Auchenflower to whereever with Chris

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Back in "HerShed"

Received this from JJalltheway during the week -she's back in the States now after living in Australia for a while & she's missing Oz.

Got into "HerShed" & used the sewing machine - finished of this piece of GardenArt started at the Retreat. Do love funghi - so many shapes & colours.

Another piece of FloodArt - this one was a bit more delicately enhanced by the flood than other pieces.

Most weekends are chock-a-block in my life. Last weekend was no exception. Did manage a little sleep-in, then it was off to the West End Markets to say 'Hello' to my niece. Opposite her stall I spotted the above quilt - machine pieced but hand quilted in 'delightful' 70's browns & oranges - at least I think it dates from then - will stand corrected on that. I don't often find bargains but I felt this one was at $20.00.

It's queen-sized.

Schoolhouse Quilters had their Quilt Show at Miegunyah, an historical house in Brisbane & the Qld Quilters' Study Group (I'm a member) talked to anyone interested about the antique quilts that are housed at Miegunyah. This one is made from woollen pieces - not sure if they were samples - they were machine pieced & then each seam was hand stitched with a feather stitch.

Saturday afternoon, I was privileged to attend the opening of an exhibition -"Undercurrents" - by three friends, Trisha, Mel & Felicity. The exhibition was wonderful - all three should be really proud of their work.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Received Mail Art

When you go on holidays, you always have a lot of mail to go through on your return - the usual bills & junk mail - but I was fortunate to receive some lovely Mail Art while I was away. Love this one from Sue aka Pretty Lily - a reconstructed piece.

This interesting piece came from Superhero.

The front & back of a card from Lindsay of Canada. The lady in black reminds me of Liza Minelli - don't know why.

Loved this piece from erika g. Oakland, Ca.

JJalltheway took out time in her travels to do MailArt - that is dedication. This one is from Vietnam.

Another lovely one from Lindsay of Lake Fletcher, Canada.

Monster playing cards made this MailArt from Mandy of Duxbury, Ma - looking forward to getting back into doing some MailArt incorporating the tickets & other ephemera I collected during our trip. Thank you everyone for your lovely art work.

Inner City Circle Quilt Show

It became a very wet day for our Quilt Show but it did not deter our visitors.

Our outdoor covered area for the quilt display - it would have looked really lovely on a sunny day. Thank you to all our friends, family and visitors who braved the weather to support our group. We made over $2000.00 for Karuna Hospice, our charity. This charity support families & patients with paliative care.

"Kitchen Chooks" - one of my quilts - loved the look of these chooks. For my overseas readers who don't know this fact, Aussies call chickens - chooks! Not sure why - maybe it's close to the sound they make - who knows.

"Gingham Petals" - another of mine - hand applique petals and centre, machine pieced and hand quilted with black perle cotton in big stitches. I was very pleased with the way it turned out. I forgot to get permission from the other girls, so, until I do, I can't show you any other quilts. I will correct that over the next day or so.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Inner City Cirle Quilt Show

An invitation to all my readers in Brisbane to the Inner City Circle Quilt Show on Saturday, 27th August from 10.00am at Milton State School, Bayswater Road, Milton. Proceeds go to Karuna Hospice - plenty of parking in Bayswater Road & Haig Road - I'll be back from OS in time for this - couldn't ever miss it. Hope to see some of you there - if you can't make it, I'll post photos next week.