Lockdown Quilts 2020

With the whole world in various stages of lockdown with the Covid 19 virus, peoples lives were completely uprooted.  Some lost loved ones', some were isolated for months on end and others suffered in countless ways.  It however did not deter the ladies from our Guild to continue quilting away.  Iessie Steenberg, one of our teachers, took the initiative to start a WhatsApp quilting group learning the members new techniques and just in general keeping their quilting spirits alive and inspired.

Below are photo's of quits made during this time by our members.  

Ritha Swanepoel

Denise Naudé

Flolinda Marais

Marietjie van Rensburg

    

Frances van Schalkwyk

Elsa Schoeman

Janie Steyn

Margaret van Niekerk

Margaret van Niekerk

Johanna Engelbrecht

Martina van der Linde

Ria Senekal

Annatjie Coetzer

Muriël Louw

Alison van der Walt

Ronél Faul

Miemie Pretorius

Gerda Breytenbach

Iessie Steenberg

Lulu Marais

Gerda O'Neill

    

Estie Maartens

Adi Botha

    

Adi Botha above and below

Elrita Grimsley

    

Gerda O'Neill

Above 3 photo's - Annelize Keevé

Sujanie van der Spoel

Above 3 quilts- Wilna Geel

Gerda Cronjé Vermeulen

Above all Marietjie van Rensburg's quilts

Above all Kokkewiet Scholtz work

Mara Swanepoel

Christa van Heerden

Lynette Eloff

Margaret Jordaan

Nici Smit

    

Petro van der Merwe

Ester Jordaan

Sonja Mostert

Ester Jordaan

Outreach 2020 - First semester

Although everything in our Guild has come to a complete stop due to the pandemic, our members continued knitting hats and scarves which was donated to the Rose Park Hospital's Children's ward.

Juliana Christo (Rose Park Hospital) left and Iessie Steenberg of our Guild

As no social gatherings are permitted since our lockdown started at the end of March, our normal quilting routines are no more for the time being.  But Iessie took the initiative to start a quilting group on WhatsApp where she teach various classes.

If you wat to join just contact her on 082 705 5279.

For our next outreach project, members are busy knitting teddy bears which will also be donated to Rose Park's Children's ward during late October / early November.

Teddy Bear pattern

By using your imagination and different wool, you can achieve a whole array of different bears.

If you do machine embroidery, you can stitch up a few bears as well.

First General Meeting 2020 - 2

While the two qualifying teams of Kwiltedoor was working hard on their respective quilts, the rest of the Oranje Quilters Guild's members attended the meeting hosted by the Needles and Pins group.

Secretary Margaret Jordaan on the left with our new Chairlady Nelia Venter on the right.

 

On display were examples of the classes which will be presented during the Quilt in Clarence Festival which is scheduled to take place from the 30th of June until the 3rd of July 2020.

Exciting Kaleidoscope

Hand quilting the Sue Cameron way

Starstruck

My Passions

What a colourful world

Hooked on Clarens

Belle

Annie ABC in Afrikaans

Autumn

Applique all over

Colour me beautiful

Just around the corner

Woven treasure

Nelia with Alae Grabe from Quilt in Clarens.

There was only a few quilts for Show and tell

with this one selected as the winner.

Cecile Lombaard of Quiltalk showed this tuffet which she would like to demonstrate later this year as a 2 day class.

Other vendors at the meeting included the local Brother dealer.

There was also silk thread for sale as well as skeins of wool and mohair.

Helenette van Tonder, our local Bernina delaer, demonstrated the circular tool.