More show and tell from last week

Lisa needed a small stitching project for her recent trip to
France and Portugal, so she tried applique for her first
hand-sewing project.

Lyn was given six embroidered blocks that look very like
candlewicking, so she is making another 19 for a quilt!
She also told us that candlewicking was originally done
with the actual cotton wicks of candles - seems obvious now,
 but most of us didn't know!

Pat has just a few more stitches in the community quilt she has
made from donated blocks that were wrangles into compatible
shapes and alignment - they all feature somewhat quirky cats.
The border  and sashing fabrics were in the community stash,
just waiting for these blocks. 

Susan's spectacular peacock panels quilt has been a long term
project, and it was lovely to see it so beautifully finished this week.

Susan quilted it herself on her machine.

Reverse view of the quilting.

Jill enrolled in a  series of monthly classes called 'Artful Improv'
with Sydney quilter and teacher Jessica Wheelahan in February,
and after five months has finished an original quilt top.

The fabrics are mostly stash scraps, no rulers were used,
 most of the cutting was done with scissors and Jill enjoyed
 the challenges and freedom.