Quilting and Tension and Thread

I came across this really good explanation of  tension problems when quilting and found some manageable tips as well.



Quilting Tidbits

Enjoy!

FESTIVE GREETINGS

Wishing all a very Merry Christmas, happy holidays and safe travelling for those on the move.

I had such fun making the poinsettia cushion ........

........ that I made a Luscious Little Layering using the same technique but scaled down ..

Wishing you all the very best for 2014 .

The Colour Orange

Hate the colour orange and never use it in your quilts?
Here is an interesting take on the colour by Judy Bellingham

Orange

There is a LOT more to range than "prison Orange"!
Enjoy!

November meeting- and Christmas party

The November meeting for the Tollgate Quilters became a a fun filled party evening  and here are some of the photos to prove it.

Beulah and her quilt

Beulah having fun with the audience

Miranda telling about her quilt to an admiring group.

Phil and her pointsettia cushion

Some luscious little layerings.

Australian Quilter

I was sent this link to an Australian website.
You might want to take a look. The quilting is inspiring to say the least!

Rose Wise

November Newsletter

First Aid Kit Roll

Someone sent me this link to a tutorial which I think is REALLY practical.

Portable First Aid Kit

Enjoy!

Greyville Show

Tollgate Quilters Guild took a stand at the annual hobby/craft show at Greyville Race course last weekend amid a deluge of rain.
We hung quilts,demonstrated the craft of patchwork and quilting and generally hung out with crafters of all persuasions-including a few quilters.

Its a great venue for us to promote quilting as a craft and hopefully we have inspired visitors to the show to try their hand at it.

The entrance to our stand

Phil Fisher demonstrating her flowers

Some of the quilts inside our stand.

October Newsletter

September Newsletter

Free Patterns

I have just been sent a link to a website with lots of free patterns. Some of them are rather interesting- simple enough for beginners but interesting enough for more advanced quilters.
Here it is:

Riley Blake Designs

This is one of them   



Look under "Sewing Notions".

Annette Lee's Cat Quilt on Show at our Guild Meeting

Cat Quilt- Late coming home!!

I everyone - I'm back on the Blog - I had a tech problem but all sorted now - YAH!
This is my Cat Quilt for the Tollgate Quilters' Show on the 22nd June 2013. Hope you are all very busy making yours for our display.

Palette Builder

Someone on one of my lists posted this link for a palette builder  -called "Palette Builder".

Palette Builder


All you need to do is put up a photo, set the number of colours you want and what kind of colours and it will give you a list. How easy is that??!!

Here is what I did:

This has GOT to be fun!

Don't know about the second  photo, but the first photo has got my brain cells out of retirement!

Natal Quilters Academy

I came across this international site this evening.

Sew4Home

A pity I wasn't told about it sooner so that I could have put the link on this blog, shortly after the event.

It's this kind of thing that advertises KZNQG far better than just telling our friends.

Here is a plea: If you know of something quilty going on in your part of Kwazulu Natal, PLEASE let me know.