Virtual Quilt Show: Lyn Duhig

Peacocks & Magpies

Lyn Duhig, Peacocks & Magpies (front)

This quilt was made as a wedding gift in 2012. It has been constructed using a stack and slash technique ( a pile of six peacock coloured fat quarter prints, slashed, the pieces swapped, and re seamed with a different fabric and with a black strip between the two pieces. Repeat three more times - 2 slashes in each direction; then repeat with another pile of six fabrics to make a total of 12 blocks).

The assembly and quilting is "quilt as you go". The blocks were each backed with a black and white flat quarter (the "magpie" part of the quilt's name - the bride and groom are Collingwood supporters). The sashing, intersection blocks, and borders are also quilted separately, with plain black backing. The corner blocks and intersection blocks are machine embroidered. The corners have the bride and groom and the wedding details. All the pieces are joined with more black strips, both front and back, and the binding is also black.

Lyn Duhig, Peacocks & Magpies (back)

Virtual Quilt Show: Bev Beeson

White Birches featured in Quilter's World, October 2010

Bev Beeson, White Birches

It was made for my best friend Donna who lives in Canada. 
I am currently in Canada and brought the quilt over for her.

She loved it.

The quilt features snow laden branches and 3 red cardinals (beautiful birds found in US and Canada).

My second quilt was made as a block of the month from a Patchwork shop in Croydon, Victoria. I cannot remember the name of it but I loved it as it has lots of oriental things on it; fans, kimonos, lanterns, flowers. It incorporated both piecing and sashiko.

Bev Beeson, Block of the month

It was a bit tricky with the piecing - there are six large blocks and each of the 6 blocks has a small red square in the centre (tricky). Borders were also included, making it a 7-month project. It took me a bit longer than that, though!

Virtual Quilt Show: Kayt Deans

Jigsaw

I loved making this Jigsaw quilt, it was the first time I’d used so much black but with the bright colours it worked really well.

Kayt Deans, Jigsaw

Matilda Rose

This quilt was English paper pieced, and as proof of just how obsessive you can become – I used diamonds, cut in half lengthways, to fill the jagged edges so I could bind a straight edge. You only end up seeing about ¼” of it!! LOL!

 

 

Kayt Deans, Matilda Rose

Kayt Deans, Matilda Rose (detail)

 

Virtual Quilt Show: Sandy Leaman

Kiwi Batik Moons
 


Sandy Leaman, Kiwi Batik Moons

I have recently made this quilt for my husband, using, mainly, New Zealand batik fabrics.

Virtual Quilt Show: Ngaire Flynn

Playtime Fun (2011-2013)

My local quilt club here in Wellington (Coastal Quilters) NZ had a challenge in 2011, with the bright commercial material in the corners having to be used. I always enjoyed playing ‘pickup sticks’ as a child, so I used that as my inspiration. 

Ngaire Flynn, Playtime Fun

Part way through making it, my machine decided it wanted to go to the machine hospital for a holiday – 3 months later, it was finally fixed, as the ‘sick’ part had to come from Europe, so the quilt missed out on being completed in time!! So I then had more time to complete it and play with the beading and oil pens. I had fun making it. I used my own hand dyed material along with the Challenge material and finally completed it early this year, in time to hang in our clubs 25th Anniversary Exhibition. Size: 25.5 x 28.5 inches

Virtual Quilt Show: Mary Jane Sneyd

Oliver's Quilt

This was made for my first grandchild, born this year. Boy or girl, they were going to get yachts and fish! I got a boy.

Mary Jane Sneyd, Oliver's Quilt

Foundation pieced from scraps of all sorts- leftovers from sewing, old clothes etc. Nothing was bought specially for the quilt. No batting, because it is being used in California.
My husband had the idea of putting a lighthouse in the middle. He can be quite useful!

Virtual Quilt Show: Sally Westcott

An original piece, made, purely, to explore piecing. The blackbirds just seem to be stalking my quilts. I love them. This quilt is made with my own hand dyed fabrics and is heavily machine quilted.

Sally Westcott, Urban Blackbirds

Virtual Quilt Show: Anieta Barendrecht

Anieta Barendrecht

This piece is 53cm x 49 cm and is made after the style of Anne Bauer. I made a triptych using Australian colours and appliquéd strips with vleisofix.

I had some driftwood and used that to show the extreme dryness of the Australian Outback.

Virtual Quilt Show: Dorothy Smith, NZ

Dorothy Smith, Starburst

 

There was a discussion on the list last year about making the stars in this quilt. I decided to have a go, and ended up making 12 of them from a heap of fat quarters that I had! I really loved doing that. Then there was the question... what to do with them? This is the result. Hand appliquéd flowers, leaves and stems, stars hand sewn onto background. All the rest machine sewn. My own design. I was really pleased with the result, so entered it into the Quilt show. I got 2nd!

Virtual Quilt Show: Judy Traill

Judy Traill, Seasons

This is a Piecemakers quilt called Seasons. It is difficult to photograph.

Virtual Quilt Show: Julie Robinson

Julie Robinson, Blue Whirligig

Blue Whirligig Quilt is a totally hand made quilt – hand pieced and hand quilted. I even cut the pieces of fabric with scissors and hand stitched the binding on. The quilt was designed by Lorraine Moran and I saw it in the Australia Patchwork & Quilting – Christmas Edition 2002 Magazine and knew I had to make it in blue. After a few starts and stops, I have finished it.

Sydney SCQuilters

A couple of dozen SCQuilters, a couple of Friends and a couple of little people... made for a lovely fun day at the Blue Gum Pub today.

Photos up on the Sydney SCQuilters Blog now!

Virtual Quilt Show: Cathie Walker

Cathie Walker 1

This first quilt I made for a friend's baby.

Cathie Walker, Country Romance

This one is called Country Romance, which is a Block of the Month that I made for my mother.

Virtual Quilt Show: Jennie Richards

Jennie Richards,Windmills of my Mind

This quilt is called Windmills of My Mind. Round, like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel.......to quote the song.

It was made for a group challenge. We were given a diagram of the completed quilt and how we coloured it was up to us. I eliminated many of the internal lines within the blocks for a cleaner look, and I'm pleased to say my quilt looked least like the original when it was done!

Virtual Quilt Show: Karen Pantony

This is a recently completed quilt made for my granddaughter Lola. The design is called 'Blossom Creek' by Natalie Ross, In Stitches.

Karen Pantony, Blossom Creek

Virtual Quilt Show: Janis Sunstrom

Janis Sunstrom, Canola Field

Canola Field
A wall hanging I made from a photo I took on my way to the Yorke Peninsula in Sth Aust.
It was made in a class with the lovely Gloria Loughman.