Been away again, catching up with family and to attend the Queensland Quilters Quilt show for 2012 (you can see all the winning quilts by clicking on the link) and Stitches & Craft. As always it's wonderful to go to these shows, not just for the inspiration you receive from all the quilts but it's really great to see all the traders and their wares, not to mention catching up with the friends you haven't see for a while!
Here's my quilt all finished and on display -
I'm really looking forward to it coming home, then maybe I just might have to do a little redecorating in my bedroom. Anyone else ever changed the room to suit the quilt?
I've long admired the work of quilter Robyn Ginn and someday everything is going to align and I will make it to one of her workshops! In the meantime, I particularly loved this quilt - Welcome to the Village Green. (Another of Robyn's quilts won second in the Professional category and you can find it via the Qld Quilters link above).
Slightly closer up -
Another of my favourites was a stunning little miniature by Margot Kitchen - Scraps Into Jewels. This little quilt was I quess about 18inches x 12inches and I can't image the precision nor the patience you'd require to make it!
Most exciting at the show this year was finding two new (to me) patchwork shops located in Queensland. The first Voodoo Rabbit is close to the CBD in Brisbane (well a short taxi ride anyway) and stocks a lot of fabrics you generally don't see, and the second shop is at Tallebudgera on the Gold Coast - Fifi's Fabricology. With fabrics I like, I'm sure to find my way there in future. Apart from my fabric purchases from them... some Reece Scannell shot cottons made their way home to join my small collection (yet another for one of these days....), new rotary cutter blades from The Scissorman and some stabilizer from Floriani ... and some lovely little Christmas stitchery patterns (that I now realize I've left at Mum's place). I made the most of the day that I had there!
Here's my quilt all finished and on display -
I'm really looking forward to it coming home, then maybe I just might have to do a little redecorating in my bedroom. Anyone else ever changed the room to suit the quilt?
I've long admired the work of quilter Robyn Ginn and someday everything is going to align and I will make it to one of her workshops! In the meantime, I particularly loved this quilt - Welcome to the Village Green. (Another of Robyn's quilts won second in the Professional category and you can find it via the Qld Quilters link above).
Most exciting at the show this year was finding two new (to me) patchwork shops located in Queensland. The first Voodoo Rabbit is close to the CBD in Brisbane (well a short taxi ride anyway) and stocks a lot of fabrics you generally don't see, and the second shop is at Tallebudgera on the Gold Coast - Fifi's Fabricology. With fabrics I like, I'm sure to find my way there in future. Apart from my fabric purchases from them... some Reece Scannell shot cottons made their way home to join my small collection (yet another for one of these days....), new rotary cutter blades from The Scissorman and some stabilizer from Floriani ... and some lovely little Christmas stitchery patterns (that I now realize I've left at Mum's place). I made the most of the day that I had there!
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