July Club Night

The July Club Night almost sneaked up on us this month.   Yes, it was on the usual 2nd Wednesday of the month, as always.  But this month the second Wednesday fell on the 8th of July, instead of halfway through the month as usually happens, so club night was much earlier in the month, this time.  Luckily a good few members were not fooled and turned up on the correct night.  As an added bonus, it wasn’t raining, for a change.

We had a little club business to commence, and our President Sandra asked for suggestions to be made for interesting speakers and any classes that members would be like to see offered,  any thoughts can be written down and placed in the Suggestion Box.  Sandra also asked that members consider coming on committee, it may seem a long time away, but the months will rush by.  Raffles were drawn, and the lucky winners were Bev Hamilton and Lynne Burnham.  (I’m still waiting patiently for my name to be called out).

The items for Show and Tell were a little down this month, but just as interesting.  These included a cushion, a table runner, a cute little volts wagon wall hanging and several quilts. 

Made by Avon for a special friend

Our speaker for the evening was Sonya Revel, President of Rose City Quilters.   She loves doing appliqué and prefers using batiks as it doesn’t fray, and  likes to fussy cut most of her shapes to get the desired effect from the fabric, she told us.

Sonya Revell was our speaker

McKenna Ryan patterns in particular are real favourites, and Sonya enjoys doing all the fiddly cutting  out and putting the puzzle together. 

Eagle quilt

Christmas quilts are another great love, and there were several wonderful examples of these.  And I loved the Chicken quilt too.

 

Sonya was a very generous speaker, only too happy to share her tips with us, such as using embroidery needles for thicker threads  or top stitch needles for metallics and loosening the tension.  We all went up for a closer  inspection of her lovely work.

Small dolphin wall hanging

It was a very interesting club night, as always.