Sunday, November 13, 2011

A Wonderful Day out

Today was the Castlemaine Applique Society's quarterly meeting and the show of quilts was magnificent. Here are a few of them.

A Sarah Morrel quilt









Megan's quilt was made with Dutch Chintz fabrics.


This was made with tiny bow tie blocks.


The English Basket quilt


Scrappy Clam Shells


Bev's Red & White quilt



We ate, we talked, we sewed, and I won one of the raffle prizes. Barb Adams and Alma Allen's book,  A Schoolgirl's Work. It has photographs and the history of Samplers from the Spencer Museum of Art and also contains projects to make that have been inspired by the samplers. The samplers were made in the 1700 - 1800's and I look forward to spending time reading all about them.
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20 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 13, 2011 at 12:22 PM

    Thank you for a great show and tell....

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  2. JuliaNovember 13, 2011 at 12:36 PM

    Beautiful quilts...lovely show and tell.
    Julia ♥

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  3. WoolenSailsNovember 13, 2011 at 12:58 PM

    I can see where you get your inspiration from, wonderful group with so many talented ladies, beautiful work. Congrats on your prize, that looks like a great book.

    Debbie

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  4. audreyNovember 13, 2011 at 3:04 PM

    thank you for sharing such wonderful work. makes me feel like a total slacker.:) and you can never go wrong with a Barb Adams and Alma Allen book

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  5. JanineNovember 13, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    congrats on winning yet again!
    i've never known someone so tinny!

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  6. JanetNovember 13, 2011 at 8:58 PM

    Gorgeous quilts, thanks for sharing. I love how Bev's quilt looks. Congratulations on the raffle win.

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  7. DavidNovember 13, 2011 at 9:55 PM

    Fantastic quilts! I am really impressed by the work and talent involved to make them... Thanks for sharing the photos.

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  8. Quilt StationNovember 13, 2011 at 10:03 PM

    Hi Dorothy, great to see you and share your table yesterday.You didn't put a picture up of your gorgeous Mary Brown quilt you modest thing you ;-)
    It was lovely to see it in the real, your work is beautiful.
    See you soon,
    M

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  9. CherylNovember 13, 2011 at 11:07 PM

    Stunningly glorious quilts!

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  10. Donna~~November 14, 2011 at 3:28 AM

    Incredible group of quilts! Thanks so much for sharing them!

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  11. LindaNovember 14, 2011 at 4:27 AM

    Dorothy, Thanks for sharing the great pictures!
    I love the Sarah Morrel sampler quilt. And Megan's applique quilt is so cheery with all those appliqued flowers.

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  12. DinyNovember 14, 2011 at 4:39 AM

    Schitterende quilts! groetjes.

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  13. DawnNovember 14, 2011 at 4:43 AM

    Oh, what great eye candy! Beautiful projects.
    The sampler book is a nice one, lucky girl ;-)

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  14. JanNovember 14, 2011 at 4:48 AM

    Just incredible!

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  15. LisaNovember 14, 2011 at 7:16 AM

    Thanks for the show Dorothy! I love the third one best, and of course, the red and white is stunning. I want that book!

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  16. AnonymousNovember 14, 2011 at 9:11 AM

    Hi Dorothy, I was thinking exactly the same thing as Margaret. Where's your gorgeous Mary Brown quilt? Enjoyed our lovely chat, see you soon.
    Jennifer

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  17. AnonymousNovember 14, 2011 at 12:29 PM

    What a great day out. Stunning quilts - thanks for sharing them with us. Enjoy your book. Can't wait to get my hands on one!

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  18. LidaNovember 14, 2011 at 9:27 PM

    Beautiful! Stunning thos quilts, I love the Chintz one, very difficult to quilt by hand, but a wonderfull result! Greetings
    Lida

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  19. AnonymousNovember 16, 2011 at 5:21 AM

    Thanks for letting us share the day by seeing all the beautiful quilts
    Virginia

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  20. antique quilterNovember 16, 2011 at 10:36 AM

    just beautiful, what an amazing day you must have had, so much inspiration. Of course I just love Bev's quilt! and that Sarah Morrell quilt I just adore.
    The basket quilt is wonderful and oh that bow tie and the Stevies Garden (I think thats the name of that quilt!) quilt to die for....should I go on!
    BEAUTIFUL, thanks for sharing with us.
    Kathie

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