Rainbow Connection Quilters

We started in 2007 with a quilt made one very rainy weekend with friends from across Sydney and across the world connected by patchwork and quilting. Our members have included quilters and novices from far and wide - NSW, Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland (Australia), New Zealand, Massachusetts and Connecticut (USA), N.Ireland, Cornwall, Shropshire and Wales (UK). All our quilts are for charity, either raffled to earn money or donated directly to a nearby charity.

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  • Quilts 2011-12
  • Quilts 2013-14
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  • Quilts 2017
  • Quilts 2018
  • Quilts 2019
  • Quilts 2020 - 21
  • Quilts 2022
  • Quilts 2023
  • RCQ Block Instructions
  • Patches and Quilts
  • Creative Zoomers
  • Chookshed Stitchers 2024 challenge
  • Quilts 2024
  • Chookshed Challenge 2025
  • Quilts 2025
  • Chookshed Challenge 2026

Patches and Quilts

If you would like a copy of a linked file on this page please leave a comment with your contact details and I will email one to you.

Patches and Quilts for Beginners

What to bring
Perfect Points - Bonnie explains it well at Spin the 4-patch seams
Sustainable Patchwork
Ten Top Tips for beginners and experts alike - Practically Perfect Piecing 



Leaders and Enders









Patches







    Simple and Hidden Nine-patch










Stack and Slash Nine-Patch













     Half-square Triangles (Shoo Fly)
     Here is a video











Variable Star and Flying Geese









Fussy Cutting for Kaleidoscope Quilts - 1




Square Dance












Postage Stamp
Bargello












Log Cabin Block











Foundation Blocks












Freezer paper mosaics












Using scraps and Scrappy Decisions








Orphan Blocks and Samplers










Quilts 

Choosing Fabric - Colour Planning
  • Design Seeds - working with colour
  • How we see colour
Block and Quilt Design Worksheet
  • Print your own graph paper
  • Free online graph paper
Quilt Top - Finishing a quilt
Borders
Quilt Sandwich
Quilting
Binding
  • Experiments on the Corner
Quilt-as-you-go
Documenting and Storing - Finishing a quilt
Quick Quilts

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