Hello everyone.
I will be doing a very basic demo of “how to add a zip to a pouch” on Sunday 26 May at the meeting. If anyone would like to make their own too, here is what you will need to bring along.
See you all on Sunday
Gina
Now, to get you started, Sara at SewSweetness has offered us a 20% discount off her patterns, which brings the cost down to around $6. Her patterns are detailed and show you all sorts of tricks, including various ways of inserting zips (or zippers as she calls them). The discount code has been sent out to the mailing list.As a second help-along-the-way, Gina is going to demonstrate how to put in a zipper, something a lot of quilters aren’t very confident doing, at the May meeting – 26 May, 3-6 pm, EJ Scout Hall, South Perth.So, get those imaginations up and running! Bring all those lovely Wonky designs out of the cupboard and get sewing.
A Wonky Winner will be chosen by random, so everyone has a chance to win! Please note, only members are eligible to go in the prize draw, but we would love to see your creations if you want to sew along. Just email us a pic or a link at Perthmodernquilt@gmail.com
Modern BLOCKS
First of all cutting out the pieces . Sew the two strips together to form the 4 patch. Iron your strips open and then recut , ready to form the pattern .
Join the seams so that they nestle together. This makes it easier to join them neatly. Remember to pin.
Now you are ready to sew the white corners onto the larger squares.
Use the washi tape as a guide, so that you don’t need to draw a line across your white square. Keep the white corner placed on the edge of the tape and sew slowly.
Now sew all the pieces together following the instructions.
Feel free to make a block for the charity quilt using scrappy colours and white as the background. Or keep the block for yourself and use it for a cushion cover, tote bag or pot trivet!
Gina
Here is the final post about our PMQG Shoalwater retreat – what we made when we weren’t eating, drinking, having massages or shopping… There was a LOT of sewing time and we made good use of it!
Sheila and Beryl were prolific in their finishes.
Carla deserved that big smile for this quilt top.
Cat, as ever, wowed us with her granny squares.
Cancer quilts were once again a theme…
And wonky stars, our modern Block of the Month, featured.
We got a LOT done and are all looking forward to the next retreat!
What a happy bunch of quilters we had at our Shoalwater Retreat! There was plenty of eating.
As well as day visitors,
McKenna visited us from the roaring 40s… Or sometime around then with her vintage machine and (saturday night) vintage hairdo.
Some people preferred to keep a low profile… 
Others couldn’t stay out of the limelight…
As per usual, the best part of the retreat was the discussions, the friendship and the advice sought and given on various projects…
More on projects to come!!!
The inaugural Perth Modern Quilt Guild retreat was held at the Sisters of St John of God Conference Centre Shoalwater, which is about half an hour south of the city of Perth.
We arrived to find our wonderful conference organiser, Danielle, had been hard at work. Can you spot where we needed to go?
No? How about here?
Not yet? Does THIS make it obvious?
Yup, our sewing room was all ready, from midday Friday through to Sunday. That’s 48 hours sewing…
Of course, sewing is hard work, and we couldn’t be totally selfish about doing it ALL weekend, so we kindly offered to help out a couple of massage students who needed to work up some hours to finish their diploma.
And when you have a massage, you have to drink PLENTY of fluids.
… even if they are chilli flavoured vodka and ginger beer….
A few tell-tale signs of the night before were evident the morning after.
However plenty of sewing WAS done… but I will leave that for another post!
It’s just under a week till the inaugural PMQG sewing retreat at Shoalwater and those going are super excited… The hardest decision is, which project to take…
If you’ve missed out, it’s time to put our Spring Into Spring Retreat into your diary NOW. We have booked August 30-September 1 at The Wine Tree in Dwellingup. Wine and sewing. We have our priorities.
There are only 18 spots and registrations will open after the April retreat. We will be offering spaces to country members first, other paid members second, and the rest of the mailing list third if there are still spaces. So, make sure you are on the mailing list! The mailing list and membership details are available here.
We are also currently working out dates for half day sewing days separate to the standard final sunday of the month meetings. Details to be confirmed but pencil in 16 June and expect updates via the mailing list.
If you would like to be featured in a Member Spotlight on the blog, please send your details and a few photos to perthmodernquilt@gmail.com.
One of the highlights of our meetings is, without a doubt, FOOD. We’ve never organised anyone to bring food, but without fail, we have an amazing repast. One of the stars of our March Meeting was Sheila’s Raw Cheesecake. Here’s the recipe. YUM.
1cup almonds
1 cup walnuts
1/2 cup coconut
1/2 cup dates or raisins
1/2 tsp salt
Whizz in processor until breadcrumb consistency. Press into base of spring form cake tin.
3 cups raw cashews soaked for about 2 hours
1/2 cup agave
1/2 cup coconut oil
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 cup lemon juice
About a cup of raspberries
1/2 tsp salt
Drain cashews and place with all ingredients into a food processor and whiz until smooth. Pour on top of base and cool in fridge for about an hour.
Raw cheesecake
The best bit first – choose your fabrics. With this one I decided to have the star all the same colour, so only two fabric choices.
I like to cut and lay out everything first. That way I know there is nothing missing when I start to sew. What a messy cutting table.
Sew.
Cut.
Iron
Trim
Lay out,, ready to sew together. It’s looking good.
Three rows of three. Iron the seams in alternating opposite directions so that the seams interlock when pinned for sewing.
Pinned, interlocking seams! What a lovely fit.
Voila!
Or this way with six different fabric choices. What a gorgeous wonky star! For all the instructions on this one you will need to check out Modern Blocks, 99 Quilt Blocks From Your Favourite Designers. This one is called Parisian Star and is designed by Leanne Cohen.
Too easy. Have fun!
After we’d played with the Sweet 16 to our hearts’ content, it was onto the business part of the meeting. By business, I mean SEWING and showing off what we were working on…
There were quilts in all stages of construction. From planning stage
To piecing …
to basting …
to binding….
One of the best things about meeting up with other quilters is definitely having extra pairs of hands around to help out, and extra eyes and brains to offer suggestions!
We welcomed two newcomers to our March meeting, both of whom delighted us with some show and tell. Kim, with her crosses quilt (above) showed us that the back side (of her quilt!) was as bright and beautiful as the front.
And Beryl showed us her lovely raw edge applique flowers quilt.
Rebekah brought along her Rose Quilt – a WIP of long standing (yes, those are gerberas, Rose is Rebekah’s daughter!).
There were a few block beauties from the Modern Blocks book. Janine needle-turn appliqued a little bird.
Karen played with pinwheels.
For the first BOM, Lemons and Limes, Bev bedazzled us with her bright variation on the theme.
Quite a few Lemons and limes appeared – a few more and we should be able to make a nice charity quilt!
The NEXT BOM is Wonky Star – which Janine will walk us through. This one is going to be luv-er-ly! Posted tomorrow, so keep an eye on the blog!
Finally, as the sun was setting, before we headed off to the pub raced home to our home and families, Kim showed off the ipad app she’d used to design her crosses quilt – Quilt Wizard.
April is our inaugural retreat but we will be back to our regular meeting time – 3-6 on the last sunday of the month. In the meantime, have a lovely Easter!
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