Thursday night gals

Sheila visited with the Thursday night gals and shared some pics of the lovely work they do. Not to mention, the supper they partake of.
"No Thanks, no chocies for me" said no one I've ever met!

Fiona showing the clams she is currently hand stitching and that supper.

Jules is working on cutting a stack of large sized hexies for her project.

Marlene had several show and tell quilts to share with us.
First in line, showcasing a quilt from a workshop presented to the group by Wendy in 2018.

This quiet version of the Kaleidoscope quilt Sue is currently tutoring our group

A beautifull bargello done by Marlene in a workshop and quilted by 'Quilting Fairy', Fiona

Lovely to catch up with the Thursday nighters, Thank You Sheila.

2017 Quilt Exhibition - Part One

The show was a great success, lots of inspirational quilts were hung, and lots of visitors milling about, viewing, admiring, meeting old friends, catching up, just generally enjoying their visit to our wonderful Cottage.

Lyn Solomon
'Autumn'
Having won a minor prize in the Lyn Ballinger Challenge several years ago, these are the fabrics I bought with the prize money.
I love the rich colours and feel they exude warmth for a cold winters night in a comfy quilt. Disappearing nine parch is also one of my favourite patterns.
Quilted by Lyn Solomon.

Jules Williams
'Retro Brown'
A large trendy quilt made with left over retro style strips.
Just having some fun with left over strips from other projects!
Pattern Design by Jules Williams
Quilted by Letitia Turner

Marie Varley
'Stars and Boxes'
I made this quilt for my daughters 50th. birthday. It is a variation on a quilt by Carolyn Konig called 'Stars Hanging About'.
I used the Asian figures in the center copied from a decoration sent to me by a friend in Vietnam.
Quilted by Fiona Bell

Gwenyth Mitchell
'Gwenyth's Folly'
I started this quilt with dirty cream, mauve and purple. Changed to clearer colours and it all became a pickle!
Finally rescued with animal print
Quilted by Gwenyth Mitchell

Fae Dunner
'I Spy'
A comforter made with love for a traumatised child going into foster care.
"Something to keep" and to let them know they are precious to God.
Inspired by love of children.
Pattern design by Dianne Neumann and Tracey Scougall
Quilted by Fae Dunner

Sheila Tweedy
'Can You See The Face?'
Original design inspired by giant crossword on Pinterest. Fabrics are Canik Batiks 'Gemstones' given to me from the group several years ago. I also added some of my own hand dyed blue fabric.
The backing fabric was a 'must have' purchase.
Pattern design by Sheila tweedy
Quilted by Sheila Tweedy

Jackie Swan
'Tuffet'
I had been aware of tuffets being made in workshops and became interested. At the Brisbane Quilt Show in October 2015, I found Terri there selling kits. So home I came with a big box that I hid away in the house, thinking sometime later I will look at that. Then I became aware that Terri was coming to the coast to do a workshop, so I booked in. It took a full weekend and I am so happy with the results.
Thanks to Kimz Sewing and Patchwork - my tuffet is finished!
Worksho with Terri Ahrens

Sue Andrew
'Francie'
Hand pieced and machine quilted by me.
Quilted by Sue Andrew

Sandy King
'Buderim Belles'
I bought the embroidery blocks at a Quilt Show many years ago and finally finished them this year.
I used a single strand variegated thread for the embroidery and love the olde world look and style of the quilt
Pattern design by Sandy King
Quilted by Fiona - 'The Quilting Fairy'

Unfortunately the early morning light affected the photo badly, so some closer views of some of Sandy's beautiful stitches. - A

...more to come soon - A

It's all about the small and the busy...

...there seems to be a few 'story' quilts surfacing these days,Wendy has fallen in love with this one from the February edition of Homespun magazine.

Created by Natalie Bird of 'The Birdhouse',
So far, progress for Wendy has been choosing the fabrics, always a bit more involved than you first think!, so looking forward to watching this lovely evolve.
If you want an easy way to get the Homespun digital editions, you can catch up with the past editions and subscribe over at Zimio
While we were drooling over Wendy's fabric choices, someone mentioned a lovely little quilt that has been creating quite a fuss in the quilting world for some time now, Jen Kingwall's 'My Small World'. 
Marcia immediately popped up this pic on her ipad for us to wonder at and drool over...

