Yesterday my daughter and I headed to the town of Loch for the annual quilt hanging. It was a girl’s day out to remember. Emily had a lovely time and by the end of the day was expert at working out if a quilt was hand or machine quilted. She also was amazed how many quilts were made of diamonds and triangles.
These were two of her favourites and she wants to start one like the latter, later this year… Perhaps I shouldn’t have said, “This would be a good design for a first quilt”!
These were two of my favourites, I decided I’d like to make a three coloured quilt like this blue, yellow and white one. It had a great range of sampler blocks, alternating with a simpler, common block – very clever.
Here are some of the others we saw…
The work on this one was inspiring – must give this style a go some time…
And here is the local CFA fire truck shed – transformed into another quilt hanging spot!
All in all a wonderful day, and well worth the travel time from Melbourne. Unfortunately I heard that this was the last one planned at present as the current organisers have been doing it for the last 10 years. I’d say they deserve a well earned break and a big WELL DONE! But it will be a missed event on the quilting calendar.
Happy stitching to you all,
Krafty KJ
5 comments:
Looks like it was an amazing day.
Wish I'd been there!!
Andi :-)
Wow, they all look fantastic. Looks like Emily has caught the quilting bug :) She will have a fabulous teacher!
Looks like a wonderful day was had by the both of you. I hope you shared an afternoon tea somewhere! It is an essential part of the quilting experience.
What fun - I love going to quilt hangings!
Mother and daughter time. What a wonderful way to spend a day together.
Linda
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