Show and Tell on a Tuesday

 
We have been having some fabulous show and tells on a Tuesday lately. The group on a Tuesday continues to grow and we are averaging around 30 - 35 quilters.  Because of this we seem to be getting heaps of quilts and other items along for impromptu show and tell.

This is Linda above (right) who did this lovely 'wagga' for a contest in Chinchilla.  Linda won with this quilt and received a $50 cash injection.  She made the quilt from old woolen pieces she had to hand, even part of a dress her husband had bought her many years ago.  Lois is helping her display for the photo.
 

The back of the wagga was an old sheet.'   

This is one HUGE quilt!  Jan made this large oriental quilt and has done a superb job.  She even machine quilted it herself on her domestic machine.  This quilt was so big, it was difficult to get it all into a photograph.  It is spectacular, Jan, well done!

Qld Quilter's Picnic at Gatton

Last Tuesday, a few car loads of our members visited the Gatton Historical site to attend the Queensland Quilters annual picnic.  Our club hosted the event in May last year, so it was good to see so many of our members supporting the Gatton picnic. 

 

 L - R  Diana, Marleen, Joan and Vicky

 Here are some of our ladies in front of one of the shops attending the picnic.  It was set up on the verandah of an old slab hut which was full of old furniture and bric a brac. (you could enter the hut from the rear to check out all the old stuff).

Here is the attempt at the Worlds Largest Quilt.  It is made up of many of thousands of hexagons which have been sent in from all over Australia and from around the world.  You can read more about the quilt and it's construction at the Sew Creative website.   It was hard to capture the enormity of the quilt on our little digital cameras.



Judy and Hazel admiring the quilt and looking for their hexagons?

 
The driving force behind the whole day, Gail Chalker from Sew Creative Gatton addressing the hundreds of quilters gathered around.

Found on the bed in the slab hut, a very old hexagon quilt covering an antique iron bed










Sheltering from the sun, Carol (L) and Barb (R).  Later on they would have needed the umbrella for the other reason.  No sooner had the crowd dispersed and the huge quilt was packed into a van, the clouds opened up.

Just one of the very quaint buidings on the historical site.  Contained in the blacksmith shop were all sorts of tools of the trade as well as an original forge,anvil and a very old bellows.

A fascinating journey into Australia's past and a great day out enjoyed by all.

Tuesday Beginners Group

 
Here are the happy Tuesday beginners.  They are happy because they have their sampler quilt tops all finished in time for show and tell.
L - R  (back) Janice, Janet, Vicky, Angela (Tutor), Dot.  (front) Moira, Lyle and Lola.

 
Moira's quilt has some delightful vintage fabrics included and is very pretty.  Lovely work.
The photo has washed the colour out a bit, so apologies for that .... but... our meeting room has just the best light and in this case was a little too strong for the photography.

Janet's quilt is striking and all so neatly done.  Something to be proud of. 



Janice has done this bright and cheery quilt with the most beautiful block selections. 





Dot produced this wonderful sampler quilt in quite traditional colours.  A stunning quilt.






This is Lyle's quilt 'in progress' and it looks like being a beauty!.  She certainly didn't need a lesson in applique and the blocks she completed in class are really complimenting the centre.  Well done Lyle.


















Here is Lola peeking around at her gorgeous quilt.  She has completed all the blocks with precision and has also used traditional colours.  Nice all round!

Three cheers to all the beginner quilts and their marvellous tutor Angela Langdon.
We are very fortunate to be able to offer new comers this wonderful beginner's course.

Beginners Quilts

The following quilts are all beginners' quilts done in this year's Saturday classes with our Toowoomba Quilters tutor, Angela Langdon.  We are very fortunate to have members of our club who are also excellent tutors.  The Saturday ladies did an outstanding job on their sampler quilts.  Congratulations.

Come along to our Exhibition in September and see a full display of our beginners' quilts and, if it spurs you on to learn, put your name down for beginner's workshops next year.   
During the year, we also conduct various workshops which may interest the more experienced quilter.

In between workshops, we have a lot of fun on our meeting days and at special events organized by club members.

The quilt top below is done by tutor, Angela Langdon, and Angela, being a wonderful domestic machine quilter, has shown how the beginners may quilt their quilts with a simple grid pattern.

