The past 24 hours has passed in a blur. Barb arrived, our displays went up, the trunk show was on, today Barb demonstrated her painting and stamping technique, the displays came down and it was all over until next time!
The girls working on Sarah's Sampler (1855) are well over half way now with their pieced blocks.
Here are the blocks they made in this months classes. They had more to do at home!
I am so looking forward to seeing the quilts finished.
A show and tell night will be held at Avonleigh, 11 December. This will be the first opportunity for the girls in the four classes to come together and see what has been done in the other classes.
A finished quilt top is definitely not a requirement of attendance!
It will be a fun and inspiring evening as well as a great motivator to keep going and finish the quilt.
It's so nice if you can break the monotony of long trips with a little retail therapy. It just so happened the coffee breaks happened to be in towns with Patchwork shops.
The stops were The Material Girls - Yarrawonga, Crafty Crow - Lameroo, Jennifer Meeks Giftware - Nhill and Stawell Craft Shop - Stawell.
No surprises the only fabrics I bought were reds! I'm very excited about the spot in the background as it will be perfect for the next time I need to make a baby quilt.
When Linda from Gum Valley Patchwork asked me to be a tutor at this year's Stitch in Spring I was very excited. It's years since I last visited this section of Victoria's coast line. Back then cars pulled off the road and parked on the cliff edge. Mum kept a firm grip of the backs of our jumpers, Dad's included, ready to stop us falling or being blown over the edge. We only visited in winter when it was blowing a gale and freezing cold. Of course it's changed a lot since then, but it is still one of the loveliest coast lines.
Now I live inland and while the banks of the Murray River are only five minutes away offering a lovely spot to relax, it's not the sea.
So you can imagine my delight when I pulled into the car park at Port Campbell and saw this.
I decided to enjoy the moment and have a cup of coffee before heading indoors to set up. I would have happily lingered there all day!
Linda had told Lisa of Fig 'n' Berry Creations, and I the girls would start arriving early and they did.
The view from the venue was spectacular. I have to admit I wasn't sure how much stitching would be done when there was this to look at. Apparently it's a bit ho hum when you're used to it!
One of my projects for the workshop.
Something with flowers seemed the obvious choice for 'Stitching in Spring'. A bag for a small portable light, for those of us who need extra lighting to see by, a needle case, drawstring bag for a spare set of batteries or whatever you might like to put in there and a trinket to loop around the handles of a pair of scissors.
The pattern will be released in a couple of week. Kits will be available too.
A big thank you to Linda for organising such a fabulous day and the girls attending for their enthusiasm and wonderful company. It was a very special day.
This is the job I've been putting off, deciding which samples to pack for the trunkshow at Stawell next Thursday evening and the display at the Stitch in Spring workshop on Saturday.
Yes, the Bunny Sisters do look a little uncomfortable! It's OK though, before zipping up the suitcase, I decided to pack another little quilt and now they're tucked up beneath it.
For more information on the trunkshow, please contact Mandy or Cheryl at Stawell Craft Shop.
Jan and Shelley organised the trip so the only thing left for Helen, Sue-Anne and I to do, was pack our bags!
We spent a whole day at the quilt exhibition, taking our time, making sure each quilt was studied and oohing and aahing over the fabrics. The quilts were stunning and we were surprised at how big they were. If there were any 'ugly' fabrics they were all beautiful.
It was with a twinge of sadness we said goodbye to the quilts, after all it's unlikely we will ever see them again unless it's from the pages of a book.
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