Leanne's Lovely "Longbourne"

Leanne's Lovely "Longbourne"

My dear friend Leanne allowed me to borrow her beautiful completed "Longbourne" quilt top so that I could have an extra sample to show my students when teaching this quilt.

Leanne's "Longbourne" travelled with me to Melbourne, Wodonga, Baulkham Hills and Narellan. 

I always say Leanne can be relied upon to make a "pretty" version of all my quilts and her "Longbourne" lives up to that reputation AND she finished it very quickly for me so that it would be ready for when I went to AQC in April.

Thank you, Leanne, it is gorgeous!

Here are some photos:

Pretty Pemberley

Jacqui's Beautiful Work

It is my pleasure to meet some wonderful ladies who attend my classes.

I met Jacqui in April at the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne in April this year.  It was delightful to meet up with her again at Carolyn's Quilting Room in Wodonga last weekend.

Jacqui proudly brought in her Pemberley centre which she has been working on since then.  She has made great progress and her colours, not to mention her stitching, are lovely.

Here is Jacqui and her Pemberley quilt centre.  Jacqui is one of those very special sweet people that make my job a real delight.

Quilters Companion Magazine Article

Heritage Book Cover

I am delighted that my series of articles on the history of certain quilt blocks and quilting techniques has commenced in Quilters' Companion Magazine from Universal Publications.

The first article, in Issue Number 56, contains the instructions for a heritage book cover made in reproduction fabrics.

The blocks include a nine patch, a shoo fly and my favourite churn dash.

The photography of the book cover is lovely.

Stay tuned for more projects in the coming issues....

Classes at Carolyn's Quilting Room

Back From Wodonga

Veronica and I drove back from a weekend at Carolyn's Quilting Room in Wodonga today.

 

We had a wonderful time and met some lovely girls who travelled far and wide to come to my classes.  Some of the ladies had driven from Melbourne, Cooma and Wagga and of course there were the loyal local girls who regularly sew in Carolyn's sunny work room.  It is very humbling to learn how much trouble ladies go to in order to attend one of my classes!

We received a lovely welcome from Shelly at the shop and enjoyed showing quilts to the ladies at the Friday night showcase.  They were especially interested to see the different versions of my quilts which Veronica brought with her.

Saturday was a very busy class with 18 ladies eager to learn the intricacies of applique and piecing in my medallion "Netherfield" quilt.  It is always exciting to start a new quilt and pick out some "gorgy" fabrics!

Carolyn's shop did not disappiont with its reputation for being the "Repro queen's paradise".  Veronica enjoyed shopping and I easily managed to find a delicious bundle that had to come home with me.

Sunday was spent teaching machine piecing of courthouse step blocks and machine applique for "Bloomin' Logs".  I think there are going to be some beautiful versions of this quilt emerging from that class.  Several ladies chose quite different colours to mine for their quilts.  Looking forward to receiving some photographs of progress made.

Here are Kim's beautiful blocks with her applique stems already on.  What a star!

Thank you ladies for a great weekend.

Katrina x

Road Trip

Off to Wodonga

The printing is done, the folders are compiled, the photos printed, the quilts are packed and the clothes are squeezed in to a tiny bag.... I am going on the road.

The lovely Veronica Appleyard and I are leaving tomorrow morning for a weekend at Carolyn's Quilting Room in Wodonga, Victoria.

Friday night I will be presenting a trunk show of my quilts and a talk on my quilting career and inspirations for designs.

Saturday I am teaching "Netherfield" and Sunday I will be teaching "Bloomin' Logs".

It will be lovely to meet the ladies and share our love of quilting.

I will take the camera and make sure I post some photos when we get back.

This photo of Veronica and I standing in front of "Netherfield" was taken at AQC in Melbourne.

Katrina x

Jane Austen Finishing School

Jane Austen Finishing School

(I just love that name!!)

I am delighted to announce that I will be conducting the "Jane Austen Finishing School" in January 2013 at Pioneer Patchwork at Narellan (Phone number 02 4647 3555). 

This will give ladies who have started one of the quilts in my Jane Austen series an opportunity to come to class for further consultation and instruction.  Just because we have so much fun in class and want more, this is your chance.

The school will run on the following dates:

Tuesday 8 January

Thursday 10 January

Saturday 12 January

Tuesday 15 January

Thursday 17 January

Saturday 19 January, 2013

The school will take place between 10am and 4pm each day and each class will be $55.00.

You can book in for just one day or all six days or any number of days of your choice.

If you have started "Pemberley", "Netherfield" or "Longbourne" and not yet finished, this is a great opportunity  for inspiration and the time to get more sewing done.

Some ladies who have already finished their quilt have asked if they can start a different quilt in the series.  As long as you have completed one of the quilts and book into at least 3 days of the school, you can start another quilt in the series (excluding Rosings).

For photographs of the quilts, go to the "Jane Austen Quilt Collection" page button at the top right corner of this blog.

Hope to see you at the Jane Austen Finishing School!

Quilts for Quiltsmith

Quilt Classes at Quiltsmith

Just a reminder that I am teaching on the fourth Thursday of every month at Quiltsmith in Annandale.

Here are some of the machine pieced quilts I am offering to teach.

The first is called "Cherry Ripe" for obvious reasons!  The colour scheme of pink and chocolate is very appealing.



Here is a closeup of the centre foundation pieced pineapple block and surrounds:

Another quilt is my "Ashbourne Mill" which is pieced using a combination of foundation piecing and template piecing.  The traditional block is called "Dusty Miller" and I have manipulated the background fabric colours to disguise the block intersections.



Hope you can join me in class,

Katrina x