Show and Tell #4.

 Susan's 'Santa's North Pole'.

 Susan's 'The Owl and the Pussycat'.

 Susan's 'iPhone' quilt.

 Susan's Nativity quilt.

 Helen and the little quilt she made from a photo, made in one day!

 This is Helen's Apron, beautifully modeled by Becky.  Helen won first prize at the SCQuilters Townsville Retreat earlier this year.

 Again expertly modeled by Becky another quilt made by Helen for the SCQuilters Bendigo Retreat 2013.

 Heather's finished Colonial Quilt, actually it's not quite a quilt, there is no wadding or quilting but it is a top and a bottom... what would you call a quilt like this?   It was made just as quilts were made 200 years ago, no cutting mats or rotary cutters, no pins, no templates... just fabric, scissors, needle and thread.

 Cath's charity quilt.

 Cath's quilt for an Australian Soldier.

 Cath's Elvis quilt made for her SIL.

Cath made this quilt for a sick friend who is turning 50 and her partner.

Show and Tell #5. Here are some Quilts from our SCQuilter friend Gay Jenkins, who comes to the Blue Gum when she's living in Sydney but at the moment is in England.

 Cut Up Alphabet Stripe.

 Diagonal Stripe.

 Farm Cot Quilt.

RQ 30th.

I will be a bit slow getting photos up of yesterday's fantastic SCQuiters Gathering so in the meantime have a look at what Marianne received in the Recycled Gift giving... Enjoy!

Very comfortable we were today in our new refurbished room at the Blue Gum.

 New tables and chairs.

 New lined and painted walls.

 Even a new ceiling.

 New carpet on the floor.

And... even a new herb garden for the kitchen. 

Now for some seriously lovely Handwork.

 Claire's amazing colour wheel.

 I win the prize for the most boring handwork!

 Penny S. is making this Christmas Stocking for her granddaughter, there will be lots and lots of Bling added.

 Cath working through the border of some wonderful masterpiece.

 Becky has more of these blocks coming along nicely.

 Two enjoying their crochet rugs.

Liz has almost finished her Swap Cards...  makes me sort of wish I'd joined the swap myself.

Some more lovely lovely handwork.

 Robyn's ongoing quilt.

 What is Sel up to here I wonder!

 Claire cutting our her new project.

 Paddy's beautiful Tapestry.

 Annette's making these lovely blocks from a bag of wonderful wools.

 Marianne at work on another fabulous quilt.

Sharon's quilt is partly made by machine partly by hand, it's going to be a stunner.

More lovely lovely handwork.

 Stephanie's Hexigons.

 Rita's fabrics for her next quilt.

 Lucy was hand quilting in circles.

 Jenn with her much admired quilt labels and her next project below.

 Lynne's Block.

 Irene is crocheting around the edges of her rug.

Sel's Hat!

Show Time!

 It's Wonder Woman...  Selina in disguise!

Irene made this quilt for a friend's baby, the friend gave her the fabric with the sheep on it, which is fabric used in the baby's room, Irene put it in the centre then worked around that.

 Liz made this wonderful sewing case using a pattern from Hatched and Patched.

... and more Show...

The black and white above and the colour below will be turned into a double sided play mat for my brand new grandchild due on the 3rd of January :-)

This is my Kambrachallenge for 2012... the Challenge was to make something that  you've always wanted to make but had never got around to.
I've  always wanted to make a Penny Rug but a quilt not a rug, so I made this with woolen fabrics and some plain cotton... it's my 'Pennie Rug' and I will never do it again, too fiddly and I found it hard sewing the cotton fabrics with the woolen fabrics, too much movement.  But I love it and so do many of my family who all covert it....  It's mine, mine, MINE!  :-)

See what the others did in the Kambrachallenge by clicking.

Here is Heather's version of the Bedford Quilt for 2012, she changed the setting a bit and added the blue sashing.

Lynne made this little quilt for a swap so we will look forward to seeing what she receives when it comes.