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Some of our work . (Click on images to see larger view)
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2012 Show season has just begun and this is what our quilting "partners" have achieved to date. We congratulate them on their achievements!
Mundubbera Show - First place (details to be provided)
Killarney Show - First place and Grand Champion quilt My mother gained this award with her first ever quilt, congratulations! it was wondeful to see you achieve that.
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2011 Fraser Coast Show Reserve Champion quilt
DWR was made using my own hand dyed fabrics. It has trapunto feather designs in the borders, centres and wedges. It was quilted using subtle cream thread on white fabric, with dozens of different micro stipples and McTavishing to accentuate the trapunto. The week before the show I decided to apply 4500 rhinestones, hot-fixing took 26 hours and was completed on the eve of judging. This quilt was displayed at the Brisbane Craft Fair.
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Our quilting “partners”, have also achieved recognition in the 2011 Fraser Coast Regional Show patchwork and quilting section, with the Presidents Award being presented to a talented junior in acknowledgement of her exceptional work, two 1st prize, three 2nd prize, and one 3rd prize. To witness our “partners” achieve success makes us extremely happy and reassures us that we are focusing on the right details. Congratulations.
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2010 Fraser Coast Show Grand Champion quilt
My friend Tracy had won an astounding amount of ribbons in the Western Pleasure classes in the Wide Bay Burnett Region in 2008. Her ribbons needed to be displayed, not stuck in a drawer unseen. It was a refreshing challenge to create something beautiful from an unusual source. I sat on this idea for quite some time until another friend found a website of ribbon quilts and of course all is history from then on. The feather wreath in the border was free-form quilted in sparkly gold metallic thread, which came out beautifully on the black satin. This quilt was designed, constructed and quilted by us. |
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2010 saw First Place and Grand Champion quilt awarded to a partner who entered her work at Childers Show. |
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2009 Fraser Coast Show Grand Champion quilt
This quilt was a commission for Pipsqueek web designs. I love star quilts and enjoyed the challenge of drafting the tumbling feathered star featured in the centre with 209 pieces in all. A large feather wreath with trapunto in the plain borders really set it off, and micro stipple including 1/4″ lines on either side of the feathers. I marked the feather design with water soluble pen and loaded it straight on the machine to start the trapunto design. During the trimming I noticed that the soluble pen was fading quickly due to the high humidity, oh no!!!, so I loaded the quilt again and got right to work on the feather quilting having to guess where I needed to draw feathers with thread. It was a very good lesson, DON’T mark trapunto designs during rainy weather. This quilt was designed, constructed and quilted by us. |
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