July Meeting

Yesterday, the Genesis group met up to see how progress is going on our Burren quilts. Four of the group are entering our Burren panels as a group entry into this year's FoQ.

Meg was away for a family wedding and holiday, so hasn't got a quilt to show yet, but she is going to be working on her panel over the next two weeks. So, the other three Genesis members showed their Burren quilts, in various stages of completion.

Quilts from left to right: Paula's, Tracy's and Claire's.

It was the first time that we've been able to view our quilts together and is was interesting to see how everyone has worked on the theme differently and used very different techniques to achieve their results.

Claire has used a variety of printing techniques on her quilt: soy-was batik, discharge printing etc.

 Paula has used photo-transfer images and collage

Tracy has used foundation piecing, trapunto, embroidery etc. Each member has also used a different colour to highlight the gray rock colours - pink, blue and yellow.

It was also apparent how well the idea of dyeing all the fabrics together at the start of the project worked - this really ties the project together.

The paparazzi were out in force!!

The Festival of Quilts (FoQ) deadline is fast approaching, so the group are meeting up again on the 22nd July. All four panels have to be finished and ready to post on this date!

Tracy was taking full advantage of the time by finishing off thread ends and embroidering.

6th February Meeting

Our 1st meeting of the year started off with a bang. We came up with loads of ideas to work on for the rest of the year.

Paula showed her hand-pieced quilt all made with Kaffe Fassett fabrics which is she now hand-quilting:

1st Project:
Swap Bag 1 - Claire supplied the contents of our 1st Swap Bag. Genesis members are to have something made from this bag at the next meeting. Item can be as small or large as you like.

2nd Project:
Branching Out Group Quilt. Quilted pieces will have to be ready for the 6th March meeting, at which we'll add borders and bind the piece for exhibition.

3rd Project:
Branching Out National Exhibition. All Genesis members are working on ideas or projects for the Local and National "Branching Out" Exhibition. Hopefully, we will all have our pieces ready for the April exhibition!

4th Project:
Branching Out Fabric Postcards. All Genesis members to make 2 postcards for this exhibit.

Tracy with her work in progress - New York Beauty Quilt: