tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25357987798290855892024-03-13T14:56:12.442+11:00Quilters at SussexSussex Neighbourhood House, Coburg North, Victoria, AustraliaQuilters at Sussexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670155614481308365noreply@blogger.comBlogger183125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-11760922288458813912016-12-12T21:19:00.001+11:002016-12-12T21:19:24.140+11:00Quilters' Circle - 12th December, 2016Today was the last meeting for the year, so the Quilters and Knitters combined for a special breakup.<br />
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Lots of yummy goodies to enjoy!<br />
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Marie worked on the binding of this community quilt she has made:<br />
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It's always fun looking at the different fabrics, and finding those we recognise from previous projects. In this photo a bout a quarter of the binding remains to be stitched down, but by the end of the meeting it was completely done.<br />
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Marie also showed us her progress on her EPP stars of reproduction fabrics.<br />
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We have seen some of these stars being made previously, but now Marie is joining them together. Aren't they beautiful? Here's a closer look at some of those kaleidoscopic designs created by careful cutting and piecing:<br />
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Each star is like a small jewel.<br />
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Unfortunately Debbie didn't bring along her <i>Town and Country Quilt</i>, (designed by Susan Claire) which is a "block of the day" quilt she has been working on all year. She has kept up with the blocks, and has completed 350 with only fifteen remaining. We hope to see it in the new year.<br />
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Vireya brought along a couple of projects she has completed since last attending in July. Her <i>Hazel</i> quilt (designed by Esther Aliu) was just a top when we saw it last. It is now finished:<br />
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And her <i>Flower Ball</i> quilt (designed by Geta Grama), last seen in <a href="http://quiltersatsussex.blogspot.com/2015/02/quilters-circle-23rd-february-2015.html" target="_blank">February 2015</a> before it had a background, is now complete:<br />
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She has also assembled a top using the <i>Wild and Goosey</i> blocks (designed by Bonnie Hunter) we last saw in <a href="http://quiltersatsussex.blogspot.com/2015/03/quilters-circle-23rd-march-2015.html" target="_blank">March 2015</a>. <br />
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There are still quite a few paper foundations to be removed from it before it can be turned into a quilt. <br />
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Today Vireya was stitching down binding on a small apple-core quilt she made in a workshop a couple of months ago:<br />
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At the end of the meeting, there was just one scallop of binding remaining to stitch:<br />
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Almost there!<br />
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During the meeting we had a visit from Tamara Russell of Creative Moreland. She told us about the <a href="http://creativemoreland.com.au/moreland-quilt/" target="_blank">Moreland Quilt</a> Project, which is a:<br />
"community project collaborating with local business, artists,
community groups, neighbourhood houses, schools and age-care facilities. The project will create a large textile Quilt representing Moreland
resident’s cultural diversity, whilst recording the history of
participants. The project will record local stories and be designed to
represent the culture and history of local residents and businesses
through imagery, colour, stitch, fabric and embellishment." (Quote from the Creative Moreland website.)<br />
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Tamara is hoping that some stitching sessions will be conducted at the Neighbourhood House in the new year, both during the regular Quilters' Circle meetings, and on weekends. If you would like to get involved, you can register on their website to be kept informed. <br />
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That's it for this year! Our next meeting will be on 30th January, 2017. Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year to all our regular readers, and we hope to see you again next year.<br />
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<br />Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-37917672426642916582016-07-11T20:00:00.000+10:002016-07-12T11:01:44.463+10:00Quiters' Circle - 11th July, 2016Hello to any loyal readers! Our meetings have continued on every 2nd, 4th and occasional 5th Monday, it is just the reports that haven't happened.<br />
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We missed Debbie at our meeting today, and send her our deepest condolences for her recent loss.<br />
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Vireya showed us a BOM (Block of the Month) she has been doing this year:<br />
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The pattern is <i>Hazel</i>, designed by <a href="http://estheraliu.blogspot.com/">Esther Aliu</a>. The top will get a narrow border to complete it. <br />
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Today Vireya was sewing down binding on another project:<br />
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This is her <i>Zoo Animals</i> quilt that was a BOM last year, designed by <a href="http://quietplay.blogspot.com/">Kristy @ Quiet Play</a>:<br />
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Last seen on our blog as 9 blocks in <a href="http://quiltersatsussex.blogspot.com/2015/09/quilters-circle-28th-september-2015.html">September</a>, and now almost a completed quilt.<br />
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Marie worked on EPP stars, made with reproduction fabrics:<br />
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She has already completed about 60 stars, but has a few more to do for this project. Here are the next few to be sewn:<br />
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One point must have been left at home for this one:<br />
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And which way should these curly "M"s face: In?<br />
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Marie carries her quilting projects to meetings in this bag:<br />
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Which is embellished front and back with rosettes of hexagons with a sewing theme:<br />
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We saw these hexagons under construction a couple of years ago, but haven't shown photos of the completed bag. Last seen when Marie was stitching the rosettes to the backing fabric back in <a href="http://quiltersatsussex.blogspot.com/2014/11/quilters-circle-24th-november-2014.html">November 2014</a>.<br />
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We missed Glennys as well today, and hope all is well with her.<br />
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Our next meeting will be in two weeks, on 25th July. But when our next meeting report will be, it is hard to say!Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-89624884646086188962016-02-29T20:00:00.000+11:002016-03-01T13:25:20.205+11:00Quilters' Circle - 29th February, 2016It's a bonus fifth Monday, and a bonus leap day! And the first meeting report since our regular reporter moved to the country. Today she made the trip to the "big smoke" because it was such a unique day.<br />
