Part 3 TREE-mendous Quilt Show 2011

A peek around the corner from the Atrium showing more beautiful quilts and floral arrangements. 

A big thank you to Inge for her 'garden trimmings' (I kid you not! garden trimmings is what she calls the swathes of greenery and blooms bought along to brighten our quilt show, arranged with help from her daughter Betty.)

Gwenyth
'Please No More Grapes'

"Bought the pattern at the "Quilting Bee" about 14 years ago.  Also paid to have it traced and sandwiched and started quilting at a great pace but really tired hen I got to the bunches of grapes.
Re-commenced this year.
Washed twice to get the many years of flotsam and jetsam from it.
N.F.S.

Elizabeth
'Hexicans in Japanese Prints'

"This is a hexagon design I copied from Jenny at Patchwork Angel and machine pieced it in Japanese Prints.
The quilt was machine quilted by Fiona the Quilting Fairy"
N.F.S.

Marguerite
'Dresden Delight'

"I finally got around to making a Dresden Plate Design Quilt!
I chose my favourite colours of Blues and Greens in some very pretty fabrics.
The plates are needle turned and the quilting has been done by hand".
N.F.S.

Lorraine
'Tiffany Owls'
very prettily displayed on our Lyn Ballinger quilt stand perpetual trophy! so how did you score that one Lainey??

"My niece rang to tell me that she was having another baby and that the new nursery was Tiffany blue and owls.  As I am her favourite quilting aunt she wanted to give me plenty of warning for the new baby quilt. 

What on earth is Tiffany blue??

I'd never heard of it either so onto the web and looked up Tiffany and Co in Ney York and found their website is a pretty aqua colour.  Hopefully this is what Meredith means by Tiffany blue, 'cos that is what she is going to get. 

P.S. I was given 7 months notice, I think I heard before the grandmother".

N.F.S.

Janice
'Don't Bug Me'

"Cute and colourful.  Ideal Boys quilt.  Can you count how many bugs there are?
$95

Lynne
'Xmas Around the World'

"This quilt was made with my daughter Samantha for the wonderful man in her life whilst she was courting, he in Sydney and she on the Sunshine Coast.
She wanted to bring some Xmas Joy, in July to her darling man, and piecing the quilt made the whole household joyous.
It brought together the traditional design and the newer colour wash techniques.
The design comes from a colour wash class I did, with the famous Yan Pring in 1996 in the northern suburbs of Sydney.  This design, is taken from the book, Colourwash Quilts, by Yan Pring and published by Express Publications 1995
It has been machine pieced using the strip piecing technique used in Yan's book and machine stippled on an old Singer treadle sewing machine born in the 1930's.
There are 9 different Xmas theme fabrics rescued from a Xmas stast, and very fine cotton wadding has been used so the quilt can be used as a table throw as well as a wall hanging".
N.F.S.
Marcia
'Dr. Seuss Strikes Again'

"This is an Eye Spy quilt made for a child's bed.  I loved all of the Dr. Seuss books as did my children and when I saw the fabric I could not resist.
However all my children are too old for this quilt so it is for sale.
It has been machine pieced.
I had it machine quilted by Carmen Brown".
$200

Betty
'Blue Harmony'

Machine pieced, appliqued centre panel.
The fabric for this quilt was given to me by my daughter-in-law as a birthday gift.
Professionally machine quilted"
N.F.S.


Diane
'Friendship Quilt'

"Fabric given by friend Jayne.
Blocks by friends of the "Bossy Stitchers" group.
Made and machine quilted by me
Hand quilted by friend Gwen"
N.F.S.

Lorraine
'Tees'

"I had a bundle of beautiful Japanese fabrics in my stash for awhile and not wanted to cut into them.
Val ran a workshop on tessellations and I suddenly had the inspiration for my lovely fabrics.
$120


Ailsa
'Patchwork Coat'

"This coat was started at a workshop at the Craft Cottage.
The coat was eventually completed with the help of Sue 3 years later.
All my favourite colours are in the coat.
N.F.S.

