game of quilts challenge.secret stash

Here is my entry for the badass quilters america..game of quilts challenge

I love a challenge and love to push the boundries..This piece was inspired from the book "A dance with dragons" thus the round shape like the cover photo, a shield.

I calculated the area of a square 18x18 inches and made the circle the same area..

The shisha mirrors in the bottom of the piece represent the dragon eggs wedding gift...I quilted the piece then painted the quilting with irredescent paint..like tone on tone fabric.

I would like to say thanks to Kym Colgrave from Professional Quilting Sevices for enabling the aussie to participate.

wow after all this time

I have finally found my old blog..been a while..just testing to see if i remember how to do this..obviously i dont..lol..anyway should this work this is a parcel that arrived in the post from a dear friend..i had told her the carpet layer christened my new craft shed.."the chook house"..and this arrived she is very clever old chook herself..lol..love ya rob

waterfall workshop stack and slash quilts

Ok these are all the beautiful quilts the ladies produced..remember some of these ladies had never quilted/pieced before what a great effort...We had put many different kits together with a great selection of colours and fabrics....think everybody got something they liked they where $40 for the kit..which made about a lap sized quilt....


one lady bought all her own fat quarters black and white and made a quilt for her hubby for chrissy last year..i charged these people half price to quilt these quilts..thought that only fair as they did it in the class...and hers was a monster bigger than a queen size and she finished that top that day too i think( she was an experienced quilted but wanted to learn the technique)..my friend Rhonda wanted red black and white and hers was stunning..they are crisp clean colours..there was another smallish country colours quilt,some aboriginal prints some fresh yellows and blues and jenny bought her own funky colours and made mum a table cloth.

The cost for the class including lunch was $60..there was lovely salad rolls,ham and chicken,cheese and fruit platter,coffee and tea and many cakes laid on as well..so for a hundred dollar day i think it was great value.I am looking forward to many more workshops/weekends in Grafton.

waterfall workshop stack and slash

This is the workshop for stack and slash that we ran at the tennis courts at Waterfall.. it was a great day we started at about 9am had morning tea lunch and arvo tea and everyone completed a small lap sized quilt on the day..mind you they had a lot of help from a very experienced quilter..no not me a real piecer..I havent included her in the pictures or named her as i dont think she would like that..but i really appreciated her help on the day and without her the quilts would not have been finished...even the beginners who had never made a quilt before finished theres..next one will run in Grafton real soon.yippee

These pictures are of our retreat in Vickery retreat alexandra VIC last year..must find some more photos and put them in better ones of all the girlies..sorry Marlene think you just woke up and think Jenny was still asleep..what a great venue for the retreats..this one was called shoe box surprise where i put toghether a box full of stuff and you make it into a journal cover,wall hanging,or ipad cover..what a great weekend the the price was very reasonable.

what can i say about all these shots around the farm from my shed...new bbq area
maddy the farm dog

new gates

paddock to the right of the shed

and ofcourse our septic tank..lol..not really nice shot of the front paddocks....and wood hendge as we call it..about 8 huge posted sunk into the ground to become a tractor shed..yeah right i claim this as the party room..what do you recon??

finally found out how to add more pictures der..these are pictures of sue's quilt the carpet/vinyl layers wife..hope she like her quilt I love to make these stack and slash quilts, I know some people dont like them but for me they are quick and easy and a lovely gift for people who dont sew.cheers