Community Quilts 2021

2021saw our community quilts collection grow to its largest ever number. We continued to make community quilts throughout the pandemic, and even managed a few sewing days within restrictions of numbers on our venue when it was open, and delivered just on 100 to various community organisation for distribution to individuals.  Here are just 52 that we managed to photograph before they went to their owners. Thanks to our members who used our ‘stay at home’ time so productively, and those who collected, stored and delivered the quilts as restrictions allowed.

 Collage

📷 Sue Crowe: NSW Christmas Bush (Cerepetalum gummiferum)

South Turramurra, NSW

Merry Christmas

To our readers, and to our members who generously 

allow us to share their quilts here.

 

Ten years of ‘Twelve Quilts of Christmas’

 Mary Elizabeth Kinch is currently posting her tenth annual series of blog posts ‘Twelve Quilts of Christmas’, this year featuring Welsh Quilts. 

‘… If I had a favourite genre of quilts, they are it.  Welsh Quilts are for me the epitome of what I call “Quilting with Abandon”.  Welsh quilters boldly manifested their distinctive designs with fearless exuberance, not feeling bound to fastidious, precisely drafted, and exacting executions in their work.  Instead they embraced their own individuality and let it shine in quilts that reflected their character through their stitches.’

You will easily find the previous nine years of ‘Twelve Quilts of Christmas’ in the Archives links on the blog. 

The series is also available on Instagram @maryelizabethkinch and her Facebook page Mary Elizabeth Kinch Quilts (although the current series does not appear to be on the Facebook page).

A treat to pore over during the holiday break.

Post-lockdown show and tell (1)

There was lots to see at our first post-lockdown meetings. 

Marilyn’s ‘Jean Irene’ was one of her lockdown projects.
There is so much to see - Marilyn’s beautiful scrappy mix
of fabric, the perfect background fabric, the sheer number of
pieces inthe design, and it’s gorgeous backing.

Expertly quilted by Cathie Calvert of Lakeside Quilting.

Beautifully complimentary backing.

Lyn took on finishing her quilt-as-you-go Celtic knot quilt as a
lockdown project, and it is done! The machine appliqued
pieces are cut from a single ombré fabric. Lyn quilted the
blocks on her domestic machine using her Westalee rulers.
The quilt is a beautiful gift for a friend of her daughter.

Roslyn’s son is a cat lover, so when he asked her to make him
a quilt, with some purple in it, she thought cats would
be an appropriate feature. He loves it!

Kona Colour of the Year 2022

Announcement from Robert Kaufman Fabrics:

Meet the 2022 Kona® Color of the Year - Cosmos - a supremely stellar purple, shipping to stores this month! View the fabric, projects and precuts on our website now!

https://www.robertkaufman.com/fabrics/kona_cotton/

The Kona Colour of the Year promotes Robert Kaufman Fabric's Kona Cotton Solids, via a limited edition colour that will be available for one year only, from early in the New Year.

Stephanie’s quilts

Stephanie has had a year of very successful quilt finishes, even while she continues to knit prolifically, and  make her own clothes. Here is some of her recent progress, ‘borrowed’ from her Instagram account @craftypinkcreates - you don’t have to guess what her favourite colour is …

… here’s the next quilt on the finish hit list …

My #focuscuttingsewalong quilt - just one more little 

hexie to make. Lessons learnt with this quilt:

💕I didn’t have enough fabric to make it the whole 

way through the year 

💕always start small not big 

💕finished is better than it sitting on a WIP pile …

Many thanks to @naomialicec for her dedication in 

keeping this sewalong running

And on the last day of our Sydney lockdown,

here’s my Sunshiny Day Quilt. Pattern and kit from 

@talesofcloth Hexy inspiration thanks to @lambandwolfie

Batting used was Quiltlite - an absolute joy to hand quilt 

with and it’s my new favourite. My quilt is smaller than the 

original size and there’s possibly a few wobbly squares 

but I did start and finish a quilt in the same year. 

And that’s a minor miracle …

Thrilled to have my Quilt NSW 2021 exhibition quilt

 home and back on the bed !!! 

Fingers crossed for an actual quilt show in 2022… 

Thanks to QuiltNSW for organising an online exhibition 

#thepink100quilt #100days100blocks

#kinshipfusionsampler

The reverse of Steph’s 2021 exhibition quilt is a beauty 

too - totally reversible.

Pour L’amour du Fil Salon 2022

Pour L’amour du Fil Salon is a major textile/fibre arts event held in Nantes, France in April. Plans for next year’s show and competition have been released:

The special edition of the Pour l’Amour du Fil Show is already behind us and we are already working hard on the next one which will take place from Wednesday 20th to Saturday 23rd April 2022, same time, same place!

We are pleased to announce that Australia will be our guest country of honour and we will be welcoming a host of Australian designers for next year’s show.

The theme of next year’s contest is…

“ The World of Down Under”! 

The term “Down Under” obviously references Australia, but don’t let that stop you from going further! For example, the bottom of the oceans also are “Down Under”… So you can also think about the coral reef, which will be featured at the show. It’s up to you! There are thousand of things in the world “down there”!

So let your imagination run free! This contest is open to all kind of textile arts (quilting, embroidery, knitting, lace, crochet, etc…). We can’t wait to discover what you are all going to make, but we have no doubt it is going to be fabulous!

The competition rules, as well as the application form, shall soon be updated on the Contest page (HERE) and in Quiltmania magazine. (Pour L’amour du Fil Salon website)

 

 

Recent community quilt finishes

Julie made a sunny ‘Little Women’ community quilt.
Quilted by Laura.

Jill used up black and white fabric scraps and some
bright solids for her improv version of  ‘Little Women’.

Elaine W reached into the back of her stash for the long-held
1a fabric she used for this community quilt.

ELAINE w also made this one, from a collection of  
Japanese fabrics, during lockdown,

A collection of donated neutral fabrics with a little metallic,
 all made into half size triangles by Jo-Ann, quilted by Laura