Earlier in the summer a few of our members helped to stretch a large quilt on a quilting frame.  It was something that none of them had done before. They had an eventful day filled with fun, laughter and a delicious lunch of Amercan Hot Chicken Salad.

Enjoy the photos……… *click on any photo to enlarge.

Putting together the frame.

Pinning the backing to the frame.

Pinning the layers together and then tacking ready for quilting.

Time to remove from the frame.

Finally ready to be quilted

Awaiting a house guest

Finished, quilted and ready for a house guest.

We had a varied and busy evening this month with Pauline showing us how to make bias binding from a square of fabric, Glenis showing us her sash which is a great idea for our Quilt show next year (more details in the members area). We also had the samples on display for our Christmas Fun Day on 4 November which is being held at Westbourne again this year.

Then of course the monthly raffle, many thanks Marion and Anne some lovely prizes to be won yet again.

Finally, many, many thanks to Lesley one of our very talented and experienced members for bringing along her collection of vintage quilts for us to admire this evening.  Lesley is also very keen on applique and showed her own beautiful quilts that were mainly all hand quilted along with the vintage ones with several tales to tell about how she aquired some of them.

Samples for the Christmas Fun Day

Snowman Wall Hanging

Table Centrepiece

Christmas Cushion

Table Runner

Christmas Cushion

Table Centrepiece

Photos below of the quilts that were made from Betty’s fabric.

Many, many thanks to all who helped make this a successful project.

The quilts will be distributed to local charities.

We had a hive of activity this evening with various handicrafts being displayed.  What a talented group of ladies you are,  thank you, ladies, for bringing along your projects.  We also had a demonstration from Tracy who showed us her way of joining and cutting hexagons many thanks Tracy for a very informative demonstration, you can see a video of her cutting technique on our  Facebook Page Bourne Quilters on Facebook

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We also had a ‘Show and Tell’ of some of the quilts that we made for the Siblings Together charity which some of our members completed a few weeks ago.  Well done and many thanks to all who participated.

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Lis then showed us some of the quilts that were made from Betty’s fabric.  If anyone knows how we can contact her family we would like to show them what we have achieved.