...lots of Big '0' birthdays have been happening lately, three more this week, all of course with cake, coffee and other assorted nibblies.
Leanne with her lovely potted cyclamen, and Karen about to launch into some delicious chocolate raspberry cup cakes to celebrate their birthdays, nice to see Sheila in the pic as opposed to on the other side of the camera.
Marie and Karen are blowing out their birthday candle, in the new socially acceptable way. Remember when it was fun to watch someone trying to blow out a fierce blaze on top of a cake, when the candles had to come from multiple packets...gee I miss those days...not.
Marie with her beautiful potted cyclamen
and Karen with her potted cyclamen, standing in front of Shela's lovely 'quilt with a story'.
Sheila's quilt story: 'Quilt I made for my daughter 15 years ago. So well loved it showed major wear, and needing a repair. Photos show before & after an overlay using some scraps of original quilt for the repair'
Before the repair
The quilt after the repair, a little design change with a beautiful result.
Helen had a flimsey to share, it will soon be winging its way down south to 'wrap with love' one of Helen's rellies who finds herself stuck in isolation
Marion was spotted finishing off the binding on her lovely Attic Windows floral quilt. She also had a finished quilt to share, her version of a colour wash workshop presented awhile back by Sue A.
Michelle, who does more than her share of beautiful and intricate crazy patchwork was working on a panel that will eventually, in Michelle's words 'be folded, ends inserted and become a roll 'to stick things in'. Looking forward to seeing the finished roll.
Michelle also had a pic of this astounding work and a story to tell.
"While I was in Canberra recently I did a flying
visit to the National Gallery of Australia and hanging there was this stunning
crazy patchwork quilt made in about 1890 by Christina Brown of Lithgow.
It is just stunning, I could have spent much longer admiring the quilt but the
one year old had other ideas!"
A couple of links show more of this lovely work, the Facebook page of National Gallery of Australia
this link to a Christina Brown search, but you will have to read subheadings to find the relevant pics and information on the quilt from the NGA site.
Thanks Michelle.
Loraine was completing a cross stitch roll, a U.F.O. from some time ago.
Loraine also had an unusual scrappy quilt to share, 'Waves', some wavy edged piecing along with a serpentine quilting gives lots of lovely movement to her scrappy quilt.
May was working on her version of Sue A's workshop of a dodecahedron box.
Lyn Ballinger Challenge 2020
The Challenge this year was to create your own potholder with the theme of 'seeds'
Members all took part in telling the story of their concept and design journey.
and last but not least, courtsey of Lainey, and in view of the varied potholders made from small pieces from our stash, a re-write on an old quilting quote from Bonnie Hunter, its not "She who dies with the most fabric wins" but "She who sews it all up before she dies wins"!!
