A Feast for the Eyes!

The GQ meeting today was, as always busy, busy, busy!

Today was the day that we distributed the packs for making the Signature Quilt to mark 35 years of Glamorgan Quilters. And, we were thrilled at the enthusiasm to get involved. 50 packs were distributed and there will be more available at the Christmas meal and the January meeting. We plan to capture the current and past membership that has helped to make Glamorgan Quilters the thriving group that it is today.

We are most grateful to Ann Lewis who provided the templates and instructions for the construction of the squares. And, to Hilary Carney who helped ease the making with her design of templates for the text needed on the squares.

It was wonderful to see the group efforts to take the task in hand…. even if they did destroy the master template in the process!!! All in the name of good fun!

As well as all this entertainment we had show and tell – a wonderful opportunity to admire some beautiful works of art and we were not disappointed, there was lots to see – from small quilts….

….to large

Sandra showed a photo of a wonderful quilt that she had made – and which had a matching headboard!

There were a number of gifts for grandchildren

New member Karen was like Mary Poppins bringing one after another out of her bag!

Glynis was like the Blue Peter presenters showing a lovely heart wreath that she had made earlier in the day!

Monica continued the theme of vintage showing pieces of work that had been made with recycled vintage table cloths and pillow cases

And there was nostalgia, with members bringing along pieces of work that they had made long ago but still enjoyed.

Star attractions were this beautiful quilt that had been made to celebrate a friends special birthday

And, this beautiful table runner won first prize at the Royal Welsh show!

New member Pat showed her beautiful Christmas stocking bunting….

And, to round things off Julia entertained members with a photo album she had from past workshops that she had run!

A huge thank you to everyone who took time to bring ome of their work along. We look forward to more in the future!