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!

 

 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.

This top by Rita will be quilted and then raffled for charity when it is completed. Sorry Rita don't remember which charity!

Marilyn was finishing a crochet edge on this beautiful knitted shawl.  

Glynis's completed quilt with hand applique and waste triangles kindly donated to her by a friend.

Next Get Together

Saturday 5 April 2025 at the Blue Gum Hotel, Waitara.

Blue Gum

It was great today to see so many smiling faces at the Blue Gum as 9 of us sat chatting and stitching and had a lovely time.

The Hand Work

Marilyn was joining her hexagons into dark and light rounds.

Heather working on her applique

Irene knitting a scarf for charity

Jean hand sewing on last of a binding.

Rita working on a very early hexagon project from 25 years ago and hoping very much to complete.

Lynne working on a pretty stitchery.

Liz working on her Christmas ornament stitcheries.

Cath working on her current project.

Show and Tell

Jean's lovely small quilt for any new small addition to the family. Pattern Zoe from Kitchen Table Quilting 

Saturday 1 April 2023 - Blue Gum Hotel

 It was a perfect day to sit and sew/crochet. The sky was grey and there were heavy downpours of rain. Much chatting and admiring of Emma's yarn which unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of.

Cath had four quilts to share with us and she was very busy binding.

This is the first of Cath's quilts; it's a Sarah Fielke design all in Tula Pink Fabrics.

Number 2 - This was a delightful quilt which we all admired. It's called Balderdash by Emma Jean Jansen.

Number 3 - Can't remember what this one was called but it was great. Was a kit bought in Launceston some time ago and put together a bit differently than the original pattern suggested.

Number 4 - This one looked great too. It had ships in the strips.

Last was an eye-spy quilt from Rita for a young relative (I think) in Melbourne.

Here are a couple of close ups of the fabrics:

Perhaps we'll see you next time.