Another happy day at the Blue Gum with lots of sewing and Show and Tell.

Seventeen SCQuilters arrived at the Blue Gum during the morning, there was lots of chat with lots and lots of sewing being done... I didn't have any show and tell but I did baste several half inch hexagons ready to go on the border of my long time diamond hexagon quilt.
I actually spent most of the day taking photos and introducing everybody to everybody, I started with full names and suburbs but as the day wore on decided I would make fewer mistakes if I stuck to first names and suburbs...
Enjoy all the photos... not only have I remembered everyone's names I've put them in Alphabetical order... backwards :-) cheers PennieLunch at the Blue Gum.

Handwork by Stephanie of Thornleigh.
Show and tell by Stephanie.
Another Show and Tell by Stephanie.

Handwork by Penny from Pymble.
Handwork by Marilyn from Bungan.
Marilyn says she doesn't like Red... Wow!! I wonder what she can do with a colour she does like... this one is for a friend.


Handwork by Lyn from Waitara.
Show and Tell by Lyn.

The back of Lyn's quilt.
Handwork of Liz from Denistone
More handwork from Liz.

Handwork belonging to Lisa from Kareela.
Detail of Lisa's machined reverse applique stars.

Show and Tell from Lisa.
Handwork belonging to Kerry-anne from Gorokan.
Kerry-anne's Show and Tell.

Glynis from Berowra Heights won the Show and Tell today... not that there's a competition :-) but it's always wonderful to see so many finished tops!
Handwork belonging to Glynis.

Show and Tell from Glynis... #1

Two Star Quilt made by Glynis.

Handwork belonging to Irene of Turramurra.

Handwork belonging to Jill of Thornleigh.
Jill's lovely soft flannel quilt.

Handwork of Gillian from St Ives and...
Gillian's Show and Tell coming along very nicely.

Handwork of Dianne from Eastwood... it will be interesting to watch this one grow!

Handwork from Daphne from Quakers Hill.
Daphne's Show and Tell

Clare from Chatswood... ready for Sashiko stitching.
Handwork belonging to Bev from Richmond.
The quilt of Bev's almost ready for Westmead Hospital.

Handwork of Bec from Ryde.
Hurray! Two rows completed by Bec.

By Special Request from Sue in Cottesloe W.A.

Here is a full photo of my SCQuilters Signature Quilt, which appears in the Header of this Blog... There are 208 Sigs from many years of collecting and machine quilted by Suzy Atkins.
It's nice and big and still one of my favourite quilts.

Thank goodness Lissa came to the Blue Gum today, us others were a slack lot for Show and Tell.

It's been a while since we've seen Lissa but she certainly gave us a great Show and Tell last Saturday... It was Lissa's day that's for sure.

First off the rank is this Civil War Quilt... all finished.

Of course I'm going to forget which is which now, I think this is the Perth SCQ Retreat Signatures... or is it Bendigo?

Maybe this is Bendigo?? Lissa help me please...

This is the front of the quilt above... Love it!! The light behind gives it a different look .

Lissa continues her Show and Tell... I love this simple 4 patch quilt, I think I need to make one myself!

Christmas Redwork by Lissa!

Lissa's Redwork Baskets... but look at her fabulous Scarf, made by a friend.

Hurray... These little beauties aren't being done by Lissa!! These are Marilyn's Hexies.

Let me tell you a story...

We were many at the Blue Gum a couple of months ago, it was only days after the Bikie gangs were in the news so the sound of many motor bikes arriving at the Blue Gum was one to cause silence through the usually very noisey room... a couple of us got up to nervously peek out the window only to find it was one biker making one big noise.

Same thing happened last Saturday but we were cool and didn't need to peek so continued our busy chatting, sewing, eating and showing when one big bloke strode into our room... he didn't do what most non SCQuilter people do when they come into our room, they usually back out quickly when they see a group of quilters sitting around sewing but not this bloke.

Dressed in leather pants and a tee shirt and with a very long grey plait halfway down his back... he noticed he had 7 pairs of eyes on him so reassured us that he was only checking on his bike. He looked out the window then turned around and said... 'Oh you're all sewing, making quilts, I love quilts!' We were silenced once again then he explained... 'I work in a Aged Care Unit and I see the ladies sewing and quilting, I love watching them, maybe I should ask them to make me a quilt!' We laughed and chatted a bit and said that he might get a very floral quilt to which he replied as he left our room... 'I like florals, there's nothing wrong with florals!'
To say were giggling by this stage is an understatement.
What a terrific bloke, if he's there again next time I'll ask him for a photo to show you all.

Gay sent me these photos for Show and Tell!

Gay spends half her life in Romsey, Hampshire and the other half in Sydney when she's in Sydney she rarely misses a Blue Gum Gathering.... here is her Show and Tell for the month.

New Grandson on his little quilt.

Another of Gay's passions... her Allotment, doesn't it look wonderful!

Didn't we have a loverrrly time the day we went to the Blue Gum! And what a wonderful Show and Tell!

Irene L... is making this quilt for the new born grandson of one of her neighbours, the grandson lives in New York and his parents have an apartment all decked out in white and neutral... gorgeous quilt isn't it but we all wonder how much longer the apartment will stay white!


Marilyn R... saw a quilt just like this one on a wall in New Zealand so she took many photos and spent the rest of her trip buying fabrics to go in her copy... then a neighbour gave her lime green fabric in the middle that she'd bought in South Africa. A very international quilt eh!

Vicki is making a quilted jacket... the photo doesn't do it justice though. We expect to see Vicki wearing this to the Blue Gum next month.

