Up early again and I even beat Chooky to the sewing room.
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.
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Scrub Stitchin' 3
Scrub Stitchin' 2
I was up early for my birthday and spent most of the day sewing. My first job was binding the Jewel Quilt I had finished at home,
then to break it up I started the Woven Jacobs' Ladder quilt I am making. I had cut all the pieces for it from Surrey's shirts and brought them with me.
Even though the Jacobs' quilt was to be my main project for the week I had to stop as I got to a stage where the machine was too unmanageable on its wobbly table with some of the thickest seams. I got all the centre blocks finished but not the ones with the large square in the middle of them.
We had lunch and dinner prepared for us today and both meals were most welcome being all the more delicious because we did not have to do anything.
All day I had to wear the birthday sash and also received lots of birthday emails and messages from friends and family.
When any of us needed a break we wandered around the room to see what others were doing and learning from each other as we swapped ideas and tricks. We also had a show and tell when anyone finished their project.
Scrub Stitchin' 1
Stephanie and I have returned from a trip to Baradine (near the Warrumbungles) for a 5-day quilting retreat called Scrub Stitchin' organised by Chookyblue.
I left home on Monday and picked up Stephanie then headed out of Sydney with a very loaded car full of sewing gear ready for a week of quilting.
Our first stop was at Leura after following a large truck most of the way through the mountains. We had a lovely lunch at the Leura Gourmet Cafe with views over the beginnings of autumn colouring in the trees and a background of blue-green eucalypts.
On then to Mudgee for afternoon tea and a wander before heading to Jenny and Alex's where we were to stay for 2 nights much to the disgust of their two scardy cats.
Alex left early for his golf day then Jen, Stephanie and I drove up to Flirtation Hill then west to the Mudgee Tip Shop for a browse. Op shops are a favourite haunt for Stephanie and Jenny.
We left Mudgee at about 8:30 am so we would have time on our way to look at Gulgong and have coffee and fill with fuel.
Our main aim was Stacks under the IGA. Stacks is full of stuff like a Two Dollar shop but is HUGE. I bought some seeds I was wanting and a duster and a phone charging cable for the car.
We drove up to Gulgong Flirtation Hill and the view was amazing!
Sunday, April 7, 2024
April tessellations
Yesterday saw a very small group working on our latest star quilt. Elaine and Kathryn came for our get together. We almost finished the top but decided not to rush at the end because the tessellations were getting quite taxing on brain power at the end of the session.
Stay tuned for the final result.