Two Christmas quilts

Here are a couple of quilts made especially for Christmas time.

The first is A Partridge in a Pear Tree:

                                                                 
And this second one is called Oh Christmas Tree

                                                                   

Some more of my quilts

Now I've sorted out my gallery, I thought I'd exhibit a few more quilts I have made over the past few years.

This Tea Time quilt from my kitchen is an original that I created for Janome and it was featured in their magazine since it used Janome embroidery software.

The wall hanging below, Feather Study, is the result of another Marlene Chaffey workshop and taken from a design by Caryl Bryer Fallert, who I met when I visted her studio in Paducah in 2010.

This quilt below hangs in my hallway and is called Falling Colours, the result of a workshop with Jan Hassard.  Jan is a very thorough teacher and huge fun to work with . I highly recommend any of her workshops and or talks.

A day out at Marlene Chaffey's studio/workshop

The quilt below is the result of a great day out in a delightful farm setting near Exeter in Devon. Highly recommended!

Corner detail of the above quilt:

Judy Niemeyer's design

This design below is one by Judy Niemeyer. I had carried the picture around for years and finally made up the pattern myself.  I was quite pleased with the result.

 

Corner detail:

Penny's got a brand new bag (Christmas 2011)

Here's a bag I made with fabric bought at The Festival of Quilts, Birmingham 2011. Couldn't go past it, I made for Penny (cat lover) for Christmas 2011.

My roundup of 2011

I have had a very busy 2011, exhibiting my quilts for the second year (I'm still new to this!). One of my favourites was Springwatch (below), for which I was awarded a Judges' Merit Rosette in Malvern in May.

I'm expecting Springwatch to have another outing in March 2012, being exhibited in Exeter. Do try to get along to see that and I hope to meet you there!


Another favourite was a William Morris design quilt which I started making in Australia, completing it on my return to the UK just before my mother died and having used all the beads she gave me to embellish it. It was exhibited at Birmingham 2010 and noted on her blog by the original designer, Michele Hill, who was at the exhibition at the time.

Thanks for the mention, Michele!


I am also a great fan of Ricky Tims, the American quilter, and last year finished the quilt he designed called Kaleidoscope (below). I hope to exhibit this one some time in 2012.

And for my son's 50th birthday in April, I made this quilt called Musician.

I'm now hard at work on a few other surprises for exhibition next year - watch this space to see what they are!

Holsworthy quilter wins national recognition

Stars in the Night by Jeanette Orr

In 2010, at the international quilt show in Malvern, my quilt entitled Stars in the Night (from a design by Jacqueline de Jonge) caught the attention of the judges who awarded it with a Judges Merit Rosette. It is a foundation pieced quilt and machine quilted with a feather design in metallic threads in the dark sky areas.



I was thrilled and honoured to be selected for this award, given the number of very talented people across the country, who are producing exceptional work. I committed a great deal of time and energy to this project, which is the first piece of work I have ever entered into a competition; the award has made it all worth while and will encourage me to do more.

When I returned to the UK three years ago having retired, I joined a patchwork group in the town where I had grown up. Several of the members were people I had been to school with, so in a sense this new association completed a circle within my life. Their warm welcome gave me the confidence to develop my skills to the point at which I felt ready to enter a piece of work in a national competition.

What excites me about this medium is the way in which it calls on your creativity through the selection of shapes and colours and their integration into an overall design to create a piece of art, no less than a painting or a piece of sculpture.

Interest in the medium has been stimulated this year by the patchwork exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Many people are taking up Patchwork and Quilting as a means of expressing their creativity, while at the same time enjoying the social aspect of membership of community quilting groups.

I had the honour of becoming the Chairlady of our group this year and feel very fortunate indeed to have found a 'home' in the fellowship of other enthusiasts.