Cherry Pie Designs

This morning we have had lots of much welcomed rain....along with some very LOUD thunder.

The grass is suddenly greener and the flowers so much brighter. How nice to have the dust and bushfire feeling washed away.

My four legged baby does not like the thunder (just like many of his kind) and spends the duration of the storm under the dining table or tucked away in some far dark recess of the house.

To go to the bathroom on my own is a mission in itself!

I thought this morning whilst the storm was doing its thing outside that I would take an hour and do some quilting.....rotating between this joyful past time and some other mundane job so my elbow doesn't hurt so much.

3 lovely ladies from my sewing group arrived to do some shopping and as soon as my back was turned some one thought he might like to have a good old chew on the lovely perle thread I am using!

The mess on the left is headed for the bin and the piece on the right is what I think I can save!

Just as well it wasn't the quilt!

Roll on adult hood and leave the puppy stage behind.

I do love him though!

Carol

Congratulations to Dasha who has won the Romantic Olde Charleston fat 1/4 pack......its in the post.

Carol

lots of stitching

Tuesday is the day that the ladies like to come and sew. Of course I am there to lend a hand with my patterns.
The two Lyns, Pam and Marjory spent a pleasant day chatting, sewing and choosing lots of fabrics.

One of the Lyns had some problems with her quilt (Beth) but we managed to solve that with no reverse sewing......we just changed the pattern to fit!

This is Lynns "Japanese Windmills" quilt but she used American Reproduction fabric where as I used Japanese. It looked just wonderful up close.

So on Friday night I was off again to the Novocastrian Quilters Friday night group, and what a wonderful time I had. All of the ladies are so welcoming and friendly.
I caught up with Robyn and Helen who are making "Miss Elizabeth". They have both finished the centre of the quilt and are now adding the next round of borders.....cant wait to see them finished.

And here are more "Miss Elizabeth" tops in various stages of .....dare I say....undress!

I particularly like Linda's idea of having different coloured diamonds....I love that idea...wished I had thought of it!
Well the dinner is on cooking and I have made a cake so I think its time time for me to do some of my own sewing this afternoon.

Carol

Fab Feb shop Hop 2014

For those of you who attended the Shop Hop last year, you will be happy to know that this event is alive and well for 2014......and bigger and better.

This time the event will take place for the whole of the month of February! This means lots of time to shop and if you want, you might like to undertake a road trip weekend away.

As well as myself, there will also be Blueberries, Pieces to Treasure and we would like to welcome aboard Karen Kirk from the Stitching Post in Katoomba and Anni Downs from Hatched and Patched (AKA... The Home Patch) in Bathurst.

We are all so excited about this event and can't wait for February to roll around. There will be lots and lots of prizes with first prize being a Bernette Model 66 sewing machine. Wow how good is that!

To take part in the shop hop and be eligible for the prize pool, you will need to pick up a passport (online or at your first place of business), make a purchase from each store and when your shopping is finished leave your passport at your last shop....its that easy.

Don't worry if you can't get to each business in person....you can shop online, in person, by phone or a combination of all 3. Just remember to have proof of purchase from each of us.

Hop on over to our official website or face book pages to keep updated. Alternately you can register your interest at Cherry Pie Designs.

Passports will be available online by the end of October.

Hope to see you in February

Carol

Cherrybrook Quilters Exhibition

I know that I am late in posting these images but time has slipped away from me.
These ladies at Cherrybrook Quilters just put on such an amazing show, all the way from their amazing quilts (so much talent in this group) right down to their wonderful morning teas.
The floral arrangements are always just perfect too.
If you missed this exhibition then I am sorry you will have a few years to wait for the next one. And you can see why with the work that goes into these quilts. Hand piecing and hand quilting feature in this group which is lovely to see. But along with these techniques there are also wonderful machine piecing and awesome quilting.
In the mean time I hope you enjoy these.

The hand quilting in Nola's quilt (above) is just wonderful.

Over 100 hours of custom machine quilting in this Dear Jane quilt.

The top is all hand pieced.

This is Margaret's version of the Sundial Quilt.

This amazing quilt is all pieced by hand over papers.

I think the best version I have seen.

Karen Mathews amazing wedding quilt!

And of course this is my stand with two new quilts in progress (on the back wall) which will be available in 2014.

Carol

Circa 1865

How wonderful it is to have that cooler weather....and its so fresh and clean after that little bit of much needed rain.

There is no doubt that the clean air certainly makes me want to do more.

Here is a little peak at my latest little quilt that will be available next year as a pattern.

She is all basted up and ready for quilting. Hopefully I will be able to start this during October when I am taking a much needed break away.

I have really enjoyed making this quilt. It has easy machine piecing and applique and if you wanted you could make it bigger. My inspiration came from a picture of a crib quilt made in 1865, maker unknown.

I am going to use this pretty perle 12 thread to shadow quilt the flowers and YLI quilting thread for the rest of the shapes.

Just arrived are lovely new fabrics........Pin Money by Pam Buda

And Romantic Olde Charleston by Judy Rothermel.

If you are looking for fussing cutting fabric then these would be just wonderful.

All are available now in Fat Packs or by the metre.

click here to see more.

Carol

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.