Janice
'All that Jazz'

"Having some left over 6" blocks from another project, I decided just to add some borders.
I love red, black and white.
The musical fabrics makies the piece look very unique.
Machine pieced
Quilted by Judy of Furball Farm"
$250

Jacqueline
'Cat Antics'

Photo courtesy of Janet
"What a relief being able to use up small scraps of materials and mini pieces, through a book called Cat Craft Collection by Better Homes and Gardens.
Using their designs and some of my own ideas was great fun.  The cats seemed to become life like with their own personalities and antics, which are much loved by the children".
N.F.S.

Part 2 -TREE-mendous Quilt Show 2011

Some more pics of the fabulous quilts on show at our recent quilt show held at the Buderim Craft Cottage in Buderim....there will be more pics to follow...  ;)
Firstly, courtesy of Janet, one of the views of the Atrium as you entered the Cottage for our show.

Diane
'Japanese Quilt'

"A combined project with Mooloolah Quilters.
Machine Pieced and quilted.
Ditch quilted by friend Elena from Mooloolah Quilters.
$650


Janet
Seasons of the Moon

A stunning wall hanging by Janet, the pic doesn't do it justice, machine appliqued curved piecing.
N.F.S.


Two completely different wall hangings both named 'Migration'
Louise
'Migration'

"When I saw this pattern in a book it attracted me because I saw it as representing ideas that when separating from their original base acquire a slightly different look in their new context, and that can evolve into something quite different.  'Migration' seems a suitable title with the lines of quilting representing the gradual disssemination of ideas throughout the community.
Machine and hand pieced and hand quilted by me'.
N.F.S.

Marie
'Migration'

"This small wall hanging is a Caryl Bryer Fallert pattern.  Paper piecing was used for the flying geese and the birds were machine appliqued and it was machine quilted".
N.F.S.


Gwenyth (Gwen)
'Catch a Falling Star'

"Commenced about 12 years ago in a class with Lessa Siegle.  Just loved the making of the stars but I was 'a little' more tardy when it came to assembling and finishing it - Just finished."
N.F.S.

Beryl
'Friendship Baskets of Love'

"Friendship quilt with Nowra Quilters.  My request was, baskets on point, embroidered or appliqued in blue (as per colour swatch).
When they came back my decision was how to put them together.  I love the fact that all the different personalities show up in the blocks.  People that were different or quite gentle.  Just love it.  Hand made baskets by friends.  Machine pieced by myself and  machine quilted by myself.
N.F.S.

June
'What's Under the Sea'

"I started this 6 years ago at least when my daughter was making a bag so I thought I would too.
Too good for a bag so I thought I would make a bed spread for "my old age" room.
No, it' won't wash very well
Runner and pillow the way to go.
Made and quilted by me.
Joanne still hasn't finished hers."
  (Tsk June, you dobber you   :)   -A)
N.F.S.


Front
Diane
'Bits and Pieces'

"Made from scraps left over from my great niece......(Great Niece's quilt?)
Machine quilted."
$75

Cushion behind quilt
Sue
"I hand dyed the fabric, then hand appliqued and machine quilted".
$35

Elizabeth
'Magical Maze'

"Originally this was a wall hanging but somehow it seemed to grow into a Quilt.
It is machine pieced
The design is from Christine Porter's Tessellation Book.
The quilting is done by Fiona from The Quilting Fairy".
N.F.S.

TREE-mendous Quilt Show a tremendous success...

Wow, what a wonderful quilt show the girls put on, with many fantastic quilts both on display and for sale. Apart from the months/years of stitching, quilting and creating there is all the hard work of presenting the show...folks up ladders, discussions and decisions to be made, buckets and buckets of floral arrangements to be created and displayed as well as the hanging of all those lovely quilts...these are just a few pics of the many quilters and their families who worked so hard to create a wonderful atmosphere and quilt show.

 

...and these pics show a little of what it is all about, a Gran and her Grandies with the quilts she created for them.

And so to begin the journey through the many wonderful quilts that were on display..

Marie

'Kelmscott'

"Kelmscott is a William Morris quilt designed by Michele Hill. 

