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Kerry from Warialda in northern NSW dropped in this quilt today while here in Toowoomba. She will be collect it tomorrow morning, an example of KoolKat Quilting’s service to our rural customers. Kerry chose the budget meandering leaves pattern for her quilt. We welcome new customer Jean from Blackall for the aqua and brown quilt and she asked for a quilt design “without flowers, for a man”. We chose the simplicity e2e machine quilting pattern. Another new customer, Rosa from Mudjimba,sent us a cot quilt which we are quilting in the daisy chain e2e pattern.

Esk quilter remembered by Glenrock Quilters

This is Tessa from Esk’s memorial quilt made from fabric donated to Glenrock Quilters by her family and made by the group during a recent quilting retreat. It has been quilted with the Deb’s Swirls e2e machine quilting pattern.

Quilter claims KoolKat machine quilting prize from quilting convention

Kay from Charters Towers won the KoolKat Quilting machine quilting voucher at the Southern Cross Quilters (SCquilters) convention held in Tasmania last year. We have chosen the Bohemia e2e machine quilting pattern for this quilt and teamed it with lemon thread and yellow Caribbean backing.

Today’s quilts from the eastern Darling Downs

The pink and brown quilt shows some great colour combinations and comes from Jan of Crow’s nest who has asked for the techno e2e machine quilting pattern. The blue and white quilt comes from Michelle of Millmerran and is being quilted in the roseleaves e2e to reflect the rose pattern in the background fabric.

From near and far, today’s quilts

The first quilt today comes from Chris at Highfields and is being quilted in the budget meandering leaves e2e machine quilting pattern. The purple quilt is from Edi at Mount Isa and is being quilted in the flower puff e2e pattern, while the star quilt from Gail at Cooroy is being quilted in the budget meander e2e pattern. The antique tractors quilt comes from Marie at Waterview, NSW and is also being quilted in the budget meander pattern, while the final quilt from Sue at Booval is being quilted in the stars and loops e2e pattern.

Meringandan magic

Barbara from Meringandan dropped