Moggill's August News

Earlier this year we got several new Patchwork members and three of them started Lynne's Mystery Quilt. This photo of an unfinished one was taken at "Show and Tell" but had the borders on by the time the day was finished. The finished quilts will be posted later.

This unfinished "Lynne's Rose of Sharon" quilt belongs to Bernie.

This beautiful quilt is the first finished of 'Lynne's Rose of Sharon' design. It was a wonderful learning curve as all the blocks were 4" square. You will find Churn Dash, Shoo Fly, Puss in Corner, Nine Patch and a couple of foundation pieced. Everyone has enjoyed making this quilt

and there should be more finished ones next postings. This is Trish's quilt.

Aproximately 8 to 10 members of the branch have joined the Patchwork group meeting on the second Thursday of the month and have been knitting and putting together knitted squares for the Children's Cardiac Unit of the Mater Hospital. These are some examples.

The First finished Wallhanging from the Mariya Water's Workshop

Congratulations Daphne. This is the first photo I have received of a finished article from Mariya Water's Workshop. This exquisite "Fish" Bobbin Drawn Wallhanging was made by Daphne Latchford and notice how the quilting finishes the article beautifully. I am looking forward to showing you the other finished articles as I receive the photos.

Moggill Branch News

This photo is most of the Moggill girls on the day we all brought a plate and gave our tutor, Lynne Smith a farewell lunch as she has resigned for C.W.A. We are very sorry to lose her from our group but as she lives in the area we will all be seeing her from time to time. All the very best Lynne.

These two photos will be some of our projects until the end of the year. It is 2nd August today and how the time has flown this year. It seems crazy starting Christmas hangings now but before we know it Christmas will be here.

Recently Christine returned from USA where she had a very interesting and exciting week attending Quilt Shows, Quilt Museums and Shopping, Shopping etc. This vintage quilt she brought back. Double Irish Chain made approx 1830's and in excellent condition. I thought we would share this with you as I personally do not see many Vintage Quilts.

This one of the last Mystery Quilts to be finished. This quilt was designed and taught by Lynne.

2008 Kenniff Country Quilters Annual Quilt Show

Another one of Robyn's - Wholecloth Quilt.

A Machine Embroidery Hanging - Kimono by Robyn

Another of Robyn's quilts - Australiana

Robyn's Attic Windows she made after a trip to Canada

Gay's quilt - Shining Star

Friendship Block "Stepping Stones for Barbara" pieced and quilted by Gay.

Robyn's Challenge - Dorothea McKellar
Gay's Challenge - Dust Storm to Thunderstorm

Four quilts by the High School girls. Congratulations to them





The Kenniff Country Quilters Annual Quilt Show was held recently and Piecemakers Chairman, Jan Ross officially opened it. This display was held in the Maranoa Library and Art Centre and Jan said she was very impressed with the various techniques the quilters used to make this show so successful. Also four quilts were included made by students from Mitchell State High School and the Challenge for the show was 'Kenniff or Country' and there are several photos above from this show including photos from Piecemakers members as some of whom belong to Kenniff Country Quilters as well as Piecemakers.

Clontarf Workshop

On 27th & 28th September, 2008 Donna Davis will be conducting a weekend workshop at QCWA Hall Clontarf. Donna, who describes herself as "Poet Extraordinaire" will be teaching the creation of wonderful "Post Cards" and all the techniques involved. Other items are covers for Binders and Notebooks and small Wallhangings. We are anticipating a unique weekend with the combination of patchwork and poetry. The cost is $60.00 for the weekend and this includes Tuition, Smokos and Lunch each day. Anyone interested in participating is asked to phone Joy Mackenzie 4939 2914. The photos include several postcards, small hangings, an unfinished binder cover and then a finished binder cover and notebook cover.

Mariya Water's presentation 'Life and Times with Quilts

On the Sunday night of the long weekend in June Mariya gave a power point presentation of her 'Life and Times with Quilts' followed by a display of some of her award winning quilts. This presentation was so interesting as Mariya travelled with us her life as a quilter in various places around the world. She now lives in Melbourne and still enjoys creating and making quilts for exhibitions and her family. We all felt so privileged to share this part of her life with her. Some stayed for supper after all supplied by the Moggill Branch Caterers. By the end of the 3 days everyone felt inspired and were looking forward to using these new skills. ( P.S. One member attending the workshop has already made a wallhanging using the Floriani tearaway that is water-soluable). Some photos of portions of the quilts and a group having supper after the lecture also a photo of our Treasurer Joy, Mariya and our Chairman Jan.

Turned Edge Applique by Machine - Size 60cm X 70cm

Machine applique using a new modern method by turning the edges of the applique shapes over a semi soluable stabiliser. When the work is washed the stabliser virtually disappears. The stitching is a very fine zig zag stitch that if far easier than satin stitch and leaves the block with the soft turned edges similar to hand applique. The photos above are work in progress and Mariya's sample. Immediately above are 2 of Mariya's samples using the same method.