tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36846258649415625332024-02-02T10:12:23.387-08:00 The Village QuiltersWe're a group of friends who meet in Gisborne once a month for sewing and friendship. Our group has been quilting together since 1999 and we enjoy sharing our quilts and stories.Moose-ingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00344927464689725066noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684625864941562533.post-14083286755064511252016-07-01T18:22:00.001-07:002016-07-01T18:22:18.997-07:00Jean's quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Haven't posted for a while, but we're still getting together once a month, enjoying our various projects. Jean had a show and tell item this week, her amazing foundation-pieced quilt, made with batiks, and heavily quilted on her lovely Bernina. Isn't it exquisite?!<br />
We were at Christine's, with Kathryn piecing a sampler quilt, Christine applique-ing a block, Mary knitting something, Alleyne piecing a block, and me stitching my redwork panel. Lots of fun!<br />
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<br />Moose-ingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00344927464689725066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684625864941562533.post-75709758011993849142016-02-03T20:33:00.000-08:002016-02-03T20:33:02.766-08:00It's been a while<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, time certainly has flown! And I hope we all had fun. And yes, we did get together several more times in 2015, but yours truly wasn't on the ball in terms of blogging.<br />
So here's another year, and I'll try to do better in 2016. We started the year off with a lunch at Pitruzzello's Estate, on a beautiful summer day. All of us except Kathryn and Mary attended, and they were off to see 'Cats'.<br />
Last week we got together for sewing again, all but Christine who had other commitments.<br />
There were a few show 'n tells, first up Jean, who was working on her hexie star quilt. It's coming together beautifully, and shown against the light,<br />
looks like a stained glass window.I'm sure she'll<br />
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be working on this for a while yet.<br />
Then there's Kathryn's challenge quilt from last? year; it's now quilted and bound, and looks just gorgeous. Professional quilting just makes a quilt look perfect.<br />
The other one Kathryn's holding is also finished, a large quilt in beautiful pastels. I told her thanks for making that for me, but she was very reluctant to give it up. I winder why, lol!!<br />
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A friend of mine, Deb, attended and asked me to show her how to knit. The managed the knit stitches very well and had a chunk of it knitted, before I showed her the purl stitch, which was a little more challenging. But Deb managed it, and I look forward to seeing her 'homework' next week.<br />
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Alleyne was working on a new pattern, and trying to figure out the triangles she had cut and how they fit together.<br />
Kathryn was putting the finishing touches on another quilt - you're a machine, girl! This quilt is another one in lovely shabby chic colours, very girly.<br />
FInally, a picture of some felted Christmas animals Alleyne kindly gave us. A mouse, a moose, an owl, and a squirrel, so cute!<br />
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Another fun day with lots getting done.<br />
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<br />Moose-ingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00344927464689725066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684625864941562533.post-90087936936412668832015-03-28T18:47:00.000-07:002015-03-28T18:47:15.948-07:00March meetingTwo of the ladies were missing this time, so Christine, Alleyne, Kathryn and I got together for some relaxed stitching and quilting. No photos this time, I forgot my camera, duh! So I'll just describe what was happening. We met at Christine's, and she had prepared a lovely afternoon tea for us with yummy chocolate cake! Mmm...<br />
Kathryn was working on a rather gorgeous quilt for her niece. It consisted of panels showing wolves, and some matching grey and blue fabrics. That will be one happy little niece!<br />
Alleyne was quilting her large project and we hope to see it finished in all its glory by next time. She also showed us the jelly roll quilts she had finished, and we chatted about more jelly roll patterns.<br />
Christine was piecing her Jemima quilt, it's so cute!<br />
And yours truly was working on secret quilter's business; making another part of a challenge quilt for the Wednesday group. Then I continued with the Scandinavian Rose redwork. I like this current block, there seems to be mostly backstitch, which is good, since I hate satin stitch.<br />
It was another lovely afternoon with friends. Next time will be an 'extraordinary' meeting, when Nancy visits from Canada.Moose-ingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00344927464689725066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684625864941562533.post-35991794651151221662015-03-02T22:44:00.002-08:002015-03-02T22:44:34.508-08:00A late start<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It was a late start to the sewing year 2015, our first sit n sew in January was cancelled on short notice due to Donna's bug. So the February sit n sew was the first time some of us caught up since last year.<br />
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It was fun to see some of the ladies "Blues" challenge quilts. Jean, Mary and Donna had participated (and several more ladies in the Wednesday night group - see "Gisborne Quilters'" blog).<br />
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Here's Donna's quilt, based on the history of blues music, which is about the sadness of the slaves in America (hence the tear drops), but a little happiness in the form of a flower is thrown in.<br />
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Jean showed us her magnificent Ricky Timms quilt, it's stunning, including the intricate quilting. Wouldn't mind attempting this, but the rounded edges give me the willies! A stunning quilt, and we all felt Jean should enter it in a show.<br />
