It was a glorious winter's day in Mackay today and despite a very foggy morning many ladies made it out for the meeting. It was lovely to have our South American visitor Anne and our nomad Kaye back with us again and also to welcome Amy who found us at the show and decided this was a group she needed to join.
Things are in "well-planned" mode for our 30th Anniversary celebrations next week where we are hoping to catch up with many past members and have a morning of reminiscing interlaced with good fun and good food. Don't miss it. 9:30 am at the hall.
Brenda won the Badge Draw today despite saying she never wins anything. She now has a voucher to spend at Needleworx.
Cathy started making a quilt for her neighbour who desperately wanted one, but then her husband got sick so Cathy abandoned her quilt and made this Bargello quilt for the husband. She actually quilted it twice. First she quilted through the diagonals of all the resctangles, but it was too jerky (again!) so she unpicked every stitch and used the low stick painter's tape to make smooth curvy lines and she quilted against them. Cathy also made a heartfelt announcement today that this is positively the very last machine quilting she ever does for the rest of her life!
A little cross stitched label for Cathy's quilt which apparently almost took as long to do as the bargello!
Some very different sewing this week from Liz. Her friend in Canada found this fabric (from a doona cover) in a dumpster and posted it to her friend in Australia who sews. Liz has made her a dress with very deep pockets as her friend is a gardener and needs to put garden things in them.
Kay has been looking through cupboards and found this hanging which she started in 2006. It is Always Remembered from Quilters Companion No21 and is now finished. The poppies remind her of her dad. (And we might take another photo of it which isn't blurred. Sorry.)
Kaye has a friend who visited Canada and brought her back this panel of cold Canadian things. Kaye now needs some inspiration to turn the pictures into a quilt. And then it will go back to the friend who gave her the fabric. (But shhh - it's a secret.)
June's BomB pattern was the Disappearing Sashed 9-Patch. Marlena has kindly sewn the collected blocks together and finished the top by adding borders. Thank you so much Marlena. It looks great and will be a beautiful charity quilt. (Actually looks better in real life as the Japanese fabrics have not photographed well.)
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