Cessnock Quilt Show

Heading out to Cessnock this morning to take a look at their quilt show....a treat after another busy short week.

Finished an 83 sq. ft. custom that was mostly stitch in the ditch.....a back breaker....but love the result.

Created by Jackie Leybourne, the owner of Blueberries Patchwork Shop at North Wyong 

ph 02 43554400

Jackie has recreated a quilt known as the "Ann Randoll Coverlett" (c. 1830?)......working out the block and border sizes etc., basically replanning the entire quilt. Beautifully pieced, it contains hand and machine piecing....lots of clam shells. A joy to work on. 

Jackie is offering this quilt as a block of the month, over 8 months, either pattern only or pattern and fabric.

...the back....

Dawn Service Anzac Day........Miss Beth playing with the Wallarah Community Band......lucky the rain held off......

Have a lovely week.

Jan

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