September 25, 2007 at 12:05 pm
This cute little antique quilt top is going to the professional machine quilter’s tomorrow, I have finally bitten the bullet and decided to have it machine-quilted as it has been sitting around now for 2 years and will probably sit there for another few years if I don’t get organised, I will post another pic of it when its quilted, I don’t know what pattern to ask for so I think I will wait and ask her advice.
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August 28, 2007 at 5:26 pm
Sorry I haven’t blogged recently but between work quilting and travelling around the countryside the poor blog has suffered. This is my challenge quilt which was a Drunkard Path challenge, I finished it with an antique style medallion.
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July 5, 2007 at 11:09 am
The NSW Guild Quilt show 2007 was extra special this year as my daughter Nikki came second in the Junior Section and won the Encouragement award which was a Bernina Sewing machine for her quilt "Mosh" which was her HSC major work. The standard of the quilts this year was outstanding and you can look at the winning quilts at www.quiltersguildnsw.com
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June 12, 2007 at 5:51 pm
This is the latest arrival, the second in two weeks!!!!!
Its like I can’t help myself, the online shopping thing is becoming a problem, should I go and see someone? Probably not.Should I confess to my husband?? Definately not. I’ll be OK. I can stop. Its the bargains, and the newsletters that inform you of the bargains, I’ll just turn off the computer. Lets see how I go next week, then I’ll get help, I can stop.
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May 28, 2007 at 11:00 am
More Fabric! We have just been on a lunchtime excusion to the local patchwork shop Patchwork products, and found this gorgeous burgundy fabric. Of course I don’t have a project in mind yet but I just had to have it. I have been stocking up recently and have found a few great online stores as well as a few new Sydney shops like QuiltSmith. I am currently making three reproduction quilts at the moment so the stash has a definate vintage feel to it.
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May 23, 2007 at 11:07 am
My latest hand-piecing effort is nearing completion and I have just hit 100 star blocks and thought I would audition some of the florals and prints for the unpieced hexagons and see what it looked like. I have kept the palette very subdued with the odd red or pink colour burst, there is a huge mix of fabrics with a lot of reproductions and lots of scraps, anyway heres a preview.
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March 14, 2007 at 2:37 pm
I love flowers arranged in posies and our local florist - Rays does a lovely job so yesterday I was visiting my Mum as she has undergone shoulder surgery and this cute posy really brightened her day .

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March 8, 2007 at 11:15 am
The storms in Sydney just keep coming and my weeping cherry has decided its springtime and is blossoming profusely, the tree is 4 years old and this is the best display to date. It was 7am and I had to use a flash, however the wet weather is very welcome - the park across the road was so parched in February- look at it now!
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February 27, 2007 at 9:43 am
Well I made it back from the Australian Quilt convention in Melbourne totally exhausted, yet totally inspired. It was a quilters paradise, no scrapbooking stands and only one bead stand with the rest of the show totally dedicated to patchwork, stitching and quilting. Lynelle Slade (Editor of Country Threads) and I had a lovely time meeting contributors and people in the industry we had spoken to but never met. We visited two shops that were quite close to the city and met more lovely ladies (quilters are such a great bunch).

After a bizarre cab ride to South Melbourne on Thursday night we met at a yummy Thai restaurant with a group of contributors, so I must thank Leanne and Rosalie for organising such great night. Of course there was a lot a fabric shopping and I was surprised to see such a different array of fabrics and kits on display, here is a little of the stash I collected, the pink and green theme became apparent quite quickly as I am thinking about making an applique quilt , aside from that theme there were also stands specialising in reproduction fabrics which I love and lots of bright funky fabrics, it was an absolute smorgasbord of fabric.

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February 20, 2007 at 3:53 pm
| Yet another Birthday, It was my mum birthday last week and as cup cakes are all the rage I decided to follow the trend. I have been collecting cake stands and have a couple of antique stands as well as one of the new Wilton wire stands and this new one I used for my Mums cake. The icing is really effective and is cut with a cookie cutter so its really quick and you can buy it pre-prepared. I"ll put the recipe in next months newsletter. |
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