Betty's latest doiley quilt

 On my recent train holiday I was able to progress a little on my latest Peaches and Cream doiley quilt that I am making for my upstairs bed. It is coming together quite nicely.

Stephanie's latest quilt top

It looks really stunning...

The colours are amazing.

Boomerang Quilt

 Here is another finish from Elaine.

Cool!

Another quilt finish from Elaine

 This one uses a panel she bought some years ago.

Very pretty Elaine.

A quilt from Stephanie's friend

 Stephanie sent me this pic of a quilt top her friend made to use up all the bits in her scraps basket. I'm inspired.

Note that all the tiny little pieces are basically rectangles which gives them some semblance of order even though they are all different sizes.  There is an occasional half square triangle too. I think each block is made of 4 smaller blocks in roughly log cabin style.

Stay at home Round Robin

 Now here's a thought for those who would like a project that uses up their stash and scraps...

A Stay at Home Round Robin - SAHRR 2022

You don't have to sign up, just access a blog every week to get the next set of instructions for the next round.

Have fun.

Our year starts with Elaine's latest scrap quilt

 This is a lovely bright way to start our year. Thanks Elaine.

So where did we get to by the end of 2021?

 Our Christmas gathering of 2021 was a small crowd. We enjoyed lunch together at the Carss Park cafe but then repaired to my place for a scrumptious afternoon tea. Elaine left straight after lunch and Kathryn could not join us because she was still counting votes in the recent elections and we missed them both.

So here is a little recap of where we are up to and where we will start 2022...

The green Ohio Stars are coming together nicely and we are in the process of adding narrow sashing between the rows.

The blue Friendship Stars  are so many that we've decided to make two quilts. Because of the twisting nature of the stars, only blocks of the same size can really show up the movement when they are joined. Hence, our first top now needs a narrow deep purple border before going further. It will make a single bed topper.

From the remaining blocks shown in the next to photos we'll make another quilt top.

We have three projects that have not appeared on the design wall yet...

Glenda's flowers and Jeanette's Briar Rose are waiting in their boxes. If you have any of those at home please send them back as soon as you can.

Stephanie's Shiny Blue and Silver are not due back until our first gathering so please make sure you are enjoying that little bit of creativity and post it back if you are not going to be here.

Soon I'll send out a 2022 timetable and requirements email but as I've had the flu (not Covid) for over a week now I've been a bit slack.

Happy New Year to you all.

Our quilt in its new home

Carol has collected the quilt that she won and has it in its new home. It looks great!

It is particularly appropriate that Carol has this one as she did most of the quilt top construction using the blocks we all supplied including all those intricate borders.

 

Another quilt from Elaine

 There is something to be said about being mostly stuck at home. Elaine has finished another quilt. Well done Elaine! Many thanks to Jenny for the fabrics too.