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Monbulk Quilt Show

January 29, 2017 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

This quilt show has been running for many years. The current organiser has been organising it for the last 11. In that time, she has helped to raise $50000 of the Monbulk CFA. There will be show bags for the first 100 people through the door. According to the blog, no quilt is too simple … [Read more…]

Posted in: Outings/Shows Tagged: Beneath, Beneaththestitches, blog, Monbulk, Monbulk Quilt Show, outings, Outings Shows, patchwork, Quilt, quilting, Stitches, Stitching, travel

Fabric Selection Help

December 9, 2016 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

  As a newbie quilter, fabric selection can be scary and fun. You don’t want to get the colours or amounts wrong because of the costs involved. But walking into a fabric store is so lovely – beautiful colours, prints and textures all so inspiring. I love running my hands over all the fabrics. There … [Read more…]

Posted in: Fabric Selection Help Tagged: creative, Fabric love, patchwork, skills

Patchwork Passion – a quilt shop review

February 11, 2016 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

So for the basics Address    29 Hotham st (cnr Lock st) Cranbourne Phone        5995445 Web        www.blockofthemonth.com.au Open        Tues-Saturday 1000-1600 Facebook Patchwork Passions aims to help customers to find just the right fabric for their next project. They have an extensive BOM project program and many kits available. There are many quilting groups and classes are held regularly. They have … [Read more…]

Posted in: Outings/Shows Tagged: observation, outings, patchwork, quilting, shop review

Fabric Frolic Bus

January 24, 2016 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

On Sunday 17th January I boarded a bus with around 50 other women to take part in a Fabric Frolic. What is a fabric frolic? It is an event organised in Melbourne where from the 15th – 23rd of January each year there is a shop hop organised taking in seven shops. The fabric frolic … [Read more…]

Posted in: Outings/Shows Tagged: beautiful things, creative, happy, observation, outings, patchwork, shop review, travel

My MIL quilt

December 5, 2015 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

MIL – Mother in Law At the very early stages of learning how to quilt when I had only been working on EPP patchworks, my MIL started to pack up her fabric collection to move house. She gave me a few books and a large pile of fabrics. It was so generous and lovely. I … [Read more…]

Posted in: WIPs Tagged: completed projects, happy, patchwork, quilting

Hexagon calculators and quilt dimensions

November 11, 2015 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

Some people love quilt maths. I am still getting my head around a lot of it. So when I start a new project I always google ways to get the correct maths. Which is how I came across this site. I use this calculator to workout how many hexagons I need in a quilt all … [Read more…]

Posted in: Calculators Tagged: hobby, patchwork, quilting, skills, thinking

Patchwork classes at treehouse textiles

November 6, 2015 by beneaththestitches Leave a Comment

So for quite a while as I have told you I was just doing my EPP all completely self taught. I had no idea how to piece blocks. So I came across a review in the magazine Quilters Companion for a place called Treehouse Textiles. The workshop is located in Merricks North. So I signed … [Read more…]

Posted in: Newbie, Skills Tagged: classes, patchwork, quilting

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