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Some spectacular quilts seen in ‘show and tell’ sessions at recent meetings …

Susan has finished her second large quilt using her
Westalee machine quilting rulers. The blocks were made
during an online course, then joined together
with the striped sashing.

The reverse

Centre panel detail from the reverse.

Most qulilters are familiar with written and illustrated
patterns, and with  mystery quilts where the end product
is not known but there might be diagrams. Another of our
several Susan’s made this quilt as part of a challenge
where each different block was made from
written instructions only!

Susan is obviously very good at following written instructions!

The disappearing four patch block is a favourite with Lynette.
She has made several for our community quilts collection,
and now she has made this large beauty for own home.
The Japanese indigo fabrics in the blocks were collected in
Japan during many trips to a country she loves and has
previous ties to. The deep cream background compliments the
red and indigos well. The individual squares were originally
cut to 10”, so the blocks are substantial.

The backing is made from different lengths of Japanese
fabrics from Lynette’s stash. The quilt has been
professionally quilted.

Recent community quilt finishes

 Sometimes finished community quilts slip quietly into the collection without being recorded. But when we can catch them for a photo or two, we do. 

A vibrant modern quilt top was donated, with some excess
fabric from her stash, by one of Helen and Miriam’s friends.
 It has been quilted by Laura and bound by Robin.

Margaret’s quilt top has both pieced blocks and pieced sashing
giving some complexity to its design. Quilted and
bound by Sue C.

Susan is an unmistakably modern quilter who has
generously used her own stash of fabric for her
Modern Rainbow quilt.

A glimpse of the backing.

Sharp, complimentary modern quilting.

All good things … excess disappearing nine patch blocks
made for a  quilt raffled at our 2010 quilt show, put
 together by Lynette, quilted by Laura
just a few weeks ago.

New event notices

 The quilt/textiles/craft show calendar continues to fill up! For a more extensive list, visit our 2022 Events page.

Avalon Quilters Exhibition

2 - 3 September 2022

Avalon Uniting Church

Avalon Beach

Enquires: Anne 0401 335 t737

https://novocastrianquilters.blogspot.com

Novocastrian Quilters on Facebook

Enquires:Honey 0481 350 121

Or Margaret 0418 250 211

Community quilts in progress

The community collection grows in numerous ways - donated blocks, donated completed tops, completed quilts, and those we make specifically for the collection from the community stash or our own fabrics. We appreciate all of them.

A beautifully appliqued quilt top donated by a friend of Val

Val used a stash of 1930’s reproduction prints stitched into
 nine patches and snowballs as a pandemic stitching project.

Dawn stitched up some donated nine patches with
spotted sashing and cornerstones, quilted by Laura.

Hilary’s scrappy ‘Little Women’, quilted by Laura.

Crooked Courthouse Steps mark II, made with blocks
 from Julie and Jill

Elaine W is powering through some new blocks at
our monthly sewing day.

Nerida learned to make her improv tree blocks from Hilary,
and seems to have found some more green scraps after her
recent very large green log cabin blocks, and a wonderful collection of backgrounds.

More on Kawandi style quilts

Interest in Kawandi style quilts, as made by Siddi people in India continues. At a recent Monday meeting, Val demonstrated how she has made some.

Val is working on the second row of pieces, 

working towards the centre.

Our previous posts on Val's first three Kawandi pieces from last year are here: https://fairholmequilters.blogspot.com/2021/06/kawandi-quilting.html and here : https://fairholmequilters.blogspot.com/2021/08/kawandi-quilts-update.html

Val recommended this book, Godharis of Maharashtra: https://www.quiltmania-inc.us/boutique/books/collection-books/godharis-of-maharashtra/

Val also recommended investigating the quilts of the late Anna Williams, that we posted about here: https://fairholmequilters.blogspot.com/2021/02/anna-williams-quilter-1927-2010.html

Several of us have recently attended workshops with Lorena Uriarte where we started a Kawandi piece. Miriam and Stephanie have finished theirs:

Stephanie made her finished workshop panel
into a zippered pouch

Stephanie’s pieces laid out on the backing and batting,
 before stitching

Miriam’s finished workshop piece, with ric-rac braid
stitched between the top and  batting layers around
the edges. She plans to use it as a table centre.

You can find information about Lorena's workshops on her website : https://lorenauriarte.com/

Some of us became aware of Kawandi through mentions online in the last couple of years, and particularly the work of Sujata Shah - you can find more information on her on her blog, The Root Connection, here: https://therootconnection.blogspot.com/

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Cushion hand embroidered by Robyn

Susan was very warm at recent very cold meeting 

in her beautifully appliqued and quilted coat.

 

Dana is heading to the UK, and made her Liberty draw string bags 

(pattern by @kandoucrafts) for the trip

This one is for her travelling crochet project

Dana plans to visit Liberty of London

Finished!

 

Robyn’s 21st birthday quilt for her granddaughter
was very well received!

Jill’s son had a clear idea about his ‘stars in the sky’ quilt,
 they worked on it together, and he is pleased with the outcome.

A beautiful green log cabin star quilt for Nerida’s nephew.

Susan’s ‘Cross and Plus’ quilt is a fun riot of colour and print,
all tied together by the turquoise and red border and
binding, with a fabulous backing print.