In early February several members of CQI attended a two day Carolyn Pearce workshop. Carolyn has always been fascinated by fabrics, laces, threads and buttons. Describing herself as a ‘frustrated artist’, Carolyn uses her threads as a paint box. Her favourite technique is always the one she is working on now and her ‘other love’ – the garden…
Thank you Lynne for hosting our Christmas Party at your home, we all had an fantastic night. There was lots of laughter and good cheer. Everyone brought either a handmade or thoughtful gift for our Kris Kringle. This year everyone was given a random number and then the wrapped gifts were swapped around, sometimes up to 8 times according to…
At our November meeting Dawn taught us how to make little Santa Christmas ornaments. It was a fun evening with lots of laughter and chatter. Show & Tell Margaret showed us her very graphic modern black & white quilt. Rosemary shared her sweet little Monica Poole designed dress for her grand daughter and two finished quilts. Rosemary has been…
Monica Poole was our guest speaker this month. Monica said she started off as a professional fashion designer and has over 25 years of experience in designing and pattern drafting. Monica is best known for her ‘quilt as you go’ technique that enables you to quilt each section of a quilt before joining the blocks together with a simple fully…
Kim gave a very interesting presentation on “Preparing your quilt for the long arm quilter”. She had recently been asked to give this presentation to the NSW Quilters guild. Thank you Kim – we all learned much from this talk.
The guest speaker this month was Carolyn Pearce. Carolyn has always been fascinated by fabrics, laces, threads and buttons. She learned to embroider ‘properly’ in the 1980s and was hooked. Describing herself as a ‘frustrated artist’, Carolyn uses her threads as a paint box. Her favourite technique is always the one she is working on now and her…
Our guest speaker for the evening, Chris Jurd gave a presentation of her quilts & encouraged us all to join Quilt NSW. Chris, from the Blue Mountains, is an inspiring quilt teacher, pattern designer & quilt maker for the past 30 years. Her quilts are intricate and all have the “WOW” factor. Foundation Piecing is her favourite technique and…
It was wonderful to see so many members joining us on Wednesday evening for our “getting to know you” meeting as members sat & sewed, knitted & embroideries. There was certainly much laughter as we all tried to determine who belonged to each photograph. Thank you everyone for sharing some interesting facts about yourselves – and teasing…
May’s meeting proved to be much fun as we had our inaugural “Your Trash is my Treasure” swap. There were fabric packs, yardage, quilt patterns & kits, books, cross-stitch kits & patterns, wool skeins, and even a light box brought in to be swapped. Several people commenting that they had more kits and yardage that they…
In early May Cherrybrook Quilters had a weekend away at Ferndale Country Retreat, Lower Portland. The bushland setting was peaceful and comfortable and on the first morning we were greeted by goats that had escaped from the neighbouring property. Most of our time was spent in the large conference room with sweeping views of Hawkesbury River. It was a…
