Melbourne Cup Day Bash

Workshop and Fun at Pioneer Patchwork

The girls enrolled in the Melbourne Cup Day workshop had a fabulous day today with lots of patterns, sewing, eating and sweeps!

Here is Ingrid teaching instructions for her Crazy Patchwork Bag with cheeky Julie peering out:

Here are some of my girls making my "Christmas Tree Cushion" in various adaptations.  First is Robyn who finished the front of her cushion and was happily hand quilting.

Here is Kylie with her cushion which she is machine quilting with gold metallic thread.  The colours of her borders are the opposite to the other cushions:

Here is Diane who decided to hand stitch red ric rac to her cushion instead of sewing on buttons:

We had a great day - even though I did not win one cent!

Katrina x

"Longbourne" Hexagons

Some of the girls in my classes have become experts at "fussy cutting"!

Take a look at the amazing results when some sumptuous fabrics are cut up and reassembled into the elongated hexagon/square frames and "baby" hexagons for "Longbourne" borders.

These have been made by Pauline from her collection of William Morris fabrics:

And for something completely different here are Natalie's "Bollywood" hexagons and frames:

Another "Spikes and Specks" Finished

Diane's Beautiful Quilt

Another very busy girl has finished her gorgeous "Spikes and Specks" quilt.  

Diane has a great collection of reproduction fabrics which she has used to great effect in her quilt.  She is the self-confessed "over achiever" who just works on one quilt at a time until she finishes it! 

Wow, it looks fabulous, quilted by Veronica Appleyard in an all over baptist fan pattern.

Classes for 2013

List of Classes for 2013

Jane Austen Finishing School at Pioneer Patchwork

(only available to those who have attended classes for one of the Jane Austen Collection quilts in the past)

A few places left to work on "Pemberley", "Netherfield" or "Longbourne":

Thursday 10 January 2013

Saturday 12 January

Thursday 17 January

Saturday 19 January

"Pemberley" Classes:

 Pioneer Patchwork, Narellan 02 4647 3555

Saturday 16 February, 16 March, 20 April and 18 May

Tuesday 4 June, 2 July, 13 August, 10 September

Lyn's Fine Needlework, Baulkham Hills  02 9688 6725

Saturday 2 February, 2 March, 6 April, 4 May and 1 June

"Longbourne" Classes

Carolyn's Quilting Room, Wodonga 02 6059 1702

Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 February

"Rosings" Classes

Quiltsmith, Annandale 02 9550 4947

Monday, 4 February, 4 March, 6 May and 3 June

Pioneer Patchwork, Narellan 02 4647 3555

Tuesday, 12 February, 12 March, 9 April and 7 May

Tuesday 26 February, 26 March, 23 April and 21 May

Saturday, 9 February, 9 March, 13 April and 11 May

Saturday, 8 June, 10 August, 14 September and 12 October

"Whack and Stack" Stars (or Millefiori or Fandango) Classes

Above is a detail of the Whack and Stack Le Moyne Star blocks.

Below is my first Whack and Stack quilt called "Millefiori" which is made by cutting 6 identical 60 degree triangles to form hexagon shaped blocks.

Below is my quilt called "Fandango" - quarter circles are cut from a stack of fabric and the points are paper foundation pieced.

This class is great fun - you have a choice to make any of the three quilts.

Pioneer Patchwork, Narellan 02 4647 3555

Tuesday 18 June and 27 August

Saturday 15 June and 17 August

I am also teaching in Adelaide at the South Australian Guild's Quilt Encounter in July 2013 and at the Illawarra Quilters' Away at Stanwell Tops in November, 2013.

More details to come.

"Longbourne" at Lyn's

Lovely Class at Lyn's Fine Needlework

We had a lovely relaxing day at Lyn's today working on the hexagon and square frame border for "Longbourne".

Here are the centres so far:

This one belongs to Pat.  She loves greens and purples.

This one is Lesley's.  She is connecting her hexagons by hand and doing the applique on the machine for speed.  She says she used to make all her quilts in bright colours until she met me:

This one is being made by Drew.  She has not done much applique before and is very pleased with her results.  Drew has used clear colours and beautiful pink borders:

It is amazing how different the same design looks in different colours!

Regards,

Katrina x

Compass Points to Quiltsmith

"The Way Ahead"

The girls at Quiltsmith have been working hard on their versions of my compass quilt called "The Way Ahead".

I can reveal that I am working on a new compass quilt with larger compass blocks in gorgeous shades of teal, pink, burgundy, green, gold and brown.  I promise to show you a sneak peek soon....

Dana and Mary at Quiltsmith combined forces for a joint effort.  They are each making another one individually in different colours: a monochrome blue version and a black and white version.

Here is their colourful version laid out on the carpet ready to be joined:



Here are Leonie's compass blocks made in beautiful batiks:

Well done girls.

Jean's "Spikes and Specks"

Fabulous "Spikes and Specks"

Jean has been working very hard on her "Spikes and Specks" quilt.  She said she did not think she would ever finish it, but I helped her put the final borders on yesterday(with mitred corners of course).

The finished quilt is magnificent!

Cngratulations Jean!