Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue#86 - 2017 i Quilters Companion

Time is flying and we are halfway through the year already. To help you prepare for Christmas, we have found the perfect Christmas table runner to create. This appliquéd beauty is designed by newcomer to Quilters Companion, Jennie Osborne. If you start stitching now, you will have plenty of time to complete the project and decorate your home for the festive season. But as we are all very organised ... well, we hope to be, why not also check out the Christmas projects available at cosyproject.com. You will find a wide variety of downloadable PDF patterns for Christmas cushions, embroideries, bags, wallhangings and quilts. The pull-along Reindeer Toy has my granddaughter’s name all over it! Christmas will be very special at our house this year. Annabella will be 15 months,…

Quilt Show Winners Presented by the Modern Quilt Guild, QuiltCon is the largest modern quilting show of its kind. Each year, the four-day quilt show attracts thousands of attendees from around the world for workshops, lectures, panels and more. The juried quilt show features stunning modern quilts and is complemented by dozens of vendors and exhibitor booths. In February 2017, QuiltCon was held in Savannah, Georgia. More than 1500 quilts were submitted, with 350 selected for the juried show. The winners in 13 categories were chosen by 2017 judges Kristy Daum, Elizabeth Spannring and Erica Bonkowski. And a big congratulations goes to Katherine Jones from Tasmania for taking out Best in Show! Best in Show bling Pieced and quilted by Katherine Jones, Chigwell, Tasmania, Australia Tasmanian MQG Best Machine Quilting,…

Kits and block of the month programs are popular choices for quilters for a number of reasons. How many times has a quilt caught your eye and you think “Wow I would love to make that exact same quilt with the same fabrics and colours”? When you buy a kit for a quilt you see you can do just that – make it exactly in the colours and fabrics you see. Kits also take the often difficult job of select fabrics and colours out of the equation. The hard part is done for you so you can just enjoy the sewing. It works the same way with block of the month programs. Shops will offer these programs in either one colourway or they might have several colourways for you to…

Finished size: 101cm (393⁄4in) square Finished block size: 93⁄4in square Materials • 65cm (3⁄4yd) taupe print fabric #1 (block backgrounds) • 45cm (5⁄8yd) taupe print fabric #2 (block backgrounds and applique) • 55cm (5⁄8yd) taupe print fabric #3 (Border 2) • 1.3m (11⁄2yd) mid-brown solid fabric (borders, blocks and binding) • 30cm (3⁄8yd) mid-brown print fabric (blocks) • 20cm (1⁄4yd) dark brown solid fabric (blocks and Border 2) • 10cm (1⁄8yd) light brown print fabric #1 (blocks) • 15cm (1⁄4yd) light brown print fabric #2 (blocks) • 25cm (3⁄8yd) pink print fabric #1 (blocks) • 10cm (1⁄8yd) pink print fabric #2 (Border 2) 1.2m (13⁄8yd) backing fabric Batting at least 120cm (45in) square • Pre-cut elongated hexagons with short sides 1in or template plastic, permanent-marking pen and stiff paper to…

I love how my quilts add colour and texture to my home. I once removed all the hanging quilts from the walls as I needed to showcase them at a trunk show. My husband’s first comment to me when I arrived home was that our house seemed cold and bland without the quilts on the walls. I have even extended the patchwork into the cooking area with some placemats I made for the kitchen. This issue, I really enjoyed road testing the Bosal Foam and Fiber foam products In-R-Form and Craf-tex. They have inspired all sorts of new homedecorator items Bosal Foam and Fiber was founded in America in 1954. The company still manufactures there and has more than 50 different nonwovens, wovens, fusibles, embroidery stabilisers, hair canvases, wefts, tricots…

Tasmanian Quilting Guild Website: www.tasquiltguild.org.au Tasmanian Quilting Guild Quilt Expo Tasmanian Quilting Guild will hold its Tasmanian Quilt Expo, Island Quilts, at the Albert Hall, corner of Tamar and Cimitiere Streets, Launceston, on September 1–3, 2017. Opening times are Friday 10am–6pm; Saturday and Sunday 10am–4pm. There will be more than 150 members’ quilts as well as the Bernina Best of Australia 2016 quilts, a student quilt exhibition, novelty quilts and other displays and demonstrations. Raffle tickets will be available for the beautiful butterfly quilt, Lepidoptera, designed by Elizabeth Hartman. The quilt was made by members of the Tasmanian Modern Quilt Guild and quilted by Kat Jones. Admission is $8 for adults. Children under 12 are free. Parking is available close by and there is free parking Saturday after 12 noon and…

