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According to the old adage a\u00a0picture may be worth a thousand words but quilter Alison Jenkins showed members that there\u2019s a story behind every piece of her handiwork.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Alison, a retired teacher and former club president, said that she had been sewing since her junior school days. Encouraged by her mother, a keen sewer and embroiderer, she made her own school cap and apron and eventually progressed to making all her own clothes before taking a place at Bath College to study home economics with dress as her secondary subject.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn my final year I made a wedding gown for a friend,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

When she married and became a mother to two boys she bought a knitting machine so sewing took a back seat for a while as she made sweaters for her sons. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

After retiring she took up quilting on the recommendation of a friend while they were on holiday in Alaska where she bought a \u201ca fat quarter\u201d – that\u2019s quilt-speak for a pack of quilting fabric usually colour co-ordinated.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Her talk was embellished by a wonderful range of her handiwork that made it hard to believe that she only started quilting in 2008 when she joined a local group. On learning that she was to become a grandmother she decided to make a quilt.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Along the way she attended numerous workshops and classes and on each occasion she learnt a different technique, beautifully illustrated by pieces of her work. Holidays also invariably meant a visit to a fabric shop and the inspiration for another project. One such item was a framed beach scene of Saundersfoot in South Wales complete with tiny shells and pieces of driftwood. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Quilts in all sizes, designs and colours, cushions, wall hangings, table runners, Christmas decorations, along with bags of all sizes were a remarkable testament to the skill she has mastered.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Alison Jenkins, left, with Pat Caulton and two beautiful examples of quilted cushions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She described how challenging it had been to master all the different techniques needed \u2013 hand sewing, machining, drawing her own designs and most importantly precision cutting using a special rotary tool.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEach piece of fabric has to be cut perfectly accurately or it all goes wrong,\u201d said Alison.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Alison is the leader of the club\u2019s quilting group comprising around a dozen or so members and in 2011 a quilt they made was raffled at the Soroptimists annual conference in Brighton and it raised \u00a3800 that was later donated to the Portsmouth branch of Alzheimer\u2019s Society.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Club secretary Pat Caulton thanked Alison for her illuminating talk on what is undoubtedly a demanding craft.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*See the item in this section entitled \u2018Security and comfort for sick youngsters\u2019 that explains Alison and the club\u2019s involvement in the Project Linus UK.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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