Penniedarling

Pennie tried Cross Stitch for the first time.

Penny made these delightful Christmas Decorations using Hardanger.

Robbie made this delightful little chicken decoration using a couple of circles.

Even David had some show and tell which impressed the lads!

Labels: Ku-ring-gai's, Quilting

 This SCQuilter Signature Quilt is my favourite and I have made many over the years, the Sigs on this quilt date from 1998 to 2001 and they are from all over Australia, New Zealand and the USA as well.  Below is my Sig.  There are 208 Sigs on this Quilt.

 I found this on the floor this morning... what is it?  Who's is it?

And... I forgot to offer my friends these Limes, we've enjoyed a lot of these already making Lime Cordial and at this very moment David is making Lime and Orange Marmalade.  Anyone want a Lime or two?

Labels: Ku-ring-gai's, Limes, Quilts

A selfie taken by me while chatting with my Quilty friends.

Labels: 5/2020, Ku-ring-gai's, SCQuilters

Lyn, Pennie, Robyn, Penny, Lynne and Irene, we let some blokes to join us at this yearly gathering.
David, Stephen, Howard and Bob.

Our 2019 Ku-ring-gai Challenge was chosen by Lyn who suggested 'Solid Coloured Fabrics'.
 This is the first Solid Quilt I made, sort of like a paint chart and... I did not have to buy a single fabric for this quilt, I had these and many more 'solid' fabrics in my Stash!

Then I realized for years, when I had no really interesting handwork to do I would take along these left over 3/16th inch hexagons turning them into star blocks, the hexi fabric was left over from a quilt I started back in 2005.... Hey!  I thought while I was sewing with my Ku-ring-gai friends... these fabrics are Solids.
 Okay so I did go overboard a bit with the hand quilting, variegated coloured thread on and around the stars and gold thread around each tiny little white star!  And I love it.

 Just look at Lyn's stunning quilt for a yet to be born baby, how lovely.

 Penny made a table runner using some beautiful silk fabric she bought many years ago in Thailand.

 Just beautiful solid felt quilt to hang on Lyn's wall, very bright and happy. Lyn also made the bright quilt below with with a 'Solid' backing as well.




As usual it was another delightful fun day.  Our little group started getting together every fortnight more than 20 years ago and our first Challenge was back in 2006... Gosh!  this is our 14th Challenge.

It was my turn to choose our Challenge for 2020 so this is what I suggested.

Labels: Challenge 2020, Ku-ring-gai's

 Our 2018 Challenge was set by Robyn who gave each of us a fat quarter of black and white fabric... So here are our 'Black and White with a Touch of Colour Challenge Quilts'.

 Robyn's B/W Challenge with a touch of yellows.


 Lynne's Challenge B/W with a touch of Silver.


 Irene's B/W Challenge with a touch of yellow.


Penny's B/W Challenge is a pin cushion with a touch of blue and below the fabric Robyn gave her.


 Lyn's B/W Challenge with a touch of Pink.

 Pennie's B/W Challenge with a touch of many many colours, a little bit over the top maybe!

 Here we all are... Robyn, Lynne, Penny, Irene, Pennie and Lyn. 
Four husbands enjoyed the day as well, I forgot to take a photo of them this time... sorry...

Labels: Ku-ring-gai's, Quilts

Below - L-R - Robyn, Penny, Lyn, Irene, Lynne and Pennie.
Irene gave each of us a piece of fabric and suggested we do either a Row by Row, or a Round Robin or anything we wanted...  the only requirement was to use the fabric and include...

 Irene's Quilt.

 Lyn's Quilt.

 Lynne's Quilt.

 Penny's Quilt.

Robyn's Quilt.

Okay so below is Penniedarling's Ku-ring-gai 2017 Challenge.

I have to admit that I didn't like the fabric Irene gave me, I loved the Tula Pink Range but the 'Rabbit' freaked me out a bit... anyway I just happened to have in my UFO pile (Yes I must admit to having some Unfinished Projects in my Stash.)

I bought this Panel and the borders in about 2002, I thought I would make it for my first Grandchild but Jackson is a boy and I thought this too girly and by then I'd discovered Raggy Quilts and I Spy Quilts...  sooooo...

Late last year I realized I had to make something for Irene's challenge and quick... so I made this Panel fit the challenge and my friend Emma quilted it for me... I also wrote a Poem to go with it,  see below.
The Tula Pink fabric I appliqued on the quilt is in the bottom left hand corner of the Panel.
The Flying Geese are miniature blocks in the top right corner of the Panel.
                                     My Challenge will go to Elodie… I think.

Labels: Ku-ring-gai's

 The 2016 Challenge for our small group was set by Penny Smith.  Actually I just realized, this is our 10th Challenge!

 Penny said we could make anything so long as it was a Garden Theme and had in it... Green, Applique, Four Patch and Embroidery.   Of course Penny had a quilt she wanted to finish that had all these elements in it so it was a brilliant idea and we all loved it.

A lot of gentle teasing goes on during the year with questions and comments and raised eyebrows and so on which had me up early one morning making this quilt below.   It gave me a good laugh it did but what does one do with it now I have to ask!

It wasn't until I'd almost finished that I noticed a mistake!   it glares at me now!   This isn't my real 2016 Challenge though.

I'll show you our beautiful work in Alphabetical order... 

 Irene bought some beautiful fabrics for her challenge, they have a real Aussie theme running through them, Irene has covered all requirements and she has 4 four patches!   I think this quilt will be going to a child of a friend who lives in New York, perfect!

 Look at Lyn's really funky flowers, can you see that little lady bug?   I love Lyn's one four patch.

 Now this is another funky quilt made by Lynne from old jeans and other old scraps of fabrics which had the husbands loud in their praise with comments such as...  'This is what Patchwork should be, using old fabrics!'  We chose to ignore :-)   Lynne has also made just one four patch. 

 This is Robyn's Family Tree, she has written names on each leaf, what a clever idea!   Now I want to make one just like Robyn's.   I can't see a four patch here Robyn... maybe it's on the back :-)

 This is my real 2016 Challenge and I, like Penny, took the opportunity to finish off a quilt I started about 18 or maybe 20 years ago.    The reason I didn't finish this quilt was because I didn't like the Poinsettia, all the other flowers in the old quilt pattern below are Australian but Poinsettia come from Mexico.  (I am a stickler for correctness aren't I?)   I found a better pattern for Waratah's and a few other natives as well with 'Creative Cubby' so my quilt is no longer an Ami and Michelle - Oz Dye Art Pattern.  Can you see my Four Patches??  I made lots and lots :-)


 Now here is Penny's stunning quilt that she Challenged us with, look at all the detail!  Just beautiful.  Penny has lots of four patches as well.

 Here we all are...  Pennie, Lynne, Irene, Penny, Robyn and Lyn.

 And here are our men!  These four men only get together once each year, none of them quilt you see and none of them share the same hobbies  but they really enjoy the day and look forward to it each year.

Labels: Ku-ring-gai's