AMQF

Getting excited as later this week Leanne, Clare and I are travelling to Adelaide together to attend the Australian Machine Quilting Festival.....booked into lots of classes with some wonderful tutors...can't wait...lots of photo's at the end..

This week saw me trying out a new pattern from Lorien Quilting called "Hollyhock"...really like it.

...and finishing a few E-2-E's...

Finished the block keeper for the Junior's class next Tuesday...

Had a quilting class at 'All About Sewing" on Friday....small class ...the girls went well...

 Finished the week by attending the Central Coast Modern Quilt Guild's September sit-n-sew...a great day...
Have a great week.
Jan

The best thing that happened this week came about thru' a chance meeting a few weeks ago......I met Naomi from "Stitches and Spice"..a local artisan who is into hand dyed fabric and threads.
I visited her at her shed...yes she works out of her shed too....and absolutely fell in love with her gorgeous fabric colours. We chose 4 colours...she is going to dye some fabric for me to make up into quilts.....SO hard to just choose 4 colours. Now I can't wait for them to be finished so that I can get cracking on the ideas I have to use up that wonderful colour...and who would have thought that she is so close to me...

www.stitchesandspice.com.au


I managed to finish Babettes beauty.....enjoyed working on this...

Ended the week spending a few hours at Wyong Hospital......due to a very fancy gymnastic move.....

Well done Missy Beth....

Have a great week
Jan

Learn't Lots

Got thru' a few E-2-E's this week...won't post all...here's two favourites from the week...

Love Anne Bright's "flutter byes" on this one...

Keryn Emmerson's "penny royal" on this one...

Ended the week by attending the NSW Quilters Guild Friday Showcase with Lois Cook displaying her quilts ...amazing...

In the afternoon I attended a "What Judges Are Looking For" workshop with Jenny Bacon......learnt SO much....came home with my head FULL of information and ideas......where does a girl start???

I need an extra day in the week...

Jan

Machine Quilting Workshop

On the first Saturday of the month we will be holding a machine quilting class at "All About Sewing" Charmhaven.
The idea is for you to bring along a quilt top of your own that needs quilting and and your lesson will be tailored to what you need to learn.
Yesterday, on the first day of spring, we held our first class.It was a great day...the girls were busy doing samples with their walking foot and free-motion foot.
There is SO much you can do with your walking foot...next time they will need to bring a quilt top of their own to work on.

Lola..walking foot quilting.

Erin..bottom left ....did really well...a first timer..

Ally..walking foot quilting.....looking at the idea of repetition and the patterns created by that repetition...

Lola and Erin..

Rhonda...

Close-up of walking foot block...love the circular pattern .....

Ally really wanted to work at perfecting a new backround fill for herself.....and she did....absolutely beautiful!!!

Di ...happy with her feather progress.....

Josie....concentrating hard...

Loved the day and can't wait for the next one ...which will be on the 6th October...."All About Sewing" Charmhaven. Call Jody at the shop on 43932200 to confirm your place in the class.

Have a great week

Jan