Yvonne's Trunk Show

Another wonderful Trunk Show from the Thursday Night Group, this time featuring the lovely and varied work of Yvonne, a new member to our Patchwork Group
Thanks again to Debby and Letitia for making it possible for us all to share Yvonne's treasures.

Yvonne has had no formal sewing lessons. She did sew for her children when they were younger and this is her first quilt that she made for her daughter 15 years ago.

Yvonne said it's a bit faded but her daughter has it on her bed & it's well loved.

A very large log cabin quilt. it belongs on her queen size bed & reaches the floor.

Yvonne's first embroidery quilt, a quilt as you go that Yvonne quilted on her sewing machine.

A closer view of some of the beautifully worked machine embroidery.

Using bali pop prints, Yvonne created this innovative design.   Yvonne said
she doesnt like it, she only liked the middle pattern so she just kept adding!!!

This puffy 'heart' quilt is a favourite of Yvonne's grandson, he loves to  lie on this ever so soft quilt.

This quilt started as a knee rug with some machine embroidery. We don't think Yvonne can do small!!!

This is a smaller quilt which has been recently done - cot size - Yvonne is hoping for twin grand daughters one day

A Table Runner in a design that many quilters have made but with the clever use of colour Yvonne has created a completely different effect.

With clever use of embroidered trees & farm scenes Yvonne created this small blue and green quilt. Very interesting.

More machine embroidery, two lovely machine embroidered cushion covers.

Beautifully embroidered and sprinkled with sequins, a Xmas stocking for grandson Jake

Machine embroidered Washer and tea towel, and a doylie that Yvonne created when she was at high school, hand embroidered with crocheted the edges .

Lace work done on the embroidery machine - just beautiful work & more gorgeous doylies.

Yvonne has also made lots of baby things but has given heaps away.  
Thank you so much Yvonne for sharing your lovely quilting with us & welcome to our group as well. - Debby.

Civil War Fabrics, and another take on Q.A.Y.G.

Civil War Quilts, as soon as someone says those words you know exactly what to expect, the muted colours, the simple designs with a small amount of quilting, these quilts were generally made in a bit of a rush, to be ready to go off to war with loved ones.
Well not so long ago, while on a trip to the U.S., Pat visited an exhibition of Civil War Quilts and was inspired to create this lovely 'Grandma's Flower Garden' quilt using a bundle of fabrics she purchased at the Museum.

Pat teamed her new purchases with some fabric from her Stash for the block backgrounds, The 'flowers' are English paper pieced, Pat's first experience with paper piecing, and then appliqued onto the background squares, and of course the quilting is hand done, a simple design of quilting around the outer edges of the hexagon flowers.

Marie needed a quilt for her B-I-Law's 80th Birthday, so created this quilt from a piece of fabric from her Stash.  Her B-I-L is a country gent who mows lawns for a lot of people - hence the mowers on the fabric.  The circles on the border are edged with bias.    How clever is that!-A

And while we are on the subject of clever, here is a wonderfully clever hint from Sue.  Another use for those thin plastic cutting mats we all buy from the 'cheapie' stores, when they become a little worn and tatty give them a new lease on life by using them for templates!.........I tried this yesterday with a flower shape for quilt marking, works a treat! - Thanks Sue.

And here's another 'clever'.........one of the lovely ladies from the China Painters group happened to be wandering past with this wonderful tiered cake tray in hand.
It will be one of the pieces for sale at the upcoming ARTEXPO that the Painting and China Painting groups will be holding next weekend (the 11th and 12th August)

For more info and a sneak peek on what will be happening pop over to the Buderim Craft Cottage site.  Click on the Blue 'Exhibition Painting Group' button and read of the innovative art that Olga and Rod will be working on throughout the exhibition, or for some peeks at the delicate work done by China Painters, click on their button on the left hand side of the screen...go..enjoy...but don't forget to come back, lots more for you here.

Sue made this quilt for one of her charities and bought it in to show us.  It's a new take on Q.A.Y.G. without having that very obvious join and binding running down the joins.

Constructed in 4 segments, Sue appliqued the fabric squares to each background piece, sandwiched each quarter and quilted with the red stitched lines.  The four sandwiches were then machined together at the front.  Next, Sue appliqued extra fabrics overlapping some of the joins and finished off with extra quilting, still using the machined red lines.  The backing seams were then slip stitched together for a lovely flat almost invisible finish.

As you all know, Janice was the winner of the Viewers Choice in the recent Lyn Ballinger Challenge, but as she was out of town for a bit wasn't at last weeks meeting to collect the trophy.
Sheila took the opportunity to make sure the engraved plaque was in place and presented the quilt stand to a happy Janice on Wednesday.

Julie and Marie were spotted with their heads together over a collection of blocks.  Investigation found these!

Yep! we are going to have a workshop on these cute little 'Cathedral Window' style blocks, can you imagine an entire quilt??

Left the sad til last.  Sad but still a lovely warm story.
Back in 1997, the patchwork group were doing some lovely Friendship Quilts for each other, as groups do, but May didn't really want another quilt that she would only bring out occasionally, she hit on the idea of a 'Friendship Wall-hanging' something that she could hang on her lounge room wall and look at every day to remember her Cottage friends, and that is how this beautifully worked piece came into being.

May's family, knowing her strong ties with the Cottage and her friends there,  has donated her much loved wall-hanging to the Patchwork Group.  It will be hung in the Garden Room where we can all enjoy it and remember a very special lady.

CONGRATRATULATIONS Janice!!!

Janice is the prize winner of the Viewers Choice category of our Lyn Ballinger Challenge.
All the Challenge entries were on display at the recent exhibition held by the Fabric Art and Surface Design group, which was by the way an outstanding success.

