Harpers quilt!

l don't know about you, but l love babies!!  l'm not a granny yet, and sure

 hope to be one day, but in the mean time,

 l enjoy playing with any great niece l can get my hands on. 

So what better excuse to make a quilt for my current little one, Harper.

l started with this yummy pile of fabric.

Which quickly became this on the design wall.

l played with them till l was happy and put the rows together.

Then added a final border.

And started to recut.

Ending up with this on the wall.

Once l had it quilted and bound, l took it out in the garden for some shots.

Sometimes it played nicely,

And other times the flowers wanted to be the star!!

l like this one hanging on the bird feeder,

though the sun has washed the color a little.

And it played very nicely with the old gum tree!!

But it started to look lonely!

So we called up Harper to "come see"



And she said, 'This is for me? '

'l love it!!'

'Is it really mine?

 

 ''Thank you Aunty Linda'

'Can we go home with my new quilt now Mum? '

Thanks for visiting.

Linda.

Houston, here l come!!

In  a weeks time  l will be hopping on a plane and heading to Houston. 

This will be my 3rd visit, and a chance to catch up with friends old and new. 

l love seeing all the quilts, visiting all the vendors,

 meeting with friends, and good old Texas hospitality.

l will be at the festival from Thursday to Saturday.

Are you going to Houston?

Drop me a line. Maybe we can meet up.

Thanks for visiting.

Linda.

Cot Quilt for Baby Brody

l made this little cot quilt for my sisters soon-to-be-born grandson.

l fell in love with it, so took a few pics.

Just love these sweet birds.

The colors are so bright, l

sure hope he likes it.

What l forgot to take, was a photo with the mother-to-be!!!



And fortunately, l have enough fabric and birds,

to make a second quilt.

Thanks for visiting.

Linda.

Quiltmania #85

Do you have your copy yet?

l don't!! Because silly me let my subscription lapse.

And would you believe that a sewing group l belong to is  featured as well as yours truly!!

When Quiltmania came to Australia in June for the Sydney Quilt Show,

they also took a trip here to Victoria. A special day was planned in Castlemaine

 in conjunction with Threadbear Quilt Shop.

 And they have done a special feature on our group.

See Bev's beautiful basket quilt, designed by Di Ford.

They also made a special visit here, to Quilts In The Barn.

Boy, were we excited!!

Its been hard not telling anyone about their visit, in case it didn't make it into the magazine,

but on the cutting room floor!!

There are more photo's that l have not shared, so you need to go buy your own copy.

 ( Something l still have not done!! So l have borrowed a girlfriends copy to take these pics.)

Also there are stacks of pages of quilts from the Sydney Quilt Show.

In my opinion, this is one of the best issues.

 Of course, l'm not the least bit biased!!

Thanks for visiting.

Linda.

"I'm Gonna Love You Through It" - Martina McBride

Just wanted to share this video with you. 

                  

                                                         


                                             October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

                                              Please feel free to spread the love around!!
                                        And share your story, so we can love you through it!!

Thanks for visiting.

                                                                        

Linda.

Behind the scenes at QITB 2011

Here are the crow girls setting up.

Russ lending a hand to get the barn all pretty!!

I know. Leonie is going to kill me for this one!!

Cutting more fabric in preparation for the crowds.

Taking a moment to sit and enjoy the first of many glasses of champagne.

Even Jo pitched in and helped fold FQ's.

Now this is the girl we know and love!!

Taking the fight to the barn!! What a girl will do for a bundle of wool!!

Duelling Camera's at 5 paces!!

'We all know Russ can be funny, but really!!

It went something like "Would you like me to take your photo with Jo? "

l guess l said YES!!

Dad having a quite moment.

Bev having a pensive moment.

Kirsten doing her best "Sale of the Century" impersonation!!

The woolies were put safely to bed, and out of harms way.

Russ and Jo sharing a cookie moment in the kitchen.

Pack up time. All hands on deck.

Even Viv, the raffle winner pitched in to help.

The Crow girls packing up what was left, which was not much!!

All my quilts loaded and ready to head back to the house.

A quiet moment with my girls, while the boys cooked dinner.

Deirdre had a lot to say.

Sorry Deirdre, l kind of owed Leonie this one!!

This year l decided to present our  inaugural perpetual trophy of "Inspiration" for

help  above and beyond the call of duty.

Here is Andy our first winner.

Not only does he help hang the quilts, but he shows up all 3 days to direct traffic,

 run for last minute bread that we forgot, planned and supplied our new pink shirts

we proudly wore all weekend, and then pitches in with his lovely wife and

beautiful daughters where needed on Sunday,

giving up his own fathers day to help us.

That's Inspiration!!

He has nicknamed her "Holy Mother of Inspiration"

l believe she went straight to the Pool room!!

The boys taking a well earned break after parking cars

all weekend and cooking dinner for us girls.

A huge THANK YOU  to my family, especially Paul and Becci who both do an

outstanding job of support and helping,

 Jo and Russ for making the trip across the many miles,

and being so generous with book donations and our 2nd prize quilt,

 Leonie and Deirdre for making the boat trip across the 'Straight'

with all their wonderful goodies for us to buy,

  the many helpers ( too numerous to mention, but you know who you are)

across the weekend,  both male and female, and of course

 the quilt shops who support us year after year, selling raffle tickets,

 and having our flyer's.  Without these people and their support,

the weekend would not happen. Its a true team effort, and l love you guys.

l hope you have enjoyed seeing behind the scenes at Quilts in the barn.

Its a lot of hard work, but many wonderfully funny moments too.

l cherish the memories we made this year.

This year we raised around $12,500 for Breast Cancer research.

Bring on next year!!

Thanks for visiting.

Linda.