Words from Members

Our dear Fran is still out of action but hopes to get back to us after Easter. She sends us all best wishes for our Easter Fair and will be waiting to hear that the Fair is the usual great success.

Received an e-mail from Penny at Patchwork Angel http://www.patchworkangel.typepad.com/
they are involved in the Quilter's Trail at the moment. So pop on over and see the fun.

Need a little comfort food on this rainy dull day???

Sheila sent me this easy recipe for the world's most dangerous cake.

5 minute Chocolate Mug Cake
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional) - but recommended ;)
a small splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug

Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in the milk and oil and mix well. Add the chocolate chips and vanilla extract, and mix again
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 mins at 1000 watts (high). The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!
Allow to cool a little and tip out onto a plate if desired.
EAT! (this can serve 2 if you want to feel slightly more virtuous).

And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world? Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night!

Now off you go and console yourself about this rotten weather...........and then have a nap......and then do some more quilting, because what else can a body do on a day like this.

Enjoy

A Giveaway for you.......

There was a little parcel waiting for me when I arrived home from Patchwork today,
these lovely F.Q.'s from Catherine at Catherines Place with a little something extra.
The lovely Catherine has given Buderim Patchwork ladies 2 small bottles of Elmers School Glue to try.
Thank you so much Catherine.
Catherine is having a little sale at her online store at http://www.catherinesplace.com.au/ , the lovely F.Q.'s pictured range from $1.50 for the coffee stripe to $3.50 for the 'Fresh Cut' by Heather Bailey.
Postage is $7.50 for 500g and the 9 fatties pictured above only weighed 300g. (there were 2 of the same fabric)
Pop on over to visit and grab yourself a bargain.

Then to have a chance to grab one of these glue goodies, leave a comment on the blog or e-mail me on our newsletter address and next Wednesday I will have Patricia our Treasurer draw a name for one of the Wednesday arvo girls and one for the Thursday night girls.

To see what quilters are using the Elmers school glue for visit the following sites.

Watch Sharon attach quilt binding useing the glue.
Shanor Schamber's quilt binding vid tits
http://quiltinggallery.com/2008/05/15/binding-with-elmers-school-glue/

Lynn in Nebrasaka has a great tip for attaching quilt border on her blog here http://nebraskaviews.blogspot.com/2009/01/stuck-with-glue.html

There are many other instances of quilters using this glue, just Google 'Elmers School glue quilting' to come up with some great info including links to quite a few youtube videos of Sharon Schamber.

Enjoy!

A little postscript. There is a sitemeter icon with a counter at the bottom of our blog page, just scroll to the bottom of the page to see how many visitors we have had.

Everyone's invited............

The Sewing Basket at 122 Brisbane Road, Mooloolaba, has opened its doors.
when I popped in this morning I was given this invitation to pass on to you all, to the Official Opening on Wednesday 15th April from 6.30p.m., how exciting!
Mary Glover has bought what was previously Michell's Patchwork and Sewing and is in the process of a revamp, and here are a couple of pics to show you some of what is on offer.
The ever so friendly Cath, pictured above with a very happy shopper, has a beautiful quilt on the classroom wall. I will take a pic for you on Friday. Yep I have enrolled in a class to do this........

Although the classroom is in the same space, it is now more open and the whole store seems to be roomier.
There is a wide range of classes available, from Beginners Stack-n-Slash to more advanced quilting as well as machine, overlocker and hand embroidery classes, all most reasonably priced.

See those pretty pastel flannels in the bottom right bay above, they are only $15 mtr. same as most of the other fabric in those bays, some are as low as $10 mtr., at those prices I guess we will still be quilting through the 'financial crises'.

Make yourself a cuppa and check these out.....

Free Motion Quilting on a Treadle Machine
This link was put up by a member of an online quilting group, shows a rather proficient quilter doing beautiful feathers on a treadle sewing machine. Scroll down to the 3rd video and turn your volume way down, it's a little loud.

http://2knitwits.blogspot.com/2008/09/toga-madness.html

Got a question? Need info on a technique or need a free pattern?
Sheila sent a link to QuiltBug Quilt Shop, which is also Quilt Bus and Hickory Hill Quilts, it's full of free patterns, tips, mystery quilt patterns, calculators etc. etc. all searchable, and well worth a visit. Scroll and click on 'Free Stuff' on the left, there is a Info search in the top right had corner.
http://quiltbug.com/

Enjoy

Free Motion Quilting Tutorial

Thinking of trying free motion quilting? Elizabeth from 'oh, fransson!'
http://www.ohfransson.com/oh_fransson/2009/03/quilt-along-14-freemotion-quilting.html
has this clear and easy to follow tutorial.
Enjoy!