November newsletter and Vintage Pin Cushions

MACINTYRE QUILTERS AND STITCHERS           NOVEMBER   NEWSLETTER

Hello Ladies, can you believe its almost Christmas again?

       Gail C saw this in Warwick last week and thought some ladies might enjoy making this instead of bags (some did not order bags) . The kit is $30 and the special Christmas paper is on special to cover the fronts of the drawers.

        If anyone is interested she could order the kits but she needs to know by the end of the week. Please phone her ASAP.  Also she saw a good easy Xmas decoration . You will need two 7. 5 inch circles of xmas fabric and a xmas button, needle and thread to make it. 

       Jo Warden also has a cute decoration that you will need an 8 inch square of xmas fabric and a button to make. If you ordered a bag you will need to bring 16 suffolk puffs or buttons etc to decorate it. ( Or material to make them.)

        THE PARTY  -  Yeah celebrate the year and be thankful for good sewing friends.

        We will meet at the Parish centre on Sunday the 16^th November at 1.00pm with our hand sewing kits and fabrics etc for sewing.

        At 6.00 pm we will go directly to the Railway Hotel for our Christmas Party. We have booked the little room so we need to know how many will be going please let me know before the Tuesday of that week. Just so we have rough numbers.

        This is the proposed project for January.  The kits are king single $70 and queen $100 and Gail need orders by November meeting for those of you who want to make it.  Gail is applying for RADF funding so we

         will have a price for two days by November meeting.

At our last meeting we made this beautiful vintage pin cushion by Debbie McGee.

In the process

This is Robyn's beauty- just needs the filling

Jenny's demo models 

Jo  W's in Heritage colours

Margie S has done beautiful beading on hers.

This version was made by Jo but claimed by Gail T

Gail T made this lovely sewing caddy

JULY Koolkat Quilting

This month we had a visit from Kathy Adams from   koolkatquilting.com.au  

We had a great day we had about 19 ladies, it was nice to have a large group for the day. We had a few ladies who don't usually come to McIntyre Quilters and  Stitchers and I really hope the outcome of the weekend was such that they will come again because we really loved to have them there.  By the end of the weekend most ladies had their butterflies together and some even had theirs finished.

Thanks to Bernie M for cooking lovely Chicken Korma Curry and Osso Bucco for dinner and delicious potato and bacon soup for our lunch .

Thanks to Margie S for the delicious cheesecakes for dessert.

Thanks to Gail Clark, the president of the group for the organisiation and effort she puts into planning activities  for everybody to do. 

CHANGE IN PLANS - Due to family commitments I have had to change plans for AUGUST .  We will now do "The Vintage Sewing Cushion" on the October weekend. I hope that doesn't inconvenience anyone too much.

Kathy explaining the project

Nancy and Robyn looking on 

Kerry was making great progress with lovely colours.

Robyn and Merrilyn sewing away  

Sheena, Marg and Di getting things done..

Jo and Annette with lovely fabric

Jenny, Jo, Gail and Margie S's work in progress.

Gail sewing at her machine  on the left .  Gail C organised the day and also achieved heaps.
Jan's colours can be seen across the table.,

Kathy's Butterfly we are all hoping to achieve. This pattern is copyright...

Today was collection day for our baby quilt charity project 

I think we all enjoyed making these  quilts of love. Thanks to Gail C for delivering them to Mater Mothers in Brisbane .

Gail C's quilt in progress

Jo concentrating on the job at hand.

Di building her beautiful butterfly

Jo has almost completed her beauty 

Margie C using her favourite colour purple.

Jenny's quilt in browns and greens trying to choose a border.

Margie S  used plain colours but they look fantastic 

Nancy's quilt a beautiful colour palate. 

 Dawn , Carla , Robyn and Jan also stitched -  but photos of  them next time.

Can't wait to see them all finished.  Thanks again to Kathy from Koolkats Quilting.


Happy stitching everyone.

June Meeting UFO

Today felt like the first day of winter so a good day to make quilts. Gail C handed out labels to sew on our baby quilts for the Royal Mothers Hospital and she will deliver them on July 26th.

We had Trish and Sandy visit us who had some fabrics to sell and for us to dream over. 

We had  13 members today which was lovely. We even had Di's  18 yr old granddaughter sewing with us today. Its great to see young people getting on board.

Trish and Sandy and their fabrics

Ros and Annette working on their projects

Dawn is working on a sewing machine cover..
The other side of Dawns cover the outhouse with the red back spider and all.

On side of Dawn's lovely work done.

Grandmother Di and her grand daughter making a quilt together...beautiful.

The quilt they are working on.

Margie S making corners  squares  for her quilt....beautiful work

Jo is working on a long term embroidery project

Freda is binding  thus beauty

Robyn is stitching 

Christine is making Christmas with twisters.

and table runners

Ros has finished this lovely quilt today...well done Ros

This is a little treasure made by Di's grandson who is 11 . He entered in the local show and got first prize.
Made from grandmas scrap pile.....Those treasured moments with our  grandchildren before they grow up.