When we gathered on Saturday we 3 were very pleased to make so much progress...
We now have some bright pink polar fleece to back our stained glass quilt top. That will be tacked next time we meet.
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.
When we gathered on Saturday we 3 were very pleased to make so much progress...
We now have some bright pink polar fleece to back our stained glass quilt top. That will be tacked next time we meet.
So many could not join our Zoom on Saturday so have sent photos of their latest work for our show and tell.
As Heather is unable to make our Zoom today she has sent me news about her quilting and craft room.
Firs a quilt she made recently for her nephew's first daughter.
She also sent me an update on the progress in her new craft room...
"We have finished painting the Craft room as it will be. Cupboards removed for painting and awaiting the blinds for the windows. I have started to set up my machine and cutting table and not much else!!! The remaining bedroom is currently a store/junk room and luckily the door is left open , otherwise one would not be able to open it!
The intention is to keep the sewing tables clear of "stuff" so that I can sew easily.....I am looking forward to actually sewing. The machine got a thorough clean yesterday and a new blade in the rotary cutter. So all ready to sew; only issue is that the fabric and patterns are in the "storage" room. A lot more tidying up in the near future.
When I was at Baradine in April Jenny gave me lots of scraps, many of which were triangles left from a quilt she had made. Elaine loved these triangles so I gave them to her to play with. Here is the finished quilt...
It really looks great in real life too and will probably be donated to the cancer patients that Karen has contact with.
Just remember - Scraps are not Rubbish!
I came across a post today about Pockets. Juxtaposed with this is the July Chookshed challenge of #9. My #9 is to make another quilt using Surrey's shirts of which I still have plenty.
I have featured shirt pockets in a number of the quilts I've made from his shirts.
Now it is time for some new ideas for pockets and a shopping trip to replace all my pants I recently tossed because they had no pockets.
Yesterday Robyn sent me a photo of one of the group quilts we made in 2011.
The focus fabric was brown print roses which was difficult to manage for a remote group. The quilt was put in the Quilt Show and won a highly commended award. Robyn won the quilt and chose to keep it. Here it is on one of her beds.
It really looks quite stunning! Thanks for the memories Robyn.
Kerrie had a quilt that was a wall hanging and she wanted to extend it and use it as a quilt. The hanging was quite old and of course we could not match the fabric. She has been to mine every now and then and we've worked on it together.
A few weeks ago the quilt was completed and Kerrie is very happy.
Yesterday Stephanie came to play while my roof gutters were being cleaned. We did a bit more on our Black and Brights quilt but then decided to face the issue of extension tables for sewing machines.
I'd looked up prices for extension tables but then noticed that I could not even get one for 3 of my machines. I've been using a small cardboard box on one machine and that gave me an idea.
On Saturday we were a very small group for our physical get together but we did achieve a lot.
Our Stained Glass now has a border.
Elaine and I went to Spotlight yesterday and, apart from polar fleece, I bought us another new sewing machine. Luckily Elaine noticed that the one I picked up had been opened so I quickly swapped it over.