New Zealand Quilter Magazine

Have you seen the latest New Zealand Quilter magazine? It's issue 95 and it's on sale now.

 

It contains an article about our guild's 30th birthday project - the scrappy bear's paw quilts - and some great photos of the quilts.

It even contains the pattern to make your own quilt, if you missed the instructions given out at the guild:

And there's an article about the Stonestead Outdoor Quilt Festival, held in February. Quite a few of our members entered their quilts in this local show.

The quilt on the left is by Anne Read, and the one on the right by Helen Malanchak.

Rush out and buy your copy today!!

Scrappy Bear Paw Quilts - the big reveal

Wow!! We had 25 scrappy bear paw quilts on display at our meeting Saturday.  They looked fantastic hung around the hall.  We even ran out of room to display them all, but they all were admired.  Well done everyone.

PS - it was fancy dress for this meeting and the theme was "bling".  Please forgive the costumes!

Some close ups:

and some more that couldn't be hung on the rope:

Guild members really enjoyed making the same blocks as others in the group.  We might even choose another block for 2016.  Thank you everyone for supporting this 30th anniversary initiative.

Scrappy Bear Paw Quilts

Is your scrappy bear paw quilt almost ready to display at our Christmas meeting on 28 November?

by Wendy Welsh 

Some of our members have been working on scrappy bear paw quilts to celebrate our guild's 30th anniversary. The Bear Paw block was chosen as our guild's logo 30 years ago because of its meaning as the Hand of Friendship.

by Adrianne Reid

Some examples were shown at the first meeting of the year, and patterns were made available.  Members have been busy choosing their own fabrics and styles, and we're looking forward to seeing a wide variety of quilts at the December meeting.  We will hang them all around the hall and take lots of photos.

by Sheila Christensen

If you would like to make your own scrappy bear paw quilt, you can find the instructions for this oversized block here!

by Pat O'Grady