14 Feb 2015

Our Valentines Day get together was enjoyed by all, with an array of nifty notions we love to use and showing of items we had made that we love aired for all to see.  Then of course there was news of the 50% off sale at The Quilters Store and a car load of girls dashing to the shop!!!

Did someone say SALE??? – lucky for a 7 seater car Shirley, & off they bolted  haha!!

 

The girls returned in time for lunch of course, complete with fabric to show and tell

And lovely coffee…..then it was time to show some of our nifty notions that we love to use

Julie loves her 1/4 inch & walking foot and loves her Samsung Tablet which is great for Pinterest inspiration amongst other things….

Kayt loves her Roxanne thimble and Clover threaded needle container which she demonstrated for us & shared her love for her patent leather purse which holds other special lovelies that she likes to keep close by

Shirley brought along her snail tape measure and leather thimble that she loves to use to protect her finger whilst crocheting

Deb showed us her turning tools and gave us a mini demo of how she uses these – I just love that clear plastic bag you’ve made to keep them safe in

Violet loves her binding tool, best thing ever she told us.

Thanks Julie for the backdrop of your carry case that I just love.  I must make myself one, oneday!

Gail showed us her battery operated version of a quick unpick that she loves and saves her lots of time when ‘reverse’ sewing :)

THEN came the items that we’ve made and we love – Violet couldn’t bring her daughter, who she says she made and loves (awww cute hey) so she bought along the beautiful quilt that she made for her – lucky girl!

This stunning King Size quilt.  Lots of oohs & ahhs were heard in the Bistro when this one appeared!

 

Kayt conquered her fear of cable knitting making this gorgeous sweater & brought it along to show us

  Helen, knee deep in her Masters Degree made herself a journal cover that she loves to use

  Shirley found a love of knitting making this cowl/shawl

     Deb found that she loved hand stitching this floral Redwork quilt

  Gail made this amazing quilt which we all loved   Chris hand pieced this amazing masterpiece which we offered ideas on how to boarder and quilt – finished for next get together right Chris? lol :)

No pictures of my items because my camera battery went flat.  I shall be better prepared next month :)

A couple of new ladies enjoyed their day I think – welcome again to Gail & Chris and hopefully our 3 regulars who were away this month will re-join us in March.  You missed great coffee, lunch, chatter and show & tell – and we missed you Ann, Margaret & Gail.

Until March, happy stitching

Sharon

2015 – We’re BACK!

 

New Year and New Venue – Salisbury Tavern Bistro, Toohey Road, Salisbury. We very much enjoyed our day together. Here’s a snapshot of our get together…..

Lots of lovely gifts exchanged in our Belated Christmas Gift Swap

We stitched, crochet, knitted, glued, quilted & chatted happily whilst enjoying coffee, cake & later a variety of food from the lunch menu

Then time for lunch! Yes, more food :)

Gail's lovely Show & Share – no less than 3 beautiful quilts for her very lucky little grand children

Violet, Sharon & Helen had some to Show & Share to

Julie & Sharon’s Show & Share

  Violet showed us how to make Broomstick Lace & I have to show you just how big that needle is – amazing!  Thank you Violet.  She has a needle to sell if you’d like to get in touch. Cheap Cheap!

We also filled in a survey, to ask what it is we all hope to get out of our monthly get togethers. I’ll be collating all the answers and providing feedback next get together, the 2nd Saturday in February = Valentines Day – log that in your diaries & see you then :)

Happy Stitching

Sharon

September 9th 2014

Spring has sprung here in South East Queensland and shows in some of the pretty offerings in our show and share this month.

Before I post pictures, many thanks must go to Helen, without whom I would not have been able to continue blogging our get togethers due to the fact that the blog log in details disappeared along with my last pc’s memory – I know, no excuse for where my memory went but THANK GOODNESS Helen’s hasn’t failed her, so THANK YOU HELEN!

Gail had this HUGE cone of DMC 115 and gave us all the opportunity to take as much as we wanted so we did just that – thanks Gail !

This is Julies pretty table runner, very fitting for Spring in those gorgeous colours to

Helen worked on putting her big hexagons together – it’s going to be a fabulous quilt

  and showed us her bag that was a recent finish to.

Margaret is getting ready for a market stall and has been sewing up these cute bags

This is Helen & Gail holding up Helen’s quilt from her hand dyed stash – that Spring theme pops up again see lol

I recently discovered the Missouri Quilt Co tutorials and was inspired to make these disappearing hourglass blocks. Two more brown tone blocks are needed to complete this lap quilt before I think about boarders etc.

Helen & Gail again with Gail’s jelly roll quilt this time

….and this time with a raffle quilt Gail has made. The back (on right) is pretty like the front and we were all inspired to buy tickets, which we did.

So that friends is our show and share for September.

There will NOT be an OCTOBER GET TOGETHER. The Craft & Quilt Show will be on at the Brisbane Convention Centre on the weekend we are scheduled to meet up so we are bound to bump into some familiar faces there instead LOL!

CHRISTMAS

We return in November which will be our LAST get together for 2014 and this will be on the THIRD Saturday -  NOVEMBER 15th. Bring a plate of food to share and a secret santa swap gift to the value of $10 if you wish to participate. Hand made or thoughtfully purchased, it’s ok. 

