Mrs Billings at the Fair

From Thursday 26th July until Sunday 29th July there will be 16 Mrs Billings quilts on display at the Craft and Quilt Fair here in Melbourne. They will all be hanging together in their own section in the Victorian Quilters Showcase exhibition. These are just a few of them finished and ready to be hung. I will be at the fair Saturday and Sunday so come and say hello.

Hope to see you there

Sue

Post Billings Blues

  What to do after Mrs Billings, sort through the unfinished projects and try to be good and not start something new. Last year I went to a couple of the Victorian Quilt Study meetings where Janet had some of her wonderful antique quilts. One in particular caught my eye. Janet has very kindly allowed me to make my own version with a few changes. I am still playing around with the centre block, auditioning different shapes and colours.

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I already have lots of stars hexagons and circles made.

 

Still trying to turn this into some kind of order. I can only imagine tidy, ordered, coloured coded stacks of fabric.

Happy Sewing

Sue



Mini Stash Sale

Last weekend our eldest daughter and son moved into their new house. This means (after a little bit of paint) I will have my own sewing room. So I now need to tame my fabric stash, in doing so I have come across some fabrics that will need to find new homes. These orphanes are on sale at Somerset Patchwork.

Happy Shopping
Sue

Look what followed me home

These fabrics are part of a range called 1810 Chintz Medallion from the Virginia Quilt Museum.These arrived  at Somerset Patchwork Thursday morning and caused quite a stir, as each box was opened the excitement level rose.And even now they are keeping me awake.

Sue

Birthday Quilt

This quilt I have made for my sisters birthday. Large squares of shot cottons with some pattern as well.The idea was for it to look like a persian rug background with butterflies.

 I even managed some hand quilting with pearl thread.

This is the fabric the butterflies have come from a linen print.It also has bugs and caterpillars. Thanks to Effie I found it at Patchwork on Central Park. Also thanks to Dorothy and her suggestion I managed to bag the quilt with out to much drama. Can you see the differance with the photos.

Happy Sewing
Sue

Winter Flowers

Just look at these amazing flowers? Are kale flowers or cabbage. These wonderful big blooms where at the greengrocer this week.Hopefully they will last a couple of weeks.

Happy Sewing
Sue

42 Is Finished

Just a few photos so you can see that I have finished 42 (Mrs Billings). I have even peiced the backing together.

As you can see the backing has lots of joins.

And here is the front. I am so very pleased with the way it has turned out. All finished now just waiting for Karen and Paul to get back from Spring Market in Kansas so 42 can be quilted.

Until next time happy sewing
Sue