Biggest Morning Tea 17th May 2023

 May's Biggest Morning Tea

Wow, what a wonderful turn out for our Biggest morning Tea raising funds for The Cancer Council.

We had a group of about 10 Piccadilly Quilters join us which was lovely. We were treated to a great Morning Tea spread, lots or purple and yellow clothing (and hair!!) and a very diverse show and tell of quilts and other items.

Together we raised over $800 so congratulations to everyone who organized and contributed.

We have also gathered quite a lot of winter warming items for our impromptu call out for items to donate to The Hutt St Centre. Quilters are a very giving bunch. 

Our lovely Woodpatch banner having a rare outing

The very delicious spread of morning tea...and lunch!

The many items to be donated to Hutt Street Centre.

This came about following a request from Merlyn who spent some time in an emergency room alongside a chappy from Hutt St. She noticed he had no socks on and felt compelled to do something to help. Great job Merlyn. Bringing the plight of those doing it very rough and finding a way to offer them some warmth and comfort really aligns with what we quilters do, whether donating quilts or socks!

Our trading table with lots of books and fabric goodies. Thanks to Francine for overseeing.

Some of the crowd

What a beautiful tea set on display.

Lovely Wedgewood pieces

More of the crowd

A very well stocked raffle prize table. Thank you so much to everyone who donated

Now to our Quilt Show and Tell:

A bright charity quilt pieced by Rhonda

Annette Smith's Angels quilt. Appliqued blocks and great pieced borders

Annette's mum had made these beautiful punchwork flowers and asked Annette to work them into a quilt. Great job Annnette, this is just lovely

Annette's rag doll which took some time to finish!

Glenda's vintage Teddies. This is such a pretty quilt using really subtle fabric colours

Look at that lovely lace detail and all hand stitched

Chris and her table runner

Els' bird quilt. This is simply stunning. All hand quilted

Amazing detail

The back is equally as stunning

Els' first or second (of many!) Japanese quilt

Tricia's baby quilt using scraps including flannel scraps pieced into the back

Faith's first quilt. Using cardboard  templates and hand quilted when she lived in Roxby Downs. Safe to say this now qualifies as vintage!

Faith's most recently finished quilt. This lady loves a challenge

Tricia's so cute scrappy Scottish Terriers quilt made for a friend. This is such a fun quilt

Another of Joys Charity Quilts and another one with a story. The blocks were from our cupboard having been donated by Helen (left overs from another project 10 years ago). Joy had quite a bit of trouble trying to make it work. Then after a couple of weeks trying, Helen bought in a piece of the cherry fabric that runs through the blocks. This triggered the final layout as Joy was able to wrap the central block with the fabric tying it all in. This lady has great vision. Congratulations on putting together such a challenging project. Quilted by Tricia.

Joy suggested that in the future when we donate blocks that also donating some of the left over fabric pieces with it can make all the difference when someone comes to put the blocks together. 

Great advice Joy. Duly noted!!!

Speaking of challenges, this is a doozey!
This lovely bone, caramel and brown quilt made by Joy for a raffle prize started life white and red!

After finishing the quilt she was given sage advice to wash it before gifting it was unknown whether the red fabric, which we all know is notorious for bleeding had been washed. Well, she quickly found out it had not. So this lovely crisp white and red piece was suddenly very pink! Some colour removing product washes later, the final result is a lovely caramel from the red, a muted brown binding and nice soft creamy white! Lesson learned I think. It is still a wonderful quilt

Up close and personal. Caramel formerly known as red. A bit like The Artist formerly known as Prince!

Very appropriate Clef used in the quilting. The raffle winner will be receiving a lovely quilt, whatever the colour!

Another of Joy's works. The first one she ever made, this one was friendship blocks from when the club met in Woodside around early 90's. She asked for yellows, which was quite unusual for the era.

The hand quilting is a circle radiating out from the centre with "sunbeams" radiating out to the edges

Tricia's bag for a friend. Made using a centre panel

Tricia's "Antelope Canyon". This is a visually striking piece and all that geometric structure set off with some swirly quilting.

Judy's applique and embroidery flowers quilt. So easy on the eye. Lots of work in here.

The hand stitching in detail. Love the little flower on the corner that softens all that cross hatching

Sonya and one of her amazing kaleidoscope quilts. These things blow my mind!

Aren't you just in awe of people who can take a piece of fabric and turn it into such an amazing masterpiece.

This panel on the back of Sonya's quilt is what she sliced and diced to make the front.

Helen's modern quilt with Poppy quilting.  Made for my daughter in laws 40th birthday.

Explaining the reason I used poppies in the quilting, pointing to the part of the body that my daughter in law has a stoma following an ileostomy thanks to life threatening Chron's disease. Her little stoma looks like a budding poppy, so she named it "Poppy" to help her mentally through the life changing surgery.

As the quilt is so large, I split the batting into 3 and started in the centre, adding the two side pieces as I was ready to quilt each of them. Game changer being able to get this large piece under my little Janome!

Quilting detail. Poppies and swirls

Merlyn's Caring Heart quilt for a friend with a nasty illness. This quilt was actually gifted to Merlyn by Barb who had put it together at a quilt retreat right at the time Merlyn needed it. Synchronicity!

The one we have all been waiting for. Merlyn's antique Victorian quilt. Although struggling to get a lot of information on this particular quilt, she has learned the embroidery was don by a man in the 16/17th century and the piecing was done by two maiden aunts of her grandmother, for whom it was made to mark her 21st birthday. Made of silk with colourful binding and tassles.

The embroidery detail is amazing.

Faith with one of her very early quilts. The pattern was ordered from a magazine and she was quite horrified that she had to cut the fabrics herself!!

These beautiful little pocket hearts were made by one of our Piccadilly friends to give to terminally ill patients. She told the story of an ICU nurse who placed a pile of these on a patients chest telling them to pur all their love into them for each of their grandchildren. What a beautiful thing.

Gaile's Jeans hanger. Made to store bits and bobs in her caravan. She just loves the way it has worked out. Very creative and practical

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