More Quilts from Flowerpatch 2023

Here are some more quilts from Flowerpatch Quilters, August 2023, exhibition:

This is a very special quilt, made by Marie, for two reasons. It is her first quilt - and what a difficult pattern to be starting with! Also it is in memory of her Father who served in both the Merchant and Royal Navys. Well done, Marie.

Next we have two quilts by Elizabeth. The first is called "Something Blue"

and the second is "Rainbow Moments" - lots of scraps from 20+ years of quilting.

I complimented Elizabeth on her unusual whipped quilting in circles and she said that it was to hide the marking which she couldn't remove!! Now there's one to remember :)

This is Chris's "The Quilt the Grew" - she just couldn't bear to leave any of the cat panels out and the quilt "grew" to accommodate them all.

Here is Anita H's "Round Robin" quilt. she made the centre square and her friends sewed the borders. I love this soft green.

This is a quilt that we made for the Linus Charity. We started it at one of our Flowerpatch evening meetings by sewing the small circles divided into quarters. Once we had all these and the larger quarter circles I sewed the quilt together. I quilted along the seams by machine and around the circles by hand.

Next is Iris L's "Buds and Blooms" which is based on a design by Angela Attwood

and Margaret's "Hearts and Flowers" made for a grand-daughter and quilted by Sandy Chandler

These two are both made by Ruth. the first is a "Softly Falling Snow" - a pattern by Fi Bowman

and this is the "Alphabet Quilt" which is a pattern by Helen Godden and is painted using inktense pencils.

Finally two from Jo - "Zarafa" the giraffe who I just had to look up on Wikipedia having not heard of him before. It's a wonderful, true tale which you can read about with this link: Zarafa

and a medallion quilt "Regency Blues"

Two lovely quilts both beautifully quilted by Sandy Chandler.

More smaller sewing from the exhibition next time

Anita x

Larger Quilts at Flowerpatch 2023

 Here are some of the larger quilts on display at Flowerpatch Quilters exhibition in August 2023.

This is Liz's "Colourful Host of Diamonds"  - a cheerful quilt made during lockdown

and her "Hearts 'n' Flowers" - inspired by one of Jo Colwill's quilts and machine pieced by Sandy Chandler of the Quilting Company.

Here is Melody's "Windermere" - a Di Hall Ford pattern and a quilt made in her memory. It was also beautifully quilted by Sandy

and another of Melody's quilts "Coming Home" - made for her grandson who is a Liverpool FC fan.

Two quilts that couldn't be more different!!

This is Pippa's "Mosaic Garden" - designed by Louisa Goult of Sewmotion. I love Pippa's wavy line quilting to contrast with the squareness of the design.

Here is Ellen's "Lockdown Squares" which was quilted by The Quilt Room in Dorking. I love the graduated grey fabric as a border.

This is Ruth's "Countryside Animals" which was inspired by a Janet Clare monthly quilt-a-long. It is a very large quilt and I apologise that I couldn't get quite far enough away for a good photo! Ruth free motion quilted it with her domestic machine.

One from Jennie: "It kept growing bigger!" - this was machine quilted by Jennie on her Bernina

and finally, "Christmas" by Anita H - a quilt that she designed herself.

Lots of lovely little details in this quilt.

Yet more quilts to come next time - Anita S xx

Flowerpatch Ruby Exhibition 2023

Last month Flowerpatch Quilters held their Ruby exhibition at Cowslip Workshops. It was quite different from our usual exhibitions as we were celebrating our 40th year which gave us the opportunity to be nostalgic and indulgent. Here are some of the older quilts that were on display:

These two are very special as they were both sewn by Flowerpatch members in the 1980s and each block is signed by the maker in embroidery, so it's a lovely reminder of past members.

This basket of flowers quilt was sewn in the early 1990s and still looks so fresh. It is a past charity quilt and was won at the time by Karen who is still a member today.

This photo shows, from left to right, another member's raffle quilt in "Snowball" design, Dawn's quilt with drunkard's path and applique wildflower designs, Dy's Hawaiian Quilt and a quilt made by Daphne Turner who was a founder member of Flowerpatch.

Flowerpatch Quilters started as a group in the summer of 1983 in the garden (the flower patch) of Daphne and her husband, Pepe, at Windmill Patchwork shop in Launceston.

These next two (L to R) are made by Dy and by Margaret. So different and both beautiful. On tables in the foreground are a few of the many small items that we have made as challenges over the years.

There were many more that I didn't get to photo, but these last two are both past charity quilts. The first from 2011 called "Forget-me-not" and won by Melody.

and the second from 2018 called "Rainbow" which was won by Ellen.

I have written about "Rainbow" in two previous blog posts. You can read about it here and here

On a table in front of the quilt are photos and other memorabilia from the past four decades of Flowerpatch Quilters.

More pics from the exhibition to come. 

Until then, happy stitching - Anita x

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

Quilts (2) - Flowerpatch Exhibition 2022

More photos from our recent Flowerpatch Quilters exhibition.

This is Karen's "Wandering Ways" - a double bed quilt

and her "Squash Squad" - a Sue Spargo design

Two of Margaret's bed quilts made for her grandchildren. The first is "Butterflies"

and this one is "Daisies"

This wall quilt, called "All  Aboard", was made by Chris. She really enjoyed the challenge of sewing the different sized blocks together.

Here is Ellen's "Scrappy Flower" - a play mat for an expected baby girl. Ellen quilted the background before sewing the flower petals on.

Finally, two by Elizabeth - "Totally Scrappy Lockdown Busyness"

and "The End of the Lilac Road ". Elizabeth says that she has finally used up all the lilac fabric that she bought for her last two lilac coloured quilts!! Can she resist making another in this colour? :)

Yet more quilts in my next blog post.

Anita x

Quilts (1) - Flowerpatch Exhibition 2022

 Here are pics of some of the quilts in our recent Flowerpatch Quilters exhibition. I was a bit random in my photograph taking so this is by no means all of the entries.

This is Melody's "Estela"

and her "365" quilt designed by Katherine Kerr - each block is different. It was a one block a day for a whole year challenge!

both of these are bed-size quilts and were machine quilted by Sandy Chandler

This is Cherrie's "All the Colours of Life" made for her Mum's 90th birthday

and her "Stars for Auntie Muriel" - Cherrie says 'it is bright, colourful, fun and sparky, just like her personality'

Here is Anita H's "Painted Ladies". Anita has made two quilts for her daughter in law, in the same design, but with some differing fabrics.

and Anita's lap quilt - "Better than a Fur Coat"

This is Pippa's bed quilt  - a hand pieced sampler designed by Carolyn Forster

and another "Stars and Pinwheels Strawberry Thief" designed by Sally Ablett.

Anne's quilted throw is called "Crazy Seasons" and has lots of embroidery details.

Many more exhibition quilts to come in my next post.

Until then

Happy Stitching - Anita xx