Veronica Appleyard from Appleyard Cottage kept us entertained while displaying her quilts and telling the story behind each one. Show & Tell Jan brought along a lovely applique baby quilt. Kim has made serious progress on her Sue Spago BOM – well done. Lynne shared her Cherrybrook BOM blocks from last month.
Showcase a Member Thank you to Bronwyn Goldsmith for your presentation of your quilting journey tonight. Bronwyn brought along some beautiful quilts to share and some very interesting stories about how some of her quilts have evolved. Bronwyn is certainly the champion of recycling elements of old projects into new quilts and wall hangings. …
Showcase a Member Thank you to Julie-Ann for your presentation of your quilting journey tonight. Your quilting style certainly has evolved from soft pastels to bright wool applique. Show & Tell – After the Christmas break, members had a lot to share. Kim is busily working on her Sue Spago BOM. Jeanette brought along…
We closed off 2016 with a Christmas Party. Thank you Margaret for hosting this event at your home, we all had an wonderful night. We had a Kris Kringle and everyone brought and received either a handmade or thoughtful gift. The winner of the Marjorie Horwood Award for Quilting Excellence 2016 was won by Kim. This…
Our guest speaker this month was Jan-Maree Ball OAM who founded Aussie Hero Quilts (and Laundry bags) in 2012. Since then she and volunteer quilters from around Australia have donated approximately 6500 quilts and 12,000 laundry bags to our troops (across all services) who are currently on active service. The quilts are a specific size (WOF…
Cherrybrook Quilters Inc. had a post Exhibition dinner at the West Pennant Hills Sports Club. It was a very enjoyable evening and Judy won the raffle draw and went home with a signed copy of Kathy Doughty’s latest book which she kindly donated. During the night Cherrybrook Quilters Inc. presented a cheque to Viive for the…
Kathy Doughty was our guest speaker this month. She talked about her quilting journey, the process of writing her books and designing her fabric ranges. She explained that even though we all know the basics of quilting and making quilts, what is new is the way we can push our imaginations to the limit. Kathy showed…
August started with “Showcase a member” – where members of the group share a little of their lives and personal quilting journeys. Liz was the first with some interesting facts about herself. Then she shared a couple of her favourite quilts and embroideries that she had made. …
At our meeting this month we were lucky to view the NSW Quilt Guild Challenge Suitcase display. The challenge was “fractured colours” and it was great to see how the theme was interpreted by each of the participants. Thank you to Lyn for organising and bringing this display. Much laughter was heard from all…
While on a holidays in Hawaii recently I discovered that the Hawaiians have their own distinctive style of quilting. As early as 1820 native Hawaiian women learned to make quilts from missionaries. The quilts had a single design radiating symmetrically from the centre covering the whole quilt. Inspiration for many of the designs came from the beauty…
