Our new Chairperson, Christa Gouws, is an accomplished quilter who have been quilting since 2001. She has been working hard as secretary for the Oranje Quilters Guild for many years. Christa is also group leader of the Stukkies quilt group.
Christa with all the trophys she won at the 2022 Bloemshow
Most Outstanding Article Trophy
Best Freehand Machine Quilted Article Trophy
Most Entries Trophy
Below are some of Christa's quilts.
Christa's interest in quilting was tickled by her sister who lives in the Western Cape. Quilting fabric was relatively scarce locally, but she eventually got a few pieces together and completed her very first quilt via instructions over the phone. It was a Slash and Dash pattern with a pieced backing and a poor man's finish as binding.
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Japanese quilt
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Christa and a friend decided to join a quilting group and was accepted as members by the Rafels group under the direction of Rina Schutte. They also joined the Oranje Quilters Guild in 2001. It was a rather strange experience in the beginning between all the skilled quilters.
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| Friendship heart quilt |
Christa is also a cat lover (as you can tell 😀) with beautiful pedigree Ragdolls who just loves to join in the fun of making quilts. They are named Miki (short for Michaelangelo) and PC (Prince Charming).
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| Slash and Dash |
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Oliver, the owl - collage
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Christa was always busy with one or another art form for example needlework, art needlework, painting (water and oil) etc. At the beginning of her quilting journey, she mainly did traditional quilting but moved to the innovative and art quilt platform as is evident from her recent quilts.
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| Sunflowers -Thread Sketching |
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| My Creative Book |
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Christa with husband Ruben, her pillar of strength and greatest supporter.
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| Ruben |
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