“Dollar Block” Saturday 30MAY09

Today was “Blackford’s Beauty” block day and we caught up on a few others we’d missed.

Here are Dorothy’s blocks :

And Di’s….

And Lyn’s…..

And this is my “Bargello Heart” sample for a class here next term. Just pondering which colours to use in the borders…….

Yesterday’s Show and Tell

Wow!  We had some great quilts and tops in for show and tell today.

First is Effie’s “Pinwheel Pirouette” quilt from a class last term…

This is Joan’s “Jellygon” top from a class last year……and Kim’s silhouette against the afternoon sun coming in ……

Here’s Shirley’s top from Judy Hooworth’s “Quilts on the Double” class

Pam was quilting her sampler quilt from our “Dollar Block” classes…

Then some amazing tops coming together from our recent “Blackbird Pie” class.  First is Ann’s…..

Then Lorraine’s……

Then Effie’s……

Then Ann’s …… (from the same layer cake as Effie’s above but with the addition of some extra fabrics)

And Joan’s with a different layout and some gorgeous Ricky Tims fabric..

This is the “Going to Paris” garment bag sample for today’s class.  We’ll have photos of the bags made in class next week.

Blackbird Pie Tuesday 12th May

First, a visitor in the garden this morning…

Then Cath's raggy flannel quilt for show and tell - both front and back views.....

Now we're into the "Blackbird Pies"....the first is Ann's.....

Then two different layouts of Carol's.....

Then Elaine's....

and Lorraine's.......

and Effie's.......

and Lydia's.......

Blackbird Pie Day – Saturday 9th of May

Our most recent class was making Kookaburra Cottage’s “Blackbird Pie” quilt.  It uses a layer cake and some really nifty templates to make “Drunkard’s Path” blocks arranged with a contemporary twist! This first one is Shelley’s :

This one’s Sue’s:

Then Lyn’s…..

And Di’s:

Then Viv’s :

Then we re-arranged 16 of Viv’s block’s to try out some other layouts….

Tuesday May 5th

To all you regular checkers of our blog, I’m sorry but am running a bit late with this post!!!

We all made “On the Fly” blocks for someone who’s having a “zero” birthday later this month….all with different brights on a white background….hope she likes them!

 

Then we made a couple in other warmer colours :

Tuesday 28APR09

Another great Tuesday here at Cowbelles.  We made potholders and then lots of blocks for another quilt for the bushfire victims in Victoria.  I forgot to take photos until it was nearly too late and most of the pot holders had gone home.  Any way, I think there are enough to give an idea of what we did.

These blocks came together really quickly from random 2.5” strips.  Lots more have gone to various homes to be made this week.  Hopefully, we’ll get it put together next week.

Tuesday 21APR09

Another hectic day at Cowbelles with much laughter coming from the classroom all day!  We really indulged at morning tea with Lime and Poppy seed syrup cake or Pear and Craisin loaf.  Lunch was pretty late but we eventually had Spinach and Ricotta lasagne.

Some real treasures for “Show and Tell” today…….

Here’s Nancy’s “Rose Trellis” quilt that she’s been working on during the week..

This is Carol’s special quilt of hearts from blocks that we all made for her during a sad time last year.

Jan has been working on this very special quilt for her daughter for a while.  I’m sure the photo doesn’t do it justice…it’s simply stunning.

Mary has made this dolly quilt for her grand-daughter’s birthday.  The little squares are really tiny….there’s a blue pin head showing in the top right corner to give you an idea of size!

Effie and Ann caught up on a few “Dollar Blocks”…..

This is Carol’s “Just Charming Bag” from a class here last term.

Monday was pupil-free at our local schools and a couple of little possums spent the morning here making bags.  The first photo shows Cass and Nee’s…..

And this one is Claire’s….

The storm season is continuing in our part of the world……I took this shot just south of Kaimkillenbun on my way home.