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Debbie has taken on a very interesting project this year. It is a "block of the day" quilt, meaning that there are 365 blocks. (Although this year that should be 366, shouldn't it?) It's <i>That Town and Country Quilt</i>, designed by Susan Claire of Gourmet Quilter. Details <a href="http://www.gourmetquilter.com/pages/block-of-the-day-2016">here</a>. Debbie has been keeping up with the schedule, and has these blocks assembled already:<br />
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She also has a very organised folder with sleeves for each pattern. Here are a couple she worked on today:<br />
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And look at the great tin she has her threads etc stored in:<br />
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Marie today was adding some new hanging loops to a wall-hanging:<br />
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We have seen this piece <a href="http://quiltersatsussex.blogspot.com/2011/06/quilters-circle-27th-june-2011.html">before</a>, but it is worth looking at again:<br />
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It is based on a design by Rosemary Penfold, <i>Quilt for a Hot Night. </i>Marie used scraps of many fabrics that have meaning for her. Here's a couple of close-up views:<br />
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The new loops will allow Marie to hang the quilt differently in her home.<br />
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Vireya brought along a couple of projects to show us. The first is the latest <a href="http://quiltville.com/">Bonnie Hunter</a> mystery quilt, Allietare:<br />
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The mystery ran during November and December. Vireya chose colours based on the view from her new sewing room. This piece is only a top at present, but Vireya also brought along a completed quilt she made in a Craftsy class, <i>Continuous Line Quilting</i>, taught by Ann Petersen:<br />
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Today she worked on her current English paper-piecing project:<br />
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She is using a design by Lies Bos-Varkevisser of the Netherlands, called <a href="http://www.liesbos-quiltles.nl/shop/patronen_gratis/kosmosstof.html">Kosmosstoff</a>.<br />
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There will be no meetings in March, unfortunately, due to the Labour Day holiday and Easter. So our next meeting will be on the 2nd Monday in April, the 11th. <br />
<br />Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-55546548541187483712015-10-26T20:00:00.000+11:002015-10-27T10:28:55.657+11:00Quilters' Circle - 26th October, 2015In the last report, I suggested that there might not be one of this meeting, but as you can see, I was wrong!<br />
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Four quilters attended our meeting. Debbie worked on her lovely applique project:<br />
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and showed us the start she has made on quilting her Christmas quilt: <br />
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She is hand-quilting, using a "Thimble Lady" <a href="http://www.thimblelady.com/quilting-hoop/">quilting hoop</a>:<br />
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Glennys is able to walk around and drive again, which she is very happy about. But she is still working on hand-sewing projects, including this embroidered Christmas bunting:<br />
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Here's a couple of close-ups:<br />
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The pennants will be stung together with strips of Christmas fabric. Lovely!<br />
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Marie has finished constructing the top of the mystery quilt she showed us the beginnings of last time:<br />
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It's very striking! I forgot to ask if others doing the mystery have already got the final instructions, so I hope this photo didn't spoil anyone's surprise.<br />
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Today Marie continued sewing down the binding on her baby quilt:<br />
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And she wasn't alone, because Vireya was also sewing down binding:<br />
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She has to get hers finished by Thursday, as she has entered this quilt in the Ballaarat Quilters' Exhibition <a href="http://www.visitballarat.com.au/event/ballarat-quilters-inc-2015-quilt-exhibition">next weekend</a>:<br />
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(The pattern is <i>Story-Time Stars</i>, designed by Bonnie Hunter.) Based on how far Vireya got round the quilt today, she estimates another 7 hours of binding sewing, and then an hour or so of sewing on a hanging sleeve. Looks like a busy few days ahead!<br />
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Our next meeting is in two weeks, on the 9th November. Perhaps we will see you again then!Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-31290046520712199592015-10-12T20:00:00.000+11:002015-10-13T18:19:07.740+11:00Quilters' Circle - 12th October, 2015It is October already! The year is nearly over.<br />
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Debbie is appliqueing the stems, with beautiful tiny stitches:<br />
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on the lovely block we saw last time: <br />
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She started the block in a class with Irene Blanck. It looks like it will keep her busy for a while.<br />
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You may remember that last time Glennys couldn't join us. Today she came along and showed us all the hand-piecing she has been doing while recuperating:<br />
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Lots of blocks finished!<br />
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She has plans to make a few more before she is done. Here's the current one under construction:<br />
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Hexagons looking good! We enjoyed seeing all this work, but we do hope your ankle will be 100% again soon, Glennys.<br />
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Glennys' grand-daughter Matilda joined us again. Today she worked on a present for her father's birthday. She carefully stitched his initial over the line:<br />
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And when she was finished stitching, Glennys put her work into a frame:<br />
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Lovely!<br />
Matilda has also been doing some machine stitching, trying out some of the stitches on Glennys' machine. She brought this piece along for show-and-tell:<br />
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She is a clever girl. We all enjoy seeing a young person interested in handcrafts. And after all her work, she relaxed with some colouring-in:<br />
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Marie brought along a new project for her show-and-tell:<br />
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It is a mystery quilt being run in another group she attends. This is one block, and below are a whole bunch of them:<br />
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It isn't a mystery to Marie, as her teacher gave her all the instructions. But we won't say what they become in case one of her classmates is reading this.<br />
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Today Marie stitched down the binding on her lovely baby quilt we saw quilted last time:<br />
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She is about half-way round, so it won't be long before the quilt is given to the baby she made it for. <br />
