Jo's Pinwheel

Jo remade the top of this quilt for her grandson BJ. It was one of his beloved quilts that had worn through and he didn't want to part with it. So Nan came to the rescue. Jo made the top and quilted it to his existing quilt.

BJ was delighted with the outcome.

Dora

Jo has made this colourful Dora quilt for one of her Grand daughters. It is a single bed size and I'm sure that any little girl would just love it.

Embroidery and Quilting

This quilt is a combination of work by my Mum [Pene] and my Grandma [Madeline McLaughlan, late of Boolboonda].
When Grandma was unwell and in the Monto nursing home she was still able to do the embroidery she had been taught and did as a girl. Her eyesight was still great [thanks to Mum insisting she have cataract surgery], her hands steady and her mind sharp. She fell in love with the primitive-style drawings that were easily done with lines of slip stitch and then embellished with the odd flower worked in other stitches.

Mum drew the designs onto calico for Grandma to work. After they were stitched Mum collected them together and sewed them into the quilt you see above. [Click on the picture to see it bigger]. This will be given to one of my uncles or aunts.

The embroidery kept Grandma active and engaged when she was in the nursing home and she managed to do enough calico patches that Mum will be able to make 3 quilts from them. The others will be different colours. Grandma did all these blocks in similar tones of embroidery thread but the others included more colour.

I really look forward to seeing the rest finished too.

Congratulations Mum - it looks great!

by Eldest Daughter

Here we are pinning a quilt ready to have quilted. When finished this quilt will be raffled.

Irish Chain

Di is working on her Irish Chain quilt. This is Di's first "real" quilt.

She is very proud of her achievements and loves to show them off.

This is Rose.

Rose has made this scrappy quilt for her brother-in-law's 50th birthday.

She added a personal touch with beer labels appliqued on the underside.

Happy Birthday Brother-in-law.