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| Peppin Heritage Centre Gallery 295 George Street, Deniliquin NSW |
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76 Queen Street, Concord West 2138 Open 9 - 4 Monday - Friday; 10 - 2 Saturday and Sunday Closed public holidays |
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90 Hunter Street Newcastle 2300 Open 10 - 4 Wednesday - Saturday; 10 - 2 Sunday Closed public holidays |
Fabric Garden specialises in modern quilting fabric, keeping up with latest releases, notions, threads, patterns, kits, and a range of crochets and knitting yarns and notions. Also on offer is a wide range of classes, including for beginner quilters, children, and teens. Sue teaches herself and invites guest teachers throughout the year.
This month Fabric Garden is hosting a two day Laura Hein Collage quilting workshop with accredited teacher Maru Sato, on 28 and 29 March. Details and bookings here on the Fabric Garden website.
You will be able to see our raffle quilt, ‘Bespoked’ hanging at Fabric Garden later this month, and to buy raffle tickets there.
We will introduce our other two vendors The Makers Stash and 60 Stitches in o future posts.
You will see that there will be lots of fabulous shopping opportunities at the show!
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| A tessellating plus quilt always requires close attention to ensure that the simple square patches actually line up so that they red as plus shapes to the eye. Elaine G’s use of high contrast colour and tone make the quilt vibrant but needed a high level of vigilance in their placement. |
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| Elaine has quilted a variable grid to add interest for both the viewer and the quilter. |
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| The quilt will be donated to a patient at Westmead Hospital. |
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| Elaine’s 15 year old grandson asked her fora new cushion for his bed when the one he’s loved since he was three wore out. He is still a committed cat-lover, so Elaine re-made the very same one, in somewhat more sophisticated colours and prints to coordinate with his grown-up quilt. He loves it - two excellent outcomes for a quilting grandma - a quilted cushion worn out from use, and love for the requested replacement. |
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‘Cabin Fever’ is aptly named - during COVID lockdowns Miriam used a stash of scraps from her own collection and into her late mother’s. The long awaited result is a much loved, eclectic mix of prints, replete with memories, stitched into a comfortable and comforting quilt loved by her family. |
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Many of the pieces are small, the blocks are a miscellany of house blocks, log cabins, stacks and hearts made from many narrow strips, flying geese and others to be discovered - there is no pattern, but it is a completely cohesive design. |
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| You might see this one at the #fairholmequiltshow2026 16 - 17 May - look out for it! |
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| Daphne likes to experiment with block pattern. This one is cleverly less complicated than it looks. The pattern is ‘Entwined’ from Quilt Expressions, available as a downloadable .pdf file |
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| A whimsical ‘Crossroads’ quilt, made for our community collection, by Miriam @sewmiriam. The design is by Emma Di Stefano from Treehouse Textiles |
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| Another whimsical community quilt, this one made by Elaine G has a fun summery feel. |
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| Elaine W has made numerous quilts with hexagon flowers - this one is a welcome addition to the community collection. |
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| You will be able to see Robyn’s big beautiful quilt up close at our 2026 Quilt Show 16 - 17 May. Robyn particularly enjoys hand stitching and embroidery, and has used both in this quilt. The hand appliquéd circles are all Liberty, and only a few prints are repeated. |
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| The centre circles are hand embroidered, with a variety of designs and stitches. |
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| The print borders are also a Liberty print, and the sawtooth final border is needle turn appliquéd to the lawn border. |
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| Tessellating windmills of bright batiks - a new quilt that Chris’s grandchildren are enjoying. |
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| Denise’s big. beautiful ‘Patchwork of the Crosses’, quilt, designed by Lucy Boston reaches to the floor over her queen sized bed. That’s a lot of English paper piecing. Quilted by Laura. |
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| ‘Echoes and Silences’ is an exhibition of works by members of Untethered Fibres Gallery hours Tuesday - Sunday 10am - 4 pm (02) 67725255 |
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14 FEB 2026—24 MAY 2026 Stitching Stories: 50 Years of Canberra Quilters 176 London Circuit, Canberra ACT Founded in 1976 from humble beginnings in a Curtin home, Canberra Quilters has grown into a vibrant community built on friendship, creativity, and a shared passion for patchwork and quilting. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, Canberra Quilters remains a vital contributor to Canberra’s arts landscape. The group skilfully unites a range of activities - including its annual exhibition and sale, the Quilts for Others program, and diverse special interest groups - forming a thriving and harmonious creative community. |
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Modern Quilt Show Australia 2026 Entries now closed Early bird tickets now available Instagram Facebook |
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| TEXStyle 2026 Presented by the Technology Educators Association of NSW 1 March - 24 April 2026 The TEXStyle exhibition is the annual showcase of excellence in HSC Textiles and Design, enjoyed by both the education sector and wider community. 76 Queen Street, Concord West 2138 Open 9 - 4 Monday - Friday 10 - 2 Saturday and Sunday Closed public holidays |
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| www.yarnshow.com.au |
Raffle tickets will be available from late February from Fairholme members, and will be readily available at the Quilt Show on 16 and 17 May 2026. The raffle will be drawn at the close of the show on Sunday 17 May.
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| Elaine G grew a garden of appliqued flower pots and floral patchwork. |
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| Jenny made two quilts from the whimsical giraffe print. |
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| Jill gathered the left over strips and discarded pieces from an earlier improv quilt into log cabin-ish blocks. |
