Blue Gum Hotel
A great day was had, happily stitching and chatting away.
Cath was making final fabric choices on her hexagon beauty.
Show and Tell
Rita
Completed two (2) colourful quilts to donate for children in the 'Hope in a Suitcase' project.
Rita's third quilt was for the husband of a friend and made from some of her friend's dresses.
Next get together will be Saturday 6 June at the Blue Gum!
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
October Show and Tell
Glynis 1 - This quilt was designed to incorporate a tea towel purchased in Paris some time ago.
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.
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!
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 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 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
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!
1 March 2025 @ The Blue Gum Hotel
We had quite a bit of show and tell today for the 6 ladies at our get together.
Show and Tell
These are some very colourful laundry bags completed by Rita for the 'Aussie Hero' project.
These are 4 completed quilts for charity completed by Rita.
This quilt with 'wolf' fabric in some of the tumbler shapes was made by Rita and claimed by one of her sisters as the name Wolf is significant to the family.