The blocks are hand appliqued using William Morris designed fabric where possible.

The knot borders are machine appliqued.

This has been a twelve month project which I have enjoyed doing.  It has been quilted on my domestic sewing machine".  $900.

June

'Girlfriend Wisdom' (Red Hat Ladies)

"Yes, seven years ago I started this. 

Gathered fabric and three years later finished it.

To use all my material  it's just grown and grown.

I had it quilted this year for the Quilt Show by Furball Farm Quilting".

N.F.S.

Lyn

'Pretty in Pink'

"Have combined the traditional nine square patch with appliqued hearts and a frilly border in shades of pink for my expected grandaughter.

Machine pieced and hand and machine quilted".

N.F.S.

Chris

'First Stack and Slash'

"One of my first completed efforts!!

In 2010 I attended a Saturday workshop with Penny at the Patchwork Angel showing how to do a Stack and Slash, using machine piecing. 

I loved these pretty fabrics and decided to highlight each block with gold once I arrived home. 

It's also my firsT attempt at quilting by hand and machine".

Marcia

'Spinning Tops'

"This Pinwheel quilt made from an idea of 9 very old designs when women used up scraps to make warm quilts for beds in winter.

I love scrap quilts and wanted to make one for my grand-daughters 21st birthday.

By using the pinwheel design I was able to use a large amount of my STASH as I endeavoured not to use any fabric more than once.

Her favourite colours are urple and green so I added the borders and backing in those colours.  The quilt is machine pieced and was machine quilted by Fiona Bell".

N.F.S.

Hmmm....interesting - not.....for some reason blogger will only load one pic...over and over again...so ladies this is the end of part one of our quilt show..part two to follow as soon as I work out what is going on. A

Birthday Cake, a quilt beginning, News and lots of hand work...

Happy Birthday Inge!!
Yep, Inge had a rather special Birthday with lots of lovely celebrations including a fab afternoon tea at the Cottage courtesy of her lovely Daughter Betty.
The Birthday Cake was a yummy affair with slices of fresh strawberries over the top...

plates and plates of wonderful goodies to munch on and some of the best curried egg sandwiches I've fanged since....well since the last time!
Betty then popped herself up on a chair to take this great 'Birthday Party' Pic of the group.

Debby, one of the Needlework group, joined us for Patchwork, she is starting on a cute floral applique quilt for her bed, 3 blocks done so far, great job Debby!

The Ladies on the Top Table.......is that is 'top of the class' table? 'top gals table'? or the table at the top end of the room?.. or all three?......anyway, they are all busy beavering away for the Big Tree-mendous Quilt Show that is coming up in a rush, Winifred is creating a lovely cushion, appliqueing a pieced tumbling blocks to the cushion front.  Louise is also creating a cushion, lots of lovely hand quilting going on there! and Dorothy is knitting up a storm with a squiggly scarf, lots of little 'fingers' down the side that will twist and turn as the scarf grows.

We were all very sad when Lorraine H decided to re-locate back to Tassy, Lorraine was a very involved group member, taking on Leadership of the Thursday night group, and always happy to share her knowledge and tips, lots of which she learned from the many local classes and retreats that she attended.
Although Lorraine has been able to keep up with all our news and work by accessing our blog through her local library, we have just had little snippets now and again, so it was a wonderful surprise to finally get an e-mail from her, yep, finally on the net...well it takes time to get connections and cables laid when you live in the middle of a National Park on a Tassy coast!   ;)


The most exciting bit of news? remember the stunning  Lone Star quilt Lorraine shared with us before she left?, then a flimsey, it has since been finished and entered in the Annual Quilt Guild of Tasmania's show....and won 4th Place.  Congratulations Lorraine!!

Lorraine also entered her 'Friends of Buderim' row x row Friendship quilt.

 and....
yeah, there is more....
she also entered her Hexagon sampler 'Start of Something Big'

 and for those of you who want the details, Lorraine has also sent us pics of the show notes.

 And to fill you in on what she has been up to, some of Lorraine's email....

