Sunday, December 15, 2019

Final General Meeting of 2019 - 3: Kwiltedoor

After the conclusion of the General Meeting, it was time for the next round of Kwiltedoor.


The previous round's blocks.



The remaining 6 teams in no particular order were

The Quiltmakers from left to right:  Nici Smit, Margaret Jordaan and Petro Swart
Stukkies:  Johanna Engelbrecht, Charlotte Naudé, 
(Anne-Marie Wessels - our local Elna dealer) and Ina Beukes
The Langenhovenparkies:  Flolinda Marais, Lulu Koster and Ritha Swanepoel
Sterre:  Gerda Cronje-Vermeulen, Petro van der Merwe and Marietjie Thomas 
with Alison van der Walt looking on.
Gouedrade:  Petro van der Merwe, Louisa Basson and Rientjie du Plessis

The Rotary Cutters:  Magda du Plessis, Marietjie van Rensburg and Rika van der Merwe

With instructions in hand by Marianne le Roux


and supplies handed out by Nelia Venter, 


it was time to put the thinking caps on and start planning and stitching.



















After the allocated 3 hours, these 6 beautiful blocks were ready for judging.

Gouedrade

Langenhovenparkies
Sterre

Stukkies

Rotary Cutters

Quiltmakers

Whilst Mariëtte Venter were busy judging,


the contestants were treated to some more exotic prizes.






The last order of business for the day was to announce the 2 Groups going forward in the competition....




Sunday, December 8, 2019

Final General Meeting of 2019 -2 (held on the 9th of November)

As always with the last meeting of the year, there were plenty of absolutely beautiful quilts on display.

For more versions of this Mystery Quilt, read this post.



For more info on this technique (shadow trapunto), visit this webpage.















For more versions of this pattern, read this post.






Traditional double wedding ring

Non-traditional with the wedding rings being the light colour.
















This beautiful Baltimore Quilt of Flolinda Marais was voted Viewers Choice.

In the next instalment - the 3rd round of Kwiltedoor.

Fun short courses

A few of the OQG's members attended two short courses presented by Ina Meyer.    Fabric flowers Create depth with inktense pencils. Prou...