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Below is a detail showing the amazing quilting Jean did on her quilt.<br />
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This is Jean's lovely entry to the "Blues" challenge. It's a beautiful miniature quilt with the tiniest windmill blocks, and a very novel border using prairie points. Jean was so kind to share the technique with us and I think we'll see a few of these borders in the future!<br />
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Finally, Mary showed us her sweet Dresden plate quilt, in which used the challenge fabric. Love the vibrant colours, it's fun!<br />
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Thanks for playing the challenge with me, ladies!<br />
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Today was Alleyne's birthday, so we made sure she celebrated in style, with bubbly and cake and some of her friends. Cheers, Alleyne!<br />
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Christine celebrated with some bubbly too, and some of - ahem! -my triple fudge brownie slice. She's working on that gorgeous border for her Japanese quilt, it's already looking fabulous<br />
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Mary was putting together some interesting blocks, but they're a secret so couldn't post photos.<br />
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Alleyne was working on her Friendship Star quilt; she's hand quilting the whole lot! The blocks look great together.<br />
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And yours truly was working on some challenges which I'm also not allowed to show yet!<br />
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Missed a couple of our buddies this time but looking forward to our next get together.<br />
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There were a few show-n-tells this month. Alleyne started off with her completed Canadian quilt. She used an attic window design with Nancy's fabrics, and did all her own machine quilting, clever puss! Love all the scattered moose!<br />
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Kathryn also had some interesting things to show - first her American Eagle quilt, all hand pieced and quilted. Doesn't it look fantastic?! It certainly inspired me to attempt my own version of an American quilt.<br />
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Then Kathryn showed us her jaw-dropping piece de resistance -<br />
a beautiful Reproduction star quilt, lovingly hand pieced over the last 9 years, machine quilted by Kerry, and the final touch (binding) painstakingly applied by Mary. A true heirloom quilt.<br />
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Not only dd the front look beautiful, the gorgeous quilting can be seen on the back and is a beautiful quilt in itself.<br />
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Kathryn is also charging ahead with her "When Sochi meets Bali" quilt. It's really coming together well.<br />
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Finally, Jean showed us her latest project, a miniature quilt in pretty blues. Love the little tulips in the corners.<br />
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Alleyne was hand quilting one of her projects, I was piecing one of my challenges, Mary and Jean were reading quilting books and mags, and Kathryn was working on her Sochi/Bali quilt.<br />
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We also celebrated Mary's birthday with some cake and afternoon tea and bubbly! Lovely to quilt with all these talented ladies.Moose-ingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00344927464689725066noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684625864941562533.post-48416770711968397432014-08-09T19:51:00.002-07:002014-08-09T19:51:20.006-07:00A challenge!Challenges everywhere, and I do love them, but I find I don't really want huge big ones any longer. So I thought I'd propose a small challenge for those who are interested -<br />
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You'll receive a fat eighth of a Bali fabric ($2 to me, please), and are<br />
invited to make a miniature quilt using that fabric. The topic is "Blues"<br />
and you can interpret that any way you want. The quilt is yours to keep, can<br />
be for any purpose, and should not exceed 20x20" . Embellish all you like,<br />
and have it finished by our December break up. <br />
Please let me know if you wish to participate, then I'll get the fabric to<br />
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Have fun!Moose-ingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00344927464689725066noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684625864941562533.post-86249731798477995242014-07-20T02:22:00.000-07:002014-07-20T02:22:17.192-07:00Bali Meets Sochi Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After spending a day at Donna's cutting out the Bali meets Sochi quilt I have been making slow progress.</div>
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I spent another day on the lounge room floor working on the layout and realised that I have some more cutting out to do!</div>
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I made the decision to leave that until I have got a large portion of the quilt sewn together. </div>
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And just for those who are wondering, I'm doing it by hand. </div>
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In between working and studying! </div>
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You know that thing called "spare time"!....Lol</div>
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Anyway, I'm getting there! </div>
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I added another row today.</div>
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This quilt is to be a wedding gift. </div>
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The wedding is in August but I have told the recipient that it will be a while after the wedding until they receive it!</div>
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I don't really like bright's but I do love the way this quilt is coming together.</div>
