New community quilt finishes

 We had a bumper show and tell of new community quilts last week!

This lovely butterfly quilt top was generously donated by
Janine Thomson, and quilted by Laura.

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Some of the hexagons in Elaine’s new community quilt
have had a long life, starting with Jill who made about 250
for a quilt that didn’t ever finish itself. The whole collection
was passed to Hilary who made a bag and a padded top
for a round keepsake box. Many hexies remained and were
passed to Elaine. It wasn’t enough by then for a whole quilt
but Elaine had complementary fabrics and made a finished
quilt, making more hexies and providing all the backgrounds,
borders, backing and binding. All of this took several years.

There might be some hexies left over, but we’re not
talking about that yet.

Lynette rediscovered these blocks in her stash, and finished
them into a quilt, several years after they were made

Sue C aimed for a simply appealing quilt, using
a coordinated collection of donated fabric.
A great result.

Lynette coordinated a workshop utilizing 2 1/2” fabric strips.
She collected up the leftover strips, and found she
had a good sized collection of pinks, for a fresh small quilt.

She’s now thinking about what other one or two
coloured checker board designs she might extract
from her extensive stash …