April 4th Meeting Delights

The focus of our meeting was Sue's big O birthday and she has collected a great range of fabric.  There is definitely a purple tone to it all.  What will she create?

As usual lots of talent was on show with member's projects-

Jan showed us her Paddington Bear quilt for her daughter's new arrival. It is not quite finished yet but well underway.

Judy had a cushion cover using cathedral windows.  it is a gift for lucky person.

Kay had a quilt specially made for her husband.  He will love it!

Sheila showed us her quilt creation made from an old hand embroidered table cloth.. Check out the amazing handwork.

And finally Annie and Lyn have been very busy creating items for the Quilt-In.

PS: Sorry Lyn. I did take a photo of your spool keyring but it is nowhere to be found - computer gremlins at it again!  Perhaps you can send me a photo to add to the post.

Bendigo Easter Quilt Show

You may be interested in this event.  They always have great show during the Easter carnival.
 I spent the weekend in Bendigo and was able to pick up their colourful postcard.

Show and Tell

Quilt Ladder

My mother in law, Ann, and her partner, Neil, are visiting from the UK and Neil very kindly made me this beautiful quilt ladder.  As you can see, it holds a fair few quilts and is going to look spectacular in my bedroom...if I ever finish any quilts to go on it that is!  Neil also repaired my sewing table and is looking for his next job.  I suggested quilting but he didn't seem very keen.

Big Effort by One person

It is very remiss of me to have missed this person's name twice now at Show and Tell. As mentioned in a previous post our group makes small quilts for Sunshine Hospital. Evelyn has made a huge amount. At one show and tell she had at least 19 that night alone. This goes a long way to meeting the needs of the hospital. Congratulations

Saturday Sit and Sew

Today a group got together with the plan to start making the tea cup pincushions. We had been collecting cups and saucers for a few weeks. It seemed an onerous task but proved to be fun and enjoyable. At no time did we think we would achieve the number of pincushions we needed but thought at least half would be a good start. We made approx. 120. Can you believe it! The designs were fun and all unique. We lined them up excitedly and kept counting. We all got faster but by 3.15 we had run out of stream. We still have a few left to do and more cups are welcome as we have a use for them. A big thank you to the ladies involved today what a gigantic effort.