2020-06-01 06:49
Lucy and wash-away … I’ve been through a significant phase of loving Lucy Boston’s ‘Patchwork of the Cross’, which I think began my adventures in fussy… Read More
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2019-07-18 00:29
What was I Thinking … Found some very old hexie blocks in the dark depths of the stash – perhaps they should have stayed there! Another blast from the past when making first att… Read More
2019-07-10 23:30
Old (… cringe …) blocks put to use at last. Oh what was I thinking! Where did these fabrics come from? I must have ‘acquired’ them some how, way, way, waaay back on… Read More
2019-07-02 03:06
It’s ‘Hearty’ One of my book club friends had a significant birthday, so of course a small lap quilt was the go! Just the thing to snuggle up with a good book during these… Read More
2019-03-18 02:28
Fences and Clamshells … I love using domestic machine quilting rulers and get to play with them on charity quilts. At Essendon Quilters, we have a program called ‘Quilts for Oth… Read More
2019-02-04 05:10
One way to use up ‘left-over’ fabric. A while back an inspiration for tackling the pile of fabric scraps came from “Successful Scrap Quilts from Simple Rectangles’ by… Read More
2019-01-21 05:18
A very hot Kaffe – vibrant and bright! Using domestic machine quilting rulers are fun and fast. This small 9 block quilt has been waiting for inspiration to strike – that’s… Read More
2019-01-12 23:59
UFO #1 for 2019 Finished! This one was four large blocks left over from a quilt, just laying around waiting patiently for being put together and quilted. Joining up the blocks was the easy b… Read More
2019-01-08 04:08
Threads don't like being jumbled, they develop a life of their own, unravelling and tangling together. Continue reading → Read More
2018-09-24 05:01
So now it’s time to quilt Alyce’s baby quilt. I’ve decided to use machine quilting ruler-work. Continue reading → Read More
2018-09-24 02:43
After having explored and had a go any the many ways a quilt can be basted, I seem to stick to my ‘go to’ favourite method – spray basting using ‘505’. It is qu… Read More
2018-09-09 09:33
Have you ever looked at a picture of a simple quilt somewhere on the internet and thought you’d like to make it? Perhaps you took a screenshot, or bookmarked it for later or even tried… Read More
2018-09-02 08:52
Finally got there! The pattern came together quite easily – just time consuming, definitely not something to make in a weekend! Well the top yes, but a whole quilt – no. I use 50… Read More
2018-08-05 01:47
Yikes! The Baby Shower is only a couple of weeks away and ‘it’s’ not finished! Thank goodness second hand books do not go astray, somehow they always find a loving home whe… Read More
2018-05-24 05:46
My local guild – along with many others Australia wide – hosts ‘The Biggest Morning Tea’ every year to raise funds for cancer research. As part of the gathering, a ch… Read More
2018-01-14 04:16
My colleagues are wonderful caring people, so each year I show my appreciation by making a Christmas placemat for use at our staff Christmas lunch. Each year new colleagues have a new placem… Read More
2018-01-08 05:13
Do you thinks these colours will work? By pulling out the colours from the main Kaffe Fassett border fabric, and using Joen Wolfrom’s colour wheel, this is the result. My eye went stra… Read More
2018-01-05 01:36
Have you had a go at a ‘Mystery Quilt’? Our group of ‘Pascoe Patcher’s’ get together a couple of times a year for friendship and fun. Our tutor, Pauline, drafts… Read More
2018-01-02 04:35
I wanted to make a pieced quilt, and quilt it using rulers, in particular with the Westalee quilting rulers – on a domestic sewing machine! Leonie West is inspiring with her passion fo… Read More
2018-01-02 04:34
Meet Gerry! ’G’day! Happy New Year, and nice to meet you. I’ve just arrived here – been recently adopted into RobynsPatch and I’m finding my way around a… Read More
2017-07-03 06:13
What to do with spare patches! Continue reading → Read More
2017-03-29 03:52
‘Modern Hexies’ are easy to make. All you need is a piece of fabric larger than the hexagon – great for stash busting! a paper hexagon water spray bottle iron I used a Char… Read More
2017-03-18 09:23
Where do you find out about Quilt Exhibitions? The Victorian RACV (Royal Automobile Society of Victoria) has a magazine for members. As a service it provides an ‘Community’ secti… Read More
2017-02-28 23:30
You can’t have enough thread, and now there’s a new fine cotton Aurafil 80wt that just has to be added to the thread stash. How do you now about it – just pop along to an … Read More
2017-02-23 02:37
Like many patchworkers, I like to have a go at the newest craze that comes along. Sometimes I will go with it, sometimes I will abandon it. Did you try out the ‘woven quilt blocks&rsqu&hell…Read More
2017-02-05 00:41
