Sunday 22 December 2013

Christmas Cheer


What a year!!!!!
I have been so busy with moving the business, quilting, teaching, Friday Showcase at the Guild and the AMQA Newsletter...it will be good to take a break.
I would like to wish everyone a happy and safe Christmas...see you on the other side.
Jan

Sunday 15 December 2013

Winding Down

I still have quilting to finish but can see the end in sight. I am looking forward to a break with the family and plan to embarrass the kids a LOT by finding my swimmers and spending time at the beach with them.

The last "Sew-n-Chat" for the year was yesterday.... and I took my "Traditional Nine -Patch" swap blocks for show-n-tell. The girls LOVED the idea and asked if our little group could organise one for next year. SO...we picked a block ...and a colour scheme...and when I have worked out the cutting requirements I will post it here...late January ....reddy to start Feb. If you are interested in joining in please let me know...


This years swap ready to go to Trish....

Some E-2-E's finished
"Simple Jacobean".....Lorien Quilting

"Lively".... Lorien Quilting

A gorgeous piece of SILK...."Simple Jacobean"....Lorien Quilting

"Owls3"...Designs by Vickie.
Another busy week ahead...Christmas is close....
Jan

Sunday 1 December 2013

Christmas Carols...


Really wish that I could spend the day like Molly the cat.....but have other things to do....got to get the next issue of the Australian Machine Quilters Newsletter out.....
Christmas Carols with Miss Beths community band.......


Finished a LARGE custom that seemed to take FOREVER.......can only show you the back.....


 

Have a great week.
jan

 



Sunday 24 November 2013

Big Storms

Finished a small custom....among other things......some straight line work...loopy/loop background fill and 'Vickies flowers" repeated in the border...

The Caroline Bay Quilters invited Catherine Butterworth up for the morning to do a Show-n-tell....very inspiring...we have since booked her for a workshop in march 2014

Every second Saturday is a Sew-n-Chat which is allowing me a small amount of time to get some of my sewing done.....my scrappy drunkards path...



We have had several BIG storms lately....this photo was taken just before the heavens opened from outside the shop.....it got really DARK like dusk.....


Sunday 17 November 2013

Sprint to the Finish...

Feel like its a sprint to the finish with so much work to get done before the Christmas break....

..and because I have SO much spare time...NOT....I agreed to hand bind SEVERAL quilts for someone.......silly girl...

.....made a couple of table runners in an attempt to get my christmas mojo back...it's here at my place this year...

Missy Beth has lots of gigs to play over the next few weeks with the community band she belongs to...


"Forest Floor" from Lorien Quilting on an E-2-E one of my favouite patterns from way back...all other work at the moment is too top secret to show.

Looking forward to a few outings over the next two weeks. A Catherine Butterworth 'Show-n-Tell".......an inservice on quilt judging.....a Christmas lunch....a school presentation thingy where Miss Beth is receiving an award....and quilting, quilting, quilting..
Enjoy the coming week
Jan

Sunday 3 November 2013

Christmas Cringe...

I have ordered in some rulers to help get those mitred corners accurate....not many people get it right and end up with awful corners or wavy borders due to not enough fabric being taken out of the corners.....takes all the guess work out of the process....so that you can avoid the mess that you can see below...

 







Two E-2-E's done the top one is "Quills" by Lorien Quilting"...its is fast becoming a favourite....and below is 'Wildflower"....

Friday Showcase at the NSW Quilters Guild had Leanne Harvey from Mount Vincent Quilts as the guest quilter...LOTS of lovely BRIGHT, BIG quilts...a nice way to end the week...
The Christmas decorations are up in the shops which always makes me cringe......lots of quilts to get out the door between now and then...
Have a great week
Jan



Sunday 27 October 2013

a Bit Flat....

A small baby quilt with "Pop Corn".......

"Japanese Cloud" from Lorien Quilting.....

