Carol Roberts from Cherry Pie Designs presented to us and brought along her pop up shop. This promised to be a fun evening as we welcomed Carol to our group. Carol specialises in American Reproduction Fabrics and old world pretty florals. She has been quilting since 1994 and began “Cherry Pie Designs” 10 years later in 2004. Her…
At this meeting most of us completed our Tamari balls – we had previously covered our balls with thread and Jeanette gave us the instructions to mark our ball into sections using gold or silver thread. Then we spent the night weaving contrasting thread over the ball. Show & tell Julie-Ann made a bright and…
A huge thank you to Lyn’s Fine Needlework for staying open late to accommodate the members from Cherrybrook Quilters. By the queue at the counter, many sewing baskets were topped up as we found fabrics & notions that were “essential” to our current (or future) projects. Thank you also to Judy & Bronwyn for popping…
Several members of the Cherrybrook Quilters Inc. have been getting together to make community quilts using fabric donated by the late Jean Morton. Thanks Sue for doing a wonderful job quilting them.
Fabric artisan, fibre artist and quilter Trudy Billingsley came to our meeting and gave a talk about her creative journey. She began making traditional quilts with skills learned in Canada in the early 80’s. Trudy’s love of the Australian landscape’s brilliant colours and the character of its people, have been strong influences on her working…
Jeanette handed out kits and instructions for a temari ball workshop that we are holding at our August meeting. We had to do about an hours worth of preparation wrapping the balls with thread and we were given homework to ‘mark’ the ball with metallic thread before we learn to decorate them at the workshop….
Fifteen intrepid quilters adventured into the wilds of Lower Portland to Ferndale Country Retreat for a long weekend of camaraderie, sewing, embroidery, eating and laughter. Communing with nature, we were greeted by Gang-gang Cockatoos in the trees outside our conference room. Quilters in action – most of us worked on finishing quilts along with a…
We enjoyed an embroidery workshop with Rosemary Walker this month. Rosemary presented a felt pin cushion & felt needle keeper embellished with crazy embroidery. She inspired us to unleash our creativity. This meeting we concentrated on the embroidery, with the completion & construction of these two projects at our October meeting. Rosemary had been busy sourcing threads &…
Annual General Meeting Karen thanked Kim for her leadership as convenor for the past 12 months and presented her with an arrangement of flowers. Presentation of Marjorie Horwood Award Lynne presented the Trophy to Kim and congratulated her on her beautiful work. Show & Tell Jill very proudly showed us her very first effort at…
It was lovely to see so many members come out on a hot summer’s evening and join us for our first meeting of the year. Most members brought along “treasures” to swap and there was much discussion as we sorted through the goodies on display. Thank you everyone who participated in this fun activity. Show…
