Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue#88 - 2017 i Quilters Companion

As yet another year draws to a close, I am amazed at how fast time is flying! This year has been exceptionally busy for me, trying to juggle my new job with my old job, and finding time to be a grandmother as well. I do not leave home without my diary! I am old-fashioned, I know. I do not use the calendar function on my phone as much as I should — I prefer my Quilters Companion diary; it has much prettier pictures than my phone! The 2018 diary has now been released. It has a new look, but the same practical ring binding and loads of inspirational quilt images. Check out our subscriber page for a special deal on Quilters Companion including the diary. Or, if you need…

Best of Show, First, Combined Pieced & Appliquéd: Professional, Domestic Machine Quilting Award: Professional Star Link Pamela Brockwell D esign Source: Inspired by Stars on Mars by Gail Stepanek & Jan Hutchison From QuiltNSW QuiltNSW is a member organisation embracing traditional, contemporary, pictorial, art and modern quilts, run by an enthusiastic community of volunteers, promoting the art of patchwork and quilting. The Sydney Quilt Show is the QuiltNSW members’ annual exhibition presented in conjunction with the Craft & Quilt Fair. Preparations begin a year in advance, with an all-volunteer workforce staging arguably the largest quilt show in the southern hemisphere. Four hundred and eight quilts were displayed by 302 QuiltNSW members, as well as the eight Bernina Best of Australia quilts, 31 Australian Quilt Convention Challenge quilts, and over 40…

Betty’s Pantry features a collection of art deco style prints, stylized florals and novelty prints that were popular between 1910 and 1935. This era saw a remarkable shift from the dark prints of the 19th century to a lighter palette of pink, red, yellow, soft blue and melon as well as colours on opposite sides of the colour wheel such as orange and blue, red and green. These prints all reflect a life of domestic bliss! Leutenegger EST.1891 Distributed in Australia by J.Leutenegger Pty. Ltd. For more information & stockists, please contact: ph: +61 2 8046 4100 fx: +61 2 8046 4199 email: cservice@leutenegger.c om.au web: www.leutenegger.com.au LeuteneggerPtyLtd @leuteneggerau…

Quilts have often been made and given as gifts to commemorate big life events. Ruth Pettit Penn followed a local fashionable trend when she made this quilt for her son’s marriage. In the late 1840s, an existing fad for young ladies to collect poems, drawings and autographs of friends in a book or album was translated into fabric versions, or album quilts. The paper pages became quilt blocks, often signed with names of friends and family members of the maker. A distinctive style with blocks covered with elaborate appliqués of leafy wreaths, woven baskets and vases of multilayered fabric flowers, arranged in grid formation, with or without sashing, developed in Baltimore, Maryland, a port on the eastern seaboard. They are now known as Baltimore Album quilts and are some of…

Small wonders A miniature quilt took out the £2000 Best of Show prize at the UK Festival of Quilts in Birmingham in August. Measure for Measure, made by Philippa Naylor, was described by the judges as “an exquisite piece with a delicate feel and subtle colouring. Everything is perfectly scaled, especially in the attention to detail of the intricate stitchery and rouleau looped edging.” This year’s Festival featured a display of more than 1000 quilts, hundreds of workshops, a program of talks and discussions, social events, and 300 shops in the merchants’ mall. One of the special exhibits was a showcase of miniatures by Kumiko Frydl. A native of Tokyo, Kumiko originally studied commercial arts and dressmaking. She began making quilts when she moved to Canada and became passionate about…

The art of quilting definitely goes through stages, or fashionable fads, when it comes to colours and styles. However, if you are looking to try some fashionable stitching for a non-quilt project, you might like to try making a handbag. While some of us come from a dressmaking background, and curves, zips etc do not faze us, many quiltmakers have not sewn before they find patchwork. Jennifer Moore at Aster and Anne has created a range of bags for all skill levels. They are pre-cut, ready to sew, with all the hardware that you need to complete the items, except for embellishment. At the time of writing this article, four different bag kits were available. However, more designs are in the pipeline. Each bag kit has a pre-cut set of…

Have a look through the next few pages to discover what fantastic new products, ideas and designs are In The Market to inspire you. The Quilters’ Store, The Embroiderers’ Store Address: Unit 4, 286 Evans Road, Salisbury Qld 4107 Phone: (07) 3875 1700 Email: sales@tqes.com.au Website: www.tqes.com.au Tula Pink’s Spirit Animal Ever the story teller, Tula Pink tells a tale with her collection Spirit Animal. “Once upon a time there was an undiscovered island that spent thousands of years evolving beyond the burdensome limitations of reality. Imagination was both currency and religion in this place. You could be anything that you wished as long as you had the daring to imagine it so. The animals didn’t know that they were supposed to be brown, so they dressed themselves in shades…

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 Be Be 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 Black Possum Fabrics Shop 1, 197 Myall Street, Tea Gardens…

Dear Michelle, Please pass on my thanks to all at Quilters Companion for my very generous prize at the 2017 Sydney Quilt Show. This is my 11th consecutive year of entering, most years with two entries, and this was my first ribbon. I was overwhelmed that it was a blue ribbon, something I’d never dreamt of. Special thanks to you, Michelle, for the hug. You saved me! I’ve already used my money to buy an electric Accuquilt. I’ve yearned for one for a long time and your prize made it possible. Many best wishes, Margy Syrett Editor’s Note: Margy won a prize for Glittering Scraps using a Jen Kingwell pattern ,Glitter. See more winning quilts from the 2017 QuiltNSW show starting on page 14. Hi Michelle I’m sending you pictures…