"Lively" from Lorien Quilting....




A small semi-custom........she wanted hearts somewhere....

Love the colour gradation.....


An E-2-E with the centre trimmed out...I used Lorien Quiltings "Quills" in the background.....outlined the applique......good ol' stipple for a background fill...

Need to get busy today and finish the AMQA newsletter.....
Have a great week
Jan

Sunday 13 October 2013

Travelling Home


I will be travelling home to the Central West of NSW this week.....a much loved family member has passed...here we are in happier times...

Sunday 6 October 2013

October Quilt of the Month

Above is October's "Quilt of the Month". The quilt's centre was pieced by Margo Hardie who, not wanting to finish it, donated the unfinished top to the "Blueberries Charity Sewers". The quilt was completed and then passed on to me to quilt. It has been quilted with an edge-to-edge design called "Quills" from Lorien Quilting.
"Blueberries Charity Sewers" meet once a month on a Tuesday.
Meeting dates are...Oct.15th, Nov.12th, Dec. 3rd
All welcome. The group has donated to a variety of charities including the Wyong Neighbourhood Centre and the Morisset Womens Refuge. Donations of batting, orphan blocks or quilts and fabric welcome.
Call Blueberries on 02 43554400 for more information.

Last Friday Beth and I travelled to Sydney to attend the NSW Quilters Guild Friday Showcase.This month it was members show-n-tell. Above is me with "Finally finished" and below is Beth presenting her quilt "Shufflin"
We saw some wonderful members quilts...a great day.

Sunday 29 September 2013

So Pretty

School holidays has given my daughter Beth a chance to come to "the shed " with me and get her latest quilt ready for quilting. She pin basted, chose her thread colour and began quilting yesterday. I love the colour...so pretty.

Tried out a new pattern "Quills" from Lorien Quilting


On another note...I have put my hand up to be the "Newsletter Editor" for the Austalian Machine Quilting Association.......looking forward to getting stuck into that...
Enjoy your week
Jan

Sunday 22 September 2013

Down Hill Run

Getting all the "Traditional Nine Patch Block Swap" blocks ready to send off to Trish......I have really enjoyed being apart of this....
Have a great week
Jan

Sunday 15 September 2013

Sew-n-Chat

Yesterday's "Sew-n-Chat" saw 3 of us sewing....chatting...eating.....
Every 2nd and 4th Sat. of the month 9am to 1pm.

Kathy's lovely quilt finished.....looks great....

A semi-custom finished ....'rosevine' in the centre......cable border...


"Zephyr"from Lorien Quilting on this one.
enjoy the coming week
Jan

Sunday 8 September 2013

Friday Showcase


Friday Showcase with Sheryl- Ann Schaefer. A wonderful morning listening to someone with a no-nonsense approach to teaching and designing....It confirmed a few things for me....make sure you love what you are doing...make it yours and have fun...



"Japanese Clouds" from Lorien Quilting.



The back of a finished custom.....looks like a whole cloth really.....can hopefully show you the front soon. A big week this week...lots of quilting to do......a lot of work has come in....the crazy second half of the year when everything goes pear shaped.
Have a great week
Jan


Sunday 1 September 2013

Quilt of the Month



This months

 
This months Quilt of the month has been won by Anne who made this gorgeous Double Irish Chain in soft pinks and whites for a dear friends birthday. The two have been friends for MANY years!!
The quilt was E-2-E'd with a pattern by Irene Steele called "Passion Vine" one of my favourites.....



We have also removed a wall in the shed to make way for a sewing table...we enjoyed our "Sew-n-chat" so much we have decided to do them on a regular basis....and felt we needed another table...




Sunday 25 August 2013

Sew-n-Chat






We had a "Sew-n-Chat" at the Shed yesterday.....got lots of cutting out for my Drunkards Path quilt.
We treated ourselves to a lovely morning tea....it was so nice to socialise...eat...and sew.....