Last Day ......

Today is the last day of the Central Coast Charity Quilt Show.

Had a great day yesterday....hope today is busy as well.

My stand......took lots of backing fabrics....

 The lovely Candy from "A Quilters Hive" Georgetown...

Marni ...from Frankenstein Fabrics....did some damage to my budget on her stand...

Belmont Patchwork Heart

Black Possum

Blueberries

Little Red Jug, All About Sewing and Mount Vincent Quilts...

Margo Hardie..lovely lady..

Gosford Sewing Centre...

Have a great week

Jan

Local Quilt Shows

I'm off to the Caroline Bay Quilters exhibition today...held at the Gosford Regional Gallery....should see some lovely work.
Next weekend the Central Coast Charity Quilt Show is on again at Wyong Race Club. Lots of quilts and local vendors. I need to get organised for my little stand this week.
Friday Showcase at the NSW Quilters Guild was interesting with Yvonne Line the guest Quilter...listening to her discuss her creative artistic journey was wonderful...

Finished a charity quilt for the NSW Quilters Guild.....and took it down.....

 Finished a MASSIVE custom.......so glad to finish it and post it home to its owner...

The sun is trying to shine here today after many gloomy days.....have a lovely Sunday.

Jan

March Block Swap

Our Block Swap is well underway with the March blocks completed and photos sent thru'...only one persons block not here..... although done.....

Salley

Beth's

Susan

Jans

Annes

Spent most of yesterday rearranging the display area ......much more room now for our "Sew-n-Chat".....

Spending the day doing AMQA's Newsletter, and Red Shed Quilting's Newsletter......wishing once again that I could trade places with my cat....

Enjoy your Sunday...

Jan

Wiggle Wobble Class

The week ended on a high with a lovely small class participating in the "Wiggle Wobble" quilting class.

The class involves walking foot quilting and free-motion quilting.
The basic 'grid' is marked out using a template...

then stitched out with your walking foot.....free-motion background fills were covered as well as stitching out repeated quilt design/motifs using quilt and tear paper.....a lot of work to cover in one day.....
I am teaching the same class at Dungog's "Quiltarama" in June this year...but over 2 days....the girls and myself had a really good day.

Achieved some quilting too...

"Simple Jacobean" from Lorien Quilting...

"Formica" from Keryn Emmerson...

"Peacock" from Lorien Quilting

"Lively" from Lorien Quilting...

A strippy quilt where I had fun with LOTS of patterns...

I am now stocking "Wonderfil Threads"...beautiful threads...100% cotton...I am gradually building up the colours...

Have a great week

Jan

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