... They “…allowed men enduring unspeakable circumstances some respite from the tedium and hardship of war and to introduce some semblance of beauty and humanity to the blighted world of the combat zone.” said Dr Annette Gero.
They often didn’t use them, but sent them home to comfort those they loved ...
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| Robyn L does brilliant things with her black and white stash, like her latest interpretation of Miriam's small bag. That 3D hexagon zipper pull is a nice touch, too. |
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| Georgie is on the home stretch of her large quilt made in a series of classes with Margaret Sampson George. The centre medallion is based on the mid 19th C Jane Pizar quilt. The final borders are on, but will be decorated with more hexagons, and there is a little applique to finish on another border. The background for the last top and bottom border is a print of the Chicago underground map - a lot of fun, like many of the other fabrics. There is a stunning backing fabric just waiting ... hand quilting coming up!
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| Elaine W made this pretty medallion style quilt with half-square triangles surrounding the centre. The fabrics came from her own stash and the community stash, and she said that some date back 'many years'. It too is for donation to the nursing home. |
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| Phyl (Georgie's sister) has finished her Margaret Sampson George medallion quilt top, from our borders and elements workshop with Margaret from last year - we had a quick look just before it goes to Jo for basting on the long arm, for Phyl to hand quilt it. So much to see! |
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| Janice found some wonderful Frido Khalo ombie fabric for her latest bag ... |
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| ... and a goat for the reverse! |
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| Robin W likes making small quilts by hand (piecing and quilting) - this one will be donated to the Blankets of Love program. The design is beautifully simple, with the arrangement of the small squares giving the illusion of a circle. It would work well in multiple blocks for a larger quilt too. |
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| The second of three variations on square in a square designs made by Helen, this one featuring black and white sashings and a scrappy piano key border. It was quilted by Jill, then Helen bound it. It will go in the children's collection. |
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| This one started as fabric challenge from Elaine W to Jill, which took 2 years to be resolved, but is now finished for a resident at the nursing home we support. |
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| Some of the pink fabrics came from Dawn's stash, some of the blocks and the border panels came from the community stash. Dawn machine quilted it. This pretty little quilt will also be for a child. |
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| Good mail from our Guild - our donation of quilts to Sydney Children's Hospital was acknowledged in the Quilters Guild of NSW magazine, The Template (the second row of quilts were donated by Morriset Quilters), and we received confirmation that our entry for the Sydney Quilt Show next month has been accepted. |
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| Margaret warmed her shoulders with a beautifully soft shawl hand knitted by her daughter, for Mothers' Day. Isn't that touch of blue genius? |
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| Nerida is finishing off a baby quilt for a friend's little boy who will arrive soon. She chose the patchwork fabrics from the colours of the cow patterned backing fabric, which she chose first! |
We've received confirmation that our entry in the Group Quilt category has been accepted for inclusion in the Quilters Guild of NSW's Sydney Quilt Show!
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| Lyn was the only one who completely finished her first block during the workshop, and will be the first to have a finished quilt. It is now with Jo for machine quilting, before going home to Lyn's great-nephew by special request. |
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| Lyn's background fabric is a graphic black line on white - a great choice. |
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| Pat's first six blocks (she's actually up to eleven now). She decided to introduce more varied fabrics than she originally intended, and is happy with the results. |
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| Jill's unpressed 13 block version - now contemplating a border pieced with the templates, or a bold teal with a hint of orange print? It started out to be just five blocks, but they looked as though they were waiting for more to join them. |
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| The fussy-cut centre square of the centre block is an 'unplanned design element' resulting from a shortage of the star-point fabric - but a different and or fussy cut centre would work for all the blocks, as Catherine demonstrated during the workshop. |
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