FUSSY CUT Design by Susanne Woods Refer to Page 78 and 79 in MODERN BLOCKS I have used a theme of Critters and Bugs keeping the background consistent i.e. white fabric. Any “animals; birds; bugs and critters are welcome – they need to be small to fit into the 2 ½ inch squares. The…
Hello everyone. I will be doing a very basic demo of “how to add a zip to a pouch” on Sunday 26 May at the meeting. If anyone would like to make their own too, here is what you will need to bring along. See you all on Sunday Gina
Star light, star bright, first wonky star I see tonight! Join in our Wonky Star competition! It’s easy and we have wonderful prizes on offer provided by Handcrafters’ House and Sara at Sew Sweetness . Here’s what you have to do: Check out the Modern Blocks book we are using for our BOM (Page 128 and 178 for…
Modern BLOCKS May Block of the Month – sewn by Gina . It’s my turn to choose a block this month and I happily chose the block on page 150, Quatrefoil. This block lends itself so well to scrappy pieces of fabric , that I thought it would be perfect for a charity quilt ….
Here is the final post about our PMQG Shoalwater retreat – what we made when we weren’t eating, drinking, having massages or shopping… There was a LOT of sewing time and we made good use of it! Sheila and Beryl were prolific in their finishes. Carla deserved that big smile for this quilt top. Cat,…
What a happy bunch of quilters we had at our Shoalwater Retreat! There was plenty of eating. As well as day visitors, McKenna visited us from the roaring 40s… Or sometime around then with her vintage machine and (saturday night) vintage hairdo. Some people preferred to keep a low profile… Others couldn’t stay out of…
The inaugural Perth Modern Quilt Guild retreat was held at the Sisters of St John of God Conference Centre Shoalwater, which is about half an hour south of the city of Perth. We arrived to find our wonderful conference organiser, Danielle, had been hard at work. Can you spot where we needed to go? No?…
It’s just under a week till the inaugural PMQG sewing retreat at Shoalwater and those going are super excited… The hardest decision is, which project to take… If you’ve missed out, it’s time to put our Spring Into Spring Retreat into your diary NOW. We have booked August 30-September 1 at The Wine Tree in Dwellingup. Wine and…
One of the highlights of our meetings is, without a doubt, FOOD. We’ve never organised anyone to bring food, but without fail, we have an amazing repast. One of the stars of our March Meeting was Sheila’s Raw Cheesecake. Here’s the recipe. YUM. Base 1cup almonds 1 cup walnuts 1/2 cup coconut 1/2 cup dates…
Let’s get going with wonky star sewing! The best bit first – choose your fabrics. With this one I decided to have the star all the same colour, so only two fabric choices. I like to cut and lay out everything first. That way I know there is nothing missing when I start to sew. …