Visiting Local Quilt Exhibitions

This weekend, some three friends and I paid a visit to the Meander Quilters Guild exhibit at Howick, about 1 1/2 hours drive inland from where we live.
We were lucky enough to have beautiful weather and there weren't too many idiots on the road.

The venue was a hall at the local high school which looks out  south west across the Howick area. The guild did themselves proud with dozens of well executed quilts on a variety of themes.
Here is an example of one by Mary-Anne Smith

This forms part of a triptych, the rest of which can been seen on the Tollgate Quilters Guild Blog  

 www.tollgatequiltersguild.blogspot.com

This is adaption of a pattern by "Katie Lane Quilts".













After this exhibition, we paid a visit to the Church of the Vow complex in Pietermaritzburg where an exhibition of quilts with an architectural theme was held.It was unfortunate that when we arrived there, the person on the reception hadn't a clue about the exhibition.It was also a pity that there were no names on any of the quilts.

However,OUTSIDE the building we found piles of old parquet flooring stored against a wall and they made for some wonderful  photographs.

Here is one:

I just love the lines that these tiles produce,all piled up in a corner.












If you want to find out more about this museum complex go to  http://www.voortrekkermuseum.co.za