Debbie's Quilt

I was blessed to be able to work on this gorgeous applique quilt through the week.

It belongs to Debbie from Newcastle.

Her work is amazing. I love her colour choices for the applique pieces and I am hoping that some of her skill and expertise in the applique department will rub of on me when we do a Pam Furniss applique class next year.

Debbie's quilt has been quilted with a one inch "piano key" outer border. All the appliques have been outlined. The quilt features feather motifs...in particular a beautiful centre feather wreath.I used a traditional stipple background fill.

There wasn't much time for anything else..kids are still on school holidays...only one week to go!!
Happy Quilting
Jan

A Busy Week

A busy week in the shed this week with a few edge to edges done and a small custom quilt finished for Lyn.
The quilt consisted of 9 blocks with lovely machine embroidered butterflies.
I ditch stitched the borders and  background filled behind the butterflies with a free-hand feather and scroll.

To end the week I was lucky enough to go on a bus trip with the girls from "All about Sewing" at Charmhaven.

We ventured up to Belmont to "Belmont Patchwork Heart"...our first stop for some retail therapy.

I bought some flannel fabric to add to some I bought at the Newcastle show. I want to make a boys quilt with it.

We then went to "Patchwork by the Lake" at Boolaroo.

I bought more flannel.

Hopefully I now have enough!!

Happy Quilting
Jan

Charity Quilt Finished

Charity Quilt Finished
I belong to a wonderful quilting group, the Novocastrian Quilters Inc.,  who produce a lot of quilts for local charities.
This one is destined for "Harry's House" at Stockton , a respite house set up for families with very ill children who need a place to stay while their child is receiving treatment, or just need to get away.
The clever ladies in my group pieced it together and I custom quilted it with a combination of free-hand work and some Statler feathers in the triangles.

I am really pleased with how it turned out.