It's Over, done and dusted, missing it already...

...yep really, it was a fantastic quilt exhibition, masses of wonderful quilts to drool over or be inspired by.  Great excitement and camaraderie between all the volunteers, especially those who came in every day of the show.  The pride in raising heaps of $$$s for Najidah with our quilt raffles, we sold heaps of lovely goodies, lots of $$$'s floating back to creators to buy - you guessed it, more fabric!!

After the hours of planning and setting up the show it was amazing to watch it come down so quickly, thanks to the unstinting help of so many volunteers, particularly the wonderful menfolk who pitched in to move all those heavy tables, plinths, chairs and re-setting up of the Cottage.
A very big thank you to Nathan, Geoff, Ross, Lionel, John and Paul for your unstinting hard work.

A few more pics of the big un-doing, Kim came to say good-bye, Michelle, Di and Sandy chewing the fat, Paul and Pat getting the floor covers ready for quilts, Janice (just a peek), Lorraine and Marcia packing up the sales room, Gwen, lining up to check out her quilts and then off home for a nice refreshing cuppa.

And now, on to the big event, will try for a post a day.
No particular order, just the way I meandered through the Cottage.

First quilt from the 2015 Quilt Show and Sale is from that amazing youngster, Bailey with her vibrant 1st quilt.

Bailey
'Teddy Bears'

 

"I made this quilt because I needed a blanket for my bears.  I chose the colours because they looked pretty".

Pieced and quilted by Bailey, aged 8.

Wendy (Bailey's Gran)

'Wendy's House'

A group of us decided to do this same quilt.  It is interesting to see how the different colour choices and fabrics make for very different quilts.  

The pattern is 'Leanne's House' by Leanne Beasley.

I hand embroidered and machine pieced and quilted the quilt.

Sandy

'Affordable Faberge'                                                                              

"I love using Jinny Beyer's fabrics and this kit caught my eye because of the beautiful jewel fabrics.  It was quite challenging to make and there was a lot of unpicking involved.

I machine pieced the quilt and it was machine quilted by Judy of Furball Farm Quilting.

Chris

'May Flowers'

"At our last Quilt Show in 2013 several members had made quilts in this design by Joanne Ridley from the book 'Jelly Roll Inspirations' by Pam and Nicky Lintott, I liked the simple design and the combination of machine sewing and hand applique.  I originally intended to make only a single size bed but decided to expand it to cover the bed in our guest room.  It came together very quickly and it was finished off beautifully by the Quilting Fairy, Fiona.  Visitors have commented that it looks very Irish but I just love the colours".

Betty

'Pink for Girls 1'

 

"This quilt was made with one of my granddaughters in mind".

The quilt was machine pieced and quilted by me.

Karen

'Gingham Girls'

 "I received the pattern and kit for this quilt as a gift.  It took a couple of years to complete.  I laid out all the fabrics for all the blocks initially to ensure the flow of colours was correct.  All pieces were then carefully labelled and stored until the embroidery was completed.

The pattern is a Bronwyn Hayes (Red Brolly) design.

The quilt was machine pieced and hand quilted by me.

Beryl

'Find the Nine Patch'

"The Buderim Craft Cottage held a workshop on the Disappearing Nine Patch.  This is my version".

The quilt was machine pieced and quilted by me.

Marie V.

'Owls in the Middle'

"Since learning to do 'quilt as you go', I have been addicted to making small 'I Spy' baby quilts for my great grandchildren and other friends' children.  It is great for using up all your scraps.  The projects were inspired by a fat quarter of owl fabric and the pattern depended on the size of the scrap fabric.  The quilting on this quilt is done on the machine."

Susan

'A Ribbon Pathway'

This quilt is from an Australian Patchwork and Quilting magazine inspired by a quilt made by Roslyn Cooper (originally from the book 'Rotary Roundup' by Judy Hopkins and Nancy Martin) for the 2000 Paralympics fundraiser.

Churn dash blocks set on point, all cotton fabrics (including some Liberty)

Machine pieced by me and machine quilted by Esther Strelen.

Marion

'Autumn Leaves'

"Autumn Leaves was adapted from a design by Jane Grove which appeared in a copy of the Machine Embroidery Magazine and made by a novice quilter!

It was machine pieced but I haven't quite got around to the quilting!"

Diane

'Pleasures Hidden'

"I loved these colours together.  I machine pieced them but the quilt was professionally quilted.  The quilt was made in 1998 but around that time I bought a king size bed and as this fits a queen size bed it has been in the cupboard and never used."

Lorraine I.

'Mummy Loves Pink'

"I make an 'I Spy' quilt for most of the babies in my family and it was whilst I was making for the newest member that I realised that I had made exactly the same quilt for her older brother just 3 years earlier.  Put the 'I Spy' fabric away and had to think of something else.  I found these teeny tiny little alphabet pictures that were not too American and got to work with pencil and paper.

Mum, Jodi, really is a very girlie girl and truly loves the colour pink, so as the new baby was going to be a girl then pink it is to be.

Hunted every quilt shop on the coast and there are fat quarters bought from all the shops to make this up.  I tried to enlarge the little alphabet pictures with borders and links of white to tone down all that bright pink!

The new baby will have it for her baptism soon.

The quilt is my design and I machine pieced and quilted it."

Marie

'Bush Tucker'

Pat

'Throw of the Dice'

 

"I wanted to try something different but also wanted to use just solid colour fabric.  Using a 'Drunkard's Path' template I cut several pieces of various colours and came up with squares and circles.  It looked pretty plain but I had seen quilting done in straight lines and very close together change the look of fabric.

