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



a Bit Flat....

A small baby quilt with "Pop Corn".......

"Japanese Cloud" from Lorien Quilting.....

"Lively" from Lorien Quilting....




A small semi-custom........she wanted hearts somewhere....

Love the colour gradation.....

An E-2-E with the centre trimmed out...I used Lorien Quiltings "Quills" in the background.....outlined the applique......good ol' stipple for a background fill...

Need to get busy today and finish the AMQA newsletter.....
Have a great week
Jan

Travelling Home

I will be travelling home to the Central West of NSW this week.....a much loved family member has passed...here we are in happier times...

October Quilt of the Month

Above is October's "Quilt of the Month". The quilt's centre was pieced by Margo Hardie who, not wanting to finish it, donated the unfinished top to the "Blueberries Charity Sewers". The quilt was completed and then passed on to me to quilt. It has been quilted with an edge-to-edge design called "Quills" from Lorien Quilting.
"Blueberries Charity Sewers" meet once a month on a Tuesday.
Meeting dates are...Oct.15th, Nov.12th, Dec. 3rd
All welcome. The group has donated to a variety of charities including the Wyong Neighbourhood Centre and the Morisset Womens Refuge. Donations of batting, orphan blocks or quilts and fabric welcome.
Call Blueberries on 02 43554400 for more information.

Last Friday Beth and I travelled to Sydney to attend the NSW Quilters Guild Friday Showcase.This month it was members show-n-tell. Above is me with "Finally finished" and below is Beth presenting her quilt "Shufflin"
We saw some wonderful members quilts...a great day.

So Pretty

School holidays has given my daughter Beth a chance to come to "the shed " with me and get her latest quilt ready for quilting. She pin basted, chose her thread colour and began quilting yesterday. I love the colour...so pretty.

Tried out a new pattern "Quills" from Lorien Quilting


On another note...I have put my hand up to be the "Newsletter Editor" for the Austalian Machine Quilting Association.......looking forward to getting stuck into that...
Enjoy your week
Jan

Down Hill Run

Getting all the "Traditional Nine Patch Block Swap" blocks ready to send off to Trish......I have really enjoyed being apart of this....
Have a great week
Jan

Sew-n-Chat

Yesterday's "Sew-n-Chat" saw 3 of us sewing....chatting...eating.....
Every 2nd and 4th Sat. of the month 9am to 1pm.

Kathy's lovely quilt finished.....looks great....

A semi-custom finished ....'rosevine' in the centre......cable border...

"Zephyr"from Lorien Quilting on this one.
enjoy the coming week
Jan

Friday Showcase

Friday Showcase with Sheryl- Ann Schaefer. A wonderful morning listening to someone with a no-nonsense approach to teaching and designing....It confirmed a few things for me....make sure you love what you are doing...make it yours and have fun...



"Japanese Clouds" from Lorien Quilting.




The back of a finished custom.....looks like a whole cloth really.....can hopefully show you the front soon. A big week this week...lots of quilting to do......a lot of work has come in....the crazy second half of the year when everything goes pear shaped.
Have a great week
Jan



Quilt of the Month

This months

 

This months Quilt of the month has been won by Anne who made this gorgeous Double Irish Chain in soft pinks and whites for a dear friends birthday. The two have been friends for MANY years!!

The quilt was E-2-E'd with a pattern by Irene Steele called "Passion Vine" one of my favourites.....

We have also removed a wall in the shed to make way for a sewing table...we enjoyed our "Sew-n-chat" so much we have decided to do them on a regular basis....and felt we needed another table...



Sew-n-Chat

We had a "Sew-n-Chat" at the Shed yesterday.....got lots of cutting out for my Drunkards Path quilt.
We treated ourselves to a lovely morning tea....it was so nice to socialise...eat...and sew.....

Raffle Quilt

Finished this lovely which is a raffle quilt for Glenvale School. Edge to edge with trim using Keryn Emmersons "Shale".

Have a great week
Jan

Blog Spot Issues

Nice to be caught up with my 'Traditional Nine patch Swap".......I can guilt-free do some other sewing now..

Clam shells anyone...?

Friday Showcase with Marilyn Bell and Glen Waples Aug 2nd.....lovely display of work.                          

Finished a custom....can only show a snip of it.....                                                                                      

Pretty Keryn Emmerson pattern..."flutterwings"                                                                                          

"Quilt of the month' winner is Wendy with an adaptation of a Gina Burgess pattern......quilted with Keryn Emmerson's "shale".                                                                                                                             

A close up of a quilt by Jenny ......a Jenny Rofe design...........Freehand background fill with loops and flowers and some butterflies thrown in...                                                                                               

Blogger is not playing nice......won't let me correct things..........................Have a great week...

Jan