Wholly Quilts February Newsletter
G’day
I don’t know how many of you have caught up with my occasional blogs. They have been written under the heading ‘the gardening quilter’ but the gardening bit has proven so prolific that it is quickly becoming the cooking quilter.
I have great memories of my mother bottling and preserving all sorts of fruit and vegetables and I have to say it is almost as soul-satisfying as quilting – out of scraps you can create something beautiful.
Those that turned up for my first picnic day contributed to a lovely event that I hope to repeat in a year’s time. Catherine won the big raffle and Grace’s was the prize sunhat.
Lime Spritzer BoM
Last call to join this project – I have been waiting for all those ’first meetings of the year’ for you to check with club-mates and now must get numbers and full postage addresses.
Remember: The cost for lime fabric and pattern will be $2 ($20) per person per month if I do a bulk mail out (ie eight or more people) or $2.50 ($25) for individuals.
The first block and fabric will be in the mail on Monday 13 February. So far I have over 100 eagerly waiting for that delivery.
Pumpkin Patch
Was out there this morning pinching the ends off the vines as they had ‘turned’ on me. Pumpkins are not required in my potato patch or climbing the latticework around my garden room. One leader is almost to the top of the cabbage tree along the boundary – I suppose picking pumpkins with a ladder has been done before J
Quilting and summer do not mix too well but I have an exhibition coming up next month and need to produce a few more quilts to show. As a (long-retired) journalist I am used to writer’s block but this quilter’s block is a whole different matter – I can’t seem to get my head around colours let alone patterns or styles. Still I have three weeks …
I have been planning my year though:
Sew n Soup will start again in March – last Friday of each month, $15 each from 5-ish and
you can sew till whenever
Retreats - $165 each from Friday night through to Sunday afternoon. Catering for 3-8.
Let me know if you would be interested in another open retreat where you can come by yourself and meet others.
Tuesday afternoon – open classroom ($10). Let me help solve your problems, teach you new
techniques and push your boundaries
Classes – at my place or yours, I have been teaching for nearly 20 years. I have many of my
original patterns and classes and can work with all techniques and patterns showing
you lots of quick tricks and tips along the way.
Regards
Natalie Murdoch
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