I placed the one dot, dice-like squares on an angle on grey fabric and just started quilting using my domestic Janome and walking foot.  Using threads of various weight and type, polyester, cotton, silk and choosing colours that blended with the dice, the grey fabric took on a rainbow effect, front and back.  I have seen this type of quilting described as 'matchstick quilting." 

Gwen

White wholecloth quilt - Hand embroidered

 

a closer view of the center design

"This was a request from my grandson and his lady friend.  I nearly said 'I only make wedding quilts' but just said 'of course I will"

A 'whole cloth' quilt which I hand quilted.

Karen

'I call it Holly Hobby'

Marcia

'Summer in the Park'

"I saw this quilt on 'YouTube' from Missouri Star Quilts and as I had this lovely Jelly Roll thought it suited the title 'Summer'.  Machine pieced and quilted by me.

Lyn

'Animal Farm'

 "I made this quilt for my granddaughter's fourth birthday.  Most of the animals are from Kellie Wulfohn's 'Animal Alphabet'.  The remainder are from colouring books.  The quilt is hand and machine pieced and hand and machine quilted.

 Stella

'Foundation'

My husband requested a quilt for our bed.  I had made quilts for every member of the family (12) but never one for our bed until now.
I machine pieced the quilt and the machine quilting was done by Fiona, the Quilting Fairy.

Ailsa
'Jelly Roll Joy'
A quilt and cushion

"This quilt was made from 2 Jelly Rolls plus borders.  It was my first attempt to use Jelly Rolls.  We had a workshop at the Cottage and the Jelly Roll design was offered by the Sewing Basket.  The border fabric was from the Patchwork Angel.
I machine pieced the quilt and the Quilting Fairy did the quilting.
The cushion has a Sashiko embroidery center with borders to match my Jelly Roll quilt.  I hand embroidered and then machine quilted the cushion"

Marie
'Celtic Puzzles'

"The pink fabric I purchased many years ago and I have always wanted to do these designs.  So I put them together and I am happy with the results.
The blocks are micro stipple quilted with different designs on sashing and border.
The pattern is taken from a book written by Philomena Wiechel which was published in 1980.
Machine pieced and machine quilted on a domestic machine by me."

Dresden Plates and a colourful knee rug...

just some of the interesting items shared this week.

Now we all know that Lainey is the queen of the purple, so when someone mentioned that the Dresden Plates quilt was Lorraine's I put 2 and 2 together and got 6, yep! wrong Lorraine!
This stunner was started a few years back as a 'bring along' project by Lorraine L.  Lorraine, in the nicest possible way, evaded the question of just how many years ago it was started, however, one gathers that it was quite a few, so if you have such an item in your U.F.O stack, take heart.

Lorraine has had the quilt professionally free motion quilted and now faces the task of popping on the binding...of course if she is guided by the gals from the 'noisy table' who insist that it is only necessary to do 5 stitches a day at Cottage meetings, well, the finishing line could be a few years away yet.
Lorraine was inspired by her stash of Pansy fabric to create the Dresden Plates, they are all hand pieced with 1" cornerstones of Pansies between the sashings, each plate center features the border fabric.

Pat has created a cute wall hanging for the Christmas Fair,  pieced triangle 'trees', and heavily quilted with a variety of free-motion designs in the negative spaces.

Pat has used Christmas fabrics to incorporate hanging tabs as opposed to a hanging sleeve, just one more visual effect on this beauty.

In our group there are just about as many supported charities as there are group members.  Beryl has created this blue beauty for a charity that she supports.

An extra wide sashed border surrounds multi-sized quarter square triangle blocks.

While talking charity quilts, Val bought along 3 quilts in earth tones with designs suitable for Aboriginals.  These 3 quilts are going to Murgon, in central Queensland to be given to Aboriginal children in need.
Strip pieced batiks and traditional aboriginal design fabrics with appliqued kangaroos.  Val has serpentine stitched along the fabric joins which breaks up the solid lines and gives movement to the quilt.

Lots of aboriginal motifs and symbols incorporated into these fabrics.  A simple one patch- 9 patch alternating block arrangement set off with an unusual border.

A vibrant tessellated quilt using just two fabrics and bordered with the feature fabric.

Lorraine C also had a charity quilt to share, this one a red and white Q.A.Y.G crazy patch design, sashed with dots and a wider pieced binding that acts as a border.

Sue W. has been busily hand appliqueing little boy and girl bears onto this colourful kiddies quilt.  Sue only had another few inches of binding to finish stitching down and then into the finished pile with this darling.

Have been watching Betty create this innovative knee rug, she began crocheting it a few weeks back as a bring along piece, Betty is now up to threading the loose weave with colourful lengths of various thickness of yarn and wool, using her crochet hook to pull the yarn through the open loops.

There is quite a bit of length dangling from the edge of the rug, a fringe to be perhaps?  Looking forward to seeing the finished rug.

Lainey, who has been away on retreat bought these two in to share and supplied us with the story.

Our trip away this time we decided that we were only taking UFOs.

The pink butterflies have been put away for a long time. I found the pattern sheet I used for the butterflies on an AP& Q sheet dated 2006. The quilt was originally planned for a great niece when she was about 5 (she is now in high school). I started to make the butterflies in both pink and purple for 2 sisters but when I asked the older one which one she would like I was told “I’d rather have dinosaurs, please.” The butterflies were put away. The pink quilt is finished and the purple one is still a top but I will finish it soon as I have 2 new little girls to give them to.

 

The watery Bargello came about several years ago when the Australian dollar was so high against the American one that I was buying quilt kits and the postage was the difference between the prices in $A and $US. This kit came with rather garish orange fish and lime green weed.

Both of these left out fabrics will find their way into another quilt some time.

PS – she did get the dinosaurs.