Eye candy

A collection of pics from various classes. Some even from the end of last year!
All beautiful and a credit to the maker.

Anni - Birds in Paradise



Barbara - Prickly Pines



Lesley - Noodle Box



Inger - French Circle



Jenny - Mariners Madness



Lisa - NYB blocks



Margaret - Supernova Leftovers



Noelle - group Xmas challenge



Ros - Mariners Garden



Tracey - Summer School table centre



Wendy - Reproduction NYBs

 

Patterns for all these projects are available in my etsy shop HERE. 

Cooma group

I've just had the weekend in Cooma doing 2 days with the Wednesday Piecemakers

Most of the girls were working on the NYB blkocks with great results as you can see.

Heidi from http://goneaussiequilting.blogspot.com.au/ was working with these Kaffe fabrics and solids - wow factor here.

Lots of colour in the room.....

with batiks...

autumn tones...

repro fabrics...

and even some William Morris. Just goes to show really anything works as long as there is CONTRAST!

Three rebels began my new Hatchet quilt. Not a quick project but fun all the same.

The Hatchet top

 

 Helen AKA Hell-on-wheels bought along her finished Basket Case top and here are a couple of her blocks. Click for a closer look at the embellished ric rac!

 Cooma is a lovely town and I had a great time with the group. They even invited me back next year!

Cushions

Have you got the latest issue of Homespun yet? It's the "Fresh" issue no 117

and I'm on the cover!

I have three cushion projects in the magazine using blocks from my Basket Case quilt.

Cushion 1

Foundation pieced with ric rac additions and giant ric rac around the outside of the cushion. It's white in  the first one and you can't see it very well.

Cushion 2

They make up to fit a 20" insert - add wider borders if you'd like them bigger.

Cushion 3

They were fun to make and you can raid the stash for all those "funky" prints that are so popular now.

The full quilt

This is the quilt the blocks were taken from with 15 different baskets for you to play with!
The pattern will be in my etsy shop next week.


Big day!

I've been busy lately celebrating as you can see by the cake.

 

Not too busy tho to send off Quilters Companion magazine and dvd packs to seven lucky blog readers.

But I can't send one to Debi, Kim and Effie who left comments because I don't have their addresses.

If any of you are reading this post please email me so I can get your prize to you.

Giveaway!

It's finally here! The DVD I did with Quilters Companion  magazine is out now. 

And to celebrate and spread the joy I have ten copies of the mag and dvd to give away. Just leave a comment on this post and I'll draw the winners next week.Only open to Australian quilters because of the weight and postage.

 

The dvd will take you through the making of my Deco Lamp wallhanging with lots of handy hints about my way of tackling foundation piecing.

 

The full size foundations and instructions are in the magazine - issue 59 which has lots of other great projects as well including one from my friend Megan from Material Obsession.

This is the wallhanging or it could be the start of something bigger!

So leave me a comment and who knows what might happen!

Happy Australia Day to all Aussie quilters.

New year awaits

During 2012 I have been working on lots of different projects. Mostly class quilts for this coming year. Here's a selection....

 Sunflower - reproduction scrappy flowers with lots of scraps in the sashing

 Snowballs - foundation pieced at random with a fabulous big print border

The centre of this top started life as a linen table cloth with embroidery and a very large blank centre. It just called out for some applique (the vase etc) then I couldn't resist some tiny hexagons!

 Zoom in to see how the hexagons echo the embroidery. Finally a vintage curtain fabric border.

 This is Hatchet but I don't seem to have a finished pic. It's all pinned and ready for quilting too

 Piecing, applique, curves and foundation piecing - it's all here.

Summer school project for Hobbysew next week. 

  And this is a sneak peak at a quilt coming out in April Homespun - scrappy again.

Can you see a theme here?

Anyway I'm ready and rearing to go for this year's classes with lots of new projects.

Hope I see you somewhere soon! Check out my CLASSES list on the sidebar.

Quilt Study Group etc

This email arrived recently from the Quilt Study Group............

"As you already know, the Frederica replica is currently on show at Old Government House Parramatta. What you may not realise is that the original coverlet is also on show - a rare treat since it is now quite fragile. The two coverlets are displayed so that authenticity of the replica can be appreciated."

 

 Here are the two coverlets - original on the right. I and several of my friends have blocks we made included in the replica

 Also in the email is info about some workshops you can do in January at Old Government House in Parramatta...................

 

 

Quilting Workshops – How the ‘Frederica Coverlet was Made'

Come and enjoy a couple of hours with the women who re-created our famous Frederica Josephson coverlet (C.1850). You will learn how the coverlet was made with the paper piecing method. You will also get an ‘up close and personal’ viewing of the original coverlet and the reproduction recently made by members of the Quilter's Guild of NSW.
 

Where: Old Government House, Parramatta Park, enter via Pitt St, Parramatta NSW 2150

When: Tuesday 22^nd an Thursday 24^th January. Two sessions each day 10am-12noon and 1-3pm

Cost: $10 per person - includes materials, kit and viewing of the original and replica ‘Frederica’ coverlets

Bookings Essential – ph 02 9635 819 or ogh@nationaltrust.com.au

Numbers: Limited to 10 per session.

 

ALSO in the email was news about a very special friend of mine. Lyn Dennis will be the guest speaker at the first meeting of the QSG next year.............

 

The first meeting of the Quilt Study Group of NSW for 2013

Date: March 9th

Where: Powerhouse Museum in the Charles Kerry Room room on 5th Floor. (Numbers are limited to 30. Please advise Sandra Lyons if you intend coming)

Speaker: Lyn Dennis will be talking about the Rachel-Kay-Shuttleworth collection in Gawthorpe Hall in Burnley UK which she visited last year.

 

NEW PATTERN IN MY ETSY SHOP!

The pattern for Chocolate Stars is available here.

Makes up to a double bed size quilt with lots of foundation piecing.

Easy flying geese too! Just the thing for some holiday sewing.

 

 

Hope all the shopping's going well and you're not too stressed!