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Janelle from Pittsworth made this quilt to celebrate the centenary of a local school at Pittsworth. She also asked for a label to be made to go with the quilt.  Jenny from Toowoomba made her first quilt recently and brought to KoolKat for quilting with the budget meandering leaves e2e pattern, while Jilly from Croydon, NSW, also sent a quilt for budget quilting, with the trailing hearts e2e pattern.

The first quilt is from Glenda at Toowoomba and it is being quilted with the clover e2e machine quilting pattern.  The stitchery quilt is from Joyce from Toowoomba and  is being quilted with the simplicity e2e, while the bottom quilt is from Kath at Mansfield, Victoria, and it is being quilted wit the budget leaf meaner quilt.

The first quilt is a cot quilt from Glenda of Toowoomba and it is being quilted with the budget meander e2e pattern.  The king single size quilt from Jennifer at Brookfield is being quilted with the Baptist fane e2e and the strip pieced quilt from Samantha at Cloncurry is being quilted with the flower puff e2e.  The final quilt is from Teresa at Alderley and is being quilted with the stars and loops e2e pattern.

Congratulations to Cecily Hamilton who won Viewer’s Choice at the recent Roma Quilt Show with Kathy’s prize-winning quilt pattern design “Gather Ye Rosebuds”.  The Rosebud quilt has won several wards, both here and overseas.  This and other patterns of Kathy’s can be seen at Kathy ‘s Gallery on our website www.koolkatquilting.com, and are available through our eBay store.

The pink quilt is from Chris in Toowoomba and is being quilted with the paisley playtime e2e pattern.  The next quilt is from her friend Alison from Gooburrum near Bundaberg, and this is being quilted with the budget I love it trailing hearts pattern.  The yellow border quilt is from Elizabeth at Quirindi, NSW and is being quilted with the fire flower e2e pattern.  The oriental quilt comes from Jan at Mackay Harbour and is being quilted with the alfresco e2e.  The king size star quilt comes from Susan at Silver Ridge near Toowoomba, while the cot quilt is from Toowoomba and is for Dione’s nephew.

Roselie from West Hoxton, Sydney took up this month’s offer for new KoolKat customers from SCQuilters.  Roselie sent 4 quilts which arrived today.  The red and black quilt is being quilted with the henna flower e2e machine quilting pattern, the pink quilt with roseleaves e2e, the yellow quilt with daisy chain, and the purple quilt with the maru bishamon (Japanese circles) e2e pattern.

Ree from Wallumbilla dropped off this western theme quilt while is in Toowoomba today for appointments.  She will collect the quilt later this afternoon on her way home.  It is being quilted with a western theme boots and hats e2e machine quilting pattern in a charcoal thread.  The centre quilt is from Carmel of Toowoomba and is being quilted with the budget loop-d-loop e2e, while the bottom quilt from Christine in Sydney is being basted ready for hand or domestic machine sewing.

Lyn from Toowoomba dropped off two quilts yesterday.  The pink quilt is being quilted with the budget deb’s swirls e2e machine quilting pattern, and the white quilt for her first grand-child, is being quilted with the dragonflies e2e pattern.

Betty from Placid Hills in the Lockyer Valley sent these two quilts which arrived today.  The first quilt which has some Aboriginal-inspired fabric, is being quilted with the sticky buns e2e machine quilting pattern in a charcoal thread, and the butterfly quilt is being quilted with the daisy chain e2e in a lilac thread.

This week we replaced our 1kW solar PV system installed some years ago as part of the Qld Solar Homes Scheme.  We now have 24 panels producing up to 6kW, with a 5kW hybrid inverter and a 6.4kW battery backup system.  The aim is to replace our daytime usage with our own power (including electric hot water, which will now heat during peak daylight hours).   The battery backup comes on when the panels stop working late in the day, and should take care of most of our night-time needs.  We are not independent of the grid, and will still use some power during cloudy days or when Kathy is using her electric kiln to make ceramic sculptures.

The installation was done by Mick and Craig from http://www.dynalec.com.au/.    Their work is meticulous, and Mick made sure we understood how to use the system, especially the computer and iPhone app which lets us know what the system is doing (and how to find where the hungry energy users are in our household).

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