Author Archives: Country Matters Designs
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I See Red Hexagons

I see RED hexagons I spent the weekend out at Jugiong at the quilt show, which was a lovely way to spend two days – inside nice and warm and talking to ladies about patchwork, drinking coffee and enjoying the homemade treats (I cannot eat at all this week to make up for it!) This was […]

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Quilt Shows

Quilt shows Something to see on your travels….. This weekend at the Jugiong Memorial Hall will be a wonderful exhibition of quilts and crafts, as well as a pincushion competition and redwork challenge, under the theme of Hearts and hexagons. You will be able to purchase a delicous homemade light lunch and proceeds go towards the Victor Chang Cardiac […]

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Canberra Quilt Exhibition Success

Canberra Quilt Exhibition Success I was about to add a blog post last weekend to do some bragging, when the computer decided it did not want to turn on at all!!  So a couple of mad dashes to town to get it fixed and purchase a new monitor and I am back in action. So, […]

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Show and Tell

Show and tell There has not been alot happening on the sewing front at my place, trying to work out what to work on first and maybe finish something or head out to the garden where I don’t have to think about it. My Wednesday group have been busy over the holiday break and below […]

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View from the hill

View from the hill  I apologise for a gap in blog posts, it has been a sad month for our family as a very close family member passed away recently.  We needed a break from all the goings on and when the sun came out the other day, it was decided that a bbq up on […]

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Dresden in French

Dresden in french Apologies for having a couple of weeks away from the blog, I hope you havn’t all given up on me.  There have been lots going on at home, but also wanting to get this finished so I could show it to you in one piece. The latest range of French General fabric came out awhile […]

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Young Quilt Show

Young Quilt Show Last weekend I travelled over to Young, where the Lions Club put together a quilt show in the Town Hall.  I set up a small trading table on the Sunday to hopefully meet a few of the local people and convert them to my style of patchwork. Below are Roxanne, Cynthia and Aunty […]

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Head Spin

Head Spin Well, I certainly did not expect the response that I got from all you lovely quilters out there regarding the blog tour last week. To say it was a success is an understatement, I was just blown away by the amount of comments and lovely things you all had to say about my […]

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Today is Blog Tour Day

Today is blog tour day Hello and welcome to my blog, as part of Quiltmakers 100 Blocks Blogtour.  If this is the first time you have been to my blog, or you are a repeat visitor,  I invite you to make a coffee and have a browse.  I am excited to be part of Quiltmakers Vol […]

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Blog tour coming up…

Blog tour coming up… Okay, the day is nearly here, my day for blog touring is Friday, May 4, so if you have time to come and have a look to see what all the fuss is about, also check out some other great blogs, that would be great.  There will be prizes and giveaways […]

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