Quilts (3) - Flowerpatch Exhibition 2022

I'm really enjoying having a second look at my Flowerpatch friend's quilts which were in our recent exhibition. It's not the same as seeing them hanging, but in a photo you can sometimes notice things that you missed.

This is Annie's wall quilt - "Beeloved" and there is so much detail in this with lots of bee themed fabrics. Annie is a bee keeper and she loves her bees ....... most of the time!

Here is Liz's "365 Kathryn Kerr Challenge". Liz said that the 6" blocks were fine, but the 3" were certainly a challenge! A bed quilt beautifully quilted by Sandy Chandler.

and Liz's "Windy Day in the City". Another challenge, but this time set by her friends. A wall hanging with the two themes of Lowry and umbrellas.

This is Dawn's "Remember Paris" - Her interpretation of the rose window in Notre Dame Cathedral. She started making this after a surprise visit to Paris in 1994 and finished it during lockdown!!! Is this a record?? :)

This is a quilt made by Dawn, Phyll, Brenda, Ann, Sheila and me - "Ruby's Quilt". We named it after a dear quilting friend who we remember with great fondness. Many of the embroideries are adaptations of Lynette Anderson designs and Dawn designed the lovely embroidered border.

Iris M was another Flowerpatch member who decided that lockdown was a good time to finish off  her many sewing projects. These four wall quilts are months of the year with others to follow. From  left to right and top to bottom they are August - Sunshine & Rain, January - Frost, September - Apples and December - Christmas.

and Iris M's "Windmills" - a cot quilt

Lois made two child's quilts like this one. The first for her grandson Ezekiel who loves anything with wheels, and another to donate to the Linus Project. She backed them both with fleece for extra cosiness.

and this is Lois's wall hanging "The Curate's Garden".

Iris L had many lovely quilts in the exhibition and it was hard to pick just two to show you. These two are my favourites: "All at Sea" which is based on a Janet Clare block of the month, with applique sea birds in the border

and Iris L's "Housey Housey" based on her own house and some dream houses.

I haven't shown any of my own entries in the exhibition as they appear in previous posts in this blog ..... except for this little wall hanging which I finished sewing the evening before the day when quilts had to be hung! This is "Holiday 1959" and depicts my family at the caravan park in Walton-on-the-Naze, where we went most years in the 1950s. Happy memories.

Well, I hope you have enjoyed the walk through of our Flowerpatch exhibition 2022 in my last four posts.

We start our next quilting year very shortly on Thursday 8th September 2022 at Cowslip Workshops, nr Launceston. The meeting starts at 7.30pm. Please do come along if you think you might like to join us.

Happy Stitching

Anita x