One of the workshops I took was a one day machine quilting course with

 International award winner Rachelle Denneny.

Rachelle’s quilt “Golden Ivory just won

“Excellence in Home Domestic Machine Quilting”

in Sydney 2012.

another of Rachelle’s Award winning Quilts.

The front is appliqued.

While back was painted after it was quilted.

Rachelle’s class sample. This is what we were trying to achieve.

This one is mine, the thread was a little light and

doesn’t stand out very well. Using a loan machine from one

of the retreats sponsors. Rachelle was a fabulous tutor

giving us lots of tips and sharing her knowledge.

Need to practice, practice and practice.

          Thank you for visiting
          Julie

Last year members of the Mornington Peninsula Patchworkers

 (of which I am a member) partook as they have done for many years,

in Australia’s Biggest Quilting Bee

 which is held in conjunction with

the Cancer Council’s Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea.

While raising money for this very worthy cause there are some fabulous

prizes to be won. The Mornington Peninsula Patchworkers

won the national raffle prize for 2011 which included

3 days  at “Quilt Encounter 2012” courtesy of the Quilters Guild of South Australia,

 travel allowance and a cash voucher.

It was decided by the MPP members, that all members would be

included in the draw for the prize at the Christmas luncheon.

And I was the lucky winner of that fabulous prize.

With the workshops chosen and travel plans made we headed to

South Australia earlier this month.

 On arrival everyone was given one of their 20th year

celebratory mugs and a large canvas goody bag.

Which included a small cutting mat, fabric, thread, note pads, pen

rotary cutter blade and thread snips plus much more

from some of their many sponsors.

There was also a challenge that you could participate in,

to embellish the front flap of a Bernina shoulder bag,

which at the end of the retreat the winner was announced.

                   

 

                                         

          Thank you for visiting
          Julie

Have just returned home from travelling around a very picturesque

but small slice of South Australia.

Have started sorting through the hunreds of photos

and wanted to post these before going into the

reason for my visit. So glad we decided to travel by car

rather than flying as we would have missed out on seeing

so much of our wonderful country side.

We stopped in this country town  Strathalbyn for lunch and spent much time

looking at the fabulous architecture.

                              

 Savings Bank built 1930

 

 

 Bandstand (at the front) built 1912

St Andrew’s Church built 1844, clock installed 1896

                    

 And of course every country town had a railway station.

          Thank you for visiting
          Julie