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A wonderful weekend at the Dorset Quilters Regional day Regional day & workshop with Hardy Quilters

11/10/2015

I have just spent a lovely weekend surrounded by all things 'quilt'. My thanks and congratulations to Maureen Rhodes and her team who organised the very successful Region 4 day at Hamworthy Club, Wimbourne. I had the pleasure of giving the afternoon talk to the members of this large region - and was overwhelmed by the warm reception I received.

During the morning we listened to a superb talk by the very talented Gwyneth Rose give her talk 'Always read the instructions'. Gwyneth shared lots of images of her fabulous work with felt and rust as well of many of the quilts she has made. She also made us all laugh as she shared lots of personal stories from her life - and explained to us how she finally became a teacher - something she had always wanted to be! To see more of Gwyneth's work do look at her page on the Guild website by clicking here, and if you ever have the chance to go and see Gwyneth's work or hear her speak - don't hesitate to go.

Gwyneth Rose

The following day I had the pleasure of teaching the workshop 'The ones that got away' to some of the ladies from Hardy Quilters. We had a fabulous day together in Osmington village hall - made even more special by the selection of freshly baked cakes which several people brought. We even had one which was baked while we worked. Now that is what I call multi-tasking!

Since everyone at the workshop was already an accomplished quilter the quality of the finished work was excellent and lots of ideas were explored.
Thank you to Maureen, Liz, Birgitta, Chantal, Ann, Del, Sheila, Diane, Maureen, Liz, Barbara, Alison and Steve for a great day.

Here are some pictures of the day as it unfolded

Lunch was followed by...... more cake!

There was delicious flapjack for the morning session too - but unfortunately I ate it before taking a picture. Sorry.

Exploring layers of transparent fabrics and different colour choices

Some of the semi-finished pieces

I hope you have enjoyed seeing the fabulous work the ladies of Hardy Quilters created. It was a great day with lots of experimentation and exploration with the techniques of faux trapunto, free motion quilting and the layering of transparent fabrics. Thanks, ladies. I would love to see your pieces when they are finished.

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A big 'thank you' to Moonraker Quilters

15/9/2015

Moonraker Quilters' Area day, Bromham: 12th September 2014

One of my favourite things to do; have a good chat about my other favourite thing...... quilting.

On Saturday I had the great pleasure of spending the day with a group of very talented ladies. Thanks to the great organisation of Jan and Sue (and lots of others I am sure) from Moonraker Quilters, the Quilter's Guild Region 3 Area day was a tremendous success.

Despite the rain, over 70 people attended and we all had a wonderful time. Thank you to all who made this day possible.

In the morning we all enjoyed a fabulously entertaining talk by Gail Lawther, who brought all her quilts from her fabulous 'Glimpses of Great Britain' series. There was plenty of time to look closely at Gail's work and also a chance to see and buy her new book 'Stained Glass Patchwork Techniques: Birds'. Gail was extremely generous and gave me a signed copy, and I have enjoyed reading it very much.
Click here to visit Gail's website.

My favourite quilt from Gail's 'Glimpses of great Britain' series

The White Horse at Hackpen - created to celebrate the coronation of Queen Victoria

After a break for lunch I gave my talk about my 'Wiltshire's White Horses' series. As we were sitting in the heart of white horse country, not 5 miles from the White horse on Roundway Hill in Devizes, it could not have been more fitting.

The 8 quilts from my 'Wiltshire's White Hosrse' series

After my talk we were then treated to the excitement of the raffle draw and a great 'show & tell' session with a fabulous variety of quilts. I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I did. Unfortunately I was not able to write down the names of the makers, so I give my apologies.

After all that excitement there was time for tea and delicious homemade cake (you probably know how I feel about cake) before we all said farewell.

My wholehearted congratulations to everyone at Moonraker Quilters for hosting such a great day.

Liz graciously sat next to me to make me look tall.

I also need to thank Liz Norris and Sue Rawlings for all the great photos they took for me, some of which I used in this blog.

The flower bowls were very popular with today's guests

I have no idea!

'Sardine Run'

A selection of my sketchbooks were also on display

2 quilts inspired by the summer visitors to the vlei near my old home

Moonraker Quilters
Meeting Day: 3rd Wednesday of every month, 2pm-4.30pm
Venue: Southbroom Parish Rooms, Devizes
Contact: Sue Daniels
Email: tony.daniels1941@gmail.com
Phone: 01380 729721

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A wonderful weekend at the Dorset Quilters Regional day Regional day & workshop with Hardy Quilters

A big 'thank you' to Moonraker Quilters

Moonraker Quilters' Area day, Bromham: 12th September 2014

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