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Vireya made it to the meeting, but didn't have any sewing with her. She talked about her new house. She now lives about 120kms away, so may not be able to attend meetings very often. If no-one else takes up the job of writing these reports, future updates may be sparse.<br />
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The next meeting will be in two weeks, on the 26th of October. You might have to come along if you want to see what everyone has been doing!<br />
<br />Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-41860591293529462312015-09-28T20:00:00.000+10:002015-09-29T22:52:04.015+10:00Quilters' Circle - 28th September, 2015Apologies for the missing meeting report. Fortunately today we have some photos for you!<br />
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Glennys couldn't join us, though. Perhaps she did some hand-stitching at home, and thought of us? If you are reading this, Glennys, we hope you will be back on both feet soon! <br />
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Since our last report, Marie has quilted her baby quilt:<br />
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Today she was running in some ends:<br />
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And here's a close-up of some of her quilting:<br />
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With only the binding to go, this quilt is nearly completed.<br />
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Vireya has completed all nine blocks of the Zoo Animals BOM designed by Kristy @ <a href="http://quietplay.blogspot.com/">Quiet Play</a>:<br />
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Lots of cute blocks! But she is not ready to assemble the quilt, as she is planning to add some more blocks to the menagerie. Vireya also showed us her new phone cover, which is a bit quilt-like:<br />
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Her previous cover broke when she dropped the phone, so she is glad the cover was there to protect it.<br />
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Debbie recently did a needle-turn class with Irene Blanck of <a href="http://www.focusonquilts.com.au/">Focus on Quilts</a>. This is the piece she started in the class:<br />
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Beautiful fabrics! And lots of needle-turn to do before it is finished.<br />
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Speaking of needle-turn reminded us of the <i>Quilters' Circle</i> block Joy made for the Neighbourhood House <a href="http://quiltersatsussex.blogspot.com/2014/03/neighbourhood-house-quilt.html">quilt</a> in 2007. So we went and took a photo of the block as a reminder:<br />
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Beautiful work by Joy!<br />
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Our next meeting will be in two weeks, on 12th October. Happy sewing until then!Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-78659803788339037032015-08-31T20:00:00.000+10:002015-09-01T17:55:56.643+10:00Quilters' Circle - 31st August, 2015It's the last day of winter, but spring is definitely in the air!<br />
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Glennys added a couple of finishing touches to a cute cloth book for a baby:<br />
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The pages are calico with overlocked edges. The book closes with a tab with a press-stud. Glennys has made several of these books, and each is unique. She saves bits of appropriate fabrics, and creates themed pages:<br />
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Notice the little bell attached to the music page:<br />
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What a cute gift for a baby!<br />
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Once the book was complete, Glennys did some English paper-piecing:<br />
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Marie appliqued some dots:<br />
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Vireya made another star for her English paper-piecing project:<br />
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And here it is done:<br />
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Our next meeting will be in two weeks, on the 14th of September. See you again then!Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-30172461171349204712015-08-24T20:00:00.000+10:002015-08-25T11:08:36.214+10:00Quilters' Circle - 24th August, 2015Our special visitor today was Glennys' 5-yr-old grand-daughter, Matilda, who brought along her own sewing:<br />
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She is doing a great job with her cross-stitch, isn't she? Glennys helps by marking with a disappearing marker where Matilda should put the needle in for her next stitch.<br />
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Debbie continued blanket-stitching around her nativity scene:<br />
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Glennys showed us this project she has started, using scraps and an interesting dresden plate technique:<br />
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The pattern is <i>Paradiso</i>, from MoonShine by Monica Poole. However, today Glennys worked on perhaps the most unusual project we have seen:<br />
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Minotaur horns! They will be attached to a cap for her grand-son to wear to a Greek Mythology book-week event. Glennys is a champion, as she was given only a day or two of notice that the costume was needed. Which left us all wondering how families where no-one can sew manage to come up with costumes?<br />
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Marie stitched down binding:<br />
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on this lovely baby quilt:<br />
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We last saw this project when it was just some blocks back in <a href="http://quiltersatsussex.blogspot.com/2015/06/quilters-circle-29th-june-2015.html">June</a>. It has come together beautifully.<br />
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Vireya removed paper from the most recent of her <i>Zoo Animals</i> blocks:<br />
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It's a monkey. Here are all the blocks so far:<br />
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There is only one remaining in the block-of the-month pattern from <a href="http://quietplay.blogspot.com/">Quiet Play</a>, although Vireya is planning to extend the quilt with some blocks from another Quiet Play pattern.<br />
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This month has five Mondays, so our next meeting is only a week away. See you then!Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-89543970928366702122015-08-10T20:00:00.000+10:002015-08-14T17:40:53.456+10:00Quilters' Circle - 10th August, 2015Spring is in the air! Blossom trees are beginning to blossom, wattle is blooming, and there was a touch of warmth in the air today.<br />
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Debbie brought along her finished coasters and a folded-fabric star from the workshops she did at the recent Craft and Quilt Fair:<br />
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Scroll down to see how the coasters looked at our last meeting, before they were assembled with their backing. Today Debbie continued stitching the zig-zag design in the top left of the photo.<br />
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We had a few magazines to look at today, including an issue of <i>Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks.</i> It is very hard to find in Australia, but Vireya found it in Ballarat:<br />
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Vic the Manager popped in to give us each a new fridge magnet! <br />
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Marie continued adding appliqued dots to the baby quilt she is making:<br />
