Thursday, August 26, 2010

End of an Era

It’s official….. Cowbelles, as you know it, is changing……the coffee shop will remain, the fabric will all go (hopefully), the Art Group are excited about moving in to exhibit their works AND Tuesday sewing will continue as normal (except for two weeks off for the back room to be painted!)

Thanks to everyone….it’s been a great six years!!!!!

In an attempt to help clear the fabric, I took photos of what’s left and they’re following ……..all are 40% off…… sale ends 3pm September 10. We'r open 9am - 3pm every day until then (EVEN SUNDAY'S!!!) If you can't get in, you can order by phone on 07 4663 1193 or email to cowbellespatchwork@bigpond.com

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Friday, July 30, 2010

Mystery Unveiled and Catching Up

Another big couple of weeks here…..Tuesday saw the final instalment of our mystery quilt for 2010.  This is my sample.

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This one is Jen’s…..

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Some of Jan’s…..while we were auditioning fabric for the setting triangles….

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Some of Joan’s laid on the table…

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Effie’s Figure Eight Bargello

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Mary’s…..

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Joan’s…

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Joan’s Braid quilt from a class here a while back

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And her Bargello…..complete with ruffled edge……

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And a cute sign that I saw by the side of the road ….

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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Yesterday and Last Week

 

It’s amazing watching the Figure Eight Bargellos develop….so many different colour combinations !

First up is Nancy’s SECOND one…..

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Then two shots of Ann’s …..first in pieces then as a whole…sorry the second photo’s quite blurry, but you can still see the effect of the colours…

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Then Effie’s all together….

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Then two different ways of arranging Lyn’s….

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Then Mel’s……hand appliqued onto her white background.

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Then Pam’s quilt from our 2009 Mystery Quilt classes….

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This is Carol’s…..

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And finally Erica’s ……

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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Saturday’s Circular/Figure Eight Bargello

We had a second figure eight class on Saturday last ….. here are some of the colour combinations….

Lois’……

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Claudia’s

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Nancy’s two circles….

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Then combined to make the figure eight….

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AND, last, but by no means least……. Joan’s quilt made from her birthday squares…..assembled on the day we gave them to her…..AMAZING!

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Circular or Figure Eight Bargellos

Last week’s class here was the Circular or Figure Eight Bargello…..we still have a couple of patterns left over if you’d like to make one.  They’re AU$20 ……just give the girls at the shop a call on 07 4663 1193…..

First is my class sample….it is still to have circles appliqued in the middle prior to quilting.

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Next some works in progress….the different colour combinations are amazing!!!!!!

Di’s….

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Bev’s

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Ann’s….

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Ruth A’s, Carol’s and Bev’s (again….oops!)

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Elaine’s, Nancy’s, Effie’s and Mels’s …..

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