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After 2 years and with the help of Mary (mum)</div>
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The brave men and women who have made </div>
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The men and women who have made a choice to enter a </div>
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that those who do not have the luxury's</div>
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I don't often make quilts for myself, but this one is a keeper! </div>
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I'm extremely happy with the way this quilt has turned out. </div>
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Hand sewn and hand quilted by me (Kathryn) and binding by Mary aka Mum! </div>
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We braved the windy, wet, and cold Gisborne weather to gather at Christine's this month. We were all stitching away happily, supervised by Medley.<br />
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Jean (in hiding!) had completed this stunning little number, a blue and raspberry coloured log cabin with a twist. Love how the layout produced different secondary patterns, and the colours just popped!<br />
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Christine (also in hiding!) had finished the top of her new knee rug, all in warm flannels; I can see her rugged up against the cold in this! Very cute moose and bear flannel among that lot, too.<br />
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Kathryn was working on her "When Sochi met Bali" quilt. Coming together very nicely indeed. It'll be a stunner when it's finished. We'll wait until she's ready to reveal.<br />
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Mary was working on her Christmas project (secret woman's business, this!). It's looking very nice already.<br />
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Alleyne couldn't attend today, and we look forward to catching up with her next month. She missed out on Christine's delicious caramel cake!Moose-ingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00344927464689725066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684625864941562533.post-28005247859968735312014-06-20T02:00:00.000-07:002014-06-20T02:00:01.039-07:00Having fun - just not in Mt. Beauty!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kathryn and I initially had planned to go to Mt. Beauty for a few days, however, circumstances meant we had to change to Plan B. Plan B involved having a few relaxing days of sit n sew in wintry Gisborne!<br />
We armed ourselves with quilts to quilt and wool to knit, and occupied my loungeroom and kitchen for some - not so serious - fun. Mr. B had kindly laid on a roaring fire, I'd made a big pot of cauliflower soup, and Kathryn provided fresh bread and - wait for it - whoopie pies!! Yay!<br />
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We were very productive - here's Kathryn's American quilt, which she finished quilting on Wednesday. It looks magnificent, just needs the binding now.<br />
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Mr. Pretzel made use of the winter sun streaming through the windows, moving from sunny spot to sunny spot, and inspecting our work every so often. I think it passed muster - his fur deposits on our work kinda says so...<br />
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Friday was another good say for sit-n-sew; it was cold and blustery outside, and we kept warm and enjoyed some nice music - and more food. The lunch today was vegie curry, and Kathryn brought some very nice afternoon tea.<br />
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Kathryn was cutting out a new quilt today; she's making the "When Sochi met Bali" quilt, and it's going to be spectacular!The colours are just stunning. I don't think I could give that quilt away.<br />
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In the meantime, yours truly was knitting, making a couple of scarves. They're both nearly finished, one is a Moebius (infinity) scarf, the other a man's scarf in a beautiful Patons wool blend.<br />
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I loved the days we sewed together, nothing better than doing what you love with good company, good food, good music, and a cat!<br />
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While writing this post I am also texting Donna to make sure it doesn't look to dull!!!.....Lol<br />
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So, what do you think??? New look, same ladies!......LolMoose23http://www.blogger.com/profile/16352530980523873604noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684625864941562533.post-37202925054880942762014-05-31T02:10:00.000-07:002014-05-31T02:10:54.376-07:00The May Gathering<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our May gathering started with lunch. Donna had made Osso Buco with polenta and sugar snap peas, followed by apple/passionfruit crumble and icecream.<br />
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Happily stuffed, it was time for show and tell. Jean started off with her brilliant Ricky Timms "Rhapsody" quilt, and what a wonderful treasure that is! The Balis look fabulous in this, and the quilting is spectacular.<br />
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Below is a close-up of the some of the gorgeous quilting. Jean has done such a fabulous job!<br />
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Then it was time for the unveiling of Nancy's challenge quilts. Nancy had kindly sent us some lovely Canadian fabric last year, and we said we'd hold a challenge using the fabric. Four of us had finished our quilts (two are yet to come). Hope you like what we've done, Nancy!<br />
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Here's Christine's quilt, with her 'wandering moose' taking a stroll around the edge. It really does justice to the fabric, and Christine found a spot fabric in just the right red colour. Still needs quilting, so we look forward to seeing the finished quilt - maybe next time?<br />
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This is Mary's quilt, with prominent moose in the square. Good use of that gorgeous moose fabric! Makes a lovely table topper.<br />