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And here is how the whole top is looking now:<br />
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Marie also had some unusual show-and-tell:<br />
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A toilet-paper wrapper! But the interesting part is the concept behind it. The company gives 50% of their profit to <a href="http://www.wateraid.org/au">WaterAid</a> to build toilets in developing countries. You can read more about it <a href="http://au.whogivesacrap.org/">here</a>.<br />
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Our next meeting will be in two weeks, on 24th August, See you then!Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-13669447109071699512015-07-27T20:00:00.000+10:002015-07-28T23:03:04.228+10:00Quilters' Circle - 27th July, 2015Firstly, apologies for there being no report of the last meeting. Our usual scribe could not attend, and no-one had a camera to take any photos. Fortunately this week everything came together again!<br />
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In our last post, we showed Cathie's pansy quilt in progress. Here is Debbie's, made in the same class in 1996: <br />
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And here are a couple of the individual blocks:<br />
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The pattern came from the book mentioned in our last post, <i>Pansy Designs for Traditional Crafts</i> by Deborah Brearley. Debbie found out recently that the lovely hand-dyed fabrics which work so well in these appliqued flowers were made by Dijanne Cevaal.<br />
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Marie has almost finished the top of this pretty baby quilt:<br />
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Today she added a few more appliqued circles:<br />
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Vireya cut out these shapes, which had people a little puzzled:<br />
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But here's what they turn in to:<br />
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The pattern is <i>Kosmosstoff</i>, (Cosmos Dust) by <a href="http://www.liesbosquilts.nl/quilts/qui99kosm01N.html">Lies Bos-Varkevisser</a>. Vireya has reduced the pattern size, and is assembling them by the English paper-piecing method. This could be another long-term project.<br />
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We had all attended the Craft & Quilt show over the weekend. Debbie did some of the workshops, where she made two types of coasters using different Japanese stitching techniques, and a folded star. Here are the coasters:<br />
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Today she was completing the stitching on one of the coasters.<br />
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Our next meeting will be in two weeks, on the 10th August. See you again then!Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-39729548094484154042015-06-29T20:00:00.000+10:002015-07-01T17:45:24.291+10:00Quilters' Circle - 29th June, 2015Today was our bonus 5th Monday meeting. We also had a special bonus of a new quilter.<br />
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Cathie joined us for the first time, and worked on this block:<br />
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It is part of a pansy quilt Cathie started in a class at <a href="http://www.patchworksunlimited.com/">Patchworks Unlimited</a> in Pascoe Vale in 1996! The pattern is "Quilted Pansy Sampler Quilt" from the book <i>Pansy Designs for Traditional Crafts</i> by Deborah Brearley. Amazingly, Debbie did the same class back then, and next time will bring her completed pansy quilt to show us.<br />
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Today Debbie showed us her completed <i>Truly Aussie</i> quilt (designed by Helen Stubbings). It is a double-sided quilt, featuring hand-embroidered and hand-pieced blocks. It is truly amazing!<br />
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Click those photos to enlarge them and see some of the detail. Or scroll back though previous posts where you will find some close-ups of blocks as Debbie was working on them.<br />
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Debbie also showed us this cute little purse she made from the hexagons she was working on at our last meeting. It closes with a flex frame.<br />
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Very sweet! Today she had more hexagons happening, stitching another hexagon flower to a tea-towel for sale at a craft market next month: <br />
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Today Glennys was embroidering butterflies on panels she has pieced which will be made into a drawstring bag like the one Debbie showed us in <a href="http://quiltersatsussex.blogspot.com/2015/04/quilters-circle-13th-april-2015.html">April</a>.<br />
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Marie showed us some blocks she has made for another baby quilt:<br />
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and today she too worked on stitching hexagon flowers to tea-towels:<br />
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Vireya hadn't brought anything with her today, but fortunately Marie had some extra hexagon shapes and fabrics with her for more tea-towels, so Vireya spent the meeting covering hexagons for her:<br />
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The cardboard hexagon shapes were very interesting, as they had been cut from a calendar, and a couple of them included years. This well-used hexagon has January 1971 on it, and one of the others had 1968.<br />
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Our next meeting will be in two weeks, on 13th of July. See you again then!Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-90066449807961493112015-06-22T20:00:00.000+10:002015-06-24T08:43:07.028+10:00Quilters' Circle - 22nd June, 2015It was the shortest day of the year, and very cold outside, but there was lots of lovely work to look at today. People have been busy in the month since our last meeting!<br />
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Marie was appliqueing the last side of her hexagon panel to the background:<br />
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She gave us a sneak peek at how the rest of this lovely baby quilt will go together:<br />
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It is beautiful!<br />
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Vireya showed us this gift she received in a present exchange at a "Christmas in June" event at another quilting group:<br />
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It can be used as a decoration, or as a book-mark. It is beautifully made.<br />
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Today Vireya was removing tiny bits of paper from the back of her most recent <a href="http://quietplay.blogspot.com/">Zoo Animals</a> block:<br />
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Some of those tiny pieces were a bit tricky to remove. A pair of tweezers came in handy! Here's all six completed blocks:<br />
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There are three more blocks in the quilt, then it will be time to start putting them together.<br />
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Debbie has been doing some EPP with hexagons, trying out different methods to see which she likes best:<br />
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She also showed us a fund-raising project she is working on for another group. Some donated linen tea-towels and donated prepared hexagons go together to make embellished tea-towels which should sell well at their market stall:<br />
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It is hard to find linen tea-towels these days. These ones are from Poland, and are a beautiful quality.<br />
