Some days it is necessary to just slip away and hide out. My choice of getaway last week was quilt group. There not only was I treated to lovely morning tea and chat but also to some great quilts made by fellow members. For example, Deb has made this lovely reproduction style quilt. You might have seen bits and pieces of it growing here last year but now she is quilting it and it is simply stunning. There is something gorgeous about repeat triangles. The colours are nicely worked as well so that the eye moves gently from block to block.
Even crumpled carelessly on the floor it looks beautiful.
Quilts like these are like babies. We watch them grow and grow until they mature.
Also up for viewing on Thursday was our up and coming raffle quilt for the show in 2012. This, my friends, is a beauty. Tiny little blocks, nice use of the colour blue and beautifully accented with the vine. I missed seeing this one come together with all my galavanting this year and when I turned and saw it on the wall my eyes popped out. Now it needs some quilting and soon raffle tickets will be available.
Each week we have show and tell by a member. It is a time to bring out the folded quilts, the forgotten treasures, the ones we have moved on from to here. This week was Kathie DePalo's turn. Kathie is one of my favourite quitlers. She isn't a show off like me so you have to know her to know her quilts. This one she admitted was not her first quilt but the first quilt she made she was willing to show. Nice pattern,nice use of colour...just nice. It's the kind of quilt you'd love to sleep under with a good book.
This one was the first quilt she made without using a ruler. Cut and sew. Kathie is actually the queen of precision. Her quilts always have immaculate points and corners so I can almost see the pain that it took for her to go cut loose! I think this must be the brightest quilt in her cupboard!
I love what is happening visually with this one. Although this is a officially a wedding ring pattern it reminds me of Paris...not that I have ever been to Paris but the cirlces and subdued background make me feel as though I am stepping into a fast paced coutoure world.
And then there are the quilts that just make me mad that I didn't make it myself. This is one of them. The scrappy colours, the funky pattern, the sheer madness of it makes my eyes jump for joy.
Looking for a bit of a different direction, Kathie joined Brigitte Giblin's class and is now slowing down a tad with a bit of applique. Still dive in beauty with the subtle use of colour and a masterpiece in the making.
Kathie is the a quilter that combines technical skill with a keen eye for fabric and I am happy to have made it to see this little collection of some of her quilts. Another keen quilter in the group is Doreen. She is busy getting us all making Waggas again for the show next year.
Doreen is the tireless keeper of the wool. She has a cupboard full of tempting bits and pieces that she doles out carefully as the years go buy. I managed to select a few pieces to get started on my wagga for the show next year. They all get sold at the show and money raised will go to our chosen charity. Good exercise, good result.
So hiding out was good for the soul. I filled my eyes with treats and got some hand sewing done at the same time. All good. k
Love Kathie's quilts, she is such a talented quilter. I too am reminded of France with the wedding ring quilt, but for me it is like a Monet painting. Simply stunning!
Posted by: Sal x | Monday, 22 August 2011 at 09:09 AM
The quilt that made you mad you hadn't made it yourself; is that from a pattern or the maker's own design? I love it! I need to make one! You Australian quilters are amazingly talented!
Posted by: Jane | Monday, 22 August 2011 at 08:27 PM
I see that I am not the only one that loves the quilt that you wish you had made yourself. It is great...is the pattern available?
Thanks,
Betty in Virginia, USA
Posted by: Betty | Monday, 22 August 2011 at 09:39 PM
What a perfect place to hide! The show 'n tell was awesome and the raffle quilt...over the top beautiful!
Posted by: Anna | Tuesday, 23 August 2011 at 12:52 AM
Thanks for sharing such wonderful quilts. I love to come and visit your blog. I am collecting wool to make a wagga. Keep using the wool I collect on other projects; but one of these days. I will have enough.
Posted by: Cissa | Tuesday, 23 August 2011 at 10:40 AM
Love your blog and the beautful quilts! I, like the other readers, would like to know about the pattern you wish you had made. And being from the USA,I have to ask - what is a wagga?
Virginia, USA
Posted by: JoAnne | Wednesday, 24 August 2011 at 07:38 AM
I have just entered a Wagga in the Adelaide Show which was made from wool donated to the charity quilt group I belong to - my finished quilt will be given to someone in need. It was a fun process and I just hope they make it a permanent section so I can have another go next year. My friend made a Wagga also but used all her own dressmaking scraps the result was much more exciting as it represented so much of her life history. I googled Wagga's before I started mine and this site was fantastic
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