Viewers choice - NZ Quilt Symposium

Fragility Kina at Rangiputa by Mathea Daunheimer has won Viewers Choice at the NZ Quilt Symposium held recently in Palmerston North.

Birthday Gifts

Its my friend Sandra's birthday today.  I have made her a WIPs "work in progress" chalk board for her sewing room.  She just loves Kaffe Fassett fabrics so to ensure she liked her present - I was cheeky enough to ask for her Kaffe scraps.

Chalk board fabric with Kaffe Fassett fabric.

 On the back I made two hanging sleeves - top and bottom and have attached loop Velcro to them.  This will stop the WIP board from flapping around when writing on it.

 

I have provided the hook Velcro with a sticky surface to secure to a wall.

I couldn't help myself - had to make her a cushion as well.

Happy stitching

Stacking Bow Ties - Class description and Needs List

Hundreds and Thousands.  Can you see the flower shaped formation?
Each petal is a different colour.

Hundreds and Thousands was my entry into the Alive with colour - Professional section at the recent New Zealand Quilt Symposium held in Palmerston North. 
I have used the traditional origami bow tie block but have inserted the bow tie center (3d) into each corner rather than every second row.  It's very tactile to touch and technically fiddly.
Each row took me two hours to sew and each piece of fabric was 2" square.

Here's a side angle shot.  Gives a 3d woven effect

For the symposium Gala dinner I made a bag to match my dress using this technique but with 2 1/2" squares.

One side of my bag - background in black foreground feature fabric.

Other side of my bag - background in feature fabric foreground black

I sewed buttons onto the bottom which held the bag stiffening
in place and prevents the bag fabric from sitting on any surface.

Class Samples - cushions

To learn this technique we will be making a panel using 3" squares.  Your final piece/panel can be made into a cushion, bag or wall hanging - whatever you like.

 

For this you will need two groups of fabric.  Background and foreground (3d)

 

The background is your base.  You can use one fabric (i.e. pink cushion) or various fabrics in the same colourway (i.e. green cushion).   Please pre-cut 36 x 3" squares.

 

The foreground is your accent.  It should complement your background fabric but stand out / pop (i.e. light vs. dark or a strong contrast).  Please pre-cut 25 x 3" squares.

 

1 x 20" piece of batting.  This initially will be your design board for laying out and pinning your design.  Once your panel has been sewn it is then quilted onto this piece of batting.

 

Pins - you will need plenty.  Dress making pins are fine.  If you use long thin quilting pins for normal piecing - these will bend.

 

Quick n pick.  We use this to assist us in interlinking our rows together by removing stay stitches (usually 1 or 2 per block).  Don't' forget it - it is a requirement.

A camera, ipad or mobile phone for taking photographs of different placements.

Machine thread for piecing and for quilting - must match or blend with your fabrics.

Scissors or snips for cutting thread.

Cutting board, rotary cutter and ruler.

Sewing machine with 1/4" foot.

Walking foot (for sewing the panel onto batting).  This may or may not happen in class depending on time.

A lot of time maybe used in laying out, so to save valuable time please come with your fabric pre-cut.  Pre-wind your bobbins and please make sure you have a new size 80/12 needle in your machine.

Cushion I made this week as a gift for a friend.  Background is black calico
and the foreground is made of scraps of Kaffe Fasset fabric.

This is a fun technique but some quilting experience is required for this class. 

Happy stitching.

Award Winners - NZ Quilt Symposium 2015 - Part Two

Continued from previous post.

NO PLACE LIKE HOME - AMATEUR

MERIT - Starry Starry Night by Claire Davis

FIRST -  Conquering Christchurch by Sophie Wood

NO PLACE LIKE HOME - PROFESSIONAL

MERIT - Southern lakes by Lois Wine

FIRST -  Fragility, Kina at Rangiputa by Mathea Daunheimer

 

OUT AND ABOUT - AMATEUR

MERIT - Light through the trees by Jill Bowman

MERIT - Lime and Mango by Sarah Ward

FIRST - 5 days and 5 nights in New York by Tracy Carew

OUT AND ABOUT- PROFESSIONAL

MERIT - True Bliss by Sonya Prchal

MERIT - Pacific Pathway by Donna Ward

FIRST - Hinemoa and Tutanekai by Fyvie Murray

OUT AND ABOUT IN A SMALL WORLD

My New Pillow by Sonya Prchal

RAGS TO RICHES RECYCLED

 