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Glennys is making a wall-hanging for a granddaughter:<br />
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Each block has a little pocket for a toy or other precious item. The fabrics are scraps from the quilt Glennys made for this lucky girl. The pattern is designed by Amanda Lefebure, and appears in this magazine from Spotlight:<br />
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Today Glennys continued with her EPP project, which is coming together well:<br />
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Our next meeting will be in only one week, on 29th June. It's our 5th-Monday bonus meeting. See you again then!Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-15851982378432301702015-05-25T20:00:00.000+10:002015-05-26T12:43:18.821+10:00Quilters' Circle - 25th May, 2015We had a surprise visit today from Dianne, who blogs at <a href="http://coburgcraftstuff.blogspot.com/">Coburg Craft Stuff</a>. She donated some craft books,<br />
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which we enjoyed looking through. We left a few for the craft and sewing groups which meet later in the week.<br />
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Debbie is nearing the end of her "Truly Aussie" quilt (designed by Helen Stubbings). Here's one side of the quilt:<br />
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and the other:<br />
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Doesn't it look great? And here's a close-up view of where she is up to:<br />
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stitching down the sashing which covers the joins between these quilt-as-you-go blocks.<br />
Almost done!<br />
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Marie is appliqueing circles to make the flowers on the stems she was doing at our last meeting:<br />
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Very cute!<br />
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Vireya has a birthday this week, so there were some goodies<br />
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and a lovely card:<br />
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Vireya showed us these partially assembled blocks which are from the book "<a href="http://www.ctpub.com/cultural-fusion-quilts/">Cultural Fusion Quilts</a>" by <a href="http://therootconnection.blogspot.com/">Sujata Shah</a>.<br />
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They are not Vireya's normal sort of piecing, as they are cut without measurements, and joined without worrying about accuracy. She enjoyed the unusual process and is sure to make a few more.<br />
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Our next meeting is a month away, because of the public holiday in June. We'll meet again on 22nd June.Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-10121372049313067762015-05-11T20:00:00.000+10:002015-05-14T18:54:52.923+10:00Quilters' Circle - 11th May, 2015It is the 6th birthday of our blog. Happy Blogiversary to us!<br />
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Dorothea from the knitting group showed us this lovely quilt she is making for a grandbaby in America. She purchased the pattern at the recent AQC. It is from a NZ company, and we will add the details here when we can.<br />
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Very cute! <br />
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Marie is making good progress on the baby quilt she is making for her neighbours. The baby is due in about a week, so it is a race to see which is ready first - the baby or the quilt.<br />
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Today she stitched down a few more stems for the floral border.<br />
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Marie also showed us a technique she is learning for doing a decorative flange binding. This is the pretty little quilt she is binding:<br />
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Close-up view showing the red flange piece which is caught between the quilt and the binding:<br />
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Very effective!<br />
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Glennys worked on her English paper-piecing project:<br />
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Vireya showed us the latest of her zoo animals - this is a BOM by Kristy at Quiet Play:<br />
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The giraffe is the block for May. Today she removed the last little pieces of paper from the back,<br />
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and then cut out the pieces of an applique project:<br />
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Debbie stitched around a shepherd in the nativity scene she is working on:<br />
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Our next meeting will be in two weeks, on 25th May. Join us as we begin our 7th year of blogging!Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-56932012619066001102015-04-30T20:00:00.000+10:002015-05-01T18:57:58.257+10:00Quilters' Circle - 27th April, 2015Sorry this report is late, but I have had internet access issues this week.<br />
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On Monday Vireya showed us all the "free" goodies she got at the AQC, plus the quilting she did in two one-day workshops with <a href="http://debbybrownquilts.com/">Debby Brown</a>:<br />
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Marie is making a baby quilt for neighbours whose baby is imminent:<br />
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Here's the front view:<br />
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Lots of cute fabrics in there!<br />
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Debby is close to the end of her "Truly Aussie" quilt. She is hand-quilting the blocks individually:<br />
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And each block is double-sided:<br />
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Here's how far she has to go before she starts assembling the quilt:<br />
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Everything below the red line is quilted, and the ones above the line are pinned ready to quilt. It won't be long before Debbie is putting it all together.<br />
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Our next meeting will be in two weeks, on the 11th of May. And that will mark six years since our first meeting report was blogged <a href="http://quiltersatsussex.blogspot.com/2009/05/quilters-circle-4th-may-2009.html">back here</a>.Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-90251300262039253142015-04-13T22:56:00.000+10:002015-04-13T22:56:06.436+10:00Quilters' Circle - 13th April, 2015School holidays are over, so there were more people at the house and on the roads today. <br />
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Glennys has completely assembled the top of her <i>My Blue Heaven</i> quilt (designed by <a href="http://pumpkinmamas.blogspot.com/2013/12/my-blue-heaven.html">Therese Hylton</a>): <br />
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It looks great all together! But after assembling it she noticed that some of the embroidery was missing from one block, so today she worked on that.<br />
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Here's a close-up of Marie's latest project:<br />
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And the full picture:<br />
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The young girl this one is for is sure to love it. We all enjoyed finding little surprises in the fabrics. Today Marie was stitching down the binding. She already has her next project lined up - a baby quilt for her neighbours. She is a busy quilter!<br />
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Vireya now has four completed <a href="http://quietplay.blogspot.com/">Zoo Animals</a> blocks:<br />
