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Remembrance Day
Photo by Benoit Aubry Lest we Forget
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Quilt Market 2013 – Part II – Quilts
On the last day before I leave to return home, I wander through the halls where all the quilts are displayed. The quilts are breathtaking. There is so much time, energy and love stitched into these quilts. Congratulations to everyone…
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Quilt market 2013 – Part I – People
People are what makes Quilt Market shine …. On the floor One of the things I love about market is that every person you meet is so lovely and welcoming. They are brimming with talent and vitality. At the schoolhouse…
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The Scary Pumpkin
It’s Halloween and we are about to go trick or treating around the neighbourhood. To get in the spirit of Halloween I decided to sketch a scary pumpkin with a Pentel gel fabric pen and fill it in with thread.…
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Off to Market
Tomorrow I leave for Houston to experience the fall International Quilt Market. I hope to post many photos on FB, twitter and IG and bring back some goodies. It will be lovely to see everyone I met last year again…
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{Big} City Girl QAL – Sydney
It’s my turn to make a block for the {Big} City Girl QAL. Though I live in Brisbane now, I was a Sydney girl for 26 years and the iconic harbour bridge and opera house was the backdrop to many…
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Aurifil Designers for 2014
Today at the Auribuzz blog read about the Aurifil 2014 Design team who will be designing 12 fabulous blocks for you to make into a beautiful quilt. Scott Hansen http://bluenickelstudios.com/ Camille Roskelley http://camilleroskelley.typepad.com/ Carrie Nelson http://lavieenrosie.typepad.com/ Emily Herrick http://crazyoldladiesquilts.blogspot.com/ Heidi Pridemore http://heidipridemore.blogspot.com/ Jane Davidson http://quiltjane.blogspot.com/ Pat…
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A Sunday Walk in the Garden
It was such a lovely day I thought I might stroll through the garden (and neighbours) to photograph the last of the winter / spring flowers. The North Queensland Ice-Cream tree. If you scrape the seed pods it tastes like…
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Three months of Bee Blocks
I have finally caught up with all my Bee blocks for the AusMod Bee group. August was a fun block where we could choose any word that held some meaning for us. Wisdom was the first word that came to…
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Ms Midges’s Scrappy Refractatorium
Let me introduce MsMidge’s Scrappy Refractatorium quilt. MsMidge has been keeping me updated on her progress and today on her blog you can see the finished and bound quilt. Isn’t it just divine. A compilation of blocks from the Wombat Stew…
