Blue Gum - Happy New Year

 Hi everyone and welcome to a brand new year.

Very pleasant day with 6 of us in attendance.

Hand Work

Irene was working on another scarf for charity. It's a pattern where you increase at the ends of the rows and the yarn was soft and pretty!

Heather is working on her long term project. Beautiful applique.

Marilyn is working on another crochet temperature rug. The blocks were quite small and the colour chart was interesting! Marilyn has kept a log of days of the week and temperatures and weather status as well.

Cath was working on the handles for a new bag, in purple of course!

Rita was working on her large floral hexagons.

Show & Tell

This is a lovely little quilt by Heather. It started as a fun fabric strip swap at a retreat! Lovely.

Some fabric purchased in Japan was the inspiration for this quilt top by Glynis

A waistcoat/vest Glynis was working on and is now finished.

Next get together:  will be at the Blue Gum on Saturday 7 February 2026. Hope to see you there!

Today was a little gloomy but brightened by our gathering at the Blue Gum.

Hand work

Emma was working on this cute hexagon. It's a coaster and will be part of a Christmas gift exchanger for another group she belongs to.

Selina was working away on her stars.

Cath with another one of her fabulous Patchwork of the Crosses blocks.

Rita with her beautiful large hexagons.

Irene was working on another scarf for charity, this one is lovely shade of blue cotton.

Show and Tell

Rita (1)

This pretty project was started with the left over pieces from another project. Just needed a few more hexagons and away we go.

Rita (2)

This is a quilt created from a panel for one of her Wolf clan nephews.

Rita (3)

Another quilt created with another wolf panel for a nephew.

Cath (1)

This pretty top was created with some of Cath's 'waste' triangles.

Cath (2)

This sweet top was also made with 'waste' triangles.

Cath (3)

This is little beauty is a wall hanging.

Our next gathering will be Saturday December 6 at the Blue Gum. Emma is organising a Christmas gift exchange on the day. For those who would like to participate please bring a small gift up to the value of $20. Emma has suggested a small hand made gift included in the bundle would be lovely.

Another beautiful day for seven (7) of us to gather for lunch at the Blue Gum.

September Show and Tell

First we have a couple of fabulous pictures from the September get together. Rita completed 2 memory quilt tops for the children of a family friend. The quilts were constructed from the dresses her friend wore the last few years for the Frocktober challenge. I think Rita still has to complete a third. Frocktober is an annual fundraiser for ovarian cancer research. 

Rita 1

Rita 2

October Show and Tell

Glynis 1 - This quilt was designed to incorporate a tea towel purchased in Paris some time ago.

Here's a couple of shots of the quilting for those interested.

Glynis 2

A scrap buster!

Next gathering will be at the Blue Gum on Saturday 1 November 2025! Hope to see you there.

The Blue Gum

Nasty day in Sydney but we had an animated day with 5 of us and plenty of show and tell.

First a quick catch up on Selina's ongoing hand pieced glorious project.

Next Selina has completed 3 tops as gifts. All with the same fabrics and based on the same quilt design but all a little different. One (1) for each of  her sisters and another as a gift for friends in Canada. The designs are based on the Communique Quilt design from Mouse in My Pocket

Selina 1

Selina 2

Selina 3

This is a close up of some of the beautiful fabrics.

Next are a couple of quilts from Rita for the Hope in a Suitcase organisation.

Rita 1

Rita 2

Lastly from Glynis. A completed quilt and a couple of tops.

This stack n'whack quilt has been waiting for years for the 'right' binding fabric to come along.

Glynis 2

Glynis 3

Next get together will be at The Blue Gum on Saturday 6 September 2025. See you there!

The Blue Gum

Today we have three (3) of Rita's projects for 'Hope in a Suitcase' which is an organisation providing suitcases of new essential items for children entering foster care.

Rita donates her time and skills to several organisations. Well done Rita.

Next get together will be Saturday August 2 2025. Hope to see you there!

The Blue Gum

First a woven bag made of t-shirt yarn by one of Rita's daughters. Very clever!

Next are four (4) of Selina's completed quilt tops. Selina has been busy experimenting with techniques plus creating with scraps and orphans. 

Selina has used a tutorial from The Questioning Quilter for the first 2 examples and I think it's the Disappearing Pinwheel. Please let me know Selina if this isn't the correct tutorial!

https://youtu.be/MLHNvfbHW5U?si=oDEqqIp7dbgGMjGW

No 1

No 2

No 3

Is the Plaidish Quilt from The Kitchen Table Quilter. It is a free pattern available here https://kitchentablequilting.com/products/plaid-ish-scrap-quilt-tutorial I've had this one on my to do list for some time.

No 4 is comprised of some blocks not used in a previous project and put together for perhaps a wall hanging.

Cath has almost completed this sweet little project - no 1

Cath no 2 is a block in progress with a lot of fussy cutting. Was a project started in a workshop with Chris Jurd. More of these beauties to come.

Next get together at the Blue Gum will be Saturday 5 July 2025. We look forward to seeing you then.

Another beautiful day in Sydney with 6 of us attending the Blue Gum Hotel. Only a small number of show and tell items this month from Rita. Rita has recently been to a stack-n-whack workshop, a method originally devised by Bethany S Reynolds https://www.bethanyreynolds.com/index.html.

Rita 1

Rita 2

Rita 3

This is a baby blanket finally finished by Rita. It was originally commenced by one of Rita's daughters many, many moons ago. 

Next gathering at the Blue Gum will be Saturday 3 May 2025. Hope to see you there!