August events

 

 The latest ideas to emerge from Sydney’s trailblazing Textiles
discipline at the UNSW School of Art and Design. 
Over the past year, four of the university’s researchers have
collaborated with the Embroiderers’ Guild NSW to explore innovation
in textiles. A range of issues are investigated, from how to
minimise waste from discarded bed linen to reassessing
the value of labour used to create everyday textiles. 

Join us for the opening
Saturday, 3 August, 4pm-5.30pm
Gallery76
76 Queen St, Concord West, NSW, 2138
Free attendance; bookings appreciated:
https://www.trybooking.com/eventlist/gallery76

More new finishes

Nine improv patchwork blocks make up Jill’s
scrappy 60” x 60” quilt-as-you-go quilt. 
The blocks are machine pieced.

The blocks are hand quilted with 12wt thread in multiple
 colours, in a square(ish) spiral on each block.

The different backing fabrics for each block
make a large nine patch on the reverse.

Jenni recently did a textile embroidered art class with
Sophie Standing, producing a gorgeous pelican with
fabric and thread on a painted background.

Jenni used mostly Liberty prints

She thoroughly enjoyed the class, and will have the piece
mounted for display on a wall.

Janet’s latest quilt is based on a friend’s artwork,
and is hanging in her brother’s office.

Another recent finish from Janet is made from a Missouri
Star Quilt Company kit, for her husband who likes turtles.

We look after our tools

Christone’s ‘Clamshell Tool Kit’ designed by Emma Di Stefano
from Treehouse Textiles - appliqué, embroidery, and plenty of
useful pockets, and beautiful!

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Carol’s beautifully detailed patchwork and embroidered
project folder, ready for use.

 

Bags! Animals!

Other things that some quilters make … 

Miriam made her little Sashiko bag from a kit
bought from Patchwork Plus

Lyn is planning a interstate trip, so of course she is making a
duffle style carry-on bag with a bit of glitz.

Susan Mac chose warm vibrant prints for her
 new winter handbag

Susan K has made an up-sized (but still very small back
pack for a great niece’s treasures.

The pattern is from Jodie RicRac.

Susan K also likes to make animal soft toys. This one is
the largest sized bilby from Jodie RicRac, chosen along
with fabrics by her 8 year old great nephew.

Susan says Jodie RicRac’s giraffe is much easier to
make than the bilby, but it is just as cute.

Will she stop at three?

You can find them all at https://jodiericrac.myshopify.com

Don’t blame us if you start making them …

 

New community quilts

Four patch-snowball variation block quilt made by Lynette, 
The pattern is Play Ball, designed by Emily Bailey, 
published by Quilting Daily. It can be 
purchased as a .pdf download here for approximately $A5.

Val made the centre eight pointed star as a class sample during
her teaching days, and recently donated it to our community
quilts collection for finishing.

Sue C and Roslyn discovered complimentary border fabrics in
 the community stash, and Laura quilted it.

Elaine has finished a cosy quilt in warm autumn tones.
She thought she should have been quicker, but just a few months
 is an excellent time frame in everyone else’s eyes.

Elaine machine quilted with a template.

 

New finishes

Anne shared her very practical project bag - the bright and
beautiful colours make it easy to find …

… and the mesh pockets make it easy to find
what she has inside it,

‘Tuesday Afternoon’, a Treehouse Textiles block of the
month is Nerida’s latest hand quilted finish.
Nerida has already started her next @treehousetextiles 
hand stitching project

Big and beautiful, with a gorgeous Art Gallery Fabrics backing

Robyn’s stunning star quilt is hand pieced and machine
quilted.The subtle combination of prints in the border is
more complex than it looks at first glance.

A sophisticated palette for both the blocks and borders.

Personal impressions of The New Quilt 2024

First posted by Sue Crowe @bluesuec on Instagram, reposted here with Sue’s permission.

A few snippets from an excursion out to The New Quilt exhibition. The Hawkesbury Regional Gallery is a fantastic space - I do love a gallery which also houses the library - with that lovely ceiling detail above it. The exhibition included an area for children in a side room - with a quilt from Jess Wheelahan and an area to create stitched pieces and pin them to a puffy wall. A few of the pieces cast wonderful shadows, others included fabulous details.