Wholly Quilts’ August Newsletter
G’day
It must be Spring or is that just wishful thinking!! I have filled a big vase full with daffodils and jonquils from my garden and every time I walk past it I have to smile at that bright yellow – what else can you do? A-and I have cleaned some windows this morning, so it must be spring.
After spending the best part of three weeks with a ‘lurgy’ it is now time to get positive. I do hope you have all weathered the big wet and are now looking forward to great (and dry) times.
Each time I travel away from the lovely Wholly Quilt environs I meet quilters who tell me they wished they lived closer so they could join in with the classes, projects and Sew n Soup so I have been working on a Project.
It is not necessarily a block of the month or a mystery quilt but has those elements. It includes piecing, appliqué and embroidery and will eventually give you a large single quilt.
I have it all drawn up on paper and will keep one step ahead of everyone as we work through the quilt together.
The Project will cost $5 per month with a maximum of $60 though I suspect that by the time you have the entire pattern we will have worked for about 15 months. Everyone that signs up will receive a monthly pattern in PDF format (or snail mail if that is a problem).
You will need to choose your own colours with some larger pieces of relatively plain fabric for the embroidered blocks. I have a basket full of reds (pink through to burgundy), greens (lime to olive) and yellows (mustards to creams) that look luscious. You know my quilting well enough to know that there will be a large component of scrappiness to this quilt!
The first month’s pattern is ready to go. All you have to do is sign up by sending me an email, pay up all or part of the $60 (you choose) and stand by to get creative.
I will send my bank account details to those that need it.
August’s Sew n Soup – sorry guys the cook is out! That last Friday of the month falls in the middle of my local group’s bi-annual exhibition (August 29-31 at S James Hall, Pollen St, Thames) and I am taking a group of friends to the Scallop Festival in Whitianga on the Saturday – talk about double booking but it will be such fun.
Go well!
Regards
Natalie Murdoch
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