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Today she worked on an applique kit she was given many years ago:<br />
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Unfortunately the Vliesofix has separated from its backing because it is so old, so ironing these pieces down will be a bit tricky. <br />
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Debbie showed us this lovely bag she made some time ago:<br />
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The pattern from Chandler's Cottage is called <a href="http://www.chandlerscottage.com/info/pid/406.html">Japanese Lunch Bag</a>. Debbie's is completely hand-sewn, and features embroidered panels. She actually did use it for taking her lunch to work.<br />
Today Debbie completed the stitching around this sheep:<br />
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He is part of a nativity scene.<br />
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So that's it for this meeting. Our next meeting is in two weeks, on 27th April. See you then!Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-8635384425855728242015-03-30T20:00:00.000+11:002015-03-31T18:29:38.613+11:00Quilters' Circle - 30th March, 2015Welcome back to another meeting of the Quilters' Circle. We had a very quiet meeting today, probably because the school holidays meant people had other commitments.<br />
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Debbie showed us this work in progress:<br />
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This is the background, but there is lots of applique to be added to it. The pattern is from a book called <i>Everyday Angels in Extraordinary Quilts</i>, by Mary Lou Weidman. Here's how the quilt will look when finished:<br />
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Very cute!<br />
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Marie finished the binding on the third of the community quilts she has worked on, and told us she has been given another of the embroidered pieces she used in the centre of each of them. So we will be seeing another of Marie's amazing creations in weeks to come!<br />
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Marie also showed us an unfinished kit that a friend found at a school fete and bought for her. The kit is for a small quilt with six house blocks. Here is the one house which has been partially assembled:<br />
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And here's the rest of the fabric for the quilt:<br />
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You can see where some of the pattern pieces have been traced onto the fabric for the next little houses.<br />
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Vireya spent a some time trying out this Clover yo-yo flower maker:<br />
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It looks as if this fabric was a bit stiff to give a good result, but it is worth trying again with something softer.<br />
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Vireya also showed us the third of the <i>Zoo Animals</i> BOM by Kristy at Quiet Play, which is a polar bear. Here's all three of the blocks so far, laid out on a potential sashing fabric:<br />
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There are another 6 months of patterns to go.<br />
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Our next meeting will be in two weeks, on 13th April. See you again then!Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-37180328770481361752015-03-23T20:00:00.000+11:002015-03-24T13:12:34.213+11:00Quilters' Circle - 23rd March, 2015We were saddened today to hear that Marie's mother passed away last week. Our heartfelt condolences to her, and best wishes for her trip to Sydney for the funeral this week.<br />
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Today Debbie worked on the star blocks for her "Truly Aussie" quilt:<br />
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By the end of the meeting she'd made this much progress:<br />
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She has twelve more blocks to make. All the pieces are prepared, ready to sew:<br />
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We are all awed by her hand-piecing skill!<br />
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Glennys blanket-stitched around a bunny rug made of some very cute fabric:<br />
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There are two new arrivals she is sewing blankets for. She showed us all the lovely fabrics she has chosen but unfortunately we didn't get a picture of them.<br />
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Marie worked on the binding of the third of the community quilts she has made.<br />
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The previous two are in the last two meeting reports. Scroll down to see them. All three are beautiful.<br />
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On the weekend, Vireya attended an amazing exhibition of Japanese quilts in Ballan. She brought the catalogue along, although the photos in it didn't do the quilts justice.<br />
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Vireya showed us her "Wild and Goosey" blocks:<br />
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They are foundation paper-pieced. The pattern is by Bonnie Hunter, and can be downloaded from the QuiltMaker magazine website <a href="http://www.quiltmaker.com/content_downloads/QM1306PF_WildGoosey.pdf">here</a>.<br />
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As there are five Mondays this month, it is only a week until our next meeting. See you then!Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-52040185072042230362015-02-23T21:52:00.000+11:002015-02-23T21:52:28.348+11:00Quilters' Circle - 23rd February, 2015While a thunderstorm rumbled away outside, we stayed dry inside and stitched.<br />
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Debbie is making more hourglass units, which will form the points of Ohio Star blocks:<br />
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Some in progress above, and finished ones below.<br />
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Marie is stitching the binding on another community quilt:<br />
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And here's the front:<br />
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Isn't it fantastic? This is the second quilt Marie has created built around a stitched panel. See the first one in our previous meeting report. And look, she has already begun putting a third one together:<br />
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Here's a closer view of some of the "square in a square" owls for the next border:<br />
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Very cute!<br />
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Vireya is stitching up the last few seams for her Flowerball quilt (designed by Geta Grama):<br />
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Six short seams and it will be done!<br />
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Here's how the whole thing looks now from the front:<br />
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Now she needs to decide on the background.<br />
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It is a whole month until our next meeting, due to the Labour Day holiday. We'll be back here on 23rd March. See you again then!Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-44758205425197466422015-02-09T21:46:00.002+11:002015-02-09T21:46:51.962+11:00Quilters' Circle - 9th February, 2015It is a long time since our last meeting, so there was lots of catching up to do today, and some progress on projects to show and tell about!<br />
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Debbie has completed all the stitchery parts of her <i>Truly Aussie</i> quilt (designed by Helen Stubbings).<br />