Show and Tell and Raffle Winner

Lucky quilter, Heather, won our Mothers Day raffle wall hanging. Loretta presented Heather with the quilt which she had donated to the club some months ago as a UFO. Many of our quilters worked on it to bring the quilt to it's lovely finish.

 

This beautiful log cabin quilt was made by Lyn R to send to a young couple in England as a wedding quilt. They wanted grays and Lyn has done a beautiful job adding the seagulls for interest.















Joan R did this wonderful circular bargello in a workshop with one of Toowoomba Quilters' tutors, Lyn Crump.  The colours are much more vibrant than the photo shows. It's quite a large single bed quilt, beautifully executed.




















Here is Teresa proudly displaying her lovely embroidered wall hanging which has taken her a few years to complete, but worth the wait.  It is a Bareroots pattern and Teresa has done a lovely job with this one..

 
Vicki showed us this quilt which is a different design using various shaped strips of fabrics cut and rearranged.  Good work Vicki!
 
Teresa is working on this star quilt top which was put together by her sewing friends and herself.  It was meant to be a surprise but Teresa 'sprung' them working on it. It was for Teresa's recent 'significant' birthday.  We look forward to seeing it finished.

Our next meeting is Saturday, 5 June - so see you there with more show and tell.

Fabric of Society - Bus Trip

25 bubbly ladies hopped on the bus yesterday and took in the exhibition, "Fabric of Society", at the Ipswich Art Gallery. Some of the quilts on display were 'saved' by quilt historian, Annette Gero and some were on loan. They are quilts from Australia's past and just have to be seen to be believed and the stories behind them are amazing. We were lucky enough to have Annette give us a talk on the collection and she very generously signed a copy of her magnificent book for the club.
We did, of course, do a shop hop as well to fill in the day. Our first stop was Rose Patchwork Cottage in Ipswich where we were offered a cuppa after our journey, and we did a little wee shop.
Then it was on to the Ipswich Art Gallery.

For lunch we stopped by Nikki Tervo's house. Nikki is famous for her beautiful ceramic buttons. (That is her mummy Judy on the right there in the blue blouse - she is a member of our club).
Nikki gave us a talk about how she got into ceramic button making and did a show and tell of her projects and patterns for sale. We did a bit more shopping.

From Nikki's we dropped in to this unbelievable shop at Salisbury in Brisbane called The Quilters and Embroiderers Store. We did a lot of shopping. If it wasn't there it hasn't been made yet!!! Wall to wall fabrics and notions.

On the way home we just had to call in to Japanese Niche at Forest Lake. Here is President, Marilyn, and member, Ruth, delighting in the treasures they purchased and Peg looking for her wallet. It is a truly lovely shop and one we must visit again soon.

Stack and Whack workshop

Fay has forwared this photo of participants at her recent Stack and Whack workshop.We are all looking forward to seeing the finished quilts!

 

Deborah's Owl Quilt

Deborah has finished this lovely quilt for her daughter who loves owls.

In this close up the owl feature fabric and owl-shaped quilting lines can be seen.  What a lucky daughter!

Workshop Progress

Congratulations to Vida who has finished (including quilting) the Stack and Whack quilt that she commenced in Fay's workshop last November.

Last month Lyn presented a workshop on circular bargello-style quilts. Joan (3 circles) and Patricia (2 circles) were delighted with their progress and brought along their works-in-progess to share with Club members.

 

 

Show and Tell Continues

Our ladies are continuing to produce some wonderful quilts through the month of February. This is Gerry's version of the twisted bargello by Chris Timmins which was published a few years ago now in Patchwork and Quilting mag.
Good work Gerry!
Heather has finished her top from Robyn Ginn's workshop last year and is in the process of hand quilting it. This is a marvellous feat from Heather as she is recovering from a broken arm. She is the first to finish, so well done Heather.
Here is a close up of one of the 'tiles'. The quilt blocks are a combination of hand qpplique and embroidery and take design elements from the feature fabric.
Judy with her fabulously colourful strip pieced blocks. The remnants from her wonderful "chook quilt". We look forward to seeing what Judy makes with her strip blocks.