Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Quilt Meeting


Last week, I went to the monthly meeting of the Hebrew speaking Jerusalem quilt group I belong to. I tend to go about once every few months.

I didn't bring anything to show. I could've brought my finished cardigan, but was too lazy to take anything with me. I spent the meeting taking pictures of the projects of others.

First, I snapped a bunch of photos of some of the lovely work on our hostess Elana's walls.






Here is a quilt that Chassida made in memory of her mother. That's a picture of her and her two sisters. The white strips in the crazy style blocks on the side are text that Chasida enlarged and printed on fabric from letters that her mother wrote. Chassida said that it was very comforting for her when she finished this wall hanging.



This is one of Elana's works in progress. She drafts her own blocks for foundation paper piecing.



Here is another WIP of Elana's. It's a background for another wall hanging with poppies as in the one above with the blue background.




This is another one of Chasida's wall hangings. I guess I'd better start writing things down, because I don't remember the story behind this one.



Ora worked on this quilt for about 10 years. She was hand quilting the white spaces and ran out of steam, so Elana finished it for her by machine.


From a class that Yehudit took on embroidery, she is continuing with this applique/embroidery project. It includes beads, sequins and shisha mirrors!



Enjoy!

Debbie

12 comments:

  1. Fabulous quilts - I especially like the first one!

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  2. Thanks so much for posting these. I haven't been to a meeting of the group in so long and really was wondering what they've been up to.

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  3. I have indeed enjoyed looking at these beautiful quilts. What strikes me is that they are all packed with strong colours.

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  4. Wonderful quilts by that group! Thanks for sharing.

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  5. Wonderful quilts. I'd like to go sometime by my lack of Hebrew keeps me shy. Maybe someday. I'm happy that you went.

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  6. Wonderful, wonderful quilts! You are a talented bunch! Thanks for the eye candy, Debbie!

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  7. I have nothing whatsoever to do with quilts but even I can appreciate such loveliness!!!

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  8. What a talented group of women. Thanks for sharing, but next time you need to bring something to share :-)

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  9. Thank you so much for sharing your blog with IJQ. Very creative and talented quilters.

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  10. These are very original and beautiful quilts. Thanks for sharing.

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  11. Elana does gorgeous work! Aren`t you lucky to have a talented group like this to hang out with.

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  12. Certainly a gorgeous array of quilts. Such wonderful work they all do. Thanks for the pictures :)

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