September Gatherings

What a wonderful month we've had - so many very prolific members.  Our Show'n'tell this month is fantastic.  

We start this month with a stunning applique panel, oops, it's sideways, but you can still see how amazing it is.....

B, has returned with his Egyptian Mythology panel, which has had more added to it since he last showed it back in June

C has been working away on another border of her "Rotherfield's Greys" quilt.  First you make lots of little stars which are then appliqued onto background squares.

For something a little different, here is the most delicate tea cup and saucer - certainly one for admiring...

On the other end of the scale, some lovely chunky variegated knitting, sure to keep it's owner lovely and warm.

Sometimes simplicity is the best - look at those lovely even stitches in this sashiko piece.  Ahhhh....

We have two very diverse but oh so pretty quilt tops in progress, first the four patch diamonds, followed by hand-pieced flowers.  The colours these two ladies have chosen are simply gorgeous.

This photo has been blown up quite large so that you can see the embroidered wreath.  Perfect stitching.

No gathering is complete without Hexagons!  It seems they just like to be where-ever we are! :)  It really doesn't matter what fabrics you make them from, they just look good and bring a lovely feeling of nostalgia with them.

We are excited to see what the hexagon medallion below is going to have around it.  

And, not to be out-done, hexagon shapes can also be "tumbling" or "baby" blocks.  Simply take 3 diamond shapes and 3 shades of colour for a wonderful 3-D effect.

Applique within Kilmore Quilters never fails to please.  From the farmyard to a cheeky cocky, we couldn't help but smile when we saw these two quilts...

Our newest member, Ce, is getting a head start on Christmas!  Very cute applique of Santa, reindeer and a penguin!

To finish off, here is the show'n'tell of completed quilts...  Very diverse and all so perfect.

From memory, these circles of oceans is heading O/S to live with the makers grandson so that he has "hugs from Grandma" while living far away, also made by Ce.

The snowball and 9-patch bears and the two colour quilt were both started at the KQ Retreat, back in 

May.  

The Lone Star quilt and the twirling (Windmills of My Mind) have both been made by the same person.  Diversity is the name of the game!

Thank you for sharing with us what we like to do.  Don't forget the Kilmore Quilters "Quilt In" is being held on Saturday 13th October.  Please e-mail:  kilmorequilters@live.com for details.

April Gatherings.....

Few words this month - the pictures say it all.....

Applique

 

English Paper Piecing

 

 

Stitchery

 

Optical Illusions....... 

We do hope you've enjoyed this month's eye candy -every single piece of work is simply stunning. 

February Super Saturday

 The "scraps" were out in force yesterday, at the first 10-10 Super Sewing Session for 2018.  This blog writer is always left feeling very inspired after seeing what others can do with little bits of fabric - have a scroll through the pics and enjoy...

Starting with this Dresden plate beauty.  Set on a soft pink background, the plates were made out of many different types of fabrics and we are looking forward to seeing it again once the planned borders are added.  She's kept us guessing on that one!

J, who is one of our newest members, came along with her first completed quilt, which she trimmed up and received a lesson in binding....  It was fantastic to share in her excitement of a completed quilt.

As I was wandering around taking photos, I thought I spied a pretty piece of fabric, nope, it was a happy, smiley mug, which looked very comfortable among the yarn and fabric.

Then, it was onto hexagon heaven... starting with a nice, neat tub of ready made hexies, I have shown first, the back of the quilt - look at how those seams have been pressed - ooohhh laa laa -   

So that plastic tub of hexies, becomes this quilt in the pic below...  365 hexagons, 1 per day for 1 year.

In another bit of hexagon madness, this "medallion style" hexagon quilt was pulled out for some show'n'tell....

The wonderful colours in the next hexagon quilt are made from left overs of fabrics this lady has from all of her previous projects.  Complete hexagons are all made and now she's going around the outside edges with the leftover hexies.  

As you can see, we almost filled up the room in the hall, but I know if we'd had more people turn up, we would have made space.  There were approx 30 sewers on the day.  Unfortunately, I didn't get any pics of the embroidery and applique that the visiting ladies were working on.  We had visitors from Frankston, Lang Lang and Ferntree Gully, which are all 2 or more hours away, as well as the local ladies.

A bit more fussy cutting for paper piecing...

And, of course the day is not complete unless there are some "Dear Jane" blocks and sawtooth stars being made.  

One of the J's is making a quilt for a friend.  What looked like a simple pattern has turned out to be quite a bit of work, but now that the first block has been conquered, she's more confident of completing the rest of the blocks.  It sure is pretty..

R's quilt has had some fabric go missing.  This is the last of 3 quilts she brought along with her to complete the tops.  2 were completely finished and this one got told off for not keeping it's pieces together

And, one of the A's also brought along 3 quilts to add the borders to and complete the tops.  Yesterday was her first sewing session in quite a while and she went home very pleased with her progress.

 The pink quilt above and the bright coloured quilt below are from classes held at Kilmore Quilters. 

That's all for now folks, but if you like what you've seen on this page, please click on the tab above marked "calendar" to see when our next 10-10 Super Sewing Session is.  We'd like it very much if you joined us.