Rangitikei Country Quilters Show

Yesterday some of my sewing group went to Marton to the enjoy the local quilt show. There were heaps of people and the Club were using a new venue (much better than previous years). The weather was absolutely ideal with no wind or rain, whereas visitors were reporting torrential rain and flooded rivers.
I managed to spend one of my vouchers which I won at Tote & Gloat, so will use the product and show you soon.
I took a couple of photos of quilts to share.
This one was one of many using the same block, but in different colourways:

Here is my Viewer's Choice nomination:

just love the colours and shapes, and lots of quilting! Mmmmm! may have to think about doing something like this :-)
There was also a Twelve Days of Christmas quilt made from a commercial Australian pattern, which I thought was very well made with a great choice of colours and fabrics - sorry no photo :-(
The guest exhibitor was Anna Williams (a Club member), who has a wide variety and exquisite work. They also had the NZ Quilter Suitcase exhibition quilts, and the NZ Hoffman Challenge quilts. Plus, a lovely mix of merchants.
All in all, we had a terrific few hours.

Some Knitting Finished

Last year I 'dyed' some commercial New Zealand Perendale wool with food colouring. I knitted it into some small garments for babies and toddlers. So here are the end products and up for sale on my Felt shop (see button on the right hand side).

Plus, I decided to put up for sale this toddler's cupcake hat, made from wool crepe and the rest of the dyed wool:

I also finished another Christmas table runner, but now don't have a full size picture after mucking around trying to get the correct size for the shop (I really can't figure out the sizing - how frustrating is that?).
Found another (better?) map for my Gallipoli wall hanging - it needs to be re-sized, and I'll have a think about how I might use it.
Tonight I had a little job to do for the Rangitikei Country Quilters group in Marton. They had asked me to judge their challenge quilts for their upcoming show at the weekend. This was the first time I had ever judged quilts in an official capacity (although sometimes often when I go to shows, I am quite critical). There are 21 challenge quilts with 7 in 3 categories, and boy, some of those Marton girls are VERY GOOD quilters!
Anyway, if you are in the district, head on over to Rangitikei College, Bredlins Line, Marton,  this weekend. They always manage to put on a lovely show, especially considering they are a small group!