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Jean also had the 'wandering moose' idea, and incorporated beautiful maple leaves in her quilt. I like how the upside-down moose legs make up another pattern.<br />
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And yours truly is very happy to have finally finished a "Canada quilt" - on the plan for a long time! It's a large maple leaf with Nancy's fabric, some of my stash, precut maple leaves, and makes a good pin holder for all the Canadian pins collected over the years by myself and received from friends.<br />
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Here they all are! It always amazes us how differently we approach our challenges, and end up with very different quilts.Moose-ingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00344927464689725066noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684625864941562533.post-62004686749531352492014-04-26T18:14:00.000-07:002014-04-26T18:14:43.260-07:00A small gathering<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday, it ended up being Jean and I for our monthly sit n sew. The others were unable to come due to Anzac weekend activities. But the two of us had a lovely time nattering and sewing. Jean had brought her latest table runner along, in lovely cool blues. Must make another one of these sometime, they're so nice.<br />
Peeking out is a little teaser - Jean finished Nancy's challenge quilt. But perhaps we'll unveil next month. Mine is just being quilted.<br />
Jean started the binding on that beautiful strip quilt, with all the points (I think it was a Judy Niemeyer one). I didn't feel like quilting, so I started a new knitted scarf.<br />
When I say I started - I had to undo it 4 times before I got the pattern right!! My brain wasn't in it...Moose-ingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00344927464689725066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684625864941562533.post-10160075706463675032014-03-30T03:06:00.000-07:002014-03-30T03:06:07.283-07:00March madness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another Saturday and the Village Quilters met at Christine's place. We were greeted by a very excited Medley, flopping herself on the floor in anticipation of tummy rubs.<br />
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Christine had outdone herself and made lovely scones with blackberry jam and cream - yum! All my good intentions to maintain my diet flew out the window when tempted with these goodies! And served on such beautiful tableware.<br />
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Christine used her new birthday present, a lovely big teapot. The tea tasted extra special.<br />
And amid all this yumminess, we even quilted! Below are some of Christine's hand quilted borders, can't wait to see that one finished.<br />
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Christine also showed us a couple of her finished tops, soon to be quilted. This one is a black, white, and red art deco quilt. The detail on the panels reminds me of the Great Gatsby.<br />
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Christine's other quilt top used up some large print fabrics, which are sometimes difficult to incorporate. This worked extremely well though, and I think once it is quilted, it will be a heirloom!<br />
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Jean and Kathryn were not able to come this time, but Alleyne, Mary and I enjoyed the afternoon. Mary was working on a challenge quilt, which we can't show off just yet, and Alleyne was working on a block of the month. As for myself, I continued to hand quilt my Native American quilt. It's very time consuming, and I can't quilt for long, because my fingers get sore. Still, with patience I shall get there eventually.<br />
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Remember this? Some years ago, we had a little excursion to Bendigo. After visiting some quilt shops, we had a well-deserved lunch with divine Strawberry Daiquiries. Mmmm.....Moose-ingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00344927464689725066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684625864941562533.post-65314512329639497162014-01-26T00:11:00.003-08:002014-01-26T00:12:49.400-08:00January Sit 'n Sew<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This was our fist get-together after the Christmas break. We all met at Donna's place, that is, Kathryn, Alleyne, Jean and Donna were present. Christine was swanning around on a cruise - lucky lady! and Mary was doing something with the nieces.<br />
Kathryn was hand quilting her American quilt, definitely a labour of love, and I was still sorting out my magazines. One day, I'll definitely get my quilting mojo back...<br />
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Luckily, Alleyne and Jean brought along some show & tell for us go 'ooh' and 'aah' about.<br />
Jean had been working on this wonderful batik Judy Niemeyer quilt, all foundation pieced. Beautiful colours!<br />
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Jean was also working on a Ricky Timms Rhapsody quilt. Again, Jean uses gorgeous batik fabrics to craft this intricate style of quilt. I think it'll be amazing when it's finished!<br />
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Alleyne had a few Bali Pops to use up, so she made a couple of strippy quilts.<br />
This green diamond one reminded me of Ireland. The photo doesn't quite do it justice, the greens just pop!<br />
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Alleyne also made this 1600 quilt. The earthy tones and the sky blue go really well together. She was thinking of doing a darker binding perhaps.<br />
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As always, we enjoyed our afternoon stitching over champagne, nibblies and coffees.<br />
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We have had a number of challenges over the years. I'll try and find the photos and post what I can. In 2012, the group challenge was to make a quilt of any sort, using colour swatches chosen by the recipient of the quilt.<br />
Here are the results, which demonstrate the talents of this groups and the creative way in which the colours were used.<br />