(Front) Lynette... is making this quilt for a friend at work, these photos won't show you the detail that's gone into it... it is truly a magical very tactile quilt.


(Back)


(Detail) each square you see on the front of this quilt is just like this one...but there's more...


Kate C... Enormous quilt that her son has snaffled for his bed.

Kate C... A quilt for her Mum.

Jean's quilted Double Delight, just a little more binding to go on.

Lyn A... changing mat for friends grandchild.


Liz P... Cat block for she doesn't know who... but it was really the jumper I took the photo of, don't you just love it!

Lyn Wilson took the prize for the most number of quilts finished in one month... all for theAlzheimers Home in St Ives. Look at them all... 4 fractured 9 patch and one raggy.

I almost forgot Show and Tell from Gay in Romsey. Hampshire. Gay lives in Sydney for almost 5 months each year but her home is in England and she's just gone home to a beautiful Spring. Here are a couple of photos she sent me.

Our Show and Tell for April is very different and varied... Enjoy!

Jan from Sylvania - Show and Tell from her recent trip on the Queen Mary 2, sailing from LA to Sydney. That's Jan in the white blouse. We saw many photos of many special evenings with the men in black tie and Jan in lots of very flash formal clothes borrowed from daughters and friends... very amusing it was. Heather from Eglinton near Bathurst was on the same trip as well as my baby brother Nick and his wife Kaye... somehow Nick didn't find the SCQuilters... I wonder how he missed them LOL

This doesn't happen very often so I just had to take a photo... Jan and Lisa enjoyed one of these EACH! We all ooohhhhed and aaaaahhhed! It put smiles on our faces that's for sure.

Heather from Thornleigh - I Spy for a niece or nephew, fabulous blocks aren't they.

Heather's Circle Blocks, we've seen some of them before but the one on top is just finished. I'm looking forward to seeing this quilt when all the blocks are done.

Pennie from Turramurra - Bonnie K Hunters Star Struck Quilt top. These quilt designs of Bonnie's are very rewarding to make because you can use up all sorts of scraps, my pile of blacks has now gone and are all in this quilt. Time consuming and a tad boring to make but... No fabric was freshly bought for this quilt! :-)

Lisa from Kareela - These blocks were crocheted while sitting on the sidelines, watching her children's sporting activities. Lisa has used up all sorts of scraps of wools, cottons and even bamboo.


Glenys from Berowra - I can't remember what this block is from but it's very WOW isn't it.


Erica from Parramatta - More of these wonderful hexagon stars. Erica has a brilliant idea about putting these blocks together... I for one can't wait to see them.

Cate from Cherrybrook - Hexagon blocks that she started before her first child was born, she now has two children :-) the oldest isn't three yet so that's not a long time for blocks is it! She has many many more that aren't in this photo so we might see a quilt yet.

Irene from Thornleigh - is always making some fascinating blocks.

Rebbecca (aged 14) from Como - We've been watching Rebbecca over the years but this quilt is just amazing, her machine applique is so neat and precise... Just wonderful!

Sarah from Como - has all her Double Delight blocks ready to put together.
Sarah from Como - Quilt as your go Log Cabin - I know a lot of you, like us are amazed to see the size of this quilt we all know Sarah for her miniatures don't we :-)
Back of Sarah's Log Cabin Quilt as you go.

Joy from Ryde - A Dolly Quilt for someone special.

Lyn from St Ives - Hexagon Star Quilt is moving along very nicely with only it's three points to be added.

Ros from Berowra - Double Wedding Ring Quilt for DS2's wedding has grown a lot since we last saw it.


Bec from Ryde - Star Quilt - Bec has to quilt two and a half stars every night to have this quilt ready for the Eastwood Patchwork Quilters 2009 Exhibition from May 1 - 3... Will she do it... that is the question! Come along and see if she makes it, click on the 'red' for more details.

Cath from Minchinbury - I Spy for a special child in her life.

Cath from Minchinbury - Star Quilt for her SIL... Cath needs one 8" square of the border fabric to finish it off. Do you know this fabric?

It was 'That' time of the month once again and the photos below are of our 'Show and Tell' at our day at the Pub!

Heather decided to do another Bonnie K Hunter quilt and chose Star Struck, I loved it so much I decided to do it as well.Heather's little girl quilt.

Pennie's finished Hexagon quilt... the side of each hexagon measures 3/16th's of an inch.

Pennie's Star Struck using scraps of blacks and brights.

Above... Bec stoically quilting her stars for her local Quilt Show in May...

What you may not have noticed in the photo above is Bec's clever eye ware. Bec needs bifocals to hand sew but they will cost about $500 so she thought she'd try these $10 specs over her normal specs and they work a treat... and with a saving of $490 she's a real winner! LOL

Lyn's hexagons that will one day make a big star.


Lyn's little boy quilt.

Jean's little girl quilt.

Jill's Hexagon Stars.
Penny S

Marilyn's Scrappy Quilt.

Two Charity quilts made by Marilyn.

Liz didn't have any hand work so just grabbed some squares on her way out.
Kath's little girl quilt.

Check out this amazing quilt of Gay's, we've been watching her hand sew these reversible blocks, with wadding, over the last two years when she comes to Australia... this year she got all the blocks together. I've photographed them with the light behind so you can see what's on the other side... and if you look at the bottom of these two photos you can see what the quilt will look like on a bed.
The other side of Gay's quilt.

Gay's St Ives 'Currency' Challenge... A map of Zimbabwe with currency notes ranging from 50c to 100 Billion Dollar notes.