First week back - show and tell (2)

It has been a bumper week for show and tell, but some of it is personal secret sewing, so can't be posted yet, and some you will see at our Quilt Show in April. And not everyone is back from holidays yet, so we're expecting a strong showing next week, too.

Dawn sewed the top of this quilt together late last year,
using tool prints in the community stash. Yvette has quilted it,
and Lynette is sewing the binding.

Sometimes circumstances demand many hands to bring
a quilt together. This quilt was started some time ago by one
of our number, a skilled, dedicated quilter, who sadly can
no longer sew, but it needed to be finished. Elaine B volunteered
to finish sewing the blocks and to put them together. Then Yvette
generously quilted it on her newly acquired long-arm machine,
for practice. We think its original maker would be pleased
that it is done and with how it was achieved.

It's been so hot and humid in Sydney, Margaret has often retreated
to her cool sewing room and stitched up a generous contribution
to our community quilts collection for children and it's still January!
This one marries colourful prints and geometric shapes
with quilt-as-you-go. 

 Margaret's three sweet little blankets of love are resting on
another top that is waiting to be quilted

In this baby quilt, Margaret has combined contemporary prints
and a little bit of vintage, seen in close-up in the next photo.

Jenn is hand quilting her modern 'Meadow' quilt, 
designed by Lizzie House, and taught in a class 
in Sydney in 2015.