New community quilt finishes

Susan K dived deep into her stash for her version of
Suzy Myers’ Batiks Gone Wild quilt. It is a simple block
to make, with a clever layout - simpler than it looks finished.

Quilted by Laura

The backing fabric was donated by Hilary who intended it
for dressmaking, but changed her mind.

Elaine G also used the ‘Batiks Gone Wild’ pattern, and
achieved quite a different look by limiting her fabric choices,
using a bold print, and adapting the proportions of the sashing.

‘Plaidish’ quilt, designed by Erica Jackman at
Kitchen Table Quilting, made by Jill. 

Simply quilted with straight lines, most of the fabrics,
including the batik backing came from the community stash.

Another quilt made from blocks made by workshop
participants at last year’s AGM, blocks put together
 and quilted by Lynette.

Former Fairholme Quilter Mareijke generously donated this
quilt top when she was packing up her home to move away
from the city. It has been quilted by Laura and bound by
Lynette, and added to the community quilts collection..

Australia Wide Nine - art quilts

‘Ozquilt Network Inc is a national organisation for art quilters and those interested in art quilts. Our purpose is to raise the profile and status of art quilters, art quilts and art quilt making in Australia. Our membership includes quilters who have achieved national and international success as well as promising emerging artists.’

Australia Wide Nine

‘The Australia Wide exhibition program is a biennial series of exhibitions showcasing work by Ozquilt Network members. Australia Wide Nine premieres at Fabrik Arts and Heritage Art Gallery, Lobethal, South Australia until 8 December 2024 and will tour throughout Australia and internationally until September 2026. View the Australia Wide Nine Gallery.’

Exhibition dates are being published here as they are confirmed.

Community quilts in progress

There are always more community quilts being made than we know about. Here are just a few that were captured in photos recently - tip of the iceberg! Thanks to everyone making community quilts, whenever we discover them.

Lynette introduced us to Emily Bailey’s ‘Play Ball’ pattern 
several years ago, and it has not dated. It was chosen to 
showcase some beautifully coordinated fabrics generously 
donated to the community stash, with several members 
cutting and sewing the initial four patch blocks.

Sue C added the triangles to the sides of the four patches,
 trimmed them into the ball shapes, and put the tops together.

There are enough blocks left to make a third quilt.
 It might not be the last we make with this fun pattern.

The background fabric is a multi-coloured spot.

Jill hand pieced these simple blocks, colour and tone doing
the work. The fabrics were left over from earlier projects,
and some from the community stash.
The top will be pin basted at our next sit and sew day.

The backing fabric is a Jocelyn Proust print,
donated to the community stash.

Batting and backing (donated hexagon print) trimmed, ready for
long arm quilting by Laura. Jill made these improv pieced
blocks last year and put them together during the winter.

Hilary is making a ‘Bespoked’ quilt, designed by Annette
 at Sixty Stitches. Will it reduce the scrap collection?

Noelle’s Ultimate Travel Bag (By Annie)

Noelle recently did a two day class  with Crystal at My Sewing Supplies at Lindfield, 

to make the Ultimate Travel Bag 2.0 designed by By Annie.

She chose a lightweight canvas fabric for the exterior, and mesh and 

quilting cotton for the interior pockets. Noelle has used seat belt webbing 

to make the handles. It even has little legs on the base.  The bag measures 

13¾"H x 14½"W x 4½"D at the top and 

13¾"H x 18½"W x 8"D at bottom.

The finished bag is both beautiful and practical, made from highly serviceable materials.

It’s very impressive!

The bag has several pockets on every surface,
some of them zippered.

The back surface includes a trolley sleeve for stability
on rolling luggage.

There is a large mesh pocket and a zippered pocket inside.

Recent finishes

 

Susan Mac’s hand applique skills are famous -
look at the fine poppy detail on her bolster style cushion!

Jo-Ann made what she calls ‘jeans and red shirt’ quilt for
 a young woman who looked a little hesitant at the mention of
a quilt. Both the design and the palette are modern,
crisp, and not at all fussy.
The curves were achieved with Sew Kind of Wonderful’s
‘Quick Curve Ruler’.

Laura’s modern wave quilting compliments those choices well.

The backing is a complimentary too.

Lyn’s I Spy baby quilt is for a new member of her family
- and she has three more to make before Christmas!
She was puzzling over a border when she came
across the multi-stripe fabric in her stash.

New community quilt finishes

Half square triangles - always popular and so versatile.
Made by Chris, a generous friend of Fairholme who donated
four quilt tops ready for quilting. Thank you Chris.
She thoughtfully included binding with each one!
Quilted and bound by Lynette.

Elaine G featured a vibrant daisy print and two colours from the 

print for her second version of ‘’Travel to Esoterra’.

 This time she redrafted the block pattern to produce a smaller 

block size in keeping with the smaller lap sized quilt she 

aimed for. She quilted subtle cross hatches randomly placed.

‘Travel to Esoterra’ is a free pattern from Mara Quilt Designs

 @mvquilts adapted for Art Gallery Fabrics ‘Esoterra’ fabric 

collection - generously made available as a .pdf download 

from the link in this blog post: 

https://maraquiltdesigns.com/free-patterns/travels-to-esoterra-quilt-in-agf-lookbook-and-free-pattern/

It looks quite at home amongst the fuchsia and hydrangeas
 (thank you for the photos Helen).

‘Play Ball’ designed by Emily Bailey,
this version was made by Susan K.

The feature fabrics were 5” squares from Susan’s stash,
the background an end of bolt bargain …

… and the backing an Anna Maria Horner print from
the community stash, also a sale bargain.

A panel quilted up hy Lynette …

… with a cute backing.

 

Houston 2024

This week has two big events in the quilting community - International Quilt Market, followed by International Quilt Festival in Houston, Texas. 

You will see lots of social media covering both the industry  and public events, new ranges of products, classes, and the biggest judged quilt show. 

The quilt show was judged several weeks ago, and you can see the prize winning quilts online now at www.quilts.com/quilt-festival/judged-show-winners-2024/

Congratulations to all the award winners, and a particular shout out to two Australian quilters who won prizes:

Tania Tanti of Altona Meadows, Victoria has won the Janome Master Award for Innovative Artistry, for her quilt ‘The Naughty Corner’. Tania was also the winner of Best in Show at the Sydney Quilt Show 2024 in September.

Linda Steele of Park Orchards, Victoria won second prize in the Pieced category for her quilt ‘Citrus Zing’.

PREMIERE SCHOOLHOUSE EVENT: TULA PINK DEBUTS 50TH COLLECTION AT QUILT MARKET’S PREMIERE SCHOOLHOUSE, October 14, 2024, by Bob Ruggiero

She is one of today’s bona fide “rock stars” in the quilting industry. And at the Premiere Schoolhouse event at this year’s Quilt Market in Houston (Fri., Oct. 25, 10 am), this designer will unveil her landmark 50th collection of fabrics …

New finishes

Elaine embelled her plain canvas tote by hand embroidering
outlines and fine details around small fabric shapes, machine
appliqued with a small zigzag stitch. 

Some of the very fine lines are drawn with a fabric pen.

Jo-Ann is drawn to modern piecing and quilting designs,
made in a modern palette. She’s achieved all of them with her
latest quilt, longarm quilted by Laura Ujhazy.

Janet’s latest Little House quilt us called
‘Happy Little Townhouses’.

Jenny has been busy with her crochet hooks.

Jenny made this beautiful warm crochet blanket
 for a friend’s 80th birthday.