Sunday, December 18, 2011

A Visit to Threadbear, Castlemaine

For our final gathering of the year we decided to make a day of it and head north to Castlemaine and the delights of Threadbear. However before Castlemaine is the obligatory stop at the bakery in Malmsbury for coffee and muffins / mince pies. Needless to say we did not leave empty handed. The fruit loaf was warm from the oven so how can you resist such temptation.

Corliss was as ever a lovely hostess. We were delighted to be given the use of Threadbear's classroom to sit and sew. Not that there was a lot of sewing done! I am sure the first hour was spent fabric shopping. And I must say the shopping was very focussed - with each of us searching for fabric for our next project or to finish a current project.

Merri was looking for backing for her Mary Brown quilt. It is all but finished, just a few stars for the inner border to complete and some serious time on the machine to put it all together.
The centre is done and looking just fabulous.

Barb spent time choosing fabrics to complete her version of the Burnt Quilt. There are quite a few more stars finished and ready to be attached.

We then headed out to The Bold Garden for lunch. Lots of chatter! We are a noisy bunch when all together.

And finally, back to Threadbear. This time there was a little sewing done before heading back to Melbourne. And just to prove it here is Ann busy hand quilting Tesselations, a lovely bright and bold quilt designed by Brigitte Giblin.

Wishing you all a very, merry Christmas. Enjoy the New Year celebrations,

Until next time,

Meghan

9 comments:

  1. Everything looks lovely. Merry Christmas to you all.

    ReplyDelete
  2. What a wonderful way to spend your Christmas sewing day together, I got to visit Threadbear last month for the first time and love that shop!

    Merry Christmas to all you Secret Sisters and looking forward to following you next year.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Oh how I envy your little group. Such beautiful quilts and wonderful adventures. Thanks for sharing, I always am inspired by the work and love following along.

    ReplyDelete
  4. I'd love to visit Threadbear one day, I know I'd love it. The quilts comimng out of your group look amazing.

    ReplyDelete
  5. What beautiful quilts...and it seemed like a good time was had by all....

    ReplyDelete
  6. I hope all of the secret sewing sisters had a great Christmas and will have a happy and productive new year. Could any of you please tell me if Di is planning a pattern for the Grove Documentation quilt? I saw several versions of it on the Quilts in the Barn exhibition from last year(?) and contacted Threadbear but Corlis wasn't sure. Thanks for all your inspiration during the last few years

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Hi Debbie, at our gathering last Saturday I asked Di about the Grove Documentation Quilt. It is not available as a pattern just yet. Di does have plans to make it available but cannot give a date as yet.

      Delete
  7. How's everyone with the 'bird' fabric going with their challenge?????

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Discussed on Saturday Dorothy and ideas are beginning to gather around a design. Could be a long wait however before needle and thread meet on this one given the current backlog of projects.

      Delete