Feather Star Workshop

Wednesday....Catherine Butterworth was our tutor for a Feather Star workshop using Marti  Michelle templates.
Catherines' quilts are gorgeous......I love her colour choices...and the wealth of quilting knowledge that she passes on.....

Have to get caught up on quilting this week....
Jan

Friday Showcase

Once a month on the first Friday of the month I am lucky to be able to attend the NSW Quilters Guild Friday Showcase where a quilter is invited to attend and showcase his or her work.
This month's guest quilter was Carol Roberts of "Cherie Pie Designs".Carol has a huge body of work. A lover of hand applique and hand quilting......a really enjoyable morning viewing her gorgeous quilts.

Finished a custom quilt that took WAY too long......here's the back....

Loved working on the edge-to-edge below....such a beautiful quilt......"botanical blossoms" is the name of the pattern.

Big week coming up with Catherine Butterworth teaching on Wed., then the Shed Sewing Circle on Friday morning, and a Baby Wholecloth class on Saturday.......

Have a great week.
Jan

Quilt Frame Hire

The Central Coast Annual Quilt Show is on again on the weekend of 12th and 13th April.
A wonderful event to be involved in, raising money for Cancer Care Services.
Please consider entering a quilt, it's a great opportunity to showcase our local talent.

The Quilt Frames that were made especially for our show were available for sale recently......SOOOO I bought them. Well made, sturdy frames. I will be following on from the original owner Janette Jones and offering them out to quilt groups for hire.( see quilt frame hire page for more info)

I have been busy quilting but can't show many things.....a small sneak peak of Rachael's beautiful quilt...a joy to work on...

Really wet weather here this weekend so great weather for sewing I think...

Hope you're sewing too
Jan

Block Swap

A small group of us have decided to do a block swap.I enjoyed the one organised by Trish so much last year...and when I showed the end results to Saturday's "sew-n-chat" girls we thought we would have another go this year.
We have chosen the above block called "Flying Squares", using a white, red, mid blue and dark blue colour scheme.
Each month we will need to create a set of identical blocks (number will depend on the number of people in the swap), keeping true to the position of the colours in the block. The idea is to vary the fabrics each month, (still using the same colours in the same spots). The swap will go for 6 months with the first set of blocks due at the end of March.At the end of the 6 months ALL blocks get sent to me and they are "shuffled" and sent back to participants.
At the moment we have 6 people interested and would really like a couple more. Do you think you might have the commitment needed to join us. Let me know if you do .
All block size cutting requirements, fabric quantities sent out soon.
Have a great week
Jan

Busy Day

The Longarmers get together went well yesterday.....lovely show-n-tell.....nice food....great conversations.Lovely to meet some people properly for the first time (Colleen)
So we thought we would do it again....in May and at "Morning Star Quilting" run by the lovely Sharon French. I will post more details soon.

 The lovely Leanne Harvey from "Mount Vincent Quilts" with one of her gorgeous creations....so lovely to catch up with her.

Sharon French from "Morning Star Quilting".....Sharon was my partner in crime in organising the day....great team effort.

Nice to get to know Jan Wand better....."Magic Wand Quilting" ....hope I got that right....great business name.

                                                 The lovely Cath....nice chatting to her.

Joan....her quilting was amazing...SO neat and precise.

Clare Fairless-Lewis from "Never Ending Quilting"....wowed us with many quilts...a very talented quilter.

Miss Beth with her Sydney quilt show entry.......she is quilting it on the domestic.......needs to get a move on I think.

Kaye Brown from "The Finishing Touch"......I cant thank Kaye and Bruce enough for coming up from Camden for the day.....made the day even more special...

Kay....recently moved to Coal Point......good discussion about quilting options on this quilt....

Joanne Knott from 'The Quilters Quilter"...beautiful digitised quilting patterns....Joanne bought up lots of show-n-tell showcasing some of her lovely wholecloth designs......the one above is now owned by ME......(the designs, not the quilt)....thankyou Joanne and Gary for coming.

Not everyone had show-n-tell....here we all are. Thanks to everyone who came for making it such an enjoyable day. Stay tuned for details on the next one.
Have a great week
Jan

Long Arm Quilters Get Together

Not many sleeps now till the Long Arm Quilters Get Together next Saturday 8th Feb.
Morning tea provided. Please bring show-n-tell and a plate to share for lunch.
Kaye and Bruce Brown are offering those Statler owners amongst us the chance to get their firmware upgrade done in readiness for CS 5 installation. Kaye will also bring some bits-n-pieces to sell like bobbins etc.
Unit3/3 O'Hart Close Charmhaven NSW 10am -3pm

See you on Sat.
Jan

Raffle Quilt

Pleased to finished one of the quilts being raffled at for the Wyong Quilt Show (april).
The quilt was pieced by the girls from Blueberries at Wyong.....and quilted by me.....I'm happy with the end result.
Call Jackie at Blueberries on 02 43 554400 if you would like to purchase some tickets.
Once again we are trying to raise money for cancer research.

Just needs binding

Jan

Front Cover

For the very first time... I have a quilt that I designed, made and quilted on the FRONT cover of the latest Australian Patchwork and Quilting (due in the shops on Jan. 23)

I am very excited about that. I enjoyed the process of getting the instructions ready and samples of each stage made, ready to photograph....

I am also pleased to have been asked to submit another quilt project.....so I am currently busy writing up the instructions for that.....

Back at work in the shed this week....
Jan

Wiggle Wobble

I have been asked to teach a quilting class at Dungog's "Quiltarama" in June....and am happy with the new class sample....a cot sized baby quilt called "wiggle wobble".....using walking foot and free-motion techniques....I can tick that off the list of January jobs....

Beautiful day today....heading to the beach....
Jan

Statler Get Together

A lovely group photo of those who attended the Statler-Get-Together at Kaye and Bruce Brown's "The Finishing Touch" yesterday. I had a great day talking to lots of quilters.... about all things quilting.

We are having a Longarm Quilters Get Together  here at Red Shed Quilting on Saturday Feb. 8th. and Kaye and Bruce will be attending....so hopefully the event will be a success. If you are interested in attending you are most welcome. More information on the "Events" page.
Have a great week
Jan

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!!!

Bring on 2014....

Jan

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

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

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



 




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.....



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

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