The first general meeting of 2024 was packed full of miscellaneous demo's as well as the Voices in Cloth presentation and kept the audience spellbound for the entire time.
 |
| Elsa Viviers and Christene von Wielligh welcomed all members and guests. |
 |
| OQG Chairperson Christa Gouws |
 |
Gerda Cronjé, the OQG Bloemshow co-ordinator, gave quilters some tips and pointers
what judges specifically look at during judging. |
 |
Leanne Stewart, the Chairperson of the Voices in Cloth
quilt festival to be held in Pietermaritzburg from 4 to 9 July 2024. |
 |
OQG Secretary Esta Knoetze
OQG committee member Nelia Venter in charge of Retreats.
|
 |
Vendors for the day included Annamarie Wessels, the local Elna dealer,
|
 |
| Some of the attendees |
 |
One of our members, Doretha Jacobs, presented an interesting talk about the processing of wool.
From receiving the soiled wool, spinning, coloring, etc. until the final product.
|
 |
| Skeins of wool |
 |
A cushion made with 100% wool.
Attendees listening intently. |
 |
Ansulet from Clover and Stitch presented her interesting technique of print and quilt.
|
 |
A good quality photo is broken up into individual squares with the seam
allowances added all the way around, printed on cotton fabric, cut out and stitched into a quilt. |
 |
| These cheetahs were done using her technique. |
 |
| After all the speeches and demo's, all had some refreshments. |
 |
| The beautiful, folded paper proteas used as decoration. |
No comments:
Post a Comment