This Week

Huge week....busy with lots of things.

We had Sew n Chat on Saturday and Anne had Show-n-tell from our "Strippy-string quilt-in-a-day"

Love the colour.......

Finished a few E-2-E's....

Quilted with Lorien Quilting's "Rainy Day" the above quilt will be our next Quilt-in-day held in May.

This quilt is so loud....love it. It has been quilted with "Embellish" from Lorien quilting.

Working on my Sydney Quilt show entry today....no pressure!

Jan

QuiltNSW General Meeting.

Travelled to Sydney yesterday to attend QuiltNSW General Meeting. An enjoyable day.

Merelyn Pearce was guest speaker.

She had some wonderful work to show us.

Kathy Doughty from Material  Obsession gave a demonstration on the use of rulers to make life easy when cutting hexagons, diamonds and more.....

"Block of the Quarter" was due....I entered 6 blocks.....but didn't win.....

Finished a few E-2-E's this week...

"Rain Drops"

"Pop Corn"

"Embellish"

"Escargot'

"Interlocking Feathers"

Another busy quilting week this week.

Jan

Road Trip

On Saturday some like-minded sewing friends and I went on a road trip to Newcastle.
We were headed for the Cathy Jack Coupland Exhibition  at Timeless Textiles in Newcastle...we did eventually get there. Lovely colourful display of work.

We did however feel it was our duty to check out a few of the local patchwork shops along the way.....someone has to do it....On-Point in Waratah, Zig-Zag Sewing at Georgetown, and Quilt-Essentials at their new shop in Adamstown. Lovely lunch in Darby St. We had such a good time we will do it again later in the year.

Road trip booty

This beauty went home this week....

In the January holidays I attended a braiding workshop and I am pleased to say that I have managed to organise a braiding workshop here at Red Shed Quilting with Barb Travis to be held on the 9th and 10th July. Call me for more details if you are interested 0243940904.

It was one of the best workshops I have attended in a while.

Barb's braided rug 

The 52 Week Photography Challenge continues....trying to keep up now that I am back at work...

Week 5 Landscape: Black and White. Look for a scene with great contrast that will make a great black and white.

Housework catch up and a clarinet lesson today.....

Jan

Back At Work

Holiday over....kids back at school....and back to work I go. I had a good break and my garden looks fabulous!
Travelled to Sydney twice last week. Yesterday I attended the "Volunteers" lunch for QuiltNSW at the Coronation Club at Burwood. Really lovely venue and great food. On Friday I helped to pack the 'Template" the quarterly newsletter for QuiltNSW an interesting experience seeing what is involved from that end of things.

Miss Beth and I attended the opening night of Cathy Jack Coupland's first solo exhibition "Colour" at Timeless Textiles in Newcastle. The exhibition runs until the 14th Feb. Really lovely collection of work and well worth the visit. A few of the Saturday sewing girls and I are travelling up to Newcastle this Saturday coming to view the exhibition and visit a few Newcastle patchwork shops.

My efforts with the "52 week photography Challenge" continue....the latest was to take a portrait of someone other than yourself.....I chose Miss Beth.

#dogwood52weekphotographychallengeweek4

Today I need to get the newsletter out for Red Shed Quilting....running a bit late.....looking forward to the coming year. Lots going on....and more quilting of course.

Jan

Inspired.....

This week was a good one. It does happen occasionally.

Quilting went well. A custom is off that took a LONG time. 90% free hand quilting on this one. I couldn't find a scallop pattern that fitted the space well enough so I went with freehand feathers....happy with the corner solution....

Some E-2-e's finished.....

 
"Interlocking feathers"  from Lorien Quilting.....

"Continuous Baptist Fan" from Lorien Quilting....

The week finished with 'Friday Showcase' at QUILT NSW in Pitt St Sydney. Cathy Jack Coupland was the guest artist....so inspiring....loved her work and her work ethic...