For those English paper piecing enthusiasts, Katrina Hadjimichael shares her Darcy cushion, incorporating some interesting shapes. Continuing with this theme, Jodi Godfrey presents more English paper piecing, including fussy cutting in her DVD project. And Linda Haigh returns with a pieced quilt with English paper piecing Dresdens on the borders. Leslie Edwards offers a modern, improv quilt design, Constellations (pictured), with stars and meandering squares incorporating a multitude of fabrics. Deirdre Bond-Abel returns with a mellow, original appliqué quilt in many shades of brown. Neil Chisholm presents a more traditional appliqué in Prairie Rose with a red and green palette. We travel to Western Australia to showcase the winning quilts from QuiltWest 2017. And we explore a crazy quilt from the collection of the Daughters of the American Museum. You…

Those looking for a sea change are usually keen to move to a more peaceful life by the beach, but Jennifer Corkish is looking at her move as a chance to change her outlook, take on a new creative bent and challenge herself in her art. Jennifer was originally a Sydney girl, but 20 years ago she moved to Mittagong in NSW’s Southern Highlands to bring up her son — “though he’s now moved back to Sydney for his work in film!” It’s time now for a change of residence and she is waiting for the right house to appear in Callala Bay, a small town on the south coast of New South Wales. Callala Bay is situated on the northern shore of Jervis Bay, about 20 minutes drive from…

Finished size: 148.5cm (581⁄2in) square Finished block size: 7in square Materials • 1.5m (15⁄8yd) white print fabric (block backgrounds and Border 2) • 80cm (7⁄8yd) dark pink tone-on-tone print fabric (blocks and Border 2) • 60cm (5⁄8yd) green tone-on-tone print fabric (blocks and Border 2) • 40cm (1⁄2yd) dark yellow tone-on-tone print fabric (blocks and Border 2) 75cm (7⁄8yd) floral print fabric (blocks and Border 2) • 1m (11⁄8yd) light pink tone-on-tone print fabric (Borders 1 and 3 and binding) • 3.4m (33⁄4yd) backing fabric • Batting at least 170cm (67in) square • Rotary cutter, ruler and mat • 71⁄2in X-Blocks™ speciality ruler or template plastic and permanent-marking pen • Sewing machine with 1⁄4in foot • General sewing supplies Note: This quilt has some unusual block cutting in it, so…

Finished size: 185.5cm x 173cm (73in x 68in) Finished block size: 11in x 10in Materials • 2.3m (21⁄2yd) solid white fabric (background) • 1.8m (17⁄8yd) solid yellow fabric (sashings) • 1m (11⁄8yd) solid black fabric (lantern bases and lids,cornerstones and binding) • Assorted scraps (lanterns) • 3.8m (41⁄4yd) backing fabric • Batting at least 200cm x 190cm (80in x 75in) • Pre-cut papers for English paper piecing: 250 60-degree diamond papers with edges 13⁄4in and 100 60-degree triangles with edges 13⁄4in (optional) • Template plastic and stiff paper • Thread for piecing, applique and quilting • DMC Stranded Embroidery Floss in Black (310) • Spray starch • Water-erasable fabric-marking pen or a fine pencil • Rotary cutter, ruler and mat • Sewing machine • General sewing supplies www.quilterscompanion.wordpress.com Cut the…

Most obviously – what do you want the machine to do? If you are planning on basic sewing then an introductory machine may be the best option and these can retail up to about $1000. If you are looking for a machine that does a bit more than the basics but doesn’t have all the bells and whistles, then a middle of the road model may suit your needs and these retail from around $1000- $3000 dollars. If you are a super serious sewer and will use all the functions available on top machines then go for it! You’ll be looking to spend from $5000 to $10,000+. Remember you get what you pay for – cheap sewing machines are nasty sewing machines. Once you know what you are looking for…

Promenade in a Dutch Castle By Petra Prins and An Moonen From the introduction by An Moonen, I was hooked. An had been a curator of antique textiles before ceasing fulltime work due to ill health. Luckily for the quilt world, she decided to work from home and research the history of Dutch quilts. This is her second book, in collaboration with Petra Prins. Included in the 224-page book are 16 quilt projects based on antique Dutch quilts. These quilts, and 11 of the original antique quilts, were photographed in Middachten Castle, which also has a history of textiles and the story of the castle and the quilts is included as well. A lot of the designs are frame or medallion-style quilts, but a repeating element in many is the…

Tools Of The Trade Sewing Machine – Any machine can be used for quiltmaking. It is helpful to have a darning foot as an attachment for the machine for free machine quilting. Iron and ironing board – Make these readily available near your sewing machine so that all seams can be pressed to assist in accurate piecing. Needles – Most quilters favour a ‘between’ needle, size 8-12 for both hand-sewing and hand-quilting. Size 12, the smallest size, is usually used by very experienced quilters. Sewing Thread – Use any cotton or cotton-covered polyester thread. For machine quilting, use cotton, cottoncovered polyester, monofilament or decorative threads. Scissors – Have one pair with sharp points for cutting fabric and a second pair for paper. Marking Tools – Quilters use marking tools for…

