Future and past applique.

I had a trip to the Tweed Regional Art Gallery to see the Margaret Olley Exhibition. The center has  re-created rooms from her home and studio in Paddington. Great exhibition. To see her home and work area plus her art work was so good. Wonderful Australia artist.

 

 yyyyiiiiippppppiiii   I have finished all my applique blocks. (24 of them) I start this quilt at a Kim KcLean workshop at the  New Zealand 2013 Quilt Symposium .

 The pattern is "Flower Garden" by Kim McLean.   

The blocks have all been trimmed to size. I now have 1139  1" squares to cut for the sashings and boarders. Did I tell you that I'm a little mad, think you have to be to cut that many 1" squares. (sorry Kim)

 

This is the very first applique quilt I made. Think it was made around the 1970's my first years of High School. I have turned the edges under as I was stitching it down on the machine, so it's pretty bad. The fabrics I have used, are all left over dress fabrics. Lovely yellow bias to join the blocks and  a chenille rug double over on the inside with a sheet for backing. It is so heavy. I made it the same way mum and gran made Woggers. Great to look back on and remember days gone by.

 

                                                           Few photos that I really like.

 

           Display of Knitting and crochet at the Crows Nest Craft Shop. Very clever

Happy sewing every one, wish me luck with the cutting of my 1" squares.

Easter Holiday

 Before I went on holidays I had a few days working in Lisa's lovely shop "Welcome to Precious    Times".  While there I put this little quilt together, Lisa had it all cut out and ready to go. Very quick and easy quilt to stitch together.


I had a lovely few weeks away. First a few days with Megan and Mykel at Casino. They have a pretty area of the world to live. Then it was off to Mum's for  Easter. We have started to have a family get together at Coonabarabran at Easter. Mum, her brothers, sisters and cousins plus there kids and grand kids.. so it is lots of fun. And we get to hear wonderful story's from there childhood.
Had a drive out to Warrumbungle to see how the trees where going after the bush fires. Lots of the gun trees are reshooting all over, the pines have gone. Just black reminders of what they were but hundreds of new plants popping up.
Also had the afternoon at "Pilliga Pottery". What a wonderful place, so much to look at.

 

The blue sky, Black pine trees, white gum trees and all the green regrowth. Stunning colours.

                                                 The pottery tree of life at Pilliga Pottery

 

It was back to mum's and time to start making a few thing. (no sewing)  We had fun recycle old junk in to impressive art work. Not sure what mum is going to do with the tea pots but they do look good all stacked together.
Love the Bird houses, they were lots of fun to make. Tried to get Doug involved but no luck.

Just had to put this picture in. The bougainvillea at mum's front gate is so pretty.
It was time to say bye and head back to Megan and Mykel's. Had a week with them before we come back to Toowoomba

The girls from Carinda send me a few photos of finished quilts from the Circle Play class I taught last year. Every quilt from this class look so different.

The holiday is over and it's time to get back in to my sewing. The problem is what to start on first.