12 hours of sewing bliss!

The last Saturday of February was just wonderful.  We took part in our 2nd Super Saturday Sit'n'Sew session.  12 glorious hours of  friends, sewing and talking.  What more could a quilty person ask for?

There were so many different projects on the go.  Our tastes sure do vary, as do the projects we all work on.  Each one is simply amazing.

A has decided to get her "Hamilton Place" lone star quilt finished.  She was spending quite a bit of time making sure that the borders were beautifully mitred with the gorgeous border print fabric.  Some of her stars have fussy cutting, as you can see by the detailed shot of the central star.

A's sister, J, brought along a very interesting project, which she is hand piecing.  I didn't note down the name of the pattern, but am looking forward very much to seeing this once it is completed.

Another J has been sewing up her project left overs, aka scraps, into 0.5 x 3in finished pieces.  They are then being joined up to make a medallion, plain borders and then more little bitty pieces.  A fascinating project to be sure.

C was very busy with applique animals.  The cheeky looking Koala is just too cute!

Another A is slowly hand-piecing a block of the month sew-a-long.  Her fabrics are very pretty and delicate.

H was very busy working on kids quilts.  The one on the left is actually an eye-spy quilt and is the first of 2 that she put together.  The other quilt she started the day with was the fun dinosaurs made from some very funky fabrics.

Another C was busy quilting these gorgeous hexagon flowers.  So pretty.

And, lastly, we have W who was diligently hand appliqueing her Donwell Abbey quilt borders.

 

This is such a small snapshot of our amazing day.  We are looking forward very much to the next 12 hour sewing day on March 27.  Hopefully we will see you there. 

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.

A New Year - February 2019!

Despite the extremely hot weather, our group members were not deterred from their crafts!  This month there is an huge amount of show'n'tell.  Not many words - but lots and lots of eye candy!  Enjoy scrolling through these beautiful pictures.

A block for 'patchwork of the crosses'

Getting prepared for winter, this is the first piece of a mid-thigh length jacket.  Knitting in this heat has to be admired!

The first panel for a knitted jacket

Next up is some lovely, funky modern applique.

Very beautiful applique

applique detail

I believe these brightly coloured blocks are from a block of the month, where you receive the stitchery and instructions for the 'sun rays'.  This is a very pretty quilt.

Another, very pretty quilt is this one with the orange flowers. 

 A trip around the world block.  This is one of many and we have been seeing them in progress over the past few months.

A 'rose window' applique.

Who doesn't love a curved log cabin?  The piecing in this is fantastic as is the colour play.

Now we move onto Scrappy Quilts, starting with this post and rail variation

to be followed by hexagons.  If you think back some 12 months or so ago, this box was very, very full of hexagons.  Slowly, but surely they are being pieced into 'flowers' and put into a top.

 


Here is a detail picture of K's srappy quilt.  She takes all our strips and strings that we would normally discard and turns them into fantastic quilts for charity.

The full quilt is a riot of log cabin blocks with wonky stars thrown in for good measure.

A more planned and controlled scrappy quilt is this very modern looking sampler.

More hexagons... and some hexagons with stars...

 


And not be missed, a medallion quilt or two...

A sunburst centre, surrounded by clever borders.

Started with a gifted panel, W, adapted a pattern to make it fit and to really show off the panel.

Full quilt showing gifted panel.

Details of the applique petals and quilting.

 To finish off, some paper pieced tumbling blocks.

That's it for this month, try to stay cool and see you next month!  Happy sewing.