Fairholme Quilters

Friday, June 12, 2026

Thank you Pat

Multi talented, very creative Fairholme member Pat Nerlich painted three barn style quilts to decorate the ends of the quilt frames at the #fairholmequiltshow2026 in May - they drew in visitors’ eyes as they entered the main display, looking fabulous. Many thanks Pat.

For our 2024 Quilt Show, Pat made large paper flowers and gorgeous fantasy
fabric birds to decorate the row ends - what might she conjure up for next time?

For more information on modern barn quilts, see History of Barn Quilts, from American Patchwork and Quilting, July 2025.

Monday, June 8, 2026

Recent community quilt finishes

Janet whipped up a cot quit from her batik stash,
including the backing.

Can you see the two slightly different blocks in this quilt made by
Elaine W? It’s a nine block version of Amy Ellis’s design
‘Whispered Lace’ from her book Modern Neutrals.

How often could you be as lucky as Anne? She went to a branch
of The Sewing Basket to drop off some donations, and right
there she found all of the whirlygig blocks for the centre of this
quilt, already stitched, and packaged with a length of turquoise
fabric for the sashing. So of course she bought it and finished
it into a community quilt.

This one was a team effort - the feature fabrics were donated by
members, Helen packaged them into kits with bright sashing
fabrics, and Pam put the top together. Anne took the basted top,
quilted and bound it.