AMATEUR AWARD -  Blanket Ripples by Bridget McFarlane

PROFESSIONAL AWARD -  Golden Moment by Sandra Kennington

YESTERDAY, TODAY TOMORROW - AMATEUR

MERIT - Grandmothers Garden Revisited by Liz Heppleston

FIRST - Persian Window by Lucy Stephenson

YESTERDAY, TODAY TOMORROW - PROFESSIONAL

 

MERIT - A Gentle and Quiet Spirit by Jeanie O'Sullivan

FIRST - Persian Dreams by Ansa Breytenback

 

BEST THEME INTERPRETATION

 

Arch My Eyes by Adrianne Reid

 

 

CONVENORS AWARD

 

Minton by Judith Briant

JUDGES AWARD - STU SCHWARTZ

Exuberance by Jean McLean

JUDGES AWARD - CHRISTINE HARTIGAN

Three Brothers by Sarah Ward 

JUDGES AWARD - ROSALIE DACE

Rural 1 by Robyn Croft

BERNINA AWARD

Royal Velvet by Ansa Breytenbach

 

BEST OF SHOW EXCELLENCE

 

Nightwatch by Anna Prussing

Kisses for my Daughter by Donna Cumming
  

 

BERNINA BEST IN SHOW

 

Is it Art by Melanie Martin

It was a pretty amazing exhibition.  There are also 21 quilts selected for the NZ Suitcase Exhibition which will tour around New Zealand this year.  

Award winners - NZ Quilt Symposium 2015 - part one

I have been back from Symposium for four days and I have just started unpacking.  As promised - the here are the winning quilts.  Photographs have been supplied by the CD Quilt Symposium Manawatu 2015 put together.

WINNERS - GROWING THE PASSION EXHIBITION

PLAYGROUND (YOUNG PERSON UP TO 12 YEARS))

FIRST - Lilly's Garden by Lilly Duncan.

SCHOOLS OUT (NEXT GENERATION 13-18 YEARS)

 



MERIT- Road of Endless Possibility by Kataraina Hakaraia

FIRST - Schools Out by Sarah Royds

 

 3D FLORA AND FAUNA

FIRST  - Ruth Corbet

 ALIVE WITH COLOUR - AMATEUR

MERIT - Off the Floor #1 by Gael O'Donnell

FIRST - Circle the Wagons by Gael O'Donnell

 ALIVE WITH COLOUR - PROFESSIONAL

MERIT - In the Corner of the Garden by Rosemary Rush

FIRST - Nightwatch by Anna Prussing

 

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

BEST AMATUER - The French Connection by Nancy Woodney

BEST PROFESSIONAL - Sticky Fly Papers by Margaret Rogerson
 

OVERALL BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
Kisses for my Daughter by Donna Cumming



CHOP AND CHANGE

FIRST -  Nascondino by Jeanette Orr

 

GAMES UP 

FIRST - Hopscotch by Alison Laurence

 HOT OF THE PRESS

MERIT - Quilters Rock by Irene Smith

MERIT -  Lost in Transit by Mary Williams

FIRST - Still being followed by Ruth Wheeler

 

GROWING THE PASSION - AMATUER

MERT - Eclipse by Leanne Kenagh

 

FIRST - Simply Childs Play by Lee-Ann Newton

 GROWING THE PASSION - PROFESSIONAL

MERIT - Fabric Flower Passion by Ruth Wheeler

FIRST -  Exuberance by Jean Mclean

INSPIRED FIBRES

MERIT - Canna Tropicana by Heather McLean

MERIT -  No Sew HST's by Heather Beaven



 

MERIT - Touch the Stars by Griet Lombard.

Unfortunately no photograph of this quilt has been provided on the

exhibition disk.

 

IT'S A SMALL WORLD (miniature quilts)

 

MERIT - Dwaft Star by Christine Singleton

 

FIRST -  Opulent and Elegant by Valda Sutton



LESS IS MORE - AMATEUR

MERIT -  Stand my ground by Gael O'Donnell

FIRST - Ode to Tron by Sue Pope

 LESS IS MORE - PROFESSIONAL

MERIT - Improvisation by Fyvie Murray

FIRST - Rural 1 by Robyn Croft







Due to the large number of photographs I am downloading, I have split the winning quilts over two posts.