Anne Kelly’s cloth collages are works of art in fabric form. She uses layer upon layer of fabric to create scenes of romantic cities, or uses special fabric to celebrate an anniversary, or a collage of fabric made from textiles collected on many travels. “I would describe my work as ‘layered embroideries’,” explains Anne. “They are mixed media collages mainly in cloth. The fabric is arranged in layers and then tacked and stitched into place. The whole piece is then overstitched using my signature Bernina edging/finishing stitch. This creates a ‘net like’ appearance to the work and in effect creates a new cloth.” Anne Kelly grew up in Canada but now resides 56km south-east of London in Kent. She lives in a 125-year-old Victorian townhouse with a shed serving as…

We welcome to the pages of Quilters Companion award-winning quilter Di Jobbins, of Zetland, NSW. Di shares with us her modern, fun technique for making Cathedral Window-style quilts. Her stunning work has received many awards, including Viewer’s Choice at several shows. We are sure your new wall hanging will be “Viewer’s Choice” at your house. Finished size: 122cm x 99cm (48in x 39in) Materials • Assorted scraps and charm squares in 11 different solid colour fabrics; you need a range of values from dark to light in each colour (Big Hug blocks) — see Note • Assorted scraps and charm squares in four different colours; you need a range of medium and light value fabrics in each colour (Small Hug blocks) • Assorted light and very light value solid yellow fabrics to…

Welcome to our new block of the month and kits section where each issue we will bring you a diverse selection of block of the month programs and kits for purchase. These product cover a variety of styles, colours and techniques. 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…

Size: 42in x 36in When did you decide that you wanted to make a portrait of your daughter? As this is made from her clothing, did you save special items for the project? My idea to create a portrait quilt of my daughter, Minka, made from her baby clothing was something I had been dreaming of for years. I was working on a multitude of fused appliqué art quilts, including a landscape, cityscapes and a portrait before I began making baby clothing keepsake quilts full time in 2012. After I became accustomed to working with baby clothing, coupled with my previous experience in portraiture, I knew I would eventually try my hand at making a keepsake portrait quilt. In 2016 I finally had enough clothing set aside and was motivated…

Your sewing machine is likely to be the most costly purchase you make when it comes to quilting, so you need to make sure you spend the time to research and make the right choice. There are a few tips we have to make the process easier for you: 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…

Fussy Cutters Club — A Boot Camp for Mastering Fabric Play By Angie Wilson Ever wanted to play with fussy cutting fabric but didn’t know where to start? Open this book by Angie Wilson, of Canberra, and learn through its 136 pages. In the front section of the book are 46 instructional pages dedicated to empowering you with knowledge to make the right fabric choice. Tools and cutting implements are also discussed before the projects start. There are 14 projects, printed in order of difficulty and size. The first five projects are smaller: a pincushion, coasters, pot holders, a pencil case and a cushion. These are to get you started on your fussy cutting journey. The next four projects are medium in size: a mini quilt, placemats, table runner and…

Before you embark on any quilting project and especially if this is your first quilt, you’ll need to make sure you have all the equipment and knowledge necessary for a successful project. Many of the items required are normal sewing supplies and any special tools for quilters can be found in your local quilt shop. 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…

We begin the new year with fabulous new quilts and a funky antique! Boys in Cheddar (pictured) was found by Michelle Marvig while on tour. Its design and modern quilting really appealed to her, so much so that it came home. Zoe Clifton joins us to demonstrate machine crazy patchwork on a handy block holder. We visit Maree St Clair in her studio and she shares a fun appliqué design with us. Deirdre Bond-Abel returns with a pieced and appliquéd beauty. We profile Brisbane quilter and author Peta Peace and you can stitch one of her wo nderful designs. And we will return to the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum for the next instalment of quilt history. You will find QC#89 on newsstands in January 2018.…

1. Voodoo Rabbit Fabric — Annerley Address: Shop 1 / 466 Ipswich Rd, Annerley Qld 4103 Phone: 0422 215 053 Email: sales@voodoorabbit.com.au Website: www.voodoorabbit.com.au You’ll be welcomed by: Owner Kylie or staff and teachers Michelle and Vanessa What’s great about Annerley: Besides Voodoo Rabbit Fabric you will find a number of interesting vintage, charity (including a Lifeline shop that specialises in vintage and retro wear) and antique stores in the area, as well as lovely cafes. What you’ll find in store: Voodoo Rabbit Fabric stocks a collection of unusual and out-of-theordinary feature fabrics from Alexander Henry, Timeless Treasures, Robert Kaufman and Japan, to name a few. We also offer an extensive range of bag-making hardware, interfacing and patterns, along with sewing workshops and a machinerepair service. Staff picks: Voodoo Rabbit…

In this issue, I continue to explore the possibilities of feather quilting. I have previously discussed the hook and open feather — both are a more modern style of quilting feathers on your quilts. Another option in the feather family is the formal feather. This involves backtracking, stitching over the top of the previous stitching to move forward. It takes time to master, but the effect is wonderful. This style of feather is the closest in appearance to hand quilting in my opinion. When I started quilting with formal feathers, I used pre-purchased stencils. I purchased a vast collection many years ago, which I still use today. They are a fantastic learning tool to use. You really get the feel of quilting the feathers on a quilt as there is…