Tattoo Elementz Personalise your sewing space, sewing machine, Mixmaster, printer or anything else you think could be jazzed up with Tattoo Elementz, adhesive designs by Patricia Ritter for Urban Elementz. There are currently 13 designs available. Each is printed on either a clear or a white background for darker surfaces and each packet has an A4 sheet of designs. Each group needs to be roughly cut around, then the heavy backing paper peeled away. This exposes the contour-cut decal ready to be placed on a clean, hard surface. The decals can be removed, but not reused. How cool would your machine look with a Tattoo? Check out urbanelementz.com for the full selection of de signs. Melba Trivets Keep your sewing and kitchen table looking good with Melba Trivets by Leesa…

There is always that special something that inspires us to create a quilt. Perhaps it’s the way colours work together, or the print on the fabric that calls to you. In Hope Johnson’s case, nature, and in particular bees, are her constant inspiration. Hope is not a stranger to being creative or using natural media. When she was just seven years old, her father, who was a teacher of woodwork, in addition to ceramics, painting and drawing, showed Hope how to use the jigsaw. “I was encouraged by both of my parents to create, relying on my own ideas and using different media. So I have done custom work in decorative painting, including furniture and murals; sculpted papier-mâché masks and marionettes; designed and constructed costumes; sewn clothing, pillows and curtains;…

1. The Country Yard — Maungatapere Address: 229 Mangakahia Road, Maungatapere, Northland Phone: + 64 9 434 6748 Email: kerryn@thecountryyard.co.nz Website: www.thecountryyard.co.nz You’ll be welcomed by: Kerryn, the shop owner, plus Raewyn or Bernice, our wonderful, friendly helpful staff What’s great about Maungatapere, North Island: Sunny beaches, bush walks, great coffee, and the historic Bay of Islands. What you’ll find in store: A great variety of fabrics from country to contemporary, patterns, kit sets, embroidery threads, notions and much more. There are plenty of inspirational samples and the kettle is always hot! The shop is nestled in picturesque cottage gardens. Staff picks: Colouring books have taken the world by storm and we absolutely love the concept that Katie Dawson has come up with in using thread/stitchery to colour your design.…

If you have been free-motion quilting, you have probably thought about including feathers in your quilting repertoire. Feather quilting is the most elegant and impressive of all the freemotion designs in my opinion. It suits formal, modern, contemporary and traditional quilts equally. Over the next three issues of QC, I will be showing you the most popular styles and how and where to apply feathers to your quilts on your domestic sewing machine. Keep in mind that there is a big difference in how we go about quilting feathers on a domestic machine compared to a long-arm machine. As domestic machine quilters, we quilt top to bottom; long-arm machines quilt from left to right and back again. Very different indeed. Domestic quilters move the quilt, while long armers move the…

July 14–16 Wayville, SA Adelaide Festival of Quilts (part of the Sewing, Stitching and Handcraft Show); Goyder Pavilion, Adelaide Showground, Goodwood Rd, Wayville SA. Displays of the Rajah Revisited quilts, quilts made by the Tentmakers of Cairo and SA from Ocean to Outback challenge quilts. Watch The Great South Australian Quilting Bee – a piecing, appliqué and quilting competition for amateur quilters. More information: Visit www.saquilters.org.au J uly 15–23 Wandin Yallock, Vic Tea Cosy Competition & Exhibition; Warratina Lavender Farm, 105 Quayle Rd, Wandin Yallock Vic. Handmade, knitted and crocheted tea cosies on display and for sale. Proceeds go to cancer research. Open 10am–4pm. Entry: gold coin donation. More information: Phone (03) 5964 4650 or email enquiries@ warratinalavender.com.au July 22–23 Glenbrook, NSW Glenbrook Cocktail Quilters exhibition; Glenbrook Public School, Woodville St,…

A1 Craft and Quilting Ph: 0438 877 664, email: normabradley@bigpond.com, website: www.craftandquilting.com A Little Patch of Country 63 Princes Highway, Trafalgar Vic 3824. Ph: (03) 5633 2311, email: sales@littlepatch.com.au, website: www.littlepatch.com.au Anne Sommerlad Designs Ph: 0438 692 033, email: srt.sommerlad@bigpond.com, website: www.annesommerladdesigns.com.au Asia Discovery Tours Suite 1302, Level 13, 370 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000. Ph: (02) 9267 7699, fax: (02) 9267 7866, website: www.asiadiscoverytours.com.au BeBe Bold Contemporary Japanese Textiles 25 Elton Street, Lismore NSW 2480. Ph: (02) 6621 9188, email: bebebold@bigpond.com, website: www.bebebold.com Bernina Australia Unit 10, 15 Carrington Road, Castle Hill NSW 2154. (PO Box 268, Castle Hill NSW 1765) Ph: 1800 237 646 or (02) 9899 1188, fax: (02) 9899 1469, email: bernina@bernina.com.au, website: www.bernina.com.au Bernina Sewing Centre 387 Cameron Road, Tauranga, North Island, New Zealand Ph:…