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February 2009
Annette Burton -
A gift quilt started years ago just for the exercise of using a single striped fabric.
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A gift quilt started years ago just for the exercise of using a single striped fabric.
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Helen Boyce -
This cot quilt was made for a ‘friend’ who never paid for the fabric or even came to collect it. I am donating it to the fire victims.
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This cot quilt was made for a ‘friend’ who never paid for the fabric or even came to collect it. I am donating it to the fire victims.
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Helen Boyce -
This quilt was started in a workshop with Noelene Houghton a few years ago and finished shortly after. It was then put away ‘to quilt soon’. Finally it was quilted by Norma Aitken as my Christmas present – and I love it. I have a few quilts put away to quilt later and I am determined to reduce the pile this year. PS Still no label though.
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This quilt was started in a workshop with Noelene Houghton a few years ago and finished shortly after. It was then put away ‘to quilt soon’. Finally it was quilted by Norma Aitken as my Christmas present – and I love it. I have a few quilts put away to quilt later and I am determined to reduce the pile this year. PS Still no label though.
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Jo O'Mara - Alistair’s Monkey Quilt
I got ½ the fabrics from my mother-in-law in Chicago and the rest from Amitie. Amitie had a similar quilt to this and they told me it was ‘quick and easy’! Well – it took me about a day to sew it together and over a year to snip it BECAUSE IT WAS SO BORING! Never again.
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I got ½ the fabrics from my mother-in-law in Chicago and the rest from Amitie. Amitie had a similar quilt to this and they told me it was ‘quick and easy’! Well – it took me about a day to sew it together and over a year to snip it BECAUSE IT WAS SO BORING! Never again.
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Pat Wright - Jinny Beyer blocks. A traditional setting.
Some time ago a friend gave me a book about machine quilting, something I have avoided. There were many good suggestions in the book, including just put some blocks together and get started, the theory being that by the time the quilt is finished, the quilter will have improved. I learnt a lot of things quilting this, including the fact that while a couple of glasses of red wine relax the shoulders they certainly don’t contribute to the accuracy. There are many horrible mistakes in this quilt but I’m going to keep it as it is a yardstick for future progress.
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Some time ago a friend gave me a book about machine quilting, something I have avoided. There were many good suggestions in the book, including just put some blocks together and get started, the theory being that by the time the quilt is finished, the quilter will have improved. I learnt a lot of things quilting this, including the fact that while a couple of glasses of red wine relax the shoulders they certainly don’t contribute to the accuracy. There are many horrible mistakes in this quilt but I’m going to keep it as it is a yardstick for future progress.
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Annette Burton -
An interesting technique I tried from a book but now I don’t know what to do with it. Any suggestions?
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An interesting technique I tried from a book but now I don’t know what to do with it. Any suggestions?
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Annette Burton -
A kaleidoscope quilt made while I was in Perth – now a question of quilting.
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A kaleidoscope quilt made while I was in Perth – now a question of quilting.
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Annette Burton -
Foundation pieced table runner designed, pieced and quilted by me.
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Foundation pieced table runner designed, pieced and quilted by me.
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Evelyn Vesper - Silver Fern Bag
Designer/pattern maker: Mary Metcalf design from Kiwiquilts. A quick and easy bag to make. I didn’t have the suitable dark blue fabric, so I stamped the fern design on plain fabric.
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Designer/pattern maker: Mary Metcalf design from Kiwiquilts. A quick and easy bag to make. I didn’t have the suitable dark blue fabric, so I stamped the fern design on plain fabric.
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Evelyn Vesper -
Designer/pattern maker: Jill O’Connor A fun quilt to make and a real stash buster. Similar to a quilt in ’Down Under Quilts’ magazine, issue 116.
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Designer/pattern maker: Jill O’Connor A fun quilt to make and a real stash buster. Similar to a quilt in ’Down Under Quilts’ magazine, issue 116.
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Sandra Twomey - Simply Beautiful
Designer/pattern maker: Alex Anderson Design from Quilts of Thimble Creek. This quilt is for our Queensland friends’ caravan. They plan to go around Australia but at present they have had their plans altered by both floods and fires.
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Designer/pattern maker: Alex Anderson Design from Quilts of Thimble Creek. This quilt is for our Queensland friends’ caravan. They plan to go around Australia but at present they have had their plans altered by both floods and fires.
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Jeanne Nimmo - Homage to Sallie Anne Quilt.
Commenced classes at Primarily Patchwork. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Jenny Scott of Always Quilting. I really enjoyed working on this quilt although putting it together was a challenge. Actually I love this Quilt!!
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Commenced classes at Primarily Patchwork. Hand appliquéd. Machine quilted by Jenny Scott of Always Quilting. I really enjoyed working on this quilt although putting it together was a challenge. Actually I love this Quilt!!
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