Whirlygig Quilt does a road Trip to Deny Last weekend I made the journey out West on long straight roads, drove for hours,  to find this gorgeous patchwork shop called Deniliquin Heritage Fabrics, run by the lovely Joy and Jill.  They had got together a room full of ladies willing to sew all weekend.  We […]

Clamshells at Bribbaree Hexagons and gorgeous needleturn applique was on display when Irene Blanck flew up to see us all at Bribbaree last weekend to hold a workshop on making clamshells – Irene’s way.  It was a fantastic day, misty rain and a champagne lunch all organised by Anne and her group.  We loved sitting […]

Mulberries of Amaroo Quilt Pattern   Mulberries of Amaroo is a recent quilt  patttern, here is a new colourway that was done for my sister for a late birthday presie, loved the colours of burnt pinks and reds,  and has been a very versitile  design that you have  seen in many colours already, so here […]

Today I will show you our hexagon quilt, this is what the Wednesday girls and I have been up to over the summer – we wanted to make and donate a quilt to CanAssist, and as I have managed to get most of the girls addicted to hexagons day and night, what better to do […]

Today is Blog Tour day Yipee here we are on blog tour day for me.  Introducing my block, Roving Ring, which can be found on page 43, Block #552.  I loved making this block, and could make a whole quilt just by repeating it over and over again – probably will so watch this space.  […]

Quiltmakers Blog tour coming up As I promised to tell you about the Quiltmakers Blog Tour Coming Up, the day for my blog tour will be Friday, 9 November, just a couple of days away – how exciting.  So if you can, come and have a look at my blog on that day, and for […]

A large amount of small pieces I must say I was very happy to have this quilt finished, it is a massive king size and weighs a ton, but my Civil War Chronicles quilt is finally complete!  Here it is pictured at the Temora Rural Museum, along with other quilts that were part of Patches […]

Boree Creek Quilt Show If you happen to be travelling around this weekend and you find yourself between Wagga and Albury there is a little town called Boree Creek, hosting a quilt show that you should go and see.  This is a biannual exhibition of locally made quilts and items, as you can see from the […]

Spring is here Firstly, just wanted to share with you some more Lucy Boston blocks that I made over the last couple of weeks, to prove that I have been doing some sewing since my last post, blending a couple of old fabrics with some new ones.         This is some of the spring blooms […]

Happenings… So what has been happening here with me lately, that is a very good question.Firstly, I would like to announce that the pattern for Roses in the Attic is now available under my Country Matters format, if you would like a copy just email your details to me. It is quite a quick one to make, having has less fabrics […]