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The quilt is the foreground comes from Anita at Brookstead and is being quilted with the apple blossom e2e machine quilting pattern. Katrina from Toowoomba delivered a long narrow quilt to be cut into several cot quilts. It is being quilted with the budget meandering leaves pattern.
Next month during the annual Carnival of Flowers program Kat of KoolKat will be opening her studio and exhibiting her award-winning quilts.
The exhibition will be part of a Quilts, Stitches and Textiles Trail.
Kat’s signature quilt, Gather Ye Rosebuds, will be among those on display. Originally designed as a Block of the Month, several versions of this quilt have won awards both here and overseas.
Kat first discovered the design in a book of stained glass window designs. It had been simplified from a design by Alex Gascoyne in 1910. The design came to life in a large window panel in a house in Sherwood, Brisbane. After taking up quilting, Kat rediscovered the pattern and went through the process of converting it to a quilt design. This was an exacting and time-consuming process, eventually requiring nearly 100 pages of pattern design, released in a 13 part pattern set.
The process was described in detail in an article in Australian Patchwork and Quilting magazine.
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Gather Ye Rosebuds will be feature in a catalogue of items for sale during KoolKat’s Open Studio September 20-7.
KoolKat will be holding an Open Studio event as part of the Toowoomba Carnival Flowers next month.
Details of what will be happening can be found on the link below:
http://www.koolkatquilting.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/one-page-brochure.pdf
KoolKat will be having an Open Studio session during the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers week.
We will be part of the Quilts, Stitches and Textiles Trail.
http://www.koolkatquilting.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/QSTT19-Brochure-Proof-3.pdf
Kat’s award winning quilts will be on display, and in order to make space for new projects, several of these will be available for purchase.
Also in Kat’s studio during Carnival Week, visitors will be able watch Kat at work producing her textile art pieces similar to the cushions above.
These feature free motion quilting, applique and wool couching.
Look forward to seeing you during Carnival Week.
The first quilt was made by Claire from Toowoomba and is being quilted with the falling snowflake e2e machine quilting pattern. The owls quilt was made by Margot from Blackall who asked for the ebb and flow e2e pattern. The ants quilt was made by Jenny from Toowoomba and is being quilted with the dragonflies e2e pattern. The two pink quilts were made by Judith from Hemmant and are being quilted with the happy times pattern. The final quilt is a drunkard’s path pattern made by Margot from Blackall and is being quilted with the alfresco pattern.
This is a Kaffe Fassett fabric quilt made by Pam from Toowoomba and is being quilted with the I Love It trailing hearts pattern.
The first quilt was made by Debby from Belivah and she chose the just roses e2e pattern and asked for an embroidered quilt label. Gail from Cooroy asked for the clover e2e pattern on her king size quilt.
Two lap quilts from Molly at Roma – the purple quilt is being quilted with the clover e2e pattern, and the roses quilt with the damask pattern.
This pink quilt made by Yvonne from Sherwood arrived today and is being quilted with the lucky charms e2e machine quilting pattern.
The circle meander pattern is being used on this quilt made by Yvonne from Sherwood, Brisbane.
