Double the Delight

Two weeks of pics, good Karma and some amazing generosity for your enjoyment.

First story is all about great Karma. Sheila has been planning and designing a quilt for one of her basketball playing Grandsons, who when asked what he would like featured on his quilt said, 'Oh any design', but he really wanted something of his fave team and player, mind you, his fave player and team is Curry of the Golden State Warriors, A U.S.A team....hmmm - some real thought time was needed, up until Sheila toddled off for her weekly shift in her church Op Shop. You're not gonna believe it, but its true, there was a Jersey with Curry 30 one side and the Golden State Warriors logo on the other! I kid you not!

The Rockets Logo is the Rockhampton Rockets that Dad (Sheila's Son)coached.
Love a good Karma story!

Its Time
The Big Unveiling of our second Raffle Quilt 'Skittles' a really beautiful modern design created for us by Marie.

The custom quilting on 'Skittles' was done by Fiona, the Quilting Fairy on her long arm quilter, lots of different quilting designs on this stunning quilt.

Cheryl, who is not only a quilter, but a machine embroidery enthusiast has created 2 terrific labels for our quilts.
'Shadows in Lime'

and 'Skittles'

Kudos to all involved in creating our 2019 Quilt Exhibition raffle quilts, jobs well done!

Now, onto the other show and tell goodies.

Marlene has created a true re-cycled quilt for our quilt show, the only new fabric is the lovely striped binding,

All other fabrics are from Jeans (via Sheila and the church Op Shop) Slacks from Marlene's old but too good to chuck collection and ties, again from the Op Shop as well as the last piece of tartan from Marlene's Dads Tartan tie - a real family heirloom.

In the spirit of re-cycled quilts or swags Marlene opted to 'Tie' her quilt with a rather inovative design that forms cute furry looking caterpillars on the back, all marching along in line. No, sorry, missed the pic but believe me, cute, cute, cute.

Wendy shared this quilt with us last week,

Another version of the 9 Patch Bento box tutorial Wendy presented to the group early last year.

Heather is wardrobe creating for her little miss Grandie, shorts galore, of course telling the back from the front is a challenge for a little one so Heather put sweet little pockets on the back, just big enough to squirrel away a smartie or two.

Sue W is busily stitching a panel, the 'Owl and the Pussycat'

Looking forward to seeing this one finished.

Lyn meanwhile is stitching stylised African animals for her family who have toured Africa. Great memento for the family, I think Lyn mentioned she will be creating cushions, so special.

Following the theme of 'Re-cycled' some of the gals are donating their notions from visiting other quilt shows, what a great idea!

These two I think were donated by Sue or Jackie, I think...lots of chitter chatter going on when I snapped these - well thats my excuse.

Some really special sharing and generosity.

The request came our way to help out with a small quilt donation to be auctioned to raise funds to enable the biker group BMad, or Bikers Making a Difference in the important work they do in assisting and supporting those in need and the homeless of Brisbane.
The group will be holding their annual 'Blanket Run' where group members, their family and friends are invited to meet at Joe's Diner in Eagle Farm, bringing along a new or clean used blanket or new sox to donate to the homeless. These items are collected at Joe's and distributed as needed. The group then rides (or cars) off to Dayboro for a day of fun and frivolity.
If you choose to join the group and donate you will enjoy a lovely day.
The Dayboro Lions Club and Dayboro Mens Shed will have a sausage sizzle and drinks available, and I have even heard tell that the local bobby wants an in on the action, and will meet the group for a lighthearted wave and a bit of a flash from the old blue light as you travel through the main street of town.
The big event of the day will be the auction, where donations of all types will be sold to raise funds to purchase other items for the homeless and those in need, such as backpacks with necessities, toiletries, thongs, etc.

Now this is where it gets special, Sheila, with Sues blessing and on behalf of our group donated Sues beautiful flimsey to be quilted and donated to BMad.

When our group heard of the work being done by BMaD Lorraine I. immediately offered her lovely show and tell quilt from last week as a second donation.

Wendy quickly followed on with the donation her show and tell of the day. Another lovely freebie from the Missouri Quilt folk via youtube.

