Do you remember making paper dollies? This sort of thing? How about trying to quilt that? Last year I did a class at Handcrafter’s House with the amazing Helen Godden who introduced me to the idea of ‘continuous line designs’. Helen is a Sweet 16 Ambassador and an amazing artist. She’s so good at this…
It’s time for the next two blocks! These blocks are variations on the Orange Peel design. It’s such a useful and variable design, I thought I’d show you the basic technique, some variations, and then let you go for your life! The orange peel pattern is one I admired in a number of Judi Madsen’s…
Our August meeting held on the 24 th was such a beautiful day. We opened up the doors of the hall so that we had a view of the dogs and their owners on the oval and set up the room for a busy afternoon of sewing. I always love catching up with my Quilty…
Book review by Alex Turner I liked this book so much that I am going to buy it for myself. Can’t get a much stronger recommendation than that! The first thing that grabbed me about this book was the cover. Sounds obvious, I know, but the close-up of the quilt on the cover intrigued me, with…
Our next monthly meeting at the EJ Scout Hall in South Perth will soon be upon us. Put Sunday, August 24, 2.00pm-6.00pm in your diaries! This month Laura will introduce and demonstrate the next QAYGFMQAL blocks. Hopefully last month’s introduction and the fantastic posts and video tutorials since have got you all inspired and on…
This is the final block of row 1! Your challenge (should you choose to accept it) is to: split up the rectangle however you’d like practice a few different filler designs. I went totally crazy and tried a plait but you can do boxes, ribbons, an hour glass… I just wouldn’t recommend you try the plait/braid…
It’s time for block 3 of the QAYGFMQAL! Are you ready for Block 3? This block is inspired by Judi Madsen of Green Fairy Quilts. Judi is one of my quilting idols. I want to BE Judi when I grow up. If you are serious about free-motion quilting, Judi’s book Wide Open Spaces is a…
Our July meeting was on last Sunday and what a meeting it was! There were the usual happy faces… …and it was great to see quite a few new ones too! After everyone had arrived and settled into sewing it was time for Laura to launch the quilt as you go free motion quilt along…
Let’s get this party started! You’ve got your blocks prepped, your darning foot on, you’ve had a glass of white (red stains worse) to relax those shoulders and nerves, you’ve brought your threads to the top and you’re ready to go! By the way, there’s a Facebook group here if you’d like to join in and…
Our theme for 2014-2015 year is “Sew Free” and we’re kicking it off with a Quilt As You Go Free Motion Quilt-a-long! This will take us through to the end of the calendar year. You can make as many (or as few) blocks as you like. From July to September, we’ll be working on free-motion skills,…