block and it includes spider web quilting
Brenda D described a fun activity where you take in 3-5 UFO's and the group decides which one you finish in a specified timeframe.
Brenda showed her Sleigh & Reinder project as well as Bargello Butterflies.
Maryann brought along her Watercolour Heart project, class taught by Brenda D. Project is machine quilted and you may notice a little cat in the corner, Maryann's signature addition
The group was shown a photo of the Log Cabin In The Valley Quilt that KV Guild will be selling raffle tickets on
Members of SVQG
Chris F made a small quilt named Oh My Stars
Stars In My Garden was made by Beth S . The flowers are wool applique and machine quilting is in a leaves pattern
Barb T's quilt is a Sampler in vibrant colours
Dianne G brought along circular placemats
Joyce B made her bag from selvages.
Leigh S was working on her Scrap Happy Sampler quilt top at Villa Madonna Retreat 2024. She has a lovely Piano Key border on this project
Sandra C has done a Chenille project for her Great-Granddaughter
Sandra also brought along her project bags
Judy H has made an Indigo Spin Quilt. Designer Jean Nolte, Fons & Porter Love of Quilting
Susan S has hand quilted the runner sized SVQG Mystery Quilt. She's the first to show her project
