Creative Boro stitching

Recently the group had a show and tell of some of the small art quilt projects that they have been working on. The theme for last month was Boro stitched journal covers. There were some really inspiring covers made.

Quilts on display

Members have been busy getting quilts completed for our upcoming exhibition in September.

 While some other members have been learning how to design and colour fabric with gelli plate printing and textile paints.

Rusting day

Saturday 19th March the TQ TAQ group met and Julie demonstrated some techniques for rusting fabric.

Julie showed 2 of her quilts that she had made.

Some fabric soaking with the rust showing through.

 

Christine has also been busy and has designed a logo.

Some of the ladies showed their journal pages that they received.



Colour Play

Our textile art group ( TQ TAG) had a very fun day on Saturday 20 February. Dianne led the group in the absence of our leader, Julie.

We used coloured crepe and tissue paper to 'dye' some fabric. This makes a wonderful background to perhaps add further elements to and build up an interesting textile art piece.

Gail J, Nora and Leslie enjoying the play.

Dyeing To Have Some Fun

The Art Quilt Group meets on the first and third Saturday of each month.

On the first Saturday of March our members did some fabric dyeing under the instruction of one of our members, Judy. Wisely, Judy wore her already dyed attire!! June is hard at work.

Marilyn looks like she has just operated on her large piece. It is under plastic 'brewing'

 

Some beautiful lively colours were achieved.

Dianne was enjoying the colour purple

It was a fun day enjoyed by all. A special thank you to Judy for all the hard work she put into this dyeing workshop.

Some of the finished fabrics by Dianne.

If you are interested in joining the Art Quilters please see the main web page for details on how to join the Toowoomba Quilters Club.

 

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Groups Within Our Group

2015- Normal activities have resumed at Toowoomba Quilters Club.
Toowoomba Quilters Club Inc is a diverse group of people, and as such, different people become interested in different areas of quilting and patchwork.
To accommodate this, it is sometimes necessary to form splinter groups within our main group.

We have a very active Community Quilting group headed up by the seemingly never tiring, Lyle. 
This group meets on the 3rd Saturday of each month and the following Tuesday, 9.30 am – 4.00 pm   The quilts and other items completed by this group go far and wide, and have brought comfort over the years to many people  who are doing it hard in our community.

In the last couple of years, the interest in surface design, dyeing, fabric manipulation, etc. has sparked some of our members to form an Art Quilt Group.  This group has built up and is building up as more and more people want to push the boundaries of quilting and patchwork.

Judy and Lesley seen here trying their hand at stencilling onto printed fabrics.
The Art Quilt Group meets every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month.
If you would like to be a part of any of our groups, it is first necessary to join Toowoomba Quilters Club.
Please go to our official website for details (Link in the sidebar)

Art Quilt Group

Late last year a group of Toowoomba Quilters’ members got together and formed an Art Quilt Group.  It began with 5 members and we now get about 12 members to a group get together.
This past Saturday the AQ group worked on a technique using lutradur and acrylic paints to create a landscape.  The idea for this came from an article by Ineke Berlyn in a Stitch magazine. 
All the individual quilts (A4 size) are going to be very different. 
Here is Ann J, Linda W and Robyn M beginning work on their landscapes.


and Wendy starting on hers.
The ladies did a show and tell at the end of the day showing what they had achieved so far.

We look forward to seeing them finished.