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This was Jean's beautiful oriental quilt, with beautiful fans and flying geese and amazing quilting.<br />
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If I remember correctly, this was Kathryn's quilt for Alleyne. The fabric was so cool!<br />
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Jean with her work of art.<br />
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And another beauty, from Christine to Kathryn I believe (let me know if I'm wrong).<br />
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Alleyne's quilt for Mary.<br />
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Jean received a lovely book cover.<br />
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Mary had put a lot of love and work into this little gem of a quilt. It had both pieced pieces and hardanger and embroidery. I was a very happy recipient!<br />
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I had made these placemats and a table topper for Christine.<br />
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The Village Quilters do like an outing! Over the years, we've had many quilt shop-hops, lunches, and<br />
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This was taken some years back at the Patchwork Tea House in Warburton, a lovely destination for anybody who likes quilts, lunches and teas. (Left to right - Alleyne, Jean, Christine, Mary, Kathryn).<br />
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This one was taken a while ago when Chris, a quilter friend from Mildura visited us. We made her an honorary member. (L to R - Mary, Christine, Alleyne, Jean, Kathryn, Chris in the back).<br />
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This was our Christmas breakup at the Gisborne Peak Winery in 2012. We had brought our challenge quilts along and entertained the other guests for a while.</div>
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The group then continued to meet in Gisborne, and were joined by Mary, Christine, and Jean. Because of the group moving to Gisborne (the village in the valley), Kathryn suggested to rename us the Village Quilters, so here we are! Many quilts were stitched during that time, and we hope to show some of them, as well as the ones we are currently working on.Moose-ingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00344927464689725066noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684625864941562533.post-2007479620570005082013-11-27T16:36:00.000-08:002013-11-27T23:27:50.231-08:00High Tea at Campaspe House Woodend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's that time of the year again, and the Village Quilters had their break-up at the lovely Campaspe House in Woodend. The English-style manor house was built in 1927 and Edna Walling designed the 5 acres of gardens around the house.<br />
The interiors are beautiful, with lots of wood panelling, cosy lounges, and a dining room looking over the pool towards guest accommodation and a formal vegetable garden.<br />
In all this splendor, high tea is served on weekends, and we thoroughly enjoyed the silver service, the ambience, the food, and of course, the company!<br />
Three triple-decker etageres were whisked in front of us - loaded with delights such as mini eclairs, brandy baskets with strawberries and cream, passion fruit cups, the fluffiest scones and cream, raspberry blondies, creme brulees to die for, shortbread biscuits, chocolate mouse cups and brownies, fancy cucumber and egg sandwiches, pastizzis, tomato and cheese mini quiches,<br />
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and smoked salmon and herb mayonnaise in pastry cups.<br />
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We made short work of most of it , but in the the end all the bounty defeated us and we couldn't finish the last few morsels! The waiters were happy, they polished off the rest.<br />
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Well, here we all are, that is, all but one; Christine wasn't able to join us this time.<br />
From left to right: Mary, Kathryn, Alleyne, Jean, and Donna.<br />
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There had to be a show-and-tell! This is the quilt Mary had been working on all year. It's a wonderful family tree, based on a photo of where the family used to live near Trentham. The tree has many individual leaves onto which the names and details of all the relatives are stitched. Truly a labour of love! The photo does not do it justice; the amount of detail is amazing, with lots of embroidered flowers, and the little tree branches are also embroidered. Stunning work, Mary!<br />
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There had been a challenge, in which Jean and myself participated, and a few people on Facebook and from the Wednesday night class. This is Jean's challenge quilt,<br />
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Alleyne also had a show-and-tell for us, with her Bali-Pop quilt. The colours were gorgeous, and this was a really good way to use a bali pop. AND they matched her shoes, lol!<br />
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There were flowers in the house, peony roses which are my favourites.<br />
We went for a short walk around the gardens, and enjoyed the flags, rhododendrons, and the amazing artichokes in the veggie garden.<br />
Two huge liquidambers dominate the front garden, and they must look spectacular in May, when they turn colour. Must come back then!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(photos and post by Donna)</span>Moose-ingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00344927464689725066noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684625864941562533.post-62518842858139489872013-11-25T01:32:00.000-08:002013-11-25T01:33:15.729-08:00Hello Village Quilters!Welcome to our blog! I played for half an hour while waiting for dinner to heat up and - hey presto! here it is. I thought we'd start with this and then adjust the way our blog will look later on. In the meantime, I'll post about our fabulously decadent high tea at Campaspe House in Woodend last weekend. Stay tuned!<br />
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