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Glennys started putting together a new EPP (English paper piecing) block today:<br />
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Marie has finished piecing and quilting the quilt we saw in progress at the last meeting:<br />
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Marie told us of a workshop she did with Dijanne Cevaal, making "tifaifai" (Polynesian word for applique). Here are her class samples:<br />
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At our last meeting Vireya was working on the second step of the Bonnie Hunter mystery, <i>Grand Illusion</i>. Since then she has completed the full top:<br />
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Vireya has started a paper-foundation-pieced "block of the month" called <i>Zoo Animals</i>, designed by Kristy at <a href="http://quietplay.blogspot.com/">Quiet Play</a>. Here is January's flamingo, and February's penguin:<br />
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Our next meeting will be in two weeks, on 23rd February. See you then!Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-5244091568099949082014-12-08T22:16:00.001+11:002014-12-08T22:16:05.344+11:00Quilters' Circle - 8th December, 2014Today was our last meeting for the year, so there were goodies to share, and a few surprises.<br />
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Lots of yummy stuff!<br />
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Glennys made this bowl after seeing the one Marilyn gave Marie in <a href="http://quiltersatsussex.blogspot.com/2014/11/quilters-circle-10th-november-2014.html">November</a>:.<br />
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Hers has a china dish inside to hold the contents at the moment, but she is planning to replace that with a glass one so that the pretty fabric on the inside can be seen as well.<br />
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We had a surprise visit from Carol who we haven't seen for a while. Today she worked on a block for the Robyn Falloon quilt design "Airs and Graces":<br />
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Carol started the quilt a few years back, and here are the blocks she has completed so far:<br />
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Looking good!<br />
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Debbie has completed a few more stitchery blocks for her "Truly Aussie" quilt:<br />
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Today she worked on the dunny door!<br />
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Glennys has made progress on her Christmas stitchery project, including making the patchwork to surround it:<br />
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This is what she was stitching today:<br />
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Marie has added some more sections to the quilt top she showed us last time:<br />
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Today she did some quilting on another project:<br />
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Mary from the knitting group brought along some fabric she didn't want any more, which I think all found new homes:<br />
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Marie told us about this craft market next Saturday:<br />
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Vireya showed us her work on the first couple of parts of Bonnie Hunter's <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/grand-illusion-mystery.html">Grand Illusion mystery quilt.</a><br />
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Today she was trimming her Part 2 units:<br />
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It will be interesting to see what this turns into.<br />
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That's the end of another busy year at Sussex Neighbourhood House. The house will now be closed until February, so our next meeting is a long way off, on the 9th February, 2015. See you again then!Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-46533900258209524982014-11-24T18:54:00.000+11:002014-11-24T18:55:50.437+11:00Quilters' Circle - 24th November, 2014Can you believe that is is already our second-last meeting for the year? None of us can!<br />
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Debbie has complete a few more stitcheries for her <i>Truly Aussie</i> quilt. Here's a very recognisable structure:<br />
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Today she worked on this swaggie:<br />
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Here is Glennys's project sitting on the magazine photo that inspired her:<br />
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It is a traditional block called "Jack in the Box". Glennys is using the English paper-piecing method to construct it.<br />
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Marie showed us this little quilt she is working on:<br />
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The centre is an orphan block her teacher had, and Marie is turning it into a cot-sized quilt by adding borders. We were impressed with how the triangle border fits the sides so exactly. That sort of maths can be tricky.<br />
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Today Marie continued stitching her hexagon project to the backing fabric:<br />
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Vireya stitched together a couple of sections of her <i>Flower Ball</i> quilt:<br />
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It's coming together, but later this week Vireya will be starting the Bonnie Hunter <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/grand-illusion-mystery.html">mystery quilt</a>, so this project might be put aside while that happens.<br />
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Our final meeting for the year will be in two weeks, on 8th December. See you again then!Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-83191761091367630822014-11-10T22:30:00.004+11:002014-11-10T22:30:56.108+11:00Quilters' Circle - 10th November, 2014Marie's birthday is later this week, so we had some special goodies for afternoon tea at our meeting today, and there were also some presents:<br />
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A closer look at the cute little fabric basket:<br />
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It is made from a couple of squares of fabric, stitched at the corners to make a box shape.<br />
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Marie showed us the start of a new project:<br />
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These strips will become a placemat in the shape of a ginkgo leaf. Today Marie worked on her hexagon project, but somehow we didn't get a photo of that.<br />
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It was lovely to see Marilyn, who was able to join us today. She worked on an owl stitchery, and showed us a few which she has already finished:<br />
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It's a long-term project, which is a handy size for taking to meetings. They are very cute owls!<br />
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Debbie has been very busy. Over the long weekend she completed lots of stitchery panels for her <i>Truly Aussie</i> quilt (designed by Helen Stubbings):<br />
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Here's a close-up view of one of them:<br />
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But she still has quite a pile to go:<br />
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The pattern included iron-on transfers for all the designs, which is a handy way to get them onto the fabric, especially as there are so many.<br />
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Glennys has completed another block for her EPP (English paper piecing) project:<br />
