Portable Cutting Mat/Ironing Board workshop

A great day had by all the Kilmore Quilters involved in this very productive workshop.

Lots of wonderful fabric choices too. !

2016 Annual Retreat at Camp Toolangi

Well, another annual retreat has come and gone. Held at the picturesque Camp Toolangi with open fires, home cooked food, lots of side splitting laughter with great company, a wonderful time was had by all.

Beautiful scenery and so much inspiration from our projects

in the photos that follow !

Beautiful work as always from Wendy

A lovely range of batiks

Lots of curved piecing in this one by Jo

Another one by Jo

Beautiful in the chocolates by Jo

One of the locals

Very striking

A wonderful child's quilt. 
Someone is going to be a very lucky recipient.

love this - all Japanese fabrics!

Jenny's bag

Another by Jo !

Absolutely stunning art quilts.

Yep, there's always one in the group !

A touch of the Orient.

Gorgeous clamshells and hand piecing by Maree

Yep, you guessed it, another one by Jo!

Absolutely stunning by Alison.

The crew !

Gorgeous batiks once again

Woodland wonders

Some wonderful foundation piecing 

So cute by Rosie

Nothing like a bit of Kaffe Fassett  !

From all of us at
Kilmore Quilters,
keep stitching and chat soon !

May Night Gathering

We had 27 members at the night Gathering - including one all the way from Mildura!

although a bit of the meeting was taken up with our slightly formal AGM, there was still time for chatter, sewing and Show & Tell.

Jude's magnificent Dutch Treat

Liz's bright block quilt ready for sandwiching

Jess' cushion cover

Deb's applique 

Maryanne's scrappy quilt.

A quilt made by Maureen for her Grandson's 21st - a twin

The second quilt made my Maureen for her Granddaughter's 21st.

New Committee 2016-2017

We had our Annual General Meeting last night and had a whopping 9 nominations received for Committee.

Welcome to the 2016-2017 Committee team:

President: Jude Liebmann

Vice President: Jenny Gibson

Secretary: Fay Murphy

Treasurer: Bridget Harrison

Day Group Co-ordinator: Kris Merritt

Librarian: Dellareece Matson

Merchandise: Robyn Likos

Membership Secretary: Bridget Harrison

Workshops: Anne B

Retreat:  Anne B with support person Maryanne Laffan

Night Gathering Co-ordinator - this new role will be established and a portfolio holder appointed in the next couple of months.

Social Media: Jess Ursino with support person Dellareece Matson

Newsletter: Cathy Day with support Person Jess Ursino

Two general members: Mareee M and Dianne West.

Congratulations to everyone and we are looking forward to a great new year.

It's been a pleasure....

It was with our motto “Encouraging, Creativity and Friendship” in mind that our social media footprint was established.  Through this platform we are able to share our activities and achievements, and share quilty news with other groups, whilst catching a glimpse of what others in the area are doing. 

Since establishing our first website and later on our Blog, Facebook and Flickr album I've enjoyed coming up with new ways of promoting our groups activities and wonderful work through each site. It's been wonderful to watch our following grow and to read your lovely comments.   However after many years of creativity that I have thoroughly enjoyed it's now time for me to take a break.

As many of you know handing over control always comes with some trepidation, but it also provides a wonderful opportunity for growth, new perspective and a chance for somebod else to bring their visions to reality.

So with all of this in mind, I'm signing off now, with warm wishes and many thanks to you all for your continuing support.

Annika

“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying Goodbye so hard”-Winnie the Pooh  

Well April just flew on by

Wow, it's already May and we are past the first quarter of this year.   Whether you are busy or not the months just seem to by flying by.

In April we had a wonderful workshop led by Pat Stevenson, who taught the ladies some tricks with sewing curves.  This will enable them to produce some wonderful variations on Drunkards Path along with incorporating curves blocks into their quilts.

Cathy's workshop sample

Jenny's workshop sample, which she also used to practice her quilting

For more photos from the workshop go to our FLICKR account.

Barry is working on this quilt for his wife.  It is a mixture of pieced background and applique butterflies.

Show and tell this month gave us a variation of quilts and techniques to admire.  It is wonderful to see the progress and the growth of our members through their work.

Sue C's quilt

Kris is the queen of scrappy quilts

Even one of our guests brought along some show and tell

This is Fay's Signature quilt

For more photos from our gatherings go to our Flickr account.

This month is our AGM on May the 18th followed by our Retreat, which I'm sure many of our ladies are looking forwards to.

Well, that was March !

We say it all the time, the year goes by way to fast.  Can't believe that tomorrow is April, summer is over and autumn seems to have finally set in.

March saw the ladies making Snuggly Quilts, starting new projects and finishing many old projects.

There were plenty of Sit n Sews, Quilt Shows and Exhibitions to attend with plenty to inspire both the new and experienced quilter.  Checking the calendar for April there seems to be plenty on in and about Victoria including AQC.

We had a really great day with Marie Lee from Victorian Quilters Snuggly Quilt program, finishing off 7 quilts and moving several dozen a bit further along the "production line". But despite or best efforts, Marie Lee's cupboard is looking a bit bare for the Royal Children's Hospital.

Marie urgently needs COMPLETED NEW quilts suitable for children from 0-18 years of age. If you are able to help out she would love to hear from you. Contact her via the Victorian Quilters Website if you are able to either finish off a quilt (yes that might mean just binding) or if you have one ready to go.

Our gatherings had plenty of Show & Tell on offer:

Cathy made a bag for her portable iron

Liz K finished this quilt which she also quilted herself.

Rosalie loves doing crazy quilts, she started this one to make use of family heirlooms.

Shirley has recently finished this quilt

Alison has finished her bow tie quilt which she started 2 years ago.

To see more of what Kilmore Quilters gets up to, check out our Flickr site or our Facebook page.