Our April Gathering

 We were six people who gathered last weekend for our April patchwork gathering. I spent most of the day quilting one of the blue friendship star quilts and I hope to get the next one done today. The binding is on the first one now waiting for someone to adopt the handsewing bit.

We were able to add borders to the green star quilt and to the flower top (seen in the photo above).

Then the joy of arranging Jeanette's Briar Rose blocks which are now on the design wall awaiting trimming and joining. No sashing required for this top.

One of the jobs I did during all this rain was to do a big tidy of all the junk that had littered our space upstairs for years and I also changed the cover on the bed to be more in keeping with the new curtains and cushion covers. This will stay until I finish the Peaches and Cream doily quilt I am making.

From a friend near Lismore

 She writes: "yesterday we went to Kyogle (since poor Lismore is still recovering) to get supplies and went to the small art gallery there. We were delighted to see some amazing quilts, and I thought you'd be interested in seeing some of them. I didn't have a camera with me so couldn't capture the whole range - some traditional geometric ones and some more radical. Here's a webpage with the whole set of panels - there were only two at the exhibition, really stunning close-up. 

It is worth looking at the Roxy Gallery Facebook page too.

https://www.duckcreekmountainquilting.com/blog/2021/3/3/dawntodusk "

Two of Christine's latest quilts

Christine showed us these on Zoom last weekend but in case you missed them she has sent me pictures as well..

Christine writes ... "photographs of the quilts I showed you, one was using up my orphans and if you look closely you will see several Rainbow Quilter blocks, I like you idea about using the same fabrics and then putting together as a quilt.

The second one still needs quilting and a binding but the effect can be seen in the unfinished product, it also was inspired using a trial block for BOM but I did have sufficient fabric to create a whole quilt."

 

Elaine's latest I spy quilt

 Yesterday Elaine sent me this photo of her latest very colourful quilt.

Jeanette's Emmaline Bag

 As Jeanette is unable to be on Zoom with us on Saturday I am posting pictures of her latest creation - an Emmaline Bag.

She writes ... Last Saturday our patch group had a workshop with a lady from Geraldton teaching us to make these bags. I was quite impressed at the end of the day.

It looks great Jeanette and most useful in all sorts of ways.

Elaine's Disappearing Broken Dishes

 Firstly Glenda and I did some work on Friday and have now finished the two Blue Star quilt tops. Our next task is to sandwich these.

Meanwhile, Elaine continues to work hard and has finished her Disappearing Broken Dishes quilt. I has turned out really well.

We'll be doing this block soon. It is great for using those large print fabrics that are not really suitable for our small piece patchwork. If you want to try it sooner than we get to it just do an internet search for Disappearing Broken Dishes patchwork block.

Progress at our March gathering

 Six of us gathered at mine on Saturday and progress was made on our current quilts.

The two blue star quilts are coming along now that Stephanie was able to find some beautiful border fabrics for them.

This one is ready to sandwich next time.

This one is ready for its borders to make it a usable size.

Our green stars are also looking great and we thought a dark green peeper before a mid green border then binding in dark green is the way to go with this one.

There was lots of cutting of squares and bartering to gather the required number of fabrics for our next Mystery Block and I will send out instructions for this one very soon.

Jeanette joined us on Zoom in the afternoon and it was really interesting to see her various experiments.

It would be great to see everyone together for our next day. If you have not returned any of your blocks please do so asap so that we can put together the next few quilts. We have the three quilts above in progress and three other quilts ready to be joined to make quilt tops.

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!