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But today she too was working on a stitchery:<br />
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This one is a Christmas design, which will have some patchwork surrounding it. It is a pattern from an old edition of <i>Patchwork and Quilting</i> magazine, called <i>Family and Friends</i> and designed by Sonya Cormaux-Jones.<br />
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Vireya used one of the large tables to spread out and trace a dress pattern from an <i>Ottobre</i> magazine:<br />
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It looks confusing, and even though she has a lot of experience at using patterns like this, she did trace the wrong line in a couple of places. Will we see the finished dress before the end of the year?<br />
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We have only a couple of meetings left this year. See you again for our next one, on 24th November.Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-44270975738964961402014-10-27T22:41:00.000+11:002014-10-27T22:54:09.675+11:00Quilters' Circle - 27th October, 2014Here we are at the end of October, with the year rushing by.<br />
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Marie has finished assembling her version of the <i>Fabric Fusion</i> pattern from Modern Quilt Studio:<br />
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It looks great! She also brought along one of the community quilts we've seen before. It has been quilted by her teacher,<br />
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and today Marie was stitching down the binding:<br />
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Glennys has been well and truly bitten by the English paper-piecing bug. She has now completed two blocks:<br />
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and started a couple more.<br />
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Looking good!<br />
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Glennys also showed us these cushion covers she made from a panel she bought at the recent Stitches and Craft show:<br />
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Holly Hobbie brings back a few memories!<br />
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Debbie showed us this lovely Baltimore Album quilt she made (in 2001) from designs in the book <i>Baltimore Bouquets</i> by Mimi Dietrich.<br />
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All made by hand, of course! Here's a closer view so you can see some of the lovely details:<br />
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See the tiny beads inside the yo-yo flowers?<br />
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Today Debbie was stitching the very last saying for her <i>Truly Aussie</i> quilt:<br />
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Marie and Vireya each brought along new books to show us:<br />
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Vireya is still joining sections of her <i>Flower Ball</i> quilt:<br />
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And in between everything else, we got to see the architectural model of the new Neighbourhood House which we are hoping will be built next year:<br />
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So that's something to look forward to!<br />
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Meanwhile, our next meeting will be in two weeks, on 10th November. See you again then.Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535798779829085589.post-83212581178579168592014-10-13T20:53:00.002+11:002014-10-13T20:53:46.122+11:00Quilters' Circle - 13th October, 2014Happy October, everyone!<br />
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Seeing this patchwork dog in a Spotlight catalogue at our last meeting:<br />
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prompted a couple of us to bring along our own patchwork animals today:<br />
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We've met Mr. Lion before, when we met at <a href="http://quiltersatsussex.blogspot.com/2010/01/quilters-circle-18th-january-2010.html">Marie's home</a> once when the neighbourhood house was closed. He was made for Marie by a friend in 1966, and is all hand-sewn. He has a very cute embroidered face, although his button eyes have gone missing some time in the last 48 years!<br />
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Vireya made the two dogs in the early 1970s. She didn't have a pattern, but made them based on a picture she saw in a book. She used the English paper piecing method, as that was the only patchwork method she had heard of at the time. Nowadays it would be much faster to rotary-cut the squares, and sew them together by machine!<br />
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If one of these dogs looks brighter than the other, it is because the truth is that only one of them was finished in the 1970s. It is on the left in the top photo, and on the right in the lower one. The brighter dog was put away not-quite-finished, and stayed in the dark for 30-odd years. But Vireya sewed the last few seams and stuffed him a few years ago. They have both come to our group before, but it must have been before we started blogging in 2009.<br />
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If you would like to make your own patchwork critter, there is a pattern you can download <a href="http://dsquilts.com/fabric_and_patterns.asp?PageID=187">here</a>, or instructions <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/how-to-huggable-loveable-dog-p-88800">here</a>, but it isn't hard to improvise your own pattern and make a dog (or other animal) any size you like.<br />
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Glennys brought along the finished English paper piecing block she has been sewing at our last couple of meetings:<br />
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It was great to see it all together, and Glennys enjoyed the process so much she has started another block, using the same fabrics but a different design:<br />
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She's been bitten by the EPP bug!<br />
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Marie has made lots of parts of blocks for the pattern she showed us last time, <i>Fabric Fusion</i> from Modern Quilt Studio, and she spread them out so we could get an idea of what the finished quilt will look like:<br />
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Looking good so far!<br />
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Today Marie continued to apply her pieced hexagons to her background fabric:<br />
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Vireya has stitched together (but not pressed yet) four complete Wild & Goosey blocks (a Bonnie Hunter design):<br />
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Today she removed paper from a few more components she has made. She is also planning to participate in Bonnie's mystery again this year, which starts at the end of November. Bonnie announced her colours this week, and Vireya showed us some paint chips in Bonnie's colours:<br />
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Details of the mystery can be found here:<br />
<a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/grand-illusion-mystery.html">Grand Illusion Mystery.</a><br />
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Mary from the knitting group showed us these lovely poppies she made for the <i>5000 Poppies</i> project, which you can read about here: <a href="http://5000poppies.wordpress.com/">5000 Poppies</a><br />
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Our next meeting will be in two weeks, on 27th October. See you again then!Vireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.com0