October 14, 2013

The Keswick Ridge Quilters met on Thanksgiving Monday at the Riverside Resort. The main event of the evening was a program of sharing of first and latest quilts made by an individual. Many members shared.   The evening wound up with our Show & Tell.  Next month we will have pictures of all our works available again!

 

Thanks for your patience as we work through the process of learning how to blog and getting our camera ready!

Wednesday, 11 September 2013

Welcome back after a nice summer break. We hope everyone enjoyed their time and are now looking forward to a productive fall!

Everyone was pleased to meet,  see quilting friends, welcome new members, and find out what is coming up in the next year.  Some exciting programs and workshop days are being scheduled and we are looking forward to seeing all the new ideas and completed projects.  We will post these and try to update the blog as changes are made.

Some people have been busy over the summer.  Since we had forgotten the camera for the meeting we only have a few snaps of some of the projects that have occupied your time since June.  These are just a few projects from "Show and Tell".

(Hot drink sleeves)

A new design

 

 

Miniature Quilts

 

At our January meeting of the Keswick Ridge Quilters we welcomed Joyce Newman.  She shared her miniatures with us and informed us about what a true miniature quilt is.  Joyce began making miniatures so she could test out new techniques.  Joyce designs her own patterns and she will be sharing her expertise at our February Super Saturday on the 23rd. Here are a few photos of her miniatures and a YouTube video of all the quilts we were lucky to have had a chance to view at our meeting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF8l6EsMOcg



Joyce's Workshop Quilt Project for February 23rd

 

 January Show and Tell 

 

Darcy's  Hunting Quilt

Elizabeth's Quilt



Melanie's Folded Star (Workshop Project)

Ruth's "I Spy" Quilt

Diane's Projects

Melanie's Layer Cake Quilt

Jelly Roll Quilts from the January Workshop

Kathy and Heather lead this workshop with the help of the Missouri Star Jelly Roll video from YouTube.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bEJLnaZQOU

 

 

Highlights from the Juilet Nowlan Trunk Show

On November 2, 2012 the Keswick Ridge Quilters hosted their first ever trunk show with Juilet Nowlan from Quispansis. Here are some highlights from that show:

Crazy Quilt

Mushrooms

Hammond River Park

Hand Painted fabric for the Sunflowers

Close-up of the Sunflowers

Another close-up of the Sunflowers

KVQG Challenge

Details of the Fabric Columbine

Juliet Nowlan Trunk Show

Highlights from Our Show

Our "Harvest of Quilts" show was a success even though it was damp and rainy outside.  485+ people attended and many folks commented that they loved the displays.  It was sad to see all the quilts folded up on the pews and ready to be taken home at 3:30 yesterday.  Thanks to everyone who worked on the committee, made cakes, organized the rooms, volunteered on the Friday and Saturday  and especially those who allowed their work to be shown.  AND THAT PRETTY MUCH INCLUDES EVERYONE IN OUR QUILTING GROUP!!  A special thank you to all the non-members (our husbands and friends) who helped us as well, we couldn't have done it without you. 
Here are some pictures that highlight our show:

The Entry Way

The Santuary

The Seasons Room

Our Challenges