- Closing date for on-line entry, entry fee and photos: 30 December 2022
- Works to be received no later than Friday 27 January 2023
- Judging and prizes will be awarded at the Australasian Embroidery Convention, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre 17 to 19 February 2023 - Sponsored by @intocraft
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‘Christabella’ is a design by Margaret Sampson George, one that many quilters have enjoyed making. Helen made her version while taking monthly sewing days with Marg. The top has been finished for some time, and Helen spent time carefully considering the quilting, backing and binding. She has had it machine quilted by Cathie Calvert of Lakeside Quilting, and is very happy with the result. A big, beautiful quilt. Well worth the time and care that went into its making.
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| The quilt top is hand stitched, using English paper piecing |
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| The centre medallion |
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| The back is also pieced, including some English paper piecing and machine stitching. |
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| Miriam’s ‘Ellenbank’ quilt, designed by Treehouse Textiles |
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| Miriam lives red, and likes it combined with blue and white |
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| Red plaid backing and binding - and hand quilting. |
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| Julie made this quilt for a friend who lives in a cool climate, |
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| A cold house in the central west prompted Susan to design and make an open fire quilt to give a sense of warmth. The flames and coals are foundation pieced in fiery colours and shapes inside the suggestion of a fireplace. Original and clever! |
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| The fourth in Val’s series of small Kawandi quilts. |
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| Roslyn blames Val for her sidetrack into making a Kawandi quilt from her blue scraps, some of them very old. But she did enjoy the process, so could there be more? |
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| Julie’s placemats and coasters, made from Indigenous print fabric, properly licensed by the artists/designers. |
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| Helen thought it was more than time to make her first disappearing nine patch quilt, and came up with selection of mostly pink fabrics from her stash, and a fabulous tree print for the back. Quilted by Laura for our community collection. There was a bit of a false start with a directional train print, but Google has sorted that out. Might we gently ease her into a disappearing four patch next? |
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| ‘Complete all the unfinished projects’ is Helen’s goal - her tilted windmills have another pretty tree print on the back. |
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| Val doesn’t really like 1930s prints, but found quite a collection in her stash - they are now a snowball + nine patch on point quilt. |
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| Elaine G finds great, versatile patterns for community quilts that she makes from her stash of vibrant fabrics. |
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| Group activity: laying out wonky tree blocks made at a recent sewing day, overseen by Nerida - one of very few of us willing and able to stand on a chair! |
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| Marilyn has spent much of the winter crocheting cosy blankets for her family. |
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| Robyn has also been crocheting blankets throughout winter. |
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| Helen used mixed techniques to make her project bag from 10930s print scraps - Boro, Kawandi, Kantha. |