After a little thought, Lorraine I. remembered this bag, 3 internal pockets on each side along with 3 external pockets on each side. Ran it up in an afternoon! yep! true.

Quilters truly are some of the nicest and most generous folks on the planet.
Thank you all very very much from the folk at BMad.

Another fun day with lots of lovelies for you to view

More pics for your enjoyment courtesy of Sheila. Thanks Sheila.
Karen Doyle shared her lovely embroidery piece

Karen Doyle also shared this cutie created using a Jelly Roll.

Michell with her finally completed UFO.

Val shared a vibrant churn dash,

and another churn dash, on point for a different look

Lorraine has been using up some of her scrap mountain.

Marion shared one of her beautiful bargellos with us.

Those quiet achievers have been at it again...

...Meeting day today with an update on how far along the show organisation has travelled. Wow...just wow, so many members working hard and coming up with great ideas, all managed and guided by Sheila. Really folks, pencil in the dates, don't overbook - you won't regret a visit.

Gaye, our very talented patchworker and artist, along with help from Cottage Newsletter editor, Graham has designed a terrific handout brochure, using a pic of one of the raffle quilts as the vibrant and colourful background.

Talking of raffle quilts, Gaye gave us a heads up, she was visiting with Fiona, the Quilt Fairy and the 2nd raffle quilt has been quilted, so a big reveal is in the near future.

Wendy is working on another hand project of large cream hexies, there are lacy hexies,

and candlewicked Hexies

a great project to work on while watching Tellie. Wendy thought she might like a tad more variety in the laces and she certainly will have all the variety she needs with the large bag of cream cotton laces Marcia bought along to share with her.

Marcia also had her latest to share with us, a lovely flimsey created with a little fabric selection help from her darling. Using a free pattern from the Fat Quarter Shop. The pattern is 'Layer Cake Custard' and can be found here. There is even a youtube video with Kimberley for you to follow.

Yvonne purchased 3 pieces of lovely hand printed fabric and very cleverly turned it into a selection of 6 fabrics for this stunning quilt.

With the printing showing as a mirror image on the reverse, flipping both the orange and purple fabrics created a great colour play.

add to that, running the black and white print horizontally as well as vertically, presto! 6 from 3.

Yvonne used a lovely deep purple shot cotton for the backing and a simple straight line quilting design.

Sometimes, bigger is better!

Don't you just love an ipad? we do, Sheila snaps great pics at meetings and then presto, here they are for your enjoyment. Thanks Sheila.

3 rather large lovelies to share with you this week.

We saw Pats stack of improv log cabin mini blocks last week, all created from her scrap stash with the only rule being the red square center. This week, we have the finished quilt, and its a biggie, not to mention really rather lovely. I've heard tell that some folks used to chuck the leftovers...silly lassies, nothing like a 'free' top.

Stella created this lovely with the clever colour play in a class taught by Fiona and had it quilted by Fiona in her guise as 'Quilt Fairy'. Its all ready for our upcoming quilt exhibition.

Wendy chucked a couple of hexis together last week
no she didn't, but honestly, can you blame a body for thinking that she may have?, these gals are fast, prolific and talented.
No, these hexies are all hand stitched and there must be thousands of them, why just the outer design flowers would have about 240 hexies.
This quilt is magnificient, and Wendy machine quilted it herself on her 1 year old special 770 Bernina.

Am I right? everyone is starting to get exibition fever?!!!! Yay, this one is going to be terrific!

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.

Another step toward our Quilt Exhibition...

Sheila has asked that everyone make their own Quilt Exhibition name badge, or indeed, nameless name badge or lanyard. It needs to be small enough to pin to your shirt in the usual place and has to be predominantly denim with the theme of 'recycle', of course, go nuts with any other decorations that take your fancy, whilst still remaining tasteful of course.
As an example, Sheila created this cute little lanyard using a toddlers jeans pocket and stitching a much loved button bought on her visit to Neuschwanstein Castle awhile back.
The badges or lanyards will be worn by the exhibition assistants on duty so that we are instantly recognisable

Betty always comes up with the cutest ideas for little works of crafty art has created these for our inspiration.

Remember Di's lovely box from last weeks show and tell?

