Spring finally......

Warmer weather here as spring arrives....school holidays soon...strong smell of jasmine in the air at our place.

I attend Friday Showcase at the NSW Quilters Guild on the first Friday of the month. Sept. guest quilter was Linda Akehurst....inspiring quilts and lovely person...

Next months Showcase is members Show-n-tell.....all welcome.....NSW Quilters Guild head office in Pitt St Sydney.

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

Simple figure 8...

"Joust".....

"Lovely Leaves" from Lorien Quilting...

"Pop Corn" from Jodi Beamish...

Finished a custom.......so glad about that.....it sucked up MANY hours...

"Sew-n-Chat"...on the 2nd and 4th  Saturday of the month we have a social sewing day at the shed....lots of chat and lots of sewing yesterday.....progress was made...

Enjoy your Sunday...

Jan

Fur Babies

It's hard to believe that both our feline fur babies passed away this week within a day of each other....
I love this photo of them taken when Millie was a tiny kitten.....such a look of pure contentment on her face ....totally oblivious to the fact that she was invading Molly's personal space.....
Molly came to us when she was 12....and was nearly 20 when she died.
Millie was nearly 5 when she passed a day later, from an infection in her chest that the vets could not get on top of.....very quiet....as Molly always had to have the last say...

Computer Issues.

 I have had major computer issues of late.......lost a LOT of information and am only now back up and running. Lucky I suppose that it is the first time that it has happened......dont realise how reliant you have become on your "technology"....

A finished semi-custom using Joanne Knott's "Cornice" set......front and back.....

"Japanese Cloud" from Lorien Quilting....

"Hearts and Loops" from Irene Steele.....

Getting caught up on the backlog of quilting which feels good as we head into the Christmas rush......feel the influx started a bit early this year as I have been pretty busy...

Jan

Pam's First Class

Pam Furniss taught her first class at "Red Shed Quilting" on Monday 10 am to 3pm. The girls had a great time....Pam gets them to choose one of her projects from her website and then work thru' the project over the coming weeks   pamfurnissquilts.com

Her next class will be Monday Sept 8th. Still a few spaces available.....check out her website and see if there is something you would like to do....

Favourite finish of the week...

"Windy Night" from Keryn Emmerson...

"Ebb and Flow" from Lorien Quilting...

It's raining here today.....good day to sew..

jan

The First "Our Community of Sewing" day....

Yesterday I attended the first"Our Community of Sewing" day....an event organised with 3 local shops collaborating to raise money for charity....and also to enjoy each others company and have fun sewing all day. Blueberries, All About Sewing and Red Shed Quilting, with the wonderfully organised Lyn Colley were the organisers.

We held the event at the Lakes Grammar School Hall...a wonderful light filled venue with around 57 sewers attending. Lots of food, raffles silent auction and sewing...

Can't wait for the next one....May next year....we are lining up 2 tutors for the event.


Favourite finishes for this week...

A quilting design by Vickie Maleski...loved it ....perfect on this quilt....

Lorien Quilting's "Interlocking Feathers" on this one....

Working on some unusual shapes that need filling on this quilt....think I'm happy now...a few trial and errors...

Working in the shed today as I was at the sewing event all day yesterday......need to get ready for Pam Furniss's first class at the 'Shed' tomorrow....

Enjoy your Sunday

Jan

New Quilt...

A new quilt is under way.....far be it for me to start something new with SOOOO many UFO's.........nothing changes....

I am enjoying designing on EQ7....will post photo's of my progress.

Finished a small custom...

Love the bright colours...

Favourite edge-to-edge quilt this week....its the bow tie block...quilted with Irene Steele's "passion vine"

Jan

Catching Up....

The Sydney Quilt Show is well and truly over.....have been catching up since...

I am very proud of Miss Beth who won first place in the older junior category......here she is with Ma ....who travelled to the show from the Central West and spent the day with us....

Competed in the jelly roll race with Chris and Glynis...came second...no thanks to me....

Had a "Log Cabin" workshop in the Red Shed yesterday...taught by the lovely Wendy.....the girls really enjoyed the day...thank you Wendy.