Yep, her very talented daughter Leanne has created her version of 'My Small World'.  You can pop over to Leanne's blog and see her pic of this wonderful quilt.  Leanne is yet to quilt her top but if you subscribe to her blog no doubt you will be able to see the finished quilt in the near future, after all, it is listed on her 100 days to finish challenge!

Chatting about finishing...

Karen was snapped last Thursday night, finishing her reels of thread holder, a U F O of 18 years.  Gotta love a finish.

Marie V. shared this innovative Q.A.Y.G, I Spy quilt with us, wonky log cabins, with the cutest prints at the center, alternated with diagonal strip blocks.

 Some of those cute little prints.

Marie's design gave Patricia a lightbulb moment, she has some nice little prints herself that she would love to use, this design is just perfect!

Courtney is making great progress with her table runner, getting a little guidance here from Mary. 

Some of the gals have been tripping around on boats, large boats, well cruise ships really, and having a wonderful time of it if these eye glasses are anything to go by.

spotted them on the notices table and just had to share the giggle!

Sue W, who just loves applique, created a this wallhanging for a special friend living over in W.Aus. 

Posted off before it could be shared with us, Sue was delighted to receive this pic from her friend, who couldn't believe her luck when she walked into the LQS and spotted the perfect hanger.

Susie A, one of those who has been floating about, took a piece of her beautiful hand dyed fabric with her to create her entry into the Fiber Arts group challenge of course couldn't take a pic of the entire WIP- that would be giving too much away to the Fiber Art gals, but did manage to get some snips of the lovely fabric.

Sue, who used to have her own fabric dyeing business will be presenting a fabric dyeing class to our group in May.  Really looking forward to seeing some beautiful creations.

Marcia, was busily putting the finishing stitches into the binding on this very special quilt.

For her Grandaughters new baby.  Yep Marcia is going to be a Great Granny!!!, not once but twice!!

Yes, two of her Grandaughters are expecting bubbies this year......oooh, can't begin to tell you of the envy around the table when that topic popped up!

Lots of lovely I Spy fabric sashed with plains, a brilliant combination of the busy and the restful.

Sheila snapped some of the girls at work last Thursday night to share with us,

Marlene  getting more 'kites' ready. Gluing faster than tacking?

 

Leanne finally onto the binding of her 1 inch square large quilt

 Thank you Sheila.

Fae had another one of her lovley quilts to share with us.

 and yes, that is Sheila hiding behind the quilt!, talk about a scrunched down leader!

Rita was one of the gals giving us our afternoon tea, and bought her cake along in this very snazzy holder.

The handle threads through two loops for an easy closure, when not in use the entire carrier lays flat for storage, could even do double duty as a table runner?

Sheila had a 'memory lane' pic to share with us, she took 3 of her Granddaughters to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane a few weeks ago, she took their dads there about 40 years ago.

2015 Quilt Show and Sale #5

Lots more lovelies for you today, but first an apology to my dear friend Marguerite.
Dunno what I did but I sure did it well.

Marguerite
'Happy Days'

now some of the girls get a bit gun shy when I want to take a pic of their WIPs, but thank heaven for this WIP pic.

Marguerite's version of the 'Leanne's House' quilts that a group of girls created just for the Quilt Show, they are all stunning with such wonderful embroideries and each one has been subtly changed.

It's a fantastic idea to incorporate into a quilt show and creates a bit of a buzz as viewers reach the realisation that  'I saw that around the corner, but it was different', and they then re-track for a comparison look.
Marguerite named her quilt 'Happy Days' as it reminds her of time spent chatting and working with her friends at the cottage.
It is hand pieced and embroidered by Marguerite.

Have you noticed the other quilts throughout the posts of 'Leanne's House'?
Here is one more, this one is from

Stella
'Leanne's House'

"A group of us decided to do the same quilt for the Show.  When you find the others you will see how different they are.
The quilt was designed by Leanne Beasley
I hand pieced and hand quilted the quilt".

The original to our group was a darling version done by Marcia, who then decided to ask Leanne Beasley for permission to donate the patterns to our group's library and so the inspiration began.

