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Tuesday, 4 September 2018

2018 Online Quilters Meet & Greet

I have been invited by Benita to join in with an Online Quilters Meet & Greet.

It's to spread the word about Quilters through our blogs and get to know more about them.

CLICK HERE TO MEET THE OTHER BLOGGERS JOINING IN

Now, I'm to tell you about me.

I started quilting back in 1998 when I did a HAND Sampler Quilt course. It was hand pieced, appliqué and quilted. I still have it and use it now.

I had no idea what type of fabric to use, colours or any technique knowledge. This was a gift to me for my Mother's Day present.

I was hooked and have not stopped. Every quilt I made after this was a little bit different.

My 2nd quilt....
An all appliqué calendar quilt which took me a year to make and done by hand, machine pieced and hand quilted.
The sun even has beading on it for the rays.

I had fun with the label.

I started this 3rd but finished it 2nd...

At the same time I made my mum a hexagon quilt for her 60th birthday in 1991. I have this back with me now.

My first curved piecing quilt was by hand as well as the quilting.

It was for my sons 6th birthday. He used it all the time with his little cars. His own race track. Now my grandsons use it 18 years later.

After my husbands grandma passed away back in 1999 we decided to hold a family reunion for a happy reason. Just to get together. I decided to get everyone to sign on some fabric. I designed this quilt to suit around the centre photo. Grandma was wearing a cardigan I had made her.

I also backed it with a crochet blanket I had made for her.

I really was new to quilting and added wadding in the middle. It made it very heavy.

Next, I went and did a Candlewicking Quilt class. This was made with hand dyed silk thread. It is very pretty and I haven't given it to anyone yet. I was hoping for my daughter to one day have a girl but so far she has two boys.. who knows what will happen in the future. I have made about 12 more of these quilts for gifts. They are very easy and relaxing to make.

As you can see I love to sew, quilt, crochet, knit and even scrapbook. I also do a little bit of beading. I like to try different things and make special gifts. I enjoy being part of groups where I get a lot of inspiration. I thinking the blogging world is great as I have meet so many people through it. I talk to so many more everyday all over the world and I feel I have made some very good friends.

Back in 2012 I lost my son in a car accident. My world was hit hard. I wasn't being very active and one day my husband and I bought an iPad each. Sleepless nights playing, reading and learning how to use it led me to start my own blog. Here I am today and very thankful to all my followers, friends far and near. There are many of them I want to still meet.

Being part of groups helped me with many classes learning many techniques. This was a great project.

My pixelation quilt.. These individual pieces were cut at 1/2". There are about 4500 pieces. My tribute to John, my SON.

I am married to a loving, supporting guy. I have a married beautiful daughter, son in law and 2 grandsons, a stepson with 2 little daughters, a step daughter with a daughter.
I work full time in an office job. I enjoy going away in our bus and being on the back of our motorbike.

I now spend a lot of my time making and donating quilts to AUSSIE HERO QUILTS & LAUNDRY BAGS. These go to our defence force while on deployment. They are the only defence force that receive them while away from home and seeing overseas.

http://aussieheroquilts.blogspot.com/2018/08/invictus-presentation-all-photos.htm

Here is his quilt.

THIS IS ONLY PART OF MY STORY, MY LIFE AND MY BLOG WILL CONTINUE.

So, if you got this far, WELL DONE.

Why not continue to read others blogs.
MEET THE GREAT GROUP OF BLOGGERS
You may even get inspired. Leave a comment if you'd like so I can see more about you.

NOW TO ENTER THE COMPETITION---HERE to ENTER COMPETITION