Cherie’s Journey

20 Mar

Our guest for March was Cherie Guerney, who showed us her incredible journey through her crafting and quilting journey.

Cherie has been interested in challenging herself right from the beginning, which is shown by her picking up complex crafting challenges first and foremost, such as the dress she made herself as a teenager for her first attempt.

She bought some examples of her early quilts, and quilting work which showed her improvement and the development of her style which is in demand today as a long arm quilter.

We were treated to some beautiful quilts made by her clients that she has been honoured to quilt.

Cherie’s Quilt Studio

Ball dress

Cherie’s first gown was a complex design that she’s very proud of still

Heart Quilt with pockets

Several of these hearts are pockets for a baby to store their valuables

Wall hanging

One of Cherie’s first quilts

From broken to beautiful

This quilt was made for child rescue nz which aims to end child trafficking. The painting was done by Cherie’s daughter and the silhouette is of her at the age of most of the trafficked girls. There are a lot of positive words quilted into the image

Kowhai Road

Inspired by a kowhai seed pod

Ascension

Crossroads

Made from leftovers from Ascension

Client Quilt

Barbara made this quilt from a Sasha Fractals pattern. Cherie quilted it and you can really see her style in the choices

Client quilt

This amazing quilt is by a first timer who made the whole quilt top while in managed isolation on a sewing machine you can lift with one finger!

Karoo, South Africa. In memorandum

Cherie worked with a bereaved wife to create this gorgeous quilt from her husbands shirts. Very few fabrics were required on top of his shirts. This is a rendition of the

Quilted hoodie

Cherie has also put together a guide for how to prepare a quilt top for quilting which is available in How to prepare your Quilt top

Classes will be starting on 28 May. Fyvie will be doing her in demand set in circles class, and Helena will be doing a handwork class on her small Christmas trees and decorations. Keep an eye out for more information!

We also had a fantastic Show and Tell, and were treated to three completed Block of the Month quilt tops.

Lorraine Saunders

Cherie’s Journey

Marilyn’s Quilt stories

Preparing your Quilt Top