Di has been asked the usual "where did you get it" questions by several people. It is a Rinske Stevens design, and was purchased at the Brisbane craft show. Di did a bit of sleuthing around the net and discovered a range available at Sewn and Quilted in Blackburn, Melb. No shipping charges easily visible on the site but found shipping of Di's box from Vic to Qld was around $14.50 for standard postage.
Thanks to Inge holding the box just so, here is a pic of front and back for you in case you too would love one of these lovlies for yourself or even as a gift.

Today, Di was working on more hexies,

actually saw her take a stitch or two between helping Courtney with her new table runner and admiring Sheila's new lanyard.

Courtney's table runner promises to be beautiful with such a lovely colour selection.

Karen had a beautiful tote stuffed full of stitchin' goodies, Turns out the tote was created by Inge. Karen cheerfully emptied the bag to show off all the pockets that Inge incorporated into her bag. Showcasing Shasiko embroidery created on an embroidery machine and teamed with some lovely fabrics, another example of Inge's popular beauties.

Sandy, who shared her lovely ribbon weave quilt last week was working on a sweet 'brights on white' medallion quilt, one of her 'bring along' pieces to work on at meetings.

Was too busy listening to the goss and got distracted from close ups of Sandy's quilt, a couple of closer snips from the above pic.

Today launched the Kaleidoscope workshop with Sue kindly being our tutor.
Lots of discussion, lots of measuring and very accurate pinning.

Looking forward to seeing the progress and finished results.
Thank you Sue for once again sharing your knowledge with us.

Now we all know that Wendy, apart from being a prolific quilter is also a curious little quilter. Show her a pattern that captures her imagination and she won't be happy until she has conquered it, so when she saw Marie & Sue's quilts she just couldn't wait, she had to make the Kaleidoscope quilt, she found a tutorial and sailed away creating a quilt everyone admired but Wendy was critical of it. Why? she thinks that the Kaleidoscope effect isn't as radical as she would have liked, that the overall quilt pattern is too close to the uncut fabric design. She agreed to send me a pic of her quilt as a point of discussion only.
However, reckon its still a great quilt.

Lorraine sacrificed and missed out on the workshop, she kindly took over the arvo tea duties for one of the gals who couldn't make the day, but not to miss out, she worked on her version of squares. Ham and Salad squares as it happens.

Some time back the group purchased a lockable book case for our library collection, no matter how many times Jackie our librarian culls we have books galore, so many, that as time marched on the shelves started to sag under the weight. Lorraine organised with her very helpful Darling to solve the problem.

brackets, real support without the hinderance of dividers, brilliant!
But wait there's more...(feel free to envision steak knife advert. at this point) Obviously all the books had to be removed for the work to take place, so Lorraine being Lorraine, totally organised, she sorted all the books so that they went back into the bookcase in perfect order. Now Keep It That Way err...um...hope it stays that way.
Doesn't it look brilliant? Thank you so much Geoff and Lorraine, the group really appreciates your work for us.

and yes,alright, I confess, I'm really bad at putting books back, really need to wear those glasses- actually finding the suckers would be a start.

Beryl, Lorraine L, and Marie V were busily chatting but stopped long enough to share their work with us.
Lorraine is working on some really intricate and tiny hand pieced blocks, she commented that they get a bit difficult to stitch in the middle of the block!

Beryl shared that she keeps an embroidery piece in the little square tin you see here, anytime she isn't working on a quilt she can simply pick up her box and tote it along for something to work on. Great Idea.

Marie was working on the binding on her scrappy quilt, all scraps, all tiny, beautiful quilt.

Pat was stitching away on her machine, doing duty as Atrium sales staffer and patchworker combined. Seeing a crumb quilt on one of her fave blogs she set out to create her own version of this 4" block log cabin, with 2 large bags of scraps, she has lots to choose from, the only rule is to start each block with the red center, the 'hearth of the home'. The fireplace was used for cooking food, keeping warm and providing light in log cabins. So the traditional red square represents this source of warmth for gathering around.
Using 4 of the 4" blocks to create one 8" sq block Pat will assemble the those blocks in a 10 x 10 block grid.