Our Quilt-in is getting closer!

The quilt-in planning group are getting very busy working out the details of our quilt-in to take place on June 15th. If you are a visitor to our blog make sure you note the date and come along for a great day of stitching, show and tell and wonderful prizes. Julie Adamson will be our guest speaker. Julie is an award winning quilter who loves hand applique and will share her journey with us.

Sunbury is just off the Calder Highway and very easy to get to so come along for a great day! We will be at the Memorial Hall, Stawell Street, Sunbury from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Entrance fee is $7.00. Several shops will be available on the day and proceeds from a trading table will benefit a charity.

Bring your lunch, a mug, your friends and a project to work on. - Don't forget to bring some items for Show and Tell as we'd love to see them. Homemade soup will be available for purchase. Morning and afternoon tea will be provided as part of the entry fee.

For more information please contact us at our email - sunburyquiltin@gmail.com or telephone Beryl on 03 9380 5524 or Judy on 03 5428 3186.

Meeting night

Typically, at each meeting once general business has been taken care of there's "Show and Tell" and sewing or knitting.  Or sometimes just gossiping and laughing! Warning...this post has lots of photos!

Last night we had a few quilts for show and tell.  Annie has pieced this Just Takes 2 quilt.  You use a variety of techniques to make up this mystery sampler quilt and the website tells you all about the history behind it too.

 

Di started this floral quilt at the retreat last year.  Di loved the fabric and drafted the pattern for this quilt herself.

 

 

I kind of made the next quilt.  It's from my Chinese Whispers challenge where my clue was "Crazy scrappy makes me happy"  I'm so pleased with how it came together even though my own block ended up on the back as the label because it doesn't fit with any of the other blocks that work so well together!  I tied the quilt with beads. 

 

 

 

 

After show and tell I went around the table and took snapshots of what everyone was working on.

 

Here's Beryl hand stitching her Shirt Challenge quilt.

 

 

Esmae is appliquéing a William Morris block.

 

Barbara is knitting a lacy padded coat hanger.

Kylie is embroidering one of her own designs.

 

Lyn is hand quilting her clam shell quilt.

 

Annie is making a little quilt.  Here's her house block.

 

Di is embroidering a flower scene which will be framed for the wall.

 

Karen is cross stitching this cute design to go on a baby towel.  It's for her friend who recently become a Grandma.

 

Carolyn is going to make this stitchery into a bag.

 

Andrea is helping Carolyn finish pincushions for the Quilt In.

 

Julie is working on her Elf Challenge tablerunner.

 

Ailsa is embroidering "The Edwardian House".  A design by Robyn Allen-Waters.

 

Heather is stitching hexagons together.  The feature fabric is the cutest red bird fabric which you can view here

 

And finally, Judy is knitting a teddy bear for a new baby.

 

 

 

Welcome back!

At the retreat in March the Saturday workshop will be an overnight bag made using a jelly roll.  Here's a photo of Joy's bag.  We stuffed it with a double bed sized quilt, a sewing bag and two large handbags to get a good shape for the photo and there was plenty of room left over so as you can see it's a great sized bag for overnight stays!  More information for anyone wishing to do this workshop will be available soon.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Better late than never!  I have lovely Show and Tell today.

 

Here's a quilt Marlene made for her granddaughter.  The quilting was done by Jo Butterfield.

 

Karen won the 6 1/2 inch embroidered raffle blocks last year and made them into this lovely wall hanging straight away.  She won the quilt hanger at our Christmas meal and it's the perfect fit!

 

Here's Carolyn showing off her new patchkini!  Carolyn has been showing her workmates how to make hexagons and as a surprise they made this patchkini for her.

 

Heather made this sewing organiser.  It was one of the "gift of the month" projects from Faeries in my garden.  Gift of the month is similar to Block of the month except that instead of a new block each month you're given a new project.  The organiser is stunning!

 

Annie made this scrappy nine patch quilt.  She tried to use up as many of her 2 1/2 inch scraps as she could.  I believe the quilt was inspired by a Bonnie Hunter scrappy quilt. 

 

Jan made this book cover for one of her sisters.  The book is blank in anticipation of her sister filling it with her poems and short stories.

 

 Jan also made this Sunbonnet Sue quilt for her great niece for her first birthday although Jan sheepishly told me that the child is almost two now!  The first block was made by her sister.

 Have a lovely Christmas everyone!  See you all back at Tuesday night quilting in January!

Show and tell

I have some beautiful quilts to show you today.  The first is The Farmer's Wife quilt made by Annie.  It's hand pieced and hand quilted and took her 18 months to make.  Isn't it gorgeous?!

 

 

 

The Calvary Cross was made by Gail for her daughter, Linda, for her 40th birthday.  The squares are all 3 inches and pieced to form the cross on the hill.  It was quilted by Kerrie Thomas in Mount Macedon.

 

 

Beverley used a kit from Quilter's Lane to make this lovely quilt for her cats!  My dog slept all winter under one of my favourite lap quilts.  Who else has pampered pets?