Friday, April 4, 2025
The ‘Play Ball’ series - recap
All three of the ‘Play Ball’ quilts are now finished, so here’s a look at them all together. All of the feature fabrics and two of the backings are part of a very generous donation to our community stash, and come from a coordinated fabric range. Many hands made the four-patch starter blocks, Sue sewed them into three quilt tops, Laura generously quilted all of them. Jeni, Susan K and Anne finished them off with binding and labels.
Monday, March 31, 2025
New finishes
Ingenuity, skill and beautiful embroidery …
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A recent ‘Happy Saturday’ post from Miriam; ‘I found an embroidery I did years ago ( pattern by @kasiajacquotembroidery 💕) and decided to make it into Sewmiriam Tote bag.’ |
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The reverse is made from Japanese print Miriam also found in her stash. |
Thursday, March 27, 2025
April events
WAR QUILTS
THE ANNETTE GERO COLLECTION
15 March - 15 June 2025
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TEXStyle: showcase of top HSC Textiles and Design Gallery76 Embroiderers' Guild NSW Weekdays 9-4 / Weekends 10-2 Instagram: gallery76_queenst |
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Timeless Textiles Gallery 90 Hunter Street Newcastle 2300 Gallery opening hours 10am - 4pm Wednesday - Sunday |
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There will be craft books, including a range of quilting books. www.lifelineh2hsydney.org.au/love-books/giant-book-fair/ |
Monday, March 24, 2025
New community quilts
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A soccer fan of any age will be pleased to have Noelle’s sporty quilt. |
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The sashing, border and binding prints are a |
brilliant compliment to the sporty feature fabric.
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The tiny skull and cross bones on the back add a fun final note. |
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Unintentionally, Jill made enough improv blocks for two quilts during the 2023 #30daysofimrovqal online. This is the second quilts using the blocks. |
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Quilted by Laura, with backing from the community stash. |
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The hexagon flower blocks were donated via Hilary, Lynette appliqued them to the backgrounds and added a border. Janet then quilted it on her longarm machine. |
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Susan dipped randomly into a large tub of scraps to piece her improv curve blocks. |
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She chose a vibrant houndstooth check to sash the delighfully hectic blocks. Quilted by Laura. |
Thursday, March 20, 2025
New quilts
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Robyn made this gentle quilt a friend who lives in aged care. The yellow border picks out a subtle contrast in the wattle flowers in the print. |
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Hand quilted by Robyn. |
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Miriam’s SiperStar blocks are rearranged in a baby quilt made by Jill for a friend’s new grandson. |
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The pieced back of the baby quilt. |
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Elaine W made this epic quilt for her brother. |
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All Japanese prints. |
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Elaine quilted it on her domestic machine - quite an accomplishment given it’s large size! |
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Tidying up her small Liberty scraps has yielded at least two quilts during tops for Miriam. This one has a border of brighter squares in shot cotton, and is hand quilted. |
Sunday, March 16, 2025
In progress …
Sometimes people say ‘oh, it isn’t finished’ when we ask if they would like to share their quilt tops - they are usually easily persuaded that we just love to see them at any stage. Then we look forward to seeing them all over again when they are a finished quilt.
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
It’s not just quilts …
Our group members have a wide range of skills, presences and taste, which are not always manifest as quilts. These are some recent projects that are not quilts, and are quite different from each other.
Janice and Miriam both participated in an embroidery and fine appliqué workshop with Sue Stitchbury The Crewel Gobelin in Killara, stitching whimsical figures on vintage damask napkins. The appliqué fabric is Liberty Tana lawn, allowing the tiny pieces to be needle-turned. They will become wall hangings or be framed.
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Susan Mack made a new bag - unsurprising - putting her sewing machine through its paces, using raw edged denim and pieces cut (with kitchen scissors) from aluminum drink cans! |
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A heavy duty denim machine needle coped well with the aluminum. |
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The stable bottom of the bag include the aluminum pieces. |
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The mesh fabric that Susan often uses for pockets adds an industrial element. |
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Janice chose the butterfly design … |
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… figures in all directions, and sweet little houses. |
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Embroidery decorates some elements and adds fine details to others, such as fairy wings! |
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Miriam surrounded her centre star with lively figures … |
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… some of them apparently standing on their heads … |
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… some flying, and some upright. |
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Community quilts in series
Sometimes we do plan community quilts more than others. The first two here are part of a series of three made from a very generous donation of a coordinated range of bright, playful fabrics. The third is the first of a series of four Noelle is planning from her collection of French General fabrics. We are very grateful for such generosity from so many, as the quilts’ new owners will be.
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Low volume sashing was added, and Laura quilted all three on her long arm machine. |
The fun backing and binding for this one also came from the
donation. Susan K big-stitched the binding down by hand.
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The mostly blue one. |
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This cute backing was bought on sale, and Sue C found the co-ordinating stripe for the binding. |
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Ann stitched the binding down and put some fancy stitches into the label. |
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Laura’s quilting again adds to this beautiful quilt. |
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