April 22, 2025 Trunk Show Sue McEachern, Slow Stitching Judy Steeves & Brenda Roth

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

Paula has a project in wool and a very cute small quilt

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

Sept 17, 2024

 

Demo by Susan S. on the topic Making 1/4 inch bias binding from yardage.

Monthly Meeting April 8, 2024

 

So nice to have Photos submitted by members who attend Monday Night 

Lauretta D. has a very colourful Mondo Bag to show.

This  beautiful Log Cabin was made by Dianne G.

And Linda B. made Oh My Stars in very vibrant purples

Show and Tell

Muriel G. assisted with our show and tell. Several items  were completed at home and brought in as donations.

Gail R. made an Anti Ouch Pouch for donation. She also told us about tickets available for a Mother's Day Tea in Norton.

Sharon R. made 8 rope coasters to donate to the quilt show for Viewers Choice.

The following members completed their Amish Bar Quilts that were featured at the last workshop/program day. These were made from kits that Ethel R. so generously prepared and donated. The completed quilts were passed in to Joyce. B.

Sharon R.

                                         Judy H.

             Ethel R. with 2 flannel quilts.

                                                           Debbie F.

Leigh S.

Vera T. created a delightful baby quilt from a panel.

She brought along bingo quilt blocks.

Jane K. passed in some donation items as well. She made Anti Ouch Pouches, Drain Bag Covers and two bags to carry Comfort Quilts.

Jane also made two President's challenge projects, a baby quilt and a wool felt applique pillow

Judy H. used different yarn to crochet these two baskets. They are sturdier than her last ones.

Judy showed her Metro Rings Quilt and gave credit to Agathe K. for quilting it with an allover design in the center and custom quilting on each of the three borders.

Ethel R. made drain bag covers (no photo obtained)

Marlene O. stopped into Crafter's Vineyard on her way to the meeting and displayed this vibrant poppy panel that she purchased.

She named her quilt "Ugly Tie or Knot" Ann Snider, Bev Parlee and the Guild were all mentioned as the source of ties.

Marlene also had a large bag of Anti Ouch Pouches to donate, she made eleven of them.

    

Diane B. completed a President's Challenge project, inspiration for the background and applique was from two different patterns in the same book.

Cathy K. has a Log Cabin project completed

Marilyn T. used a pattern by Laura McCain. She passed around the instructions and asked for input on a construction problem she had.

Jackie J. made a lovely icicle quilt, which the members felt looked great in the opposite direction as well.

The use of black and white was the theme for Jackie.

This one is Ebony and Ivory and was a long term project.

A birthday was recognized by gifting Beth A. with a variety of fat quarters.

Ethel R. created a label for the Guild Quilt 

Trade Block Day

12 members participated in the trade block exchange organized by Diane B.

Demo

Cathy K. showed the membership the usage of Block Lok rulers. when interest in purchasing these she  commented on the location  where she sourced hers.

  

Hand Quilting

There is another quilt on the frames for hand quilting.

This time it is a 9 Patch Quilt