Any questions?  Email me at luv2sewthings@hotmail.com

Until then, happy stitching

Sharon

August 9 2014

A few of the ‘regulars’ had returned from holidays in various parts of the world with tales of our travels to share at this get together and it was lovely to catch up with good friends once again – I for one had missed you ladies :)

This blog post is a little late, with my old laptop dying of a terrible virus that the guru’s couldn’t even fix. So here I am in Windows 8.1 working at speeds that scare me LOL!

On to our August get together……drum roll please…..

Margaret can’t make these bags quick enough before someone wants to buy them. This is her latest collection, all already promised to new homes. Aren’t they gorgeous!

There’s always some of the latest magazines on offer to flick through for those of us needing inspiration

Kayt completed a couple of ‘healing heart’ blocks ready for posting and was making progress on hand quilting this lovely quilt for a friend

Julie was knitting a scarf – this wool was so soft and lovely

Ann brought in this lovely quilt, a project from a quilting cruise mentioned in an earlier blog. Lovely work as usual from our Ann.

Me? What was I working on?  Ok, I was the under achiever, not a single stitch sewn, knitted or even unpicked today! I was very happy to read those mags on the table and be inspired & entertained by the other lovely ladies :)

Until Next Time – Happy Stitching

Sharon

12th July 2014

What happened in July at the Qld Scquilters get together at The Quilters Store at Salisbury  you ask???…….It was Secret Womens Business and if you weren’t there you missed out on all the chatter and lovely show and tell from our bunch of creative group of ladies! haha

When will we see you?

June 14th 2014

Lots of lovely hand stitching and quilting amongst the chatter today. It was lovely to see Robyn again who shared with us her trip to the Scquilters Tassie Retreat and pit stop to Victoria on the way home.  Robyn's wee tiny half inch hexi’s were just gorgeous. What will they become?

Julie had made lots of suffolk puffs and a gorgeous zippered multi pocket pouch to keep them in

and Julie’s pile of hexis was coming along very nicely to.

Violet was working on a larger set of hexis and for no reason other than being forgetful, I didn’t get a photo of them – I’m so sorry Violet.  I hope you found where to buy the Mango Powder we talked about for that delicious sounding Indian recipe!

Margaret brought along a healing heart quilt and matching cushion to be given to our mutual friend and recipient Cath.  Looks fabulous Margaret.

Margaret was also on a suffolk puff making mission, with the end result being embellished bags. Maybe some photo’s of those next blog.

I’ve been playing with variegated cotton. All I can crochet is granny squares or booties LOL.

I also worked on some ideas for this appliqued long time UFO/WIP. Look familiar Ramona? Did you do anything with yours I’ve wondered…..

Kayt was hand quilting and it was a lovely cool day outside for the task with winter finally beginning to arrive in SE Qld. It’s coming along so nicely Kayt.

Our next get together will be July 19th – the THIRD Saturday of the month for JULY ONLY due to a booking of The Quilters Store to use the room upstairs that we meet in on our usual 2nd Saturday of the month meetings. This gives you all an extra week to plan ahead and come and join us.  Ann will be back soon with tales of her Canada/Alaska trip which some of us have been lucky to enjoy via Facebook and hopefully Helen will have her exams behind her and have time to get the creative mojo happening again. New faces are always welcome, Violet will tell you that we don’t bite lol.

If you’d like to join us, come along upstairs at The Quilters Store in Salisbury 10am – 3pm.

Special mention and thanks to Julie for filling in for me for the next 2 months whilst I’m on annual leave.

Until then, Happy Stitching

Sharon

10th May 2014

A lovely few hours spent together today at our usual gathering place, upstairs at The Quilters Store Salisbury where this month we welcomed Violet who shared a little about herself whilst working on these lovely big hexies.

Margaret was on to a great idea with these bags, purchased from Woolworths supermarket for just $2 then covered in Suffolk puffs & hot glued into place. Don’t they look great!  I think each and every one of us was inspired to buy one or three of these bags and do our own decorating in the near future. Excellent gift idea.  Violet was quick to nip downstairs and purchase a couple of Clover puff makers after a quick demo from Margaret on how easy the discs are to use & the great results they give.

Apologies in advance for the new addiction Violet lol.  That’s the thing with us, sharing is caring and every get together someone always has something to inspire the rest of us

 

Janet popped in for a quick visit & showed us the stash-busting placemats she’s been busy with. Love those little pegs to.

Gail isn’t sure what this stitchery will become yet but having begun the tradition of making a Christmas Stocking for each of her grand children, this may become part of Number 10’s stocking.

Julie was working on her hexi’s which I didn’t get a pic of sorry Julie, maybe because I was stunned by how many beautiful and unique cards she has been making. We don’t know where she finds the time but boy, they look great.

I put the finishing touches on my A5 journal cover and brought along some quilling I’ve been playing with. I could have removed the scraps bits before taking the photo. Oops.

Ann was working on her stitchery from last month, telling us that she will be away next get together, travelling to Alaska, Canada & Hawaii. We will miss you – have a wonderful trip.  Also away for our June get together will be our worldly traveller Margaret, visiting Norfolk Island. There will be lots of travel stories to hear about in July!

Kayt was hand quilting this beauty to be given to a friend and had us in fits of laughter as we each introduced ourselves to Violet – you had to be there! So come along on June 14th. We’d love to see you then.

Happy stitching

Sharon