I then took the bus out to Material Obsession for a first ever visit....dont know why I waited so long.....lovely shop and workshop space. I think this country girl was nervous about getting herself lost. I bought fabric..... 

Clarinet lesson today.....best get the house work done so I can go.

Have a great week
Jan

New Backings.

Lovely new backings with more arriving...

Big new roll of cotton wadding.....love the smell even.....

Favourite finish for the week quilted with "Ric-rac"by Keryn Emmerson.

Working on this custom at the moment.....only 2 customs to go.....

Count down till Christmas now.....no new orders taken....working my way through the edge-to-edge pile.

Clarinet lesson today. Glad to say I am improving....no longer making the odd horrible squeak.

Jan

Avante Play

There were no ladies in class yesterday as they all had commitments elsewhere.....the first time in a while I have had Saturday morning to myself.
So I took the opportunity to load a new baby wholecloth I have designed onto the HQ Avante machine...... I will chip away at the quilting over the next week or so.....customer quilts first.

Favourite finish for the week....quilted with Anne Bright's 'Flutterbyes"....

I am planning on attending the Quilters Guild of NSW Inc. annual General Meeting in Burwood next Saturday so the shop will be closed. The awards for this years "Challenge Quilts" will be announced. The theme this year was "Colour Collision". I help judge the quilts this year.....a wonderful experience. Standard was really high.

Beautiful day...plan to enjoy it after a quick clean up...

Jan

Favourite finish for the week

A busy week getting caught up with quilts. This was my favourite finish this week...

I love the simplicity of it.....

Some gardening today.....enjoy your Sunday.

Jan

Bathurst Blog Meet 2015

Spent the weekend at my first blog meet at Bathurst.....the venue was just perfect and the company of so many like minded crafters was even better.....came home all inspired. Met some new friends I think.....

Travelled to Bathurst with Miss Googy who put up with my "nana-like" driving and did not complain once.

Stopped at a gorgeous antique shop on the way AND on the way back.....could have spent more time there. Grabbed two unessential must-haves....

My new morning tea cup.......

Loved this wire basket....

I did get some sewing done......the centre of my latest quilt is together.....and I worked out the size of the border blocks and made a few......

A couple of extra kilos have been added to my already chunky frame......the food was good and lots of it......big walk this arv.....and many arv's to come....

Need to get this custom quilt OFF as it has been on the frame TOO long.....other things to do...

Got to get ready for Muswellbrook this weekend.......teaching a quilting class at "Finders Keepers"....

Back to the the usual.

Jan

Lessons

Spent yesterday giving a lesson on the Handi quilter Avante 18.....looking at threads, needles, tension, pantographs, stitch-in-the-ditch,block designs, borders.....n more....

Lenore did beautifully.....

And.....just because I have so much spare time......I am learning clarinet.....had 2 lessons so far and LOVE it......only a few strangled cat noises being made....

Thankfully finished this custom which has been on the machine way too long.....

Heading out today to watch the Wallarah Community Band play a concert......Miss Beth plays flute....

Need to start getting organised for Bathurst getaway......cant wait.....travelling with Miss Trish....will be good to catch up with her...

Lovely day today here....enjoy your Sunday

Jan

NSW Longarmers get together in Orange

Sharon French from "Morning Star Quilting" and I travelled to Orange last weekend to attend a Longarmers get together hosted by Belinda Betts of "Eucalypt Ridge Quilting"..... we met lots of quilters from the Central West and then some.....one had travelled from Grafton....

The event was held at "Thelmas Cottage".......built by Belinda on her property to hold retreats and sewing days etc. Sharon and I stayed there.....lovely.

Belinda demonstrated some 'Westalee' rulers.....and we had some wonderful show-n-tell....

Sharon and I stayed an extra day and had an all day class with Belinda....

Back to reality this week.....although today I am heading to the Newcastle Quilt Show......

Favourite finish for the week.....loved the colour......"Embellish" from Lorien Quilting.....

Jan