March Super Saturday!

Once again we were able to get-together for a wonderful day filled with 12 hours of sewing and friendship bliss - a 10-10 Super Saturday.

It was a very productive day with quite a few quilt finishes and a good lot of progress made on other quilts....

JB completed this very soft and delicate quilt for a baby.  

BH continued on her Dear Jane Quilt.  A project which was stared and has continued to run since 2016 as a "block of the month" within our group.  All participants had to purchase their own copy of the book.  Unfortunately the photo does not do the "WOW" factor of the colours justice.

JD attached the binding to her fun and funky Dr Seuss Quilt, also intended for a little one.

And... while JD was at it, she completed this quilt top from snowball and 9 Patch blocks for another little one.

ML continued to assemble very large clamshells together and then added the lovely grey border to complete the quilt top.  

The newest member of our group came along to learn how to make patchwork, and under the guidance of another member, she had completed this quit as you go log cabin piece and then turned it into a cushion cover.  Awesome for a "first timer"....

And to finish up....  Do you smile at a crocodile?  JG was busily completing the stitching around her animal applique blocks.

 That's all for now folks!  See you in April!!! 

A new year and hope

It is with great delight that we have hosted our first 10 - 10 Super Saturday Sit'n'Sew.   A fantastic day where we had lots of space between our tables and each other.

Masks were not an impediment to talking!!!!!  With so much catching up to do with each other and getting to know some visitors, there was a lot of talking done!!  Even better, our visitors became members on the day!  What's better than that?

There was so much variety in the projects people were working on.  All the techniques could be seen; applique, embroidery, string piecing, scrap piecing, amazing hexagons, chain piecing, you name it, somebody was doing it.

In that vein,  while we are being very mindful of changing restrictions, we are being hopeful of getting together again very soon for another day of indulging our craft and friendships.  Members will be updated via e-mail and out facebook page in the event of any changes.

To see what's coming up next, click here to see our Calendar.

At Victorian Quilters Showcase....

A few brave souls from our group decided to enter quilts into the 2019 Victorian Quilter's Showcase which was held during July.

W decided to enter the Clam-shell challenge with these itty, bitty little clam-shells.  Each 'point' on the shell has a small bead added.  

 

L made 'turned' applique by machine and then proceeded to quilt it with some amazing designs.

J used her imagination to design this quilt with a french theme and aptly titled it "Take Me Back to Paris"  She also did her own quilting on a domestic machine.

There were many more quilts by our members and unfortunately I didn't get them all, but these ones are few more.  As I see other groups members, I shall endeavour to add to this gallery page. :)  

That's all for now and I look forward to sharing more pictures from our group with you soon.

May Gathering & AGM Night

During May, not only is there our normal monthly gatherings, plus the upcoming Retreat and the 10-10 Sewing Day, we had some very prolific members too.........

Starting with an update on Dear Jane:

J is making Quilted Diamonds, from the book by Linda Franz.  Essentially, it is Dear Jane blocks put into a diamond shape.

The next two photos are updates of blocks by B and W.... 

S, who joined the group this year brought along her hand pieced Dear Jane which wowed all of us.

Then R was taking it easy with some sashiko...

 And, what would a blog post be without hexagons?  Hexagons abound in this group!

Here is Pele Mele by H.  Pele Mele really can be anything you like.   The shear variety we are seeing each month since the class back in March from our members is astonishing.

J was a 'tutor helper' at AQC and she really liked what the tutor was showing with the embellishment of clothing and has re-purposed an old denim jacket to make something fun and modern.

C brought along her three little girls to embroider their faces on.  They are so cute!

AGM
Our AGM was held at the night gathering.  All Committee Office Bearer positions have remained the same with some changes to the General Committee.  Details have been updated and circulated to Members.

April Gatherings

Oh there's so many projects to make!  And even more to want to make...........  April was certainly following hot on the heels of previous months with lots of show'n'tell and progress on many projects...

Starting with English Paper Piecing on La Pascaligia...

And then, W, showed us another of her Brimfield blocks...

H, is working away on this magnificent applique medallion.  There are some very quirky birds on this piece.  Can't wait to see what comes next!

Then there was a parade of elephants.  Hand applique with eyes and tails to be added for a great grandchild to come..

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And, some very cute printed ones are shown to great advantage in this quilt...

In March, Kilmore Quilters was lucky enough to have Veronique from Wattlebird Designs come and spend a day with us, demonstrating her Pele Mele Quilt.  J has been quite prolific with hers and says that they are very addictive to make...

Hand piecing this month included some lovely delicate hexagons and L, is hand-piecing squares which she says are from the oldest part of her stash. 

 


Shadow Box quilts are a fantastic way to show off big prints and this one from Asian inspired fabrics is no exception

 

Letting the fabric do the work, there is terrific shading in this ombre quilt.  This J has told us she is working on our challenge of completing 10 UFOs this year and this is one of them.

 J's second UFO to finish are these birdhouses.  A very small quilt, with precision detail.  I put the reel of thread on top so that you can get an idea of the tiny scale of the blocks.

 

We hope that you all had a happy and safe Easter and look forward to seeing many of you soon.