I have been quilting...quilting and quilting.........above is a finished semi-custom.....drowning under a sea of quilts...

Have a great week

Jan

Our Community of Sewing

Our Community Of Sewing

Saturday 9th August 2014

9.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.

Lakes Grammar School Hall

Have a fun day sewing and meet your fellow sewers from:

 Blueberries – North Wyong

 Red Shed Quilting – Charmhaven.

All About Sewing - Charmhaven

Cost: $45 per person

Activities:

 Raffles

 Lucky door

 Silent Auction

 Sewing and more sewing .........

 Goodies for sale

What you need to bring:

Sewing machine (if required), scissors and other sewing accessories, project

already cut out and ready to sew, personal cutting board and iron (if required),

power board, sense of humour and money for raffles etc...

Catering:

Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea provided – included in your cost.

(Vegetarian / vegan diets catered for)

Booking:

Places have been allocated to each shop, so book in today so you don’t miss out.

Monies must be paid at time of booking.

Phone 43940904

Sydney Quilt Show...

Yesterday was judging day for the Sydney Quilt Show. I am a "drop off Person" again this year....so I hit the road at 6am...with 20 quilts in the car......spent ALL day helping at judging day.....moving quilts and rebagging them....a great experience watching how it is done....

Miss Beth and I both have quilts in....we will be travelling down on Wed. to go to the show and meeting up with my Mum who will be travelling to the show from the Central West of NSW.....
Beth and I have also been asked to do a "Mother/ daughter" demo in the Guild area on Thurs......hope we can get thru' that without fighting....

Along with a few edge to edge quilts...I managed to finish a custom this week......here is the back.

Have decided to have a SALE.....on flannel wide backs...normally $33  down to $25.....till end of JULY....

Have a great week

Jan

I'm home...

I'm home from teaching at Dungog's "Quiltarama"....
What a wonderful weekend....
I had a wonderful, creative bunch of ladies who ALL brought something NEW to their interpretation of my baby wholecloth "wiggle wobble" quilt.....
A great venue....we were well fed and watered by the lovely Cheryl and her helpers...thanks SO much....and also for the recipes...
The local CWA did a great job with the quilt show...and the meet and greet on Fri. night....
LOVED the whole thing...a special thanks to Dorothy and Barry...

The view from the verandah where I stayed.....the lovely Candy from "A Quilters Hive" at Georgetown in Newcastle had the offer of a clients farm house near by Dungog and kindly invited me to share also...thank you so much Pauline for your generousity...and Candy for the company....

The gorgeous, light and airy Parish Hall where the classes were held...before anyone arrived...

The class in action...

Some of the students work....

Back to reality now...have a great week

Jan

Some E to E's....

Some of the recent Edge to Edge quilts completed.....

"Gossamer" from Lorien Quilting.

  "Daisy Swirl" ...an oldie but a goody...

"Zephyr" from Lorien Quilting.

"Continuous Baptist Fan" from Lorien Quilting.

Also this month , Belinda Betts from "Eucalypt Ridge Quilting" in Orange was the guest quilter at the NSW Quilters Guild Friday Showcase.....have loved her work for a long time...so I had a great day...

Getting organised to teach my baby wholecloth class in Dungog next weekend.....I am looking forward to it.

Have a great week

Jan

Sorry...I'm Late.....

I'm late posting the may "Block Swap Blocks"....so here they are.....

Beth's

Jan's

Anne's

Salley

Susan.

We are half way through the swap......the blocks are looking lovely....

Really busy in the "shed" at the moment with lots of clients quilts coming in.....trying not to stress...

Jan

Raffle Quilt

The raffle quilt for Dungog's "Quiltarama" (June 21st and 22nd  2014) is done......just needs binding.
I am excited to be teaching there this year...along with Pam Furniss and Tracy McNicoll.
Getting close  now.
Take a look at the website for all the details about the quilt show and classes.
www.quiltarama.com.au

My class is a domestic machine quilting class.....walking foot quilting and free motion quilting...

"Wiggle Wobble Baby Wholecloth......"

Off to do some quilting today...

Jan