Quilt for our Show

Inner City Circle will be holding their biennial show -  "Quilts & Textile Temptations" - at Milton State School on Saturday, 31st August from 10.00am - 3.00pm.  A challenge was issued to make 2 x A3 quilts using any 2 of these 3 themes - Shapes, Seasons or Favourites.  Above is my take on  Shapes.

This one is Seasons - my interpretation of Summer & Sunflowers. 

Members from Purple Paddo Patchers & Inner City Circle have been making a sampler quilt under my 'instruction' .  I did not like the blocks I had made - thought the fabric was so dull but it's ended up being quite a sweet quilt & I'm now happy with it. My bit of wisdom for the year/decade/century - Quilts can be a bit like children - they grow into what they should be & are often quite a nice surprise for all.

Dressing up.....?

An old wooden tray that was looking particularly daggy has been dressed up with paper & Modge Podge.  I used an old American Quilt Society catalogue, tore up pieces & applied Modge Podge to seal it.  Above is the front & below is the back/bottom of the tray.

It looks a little more interesting now.

Wedding decorations

As wedding coordinator at my church (a posh title for the person in charge of opening & closing the church at a wedding!!!) I have seen lots of different arrangements of flowers.  This is the first time for paper flowers.

Beautifully made by the bride, they were glued on to the hessian & this was put on the front of the altar.

The pews also had posies.  She also made the bouquets, the boutineers (not sure of the spelling, the button-hole flowers for the men) & the 'corsages' for the mothers.  It looked quite nice - didn't get a chance to ask why the paper flowers - that will remain a mystery.

Harvest Time!!

OK - so I won't be  holding a stall out in front of the house selling the overflow of crop -  but we had a meal of butter beans & used some of the celery in a soup.  Thyme enhanced the meal! Yesterday, No: 1 son harvested beans, celery, variety of lettuces & was pleased with the meal that provided too.  Aquaponics hard at work - fish are getting bigger but we are a long way from harvesting them.

WIP - free motion quilting

After taking this quilt to a 2Q (guild) meeting & seeking advice from one of our quilting masters - Jane - http://quiltingjane.blogspot.com.au/ -  I've started quilting.

Just 2 widths of the quilt done with this vine/leaf pattern - all free motion & I'm quite happy with it.  Now, I'll take  deep breath, have a good think & add more quilting to other sections of the quilt.

Drive in the country

After an exhausting couple of hours at a quilt show - one has to have lunch,

Sunday - we took a drive from Brisbane to Beausdesert & then over to Boonah - visited some friends & HofM was lucky enough to get a ride in a glider. That's him in the front seat.  Wasn't the weather just divine over the weekend?

Beenleigh Quilters

Just a few of the quilts displayed by members of Beenleigh Quilters.  Some stunning quilts.  There quilt show was last weekend at Beenleigh Show Grounds.

Loved this one.

Bargellos aren't really my cup of tea but this one was amazing.

Can't go wrong with black, white & yellow or red or lime green.  Simple blocks & it's great.

Another simple quilt but quite lovely.

This was done by one of the members who is a professional long arm quilter - sorry, can't remember her name - the work was great.