Quilt Show and a Project ......

I, like a lot of Melbournians, went to the quilt/craft show held last weekend. I had a lovely time strolling the aisles with my friend Tania. It was a 'nice' show, although neither of us could believe it took us 7 aisles (and three hours!) before we parted with any money. Of course that necessitated a big "high-5" and a 'whoo hoo'! I think all in that particular aisle were aware we had made a pur-chase!

Some lovely quilts were on display - can you believe this beautiful vintage quilt - 9,900 1 inch hexagons!!!!!!!!!! The maker is unknown but is believed to be circa 1860. Sadly, some of the fabrics haven't weathered time as gracefully as others and some hexagons have perished, non-the-less - it was still beautiful! Obviously, the purpose of my finger in the photo is to give a gauge of the size of the hexagons.

Here is another small pieced quilt - again my hand is to give an idea as to how small those 17 piece log cabins are!!!

There were many beautiful quilts to admire - perhaps my favourite was the gallery of "Nearly Insane" quilts which were on display from a group of women who are known to Threadbear Quilts. It's amazing how different the same group of blocks can be - dependent on fabric and colour choice - and whether sashing was or wasn't used!

Now - here is one of my purchases (and no, this wasn't my first one!) I wonder what this is for?? I have definite plans which shall go in to action quite quickly - stay tuned!

That's all for now!

TTFN - Dawn