At the P’s & Q’s Guild, there were the beginnings of an underground movement, muttered words included ‘finish, UFO, never done Show & Tell before’, which… Read More
2017-01-29 01:32
Just when I thought I had the schedule for 2017 UFO’s mapped out, along came a Deadline. Family handsome lad had his First Birthday coming up! So, dig through the stash &ndas&hell…Read More
2017-01-23 23:18
What can you do when your car looks like everyone else’s in the supermarket car-park? Have you ever been in a very big shopping car-park, multiple rows, momentarily distracted, and the… Read More
2017-01-19 03:06
When it came time for New Year’s resolutions, Dear friend and Pascoe Patcher – KB -said “Don’t do the New Year resolutions thing BUT I say that THIS year I will… Read More
2016-11-06 01:45
At the Patchworkers and Quilters Guild (P’s & Q’s) this month, the guest speaker was not a patchworker, but a policeman! His talk focused on ways to stay safe in the hom… Read More
2016-10-14 03:22
As we pulled up alongside the kerb, there was Dear M-in-Law busy weeding. The garden is in it’s Spring lull, the roses are shooting, and buds are forming. Although the garden is b… Read More
2016-10-09 03:20
Recently at one of my guilds – the Patchworkers and Quilters Guild (Ps & Qs), members made small quilts as part of a display at the annual Victorian Quilter’s Showcase, held… Read More
2016-04-21 23:37
I wanted to make a one block quilt using the Quilt-As-You-Go method to include lots of different quilting patterns. When Leah Day opened her ‘Quilty Box’ (October 2015), it spurr… Read More
2016-04-16 02:03
Those of us who make quilts know that quilts are made for touching… except when on display at major quilt exhibits. There are always signs telling you not to touch, even though those… Read More
2016-04-10 06:20
It’s fascinating and fabulous what patchworkers choose as their palette when interpreting their own version of a pattern. When teaching ‘A Patch of Dreams’ table runne… Read More
2016-04-10 05:48
Recently on a trip to visit M-in-L in Ballarat, had us viewing the Begonias in full bloom. Ballarat holds an annual Begonia Festival and this year’s flowers were amazing. The colo… Read More
2016-04-10 05:20
The Africa Quilt designed by Pauline at PU, has the Pascoe Patchers up to their ‘necks’ in fusible web as the third block is appliquéd down onto their backgrounds. Th… Read More
2016-03-31 01:23
The Africa Quilt designed by Pauline at PU, has the Pascoe Patchers up to their ‘manes’ in fusible web as the second block is appliquéd down onto their backgrounds. Some a… Read More
2016-03-29 05:27
Yay, another table runner is finished. This one from a class at PU, and made for Dear M-in-L. A quilt-as-you-go project using a very stiff ‘basket’ wadding and 12wt Wonderfill Sp… Read More
2016-03-13 04:52
'Africa' Block 1: Grant's Zebra Continue reading → Read More
2016-03-13 04:52
'Africa' Block 1: Grant's Zebra Continue reading → Read More
2015-09-18 01:30
What to do with a fabric that you just don’t want to cut up? Use the K.I.S.S. theory of course. So with this fabric which has text, it was back to Jinny Beyer’s ‘The Quilte… Read More
2015-07-02 06:34
Dear Sister-in-Law and Brother-in-Law, are undertaking a journey by car and caravan, of over 3585.5 km (2,228 miles) from Geelong in Victoria, to the tip of Cape York (in Australia). And tha… Read More
2015-07-02 04:26
It was an amazing display of patchwork that a group of ladies from ‘The Patchworkers and Quilters Guild of Victoria’, created for the first African Block Swap. Styles r… Read More
2015-06-21 02:49
Is your stash taking over? (Sorry – the image is not here – technical issue – trying out a new tool). Seems that WordPress.com does not allow use of Java script – so… Read More
2015-06-04 06:22
As a member of ‘The Patchworkers and Quilters Guild of Victoria’, Leslie Edwards – a contemporary quilter – has organised a ‘block swap’ with a patch… Read More
2015-05-28 07:03
Finally finished it. This one was begun on the Ballan Retreat and adapted from a class pattern by Pauline Baber at Patchworks Unlimited. Varying widths of strips of Kaffe Fasset fabrics were… Read More
2015-05-23 09:08
A sunny afternoon and ‘Ibby’ needs to be taken for a drive! What’s this got to do with patchwork? Read on – after all, this is an eclectic blog! So off to Bacchu… Read More
2015-05-17 03:28
Clamshells, clamshells, clamshells ………. Australian ‘International Tutor’, Irene Blanck of ‘Focus on Quilts’, taught a class at Patchworks Un… Read More
2015-04-29 00:32
Time to get back to what’s been happening with the ‘Crooked Path’ table runner. It took some time to get used to the Westalee template and ruler foot, as I found it easier… Read More
2015-04-26 02:11
There are two major displays of award winning quilts at the Australian Quilt Convention each year. One is the ‘Rajah Award’. This is named after the historical quilt, The R… Read More
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