Each quilter started with a basic kit put together by Christine, and added embellishments of their own, exchanged with others, and/or from the shared baskets.
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| Made by Robyn |
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| Robyn (3) = hand embroidered butterfly, Robyn’s design. |
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| Made by Robyn - reverse |
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| Made by Susan Mack |
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| Made by Susan - reverse |
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| Made by Hilary |
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| Hilary found the Dorset button in an op-shop. |
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| This quilt top was re-made from one generously donated, but in need of some renovation and up-sizing. Jill disassembled the original top, separated the couloured triangles and added the low volume pieces. |
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| The backing fabric was also a donation, a long length of a of Australian wild flowerprint from 1985. It was identified as a curtain fabric by one of our members who had chosen the same fabric for curtains in her previous house in the 1980s! |
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| Sue C cut into squares an alphabet panel intended to be made into a cloth book, and alternated them with red nine patches and blue stars. |
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| Laura quilted it on her long arm machine. |
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| Elaine W is working her way through her large fabric stash, making commjnity quilts! |
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| A second stash buster from Elaine W, combining machine and hand quilting. |
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| Jeni made her ‘Figgy’ quilt during and after an online Abstraction class with Brenda Gael Smith. The restrained hand quilting! |
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| The inspiration photo for Jeni’s quilt (‘fiche’ in Italian) was taken at a produce market in Italy last year. She cropped it to the shapes inside the tape. |
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| Jeni made her landscape mini in an in-person class with Gloria Loughman for the Textile Collective. |
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| Half square triangles in carefully chosen fabrics, and paired with a striking border, make a statement in Susan K’s quilt made as a gift. |
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| Susan chose an Anna Maria Horner print for the back. Quilted by Jane at Quilting Finesse. |
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| A year is not a long time to hand stitch a large quilt made of small pieces. Amanda started ‘Oh My George’ with Susan Smith at a retreat in Rye in the UK in 2025, and finished it in 2026. |
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| There are only two different shapes … |
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| … but there are a lot of them, and there are many different fabrics. |
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| Pretty backing … |
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| … and a great label. |
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| A playful whale, made by Elaine G, has a lot to see, but she says she’s never making another clamshell! |
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| Machine embroidery magic. |
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| And on the back …! |
