October 2011

Hi All,

Another month has past and we are hurtling towards Christmas at an astonishing rate.

As usual, on the 2nd Saturday in October a group of Scquilters braved the wind and rain to meet at the Quilters Store. Below are photos of our show and tell.

There was of course much as chatting and gossip as there was sewing.

This is first timer Lillian chatting with Jan.

Here are Robyn and Shaaryn working away.

The lovely block was made by Lillian using a technique she had just learnt. (Apologies but I have forgotten who she learnt it from.

This beautiful embroidered quilt was made by Jan.

Jan also showed off these disappearing 9 patch blocks which she was making into a bag.

This beautiful woollen pincushion was Shaaryns.

Robyn had lots to tell, having recently returned from a trip to the states. She had this lovely bag which she got from a fabric store over there.

It had tape measure for handles.

She also brought along this very clever cushion that she had made. It is for resting your sewing on as you sew, so that it is resting at a good height and you are not hunching over.

Being totally disorganised that morning my show and tell was this couch quilt that I made many years ago, it happened to be the only thing to hand as I was dashing out the door.

Finally, we have this lovely fabric. Shaaryn donated a piece to be shared up among the meeting attendees as a challenge. We have to make something with it by the first meeting of next year. Shaaryn has suggested we might like to make a 12 inch block, we can then put the blocks together to make a charity quilt.

Our November meeting will be the last for the year, so we thought we would make it a bit of a Christmas break up. If everyone could bring a small plate for a shared lunch and if you would like to take part in a gift swap, a small gift to the value of $10.

September 2011 Meeting

The usual merry band of Scquilters met at the Quilters Store in Auchenflower on Saturday.

Lots of gossip and show and tell was undertaken. Unfortunately, there aren't so many photos because I forgot to take my camera.

Below is a Christmas wall hanging by Sharron.






















This was Sharron's first quilt.



















And these are some very cute baskets and a bag.
























This is a work in progress that I took along to ask for some advice about quilting. Looking at the photo now I am starting to think I should add another border.






















This is another one of mine, the result of a workshop with Cecile Whatman a couple of years ago.


























Until next month...

August 2011 Meeting

Another great get together for the Brisbane Scquilters. As usual lots of chatting and laughing and a little bit of sewing, and just a spot of table dancing. Here is a photo of some of them hard at it.

For show and tell, Sharon had this gorgeous wool pin cushion.

This lovely journal cover...

And this very beautiful daisy quilt.

Robyn has this very handy thread tidy...

and a very cute teddy bear mug.

Pamela had a spectacular wall hanging made from material she hand dyed herself.

As well as the next one of the Sue Spargo blocks she is working on.

Julie had this lovely mini wall hanging...

and this cute wall hanging will ballet dancers...

and these amazing cards.

My contribution to show and tell was this wall hanging made for the Queensland Quilters challenge a couple of last year. I just received it back in the mail this week.

Also, this cute little baby outfit I have been knitting.

July 2011 Get together

Lively chat and laughter at this months meeting discussing a recent post to the main list regarding 'Pintastics' with Jan Rhoades producing her lovely beaded and embroidered version of a "Pintastic" which she proudly announced (tongue in cheek) could take 2 different pin sizes and demonstrated its adaptiveness! Next was Shaaryn's multi-storage 'pintastic' which holds all size pins, and scissors, even a tape measure! Not to be outdone, the group erruped with laughter when Robyn showed us her 'needle-tastic'. We enjoyed some creative show and tell as each of us worked on our hand stitching and ate the delicious Date Scones Shaaryn shared with us. Our August meeting will include a tutorial by Karen from The Quilters Store on colouring her quilt labels. Hope to see you then.

Jan Rhodes Pintastic

Jans Hugs and Kisses Stitchery

Margaret Fulton's sweet needle holder bags

Margaret F's table runners

Margaret Leigh's block from Vignette

Margaret L's beautiful ruler holder box by Kath Walker

Margaret L's thread bins in the making

Robyn's needletastic

Shaaryn's Date Scones - Delish!

Shaaryn's pintastic fantastic

Shaaryn's Xmas stitcheries

Sharon W's spinning charms quilt

May 2011 Scquilters Brisbane Meeting

Hey All,

There is not much show and tell this month. Not because we aren't all very clever and productive just for some reason I wasn't taking a lot of photos. I'm prepared to put it down to post moving house stress and promise you loads more at next month's meeting.

Everyone seemed to have a good time though yesterday and we stayed chatting for so long we barely made it out of the shop before it closed at 3.

Lyn bought along this fantastic hexagon quilt.

Julie had a very lovely mug bag with matching tile.

This gorgeous top is by Margaret.

This very pretty one is Sharron's.

Next month's meeting looks like it clashes with the textile art festival. There has been a suggestion that instead of meeting at the shop we all meet up for a coffee somewhere at the fair. What does everyone think?

Helen