Jules
'Retro Hexi'

 "This quilt was inspired by the Thursday night Buderim quilt group.  After seeing all the ladies beautiful hand pieced quilts I wanted to do one too.  I was inspired and coached by Jenny Clouston.  It took 18 months to do.  This is the first time I have EVER hand quilted.  Thanks Jenny for your guidance.
Hand pieced and hand quilted by ME.

Wendy
'Classic Cream'

"The quilt has candle wicking blocks alternated with 'crazy' patch blocks made of different laces and stitched fabrics.  It is a gift for my sister in law.
I used the quilt as you go method for this quilt".

Marie
'Jewels'

"A beautiful fabric.  The designs were cut out and attached to the black background with needle turn applique, with multi coloured cotton.
Hand needle turn applique and machine quilted by me".

Karen
'Charisma'

 Machine pieced H.S.T. construction and quilted by Karen.

Sheila
'Bright Good Morning'

"This is an original design.
The fabrics are 'Good Morning' from 'Me and My Sister' which I received as a special gift from our group 4 years ago.  I decided to have some fun with curved seams.
I machine pieced and machine quilted the quilt".

Michelle
'Welcome Lola Elizabeth'

 "I heard we were going to be grandparents for the first time as I was completing my first ever quilt, Linda my quilting teacher said "now you have to make a quilt for your new little one"
My daughter in law (the mother to be) said "not too pink" my daughter said "lots of pink".  I think this is a nice compromise.
As a very new patch worker I decided to stick with a traditional Four Patch.

It was machine pieced, it is machine quilted with elephants by Linda from Annapolis USA".

Marlene
'Scrappy Leesa'

"The quilt was made from excess purchases of Leesa Chandler Fabrics!
The quilt was machine pieced by me and quilted by Furball Farm Quilting

Val
'A Knights Tale'

"I am always looking for quilts for boys and there doesn't seem to be too many available.  Found this one in a 'Homespun' Magazine.
The quilt is a Claire Turpin design.
The quilt was machine pieced, appliqued by hand then machine quilted all by me".

Marcia
'Cat in the Cabin'

 "The 'Cat in the Hat' is a favourite of my family so could not resist the fabric.  Decided to put him in the centre of the log cabin style block and use all fabric from the family as logs.  It was machine pieced and quilted by me".

Lorraine L.
'Practice makes Perfect'

"This quilt was made from a pattern called 'Practice makes Perfect' by Kay Meale.
I hand and machine pieced the quilt and I machine quilted it".

Andrea
'Surf's Up'

'Made in a class at the recent Buderim Craft Cottage Winter School with tutor Neroli Henderson based on her piece 'The Churning'
The painted background is heavily quilted using machine embroidery stitches, the 'waves' are also painted, cut to shape and then fused over the background with straight line machine stitching.

Marcia
'Flowers for My Lady'

"I loved these pale floral coloured fabrics and thought they would be beautiful made into a knee quilt for a lovely lady.  They are from a range by Robyn Pandolph, one of my favourite fabric designers.
It was machine pieced and quilted by Carmen Brown.

Sheila
'Stitched With Love for Sheila'

Made by group members in appreciation of the work Sheila does as our group leader. Members supplied a square of fabric, everyone's name was then machine embroidered onto white logs, the blocks were then assembled and the quilt machine quilted by group members.

Inge
'Japanese Totes'

Inge created several of these tote's using Japanese print fabrics.  They were for sale as well as part of the quilt show.  Needless to say, they sold like hot cakes.

Karen with
'Leanne's House'

At end of exhibition Penny from Patchwork Angel decided to raffle off a lovely box of DMC threads.
In Penny's words.

The prize was awarded to The Patchwork Angel’s pick of the show. As it was a box of hand embroidery threads we used hand embroidery as the criteria for our selection. The winner was Karen for her Gingham Girls quilt designed by Red Brolly. Have attached a pic for you although I am sure you have taken one too.

There was even a congratulations from Bronwyn Hayes of Red Brolly for Karen on Patchwork Angel’s  Facebook

 Thanks for the pic Penny.

 Congratulations Karen, as we can see, those threads will not lay around collecting dust in your thread stash.