Arcadia Quilters

Last weekend I was lucky enough to be invited to Arcadia Quilters who this year held their exhibition at the Galston Community Centre. In the past they have held their event at Swanes Nursery at Galston but this new venue had the most wonderful atmosphere.

 

 

Here are some of the quilts produced by the group......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The above quilt was made by Elaine Nolan and won Best of Show.

Beautifully machine appliqued.

 

This one was the raffle quilt.....sadly it is not mine to keep, although I did buy tickets.

 

and below is one of my favourites of the show.

The flowers in the centre of this quilt are all made using Japanese  origami and beautifully beaded.

 

 

oops sorry, I cant seem to make the image turn around!

 

Now I must apologise for placing the wrong dates for this show on my web and various other places.

So to those ladies that turned up expecting to see the show on the Friday I am sorry about that as the show was only on the Saturday and Sunday.

 

This coming weekend however you can drop on over to Wentworth Quilters and visit their show at.......Historic Linnwood

25 Byron Rd

Guildford NSW 2161

on 21st and 22nd September

9.30am - 4.00pm each day

 

Plan ahead and go to Cherrybrook Quilters Exhibition

at.....Cherrybrook Uniting Church

New Line Rd

Cherrybrook

28th - 29th September

Daily 10.00am - 4.00pm

 

Carol

 

 

 

 

 



more of Epping Quilters show

Here is the next instalment of those wonderful mystery quilts from Epping Quilters...

 

 

and here are some other beauties...

 

 

So this coming weekend I will be at Arcadia Quilters Exhibition which for the first time will be held at Galston Community Centre

37 Arcadia Road, Galston

14th -15th September

9.30 am - 4.00pm

 

see you there

Carol



 



Epping Quilters 30th Anniversary Show.

I have just spent 2 lovely days with the Epping Quilters who were celebrating their 30th Anniversary with yet again another great show.

A great venue, wonderful quilts and great company just made the whole event very enjoyable.

 

There are lots of images to show you but today I will start with some of the quilts that were a mystery project for the group. The group decided on the following rules, one clue per month for 7 months, borders of no more than 6" and all would be kept secret until the unveiling date.

 

The clues were......

*create a centre medallion no more than 12" square

*surround it with a border containing triangles,

*Turn it on point,

*Add a border based on a nine patch,

*Create an applique border

*Add a border with curves or the appearance of curves,

*Finish with a border that suites your quilt.

 

and what an amazing difference there is ......

 

 

 

How wonderful that we don't all think the same....how boring things would be.

More tomorrow.....its time to do some stitching of my own now!

 

Carol

 



So much wonderful new fabric has just arrived.

I think my favourite is "Civil War Dressing Gowns "New""

by Judy Rothermel.......

 

or is it Summit Rose by Paula Barnes....oh I just can't decide.

 

 

Or you might like to choose some new fabric from Moda......

 

 

anyway the choice is yours and you can do all of this at......"Just Arrived"...take a peek I am sure will find something you like.

 

until next time

Carol

Golden colours

On my last posting I showed you what I was hoping to get started on next.

Well I have at least made a start on the piecing. And I am hoping to get underway with the applique today.....fingers crossed!

I don't know what has drawn me to this little quilt. I think it may have been the colours.

My version wont be quite as bright as the original, but will be along those lines.

I have chosen fabrics, from the Civil War Jubilee and Crossroads ranges from Moda and the lovely pale wheat colour is Wickerweave by Renee Nannerman. I think they work nicely together.

For the applique I am going to use the pretty little floral you can see. The same fabric will also make up the centre of each block.

 

 

To make each block you will need to use the Quick Flying Geese method.

Here is a quick tutorial for those of you who haven't used this very precise method.

 

Place two smaller light coloured squares right sides together with the larger contrast square and stitch 1/4" either side of the pencil line. Press with a dry iron and then separate by cutting along the centre pencil line.

 

 

Press each of the "wings" back.

 

 

Now place the final light coloured square atop each of the halves and sew in the same manner as before. Press and then cut in halves.

 

 Press back the "wings" again and there you have 4 perfect flying geese units.

 

until next time

Carol



"A Wonderful World"

Hi everyone,

A friend has just sent me this link and we thought that we would share it with you.

How perfectly the words and images go together to indeed create "A wonderful world".

Just watching it made me all "goosy" and indeed bought a tear of joy to my eyes.

 

So next time you are feeling like all is against you take a peek at this.

 

www.youtube.com/embed/auSo1MyWf8g?rel=0

 

Enjoy

Carol

 

last weekend

Last weekend I was out at the Mad Quilters Gathering for 3 days and what momentum this show is beginning to have.

Ladies from far and wide came along to say Hi, from Laurieton in the north, Mudgee to the west and Goulbourn to the south. How wonderful that quilters from all over can get together for a purely Quilting event.

I was kept busy all weekend and I forgot to take my camera so I know these are poor excuses but I only have 2 quick piks of my stand....sorry everyone.

There was however a great line up of shops to visit The Stitching Post from Katoomba, Patchwork Plus at Miranda and Post Office Patchwork of Glenbrook just to name a few.

The whole event has a wonderfully relaxing and friendly feel to it so if you haven't been before then we hope to see you next year.

 

The new American reproduction fabric and pattern club is catching on and you can see the quilt for October hanging above (second from the right). "Lindy-Lou" will be the pattern to expect for October.

The idea of the club is to inspire you to use the fabric you have without buying yardage. This quilt will just be bound when quilted, you of course may like to add sashings or a border....its your choice.

 

Shop Hop 2014

 Now some exciting news will be coming your way regarding the Shop Hop for 2014.

Some of you will remember that last year 3 shops here on the central coast enjoyed a 7 day shop hop event. Next year we are happy to say that it will be bigger and better.......more news over the next few days.

 

Carol