 "However, I have been able to keep up with all the Buderim Group news when I travel into town and visit the Library using their computers. It seems like you all are still producing lovely work and having a lot of fun. As soon as we arrived here, I joined the local Patchwork Group - Wynyard Cottage Patchwork - and I have really enjoyed attending their meetings. They are a lovely group of around 25 members who meet 3 times a month in each others homes. There seems to be a big emphasis on hand work down here with lots of beautiful applique and hand quilting everywhere! I have also joined the Quilting Guild of Tasmania and recently went to a wonderful retreat with them - 5 days of unlimited quilting in the middle of Tasmania in a lovely mountain setting. A few weeks ago, the Annual Quilt Show for the Guild was held in Launceston in conjunction with the Craft Fair. I had some quilts entered, and was lucky enough to win an award! My blue and white lone star quilt was awarded 4th place in the Amateur Traditional Section. As this was the largest section in the whole show, I was really surprised to get an award. It was so exciting to be at the show and see all the wonderful quilts there, and one of mine with a rosette on it ! I have attached some photos of my quilts at the show." 

Thanks for the update Lorraine, and once again congratulations on your Show win.  How about some pics of the work done by your new quilty friends?, I am sure we would all love to share. - A.

Lyn Ballinger Challenge

Great excitement at this weeks meeting, it was our annual Luncheon and Judging of the Lyn Ballinger Challenge. This year, in keeping with our Quilt Show Theme of 'International Year of the Forests'  our challenge was to create a 'green' shopping bag from calico and re-cycled fabric.  The feature fabric, at first sight, could only be described as,  well, ugly really.  But what a star it turned out to be!, those clever quilters created some really cute shopping bags.  Now as the 'Viewers Choice'  voting is to take place at our Quilt Show on the first weekend in June, I can't show you all the finished bags....but...I can show you some of the innovative ways the girls used 'that fabric'

 There are leaves galore, singly and as bunches, hearts, suffolk puff flowers, letters, logos, buildings and baskets. How innovative is all that!

The Luncheon itself was organised by our 2 Professional Luncheon Co-ordinators, Queen Fran and Duchess Beryl, who had their tiaras firmly in place to prove their claims, they did a great job of presenting the many delish dishes, keeping everyones glass topped up with a selection of champers, punch and chilled fruit water and just generally setting out the room with lovely green table decorations.

 and of course, there is always the 'behind the scenes' workers and helpers who make these occasions sing along without a hitch.

Judging this year was by Patchwork Group co-founder, Rose, who in keeping with the theme, wondered if perhaps she was a re-cycled Judge, having previously judged a challenge 10 years ago.

 We also had some great Show and Tell, some of which was from a week or so ago, sorry I've missed a couple of posts, it's all the new pup's fault, I seem to rush from sunup to sundown and beyond with a roll of loo paper in one hand and a mop in the other, chasing behind a new puppy that can only be described at 'mischief on a stick'

Sue bought along a couple of cushions from last century, yep she finally finished them!!.  Both cushions used Sue's own hand dyed fabrics.

Now why is Susie hiding behind the 2nd cushion?, she was having a little sob...somehow or other, in the cushion swap over, all Sue's colour co-ordinated, organised tinsy little applique pieces got dumped on the floor!.....I kid you not! and what is worse, somehow, one of them disappeared. Drat!.

Janet has used a pattern from on of our Library books on using Jelly rolls to create this wonderful quilt.  Yep, apart from the background all the colour pieces are from a Jelly Roll!

Here is a closer view, it takes clever colour matching to create that larger triangle but as you can see, Janet has done a brilliant job of creating those large triangles.

The quilting, which so suits the quilt design was done for Janet by Fiona of the Quilting Fairy.  Fiona used a variagated thread for extra flow in the quilting design.

Val has been commissioned to make two quilts for twin little girls, she bought along finished quilt number one to share with us.  Wonderful vibrant colours bring this pattern to life.

 and a few closer views of the great blocks.

 Wendy bought along her finished 'Chinese Lantern' table runner done in a recent in house workshop with Janice.

Janette has created another wall hanging for her home,  a lovely stained glass creation with the neatest blanket stitched applique.