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.

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

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

Julia said...

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

WoolenSails said...

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

audrey said...

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

Janine said...

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

Janet said...

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

David said...

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

Quilt Station said...

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

Cheryl said...

Stunningly glorious quilts!

Donna~~ said...

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

Linda said...

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.

Diny said...

Schitterende quilts! groetjes.

Dawn said...

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

Jan said...

Just incredible!

Lisa said...

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

Anonymous said...

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

Anonymous said...

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!

Lida said...

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

Anonymous said...

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

antique quilter said...

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