2QAQ meeting

Qld Quilters Art Quilt group met today & started a journey into journalling.

We started by learning a few techniques from Ali http://aliquilts.com.au/ 

What a great day!

For a Baby girl due in April

 A layer cake of fabrics - made some time ago & it's been sitting waiting for the right little person to come along.

Close up of the quilting - used a serpentine stitch 'cause stitching straight is sooooo hard!

For William

 This was a panel, cut it up & added the background - it's hand quilted with stars using shashiko thread.

 Backing pieced using left overs & a bit more from the stash.

Close up of the quilting.  This is going to a girlfriend's grandson - hope they like it.

More postcards

 My niece & her husband will be doing the El Campio Santiago (think that's right) - so I'm going on the journey through the cards - Step 1 - Sydney to London to Paris.

Step 2 - Pamplona 

Postcard Swap

 I've managed to keep this going for 12 months now.  The one above was 'My Pet" - we don't have a pet but we do have frogs, chooks & fish in our back yard!

 January's theme was 'Silohuette' - my African fabric came to the rescue.

 I received this one for 'My Pet' and below the theme was 'Angel'.

Finishes!

 Don't you just love batiks!  Made from my stash (still lots there!) for a young couple who got married in 2014 - actually finished it last month - I called it Batik Wedding.

This same couple has had a baby boy - Cooper & this is his quilt - a jelly roll, hand appliqued owls, hand & machine quilted and the quilt has been named - "Cooper's Owls" (I know, really imaginative!!)

Driving home from Sydney

 We left Sydney & drove along the  Putty Road & stopped for breakfast here along with all these bikers.  Breakfast was great and HofM had a cup of tea.

 Don't you love the pink tea cup?

We stopped at this Coptic Monastery - church was on & I entered (shoes off) & was just in time for a sprinkling of holy water.  Very ornate robes on the priest and it seems that most of the people were from Africa.  A really interesting experience.