Cutout Magic by Pene

Di's Creations

Di made this pretty pink quilt for her 12 year old cousin. She loves anything to do with horses and pink. Di also added a couple of Betty Boop squares as a personal joke (she pities Di’s addiction!), but has since learned that her “addiction” has rubbed off on her cousin and she now likes Betty Boop as well, so that one worked out quite well. It was her Christmas present for 2009. Hope she likes it!



This was Di’s 1st completed quilt. She also has a couple of others “on the go” and plans for more. The problem is finding the time to do them all!!


This one was for Di’s 14 year old cousin. He enjoys reading science fantasy books, particularly ones about dragons. Di figured black and red were good colours for a boy. The only trouble she had was getting enough dragon material, as it wasn’t the “in” thing when she started this quilt. This was his Christmas present for 2009 and I hope he loves it as much we do!

The quilt with the big R was a 2009 Christmas present for Di’s 9 year old cousin Rebecca (the 3 of them are siblings). She thought of about 8 different designs before she settled on this one. She found it difficult to match patterns with orange – her favourite colour. “It’s not an easy colour to work with and hopefully one I’ll never have to again. I spent the least amount of time on this one as I was running out of days until Christmas!” It’s amazing how fast you can finish a quilt when you have a rapidly approaching deadline!

Di loves the big R and Rebecca thinks it’s awesome! A quilt made just for her.

GIRLS NIGHT IN

Julie and John.

Our good friend and fellow quilter, Barb.

Tanya

Shopping is always fun.

Ronda

Mrs Porter


Lyn and Evilyn laughing again.

Di and Pene pinning another quilt.


More shopping.

Erin and Maria sewing.



One of our many meal times.

Well, what a weekend we had! We gathered at the Boolbbonda Memorial Hall at 8.30am on Saturday with the intent to have fun, and fun we had! We ate, sewed, talked, ate, laughed, talked, cried, ate, and sewed some more. We were honored to have Trevor and Ivey from Van Cotten’s of Howard bring their shop to us. We had fabric and thread at our finger tips to start a new project as we felt the urge. We were entertained by the antics of our good friend Barb who throw lollies at everyone who laughed at her. We were spoiled with great food and plenty of it. We would just finish one meal and we would be called for another! Pene did a great job keeping the food coming. Trevor was great at washing up when he wasn’t cutting fabric for us. Then Sunday breakfast came with a surprise when our cook showed up in a very pink frilly apron. Poor Julie just couldn’t cope with that and nearly lost control of herself! But the bacon, eggs and sausages were worth it.
Thank you to everyone who came to visit us over the weekend. Weather you came to shop, talk, cook, wash up or just sticky beak, you all helped make our weekend the success that it was. We will be doing it all again next March. If you want a fabulous weekend, do yourself a favour and book in with Pene now.

This is a bow tie cuddle quilt made for Gin Gin Lions by Marg and quited by Pene.

This is Di's quilt. Di made this quilt for one of her cousins. Elfi is helping Di hold her quilt.

This quilt was going to be a "bath mat". But it grew and grew into a good size quilt. It turned out so well that it has now been donated to Gin Gin Lions Club to be raffled to raise funds for the Medical Research Personality Quest.

This is another cuddle quilt made for the Gin Gin Lions Club. This quilt top is very special. The top was sewn together by Maria’s nieces, Monique (13) and Maya only 6 years old! What a wonderful job they did and they were very proud to think they were doing something to help make a sick child feel better. Congratulations girls!