Visitors to the exhibition were given the opportunity to vote on which entry appealed to them the most.  The results were a landslide in favour  of Janice's Coral, and we can see why, very realistic and imaginative, but a simple design  using bandages to create her coral.

While surfing the net Janice spotted a pic of a coral formation, polyps withdrawn. and it stuck with her.  While playing around with some bandages, inspiration struck and she created version 1 of her entry, why version 1?  well, a certain miss, who shall remain nameless, took a liking to Janice's creation and decided it needed to go home with her.
So version 2 had to be created, and here it is!

The Challenge perpetual trophy of a quilt stand is now Janice's to use for the year, to display some of her beautiful quilts.

Congratulations again Janice.

Reversible Log Cabin Quilts

Marlene has been taking the Thursday night group through a workshop on Reversible Log Cabin Quilts, and although we are hearing that it is painstaking work, with accurate measurements and stitching being ever so important, the results so far are just stunning.

Two different layouts of the blocks give two very different effects.

Thanks so much Debby for the pics, making it possible for us all to share the excitement.


Marlene had a very organised step by step sample board, including an instructional sheet, all set up  for the girls to work from.

A closer view of some of the blocks under construction. 

Libby, hard at work with some of her blocks in progress.

Marlene gives some tips to Ivanka.

Leanne squaring up her blocks while Debby gives encouragement.

Jules concentrating on getting the batting and fabric strips lined up just right and a closer view of her growing blocks.

3 pics of quilts in progress, they are all going to be stunning, looking forward to seeing the finished quilts, and just what layout was chosen, along with the proud creators!

Beryl's Trunk Show - Part 2

Beryl still has her first embroidered doilies she made whilst in high school, and when you turn them over they look as lovely as the front.  Bet she had a strict teacher!  Beryl also shared two place mats that she printed at high school.

4 blocks from a W.I.P., 'Romance of the Rose' a hand appliqued and hand quilted, Q.A.Y.G.

One of Beryls first quilts, a predominately pink sampler made in 1993.

Made with leftovers, (is there such a thing in quilting?) tied and quilted.

 

'Pelicans' , using a photo as inspiration, Beryl created this landscape quilt in a 1999 Class with Judy Turner, it now hangs in Beryl's lounge room.

Once upon a time Beryl thought she didn't like flannel quilts, but she made this one anyway, it is now a favourite! always goes along on holidays with her and her Darling - never a chance of being cold with this lovely soft quilt along.  Hand appliqued flowers, and with a tea dyed backing.

'All Things Wonderful'.  A beginners style quilt, Beryl created this quilt  as an example that a quilt doesn't have to be a complicated design to be lovely, it's all in the colourplay.

A cream and maroon mystery quilt.  A member of the Nowra quilting group souced the design and hosted the Mystery.  This is Beryl's Husbands favourite quilt.

Love this very bright log cabin with black and green H.S.T. centres.  Created in a class with Judy Horvath.

This is a huge quilt. 'Hidden Splendor' was created to showcase Beryl's collection of beautiful Australian print fabrics.  The Map of Australia in the center - with State Boundaries marked - is created using a floral print that contains the state flower for all of our States.  This quilt is soon to be raffled for a charity.

'Dollies' is a novel round robin quilt.  Done entirely by Beryl, as did each other Nowra group member who took part in this novel project.  Following the usual round robin rules.

A very masculine quilt, 'John Deer', made for her Darling, an ex farmer and machinery enthusiast.

Elaine's Trunk Show - Part 2

It is sometimes difficult making decisions on just which wonderful goodies to feature in a Trunk Show, and that is certainly the case with Elaine's treasures.  Not only the volume of work but the variety.  To show as much as possible there are a number of collages, to get a larger view just pop your cursor on the pic and left click, a larger version of the photo will pop up for easier viewing and more detail.
In this collage the top two pics are of full size tablecloths worked in hardanger by Elaine, the cute tablecloth with the embroidered daffodils was done by Elaine's Mum many years ago, then there is a hardanger table runner and another smaller tablecloth, also worked in hardanger.  Now in one of those beautiful works there is a line missing.......kid you not!!, Elaine spotted it when we were taking the pics.......I thought she was pulling my leg, but eventually she made me see it, miniscule it is too!!

Elaine used 'Glenshee' Linen for her works which she thought had ceased to be, but looking for a little info, found that it is still alive and kicking, although the prices have increased somewhat.

Elaine enrolled in a class to do a Medallion quilt with Sonia Solly, a local tutor, knowing that she had to have a center piece, Elaine chose the little Pharoah tile but soon found the center had to be extended, with some help from Sonia this stunning  medallion quilt was created.

The hexagon quilt was started while Elaine was on a holiday, hand stitched and longarm quilted by Fiona from the Quilting Fairy.

Elaine also has many folk art paintings adorning the walls in her home, all having been exhibited and many winning prizes, there is also a lovely clock as well as a pair of cross stitched framed roses (bottom right pic)

These landscapes have quite a story, the bush hut was a raffle done by her tutor, and won by Elaine, she then went on to complete the 2 river scenes, both are in Shoalhaven N.S.W.

This lovely work is Elaine's favourite.

Elaine is busily working on 3 other quilts for family members, just awaiting borders and quilting.
A vibrant 'Golf' quilt,

A sailing themed quilt, for a sailor in the family.

And this navy and white quilt to be.

and the final pic - some more of Elaine's Folk Art creations, including just a few from her Christmas themed collection.

It was a real privilege to be a guest of Elaine and her Darling in their home and to view all the wonderful creations of this very talented lady.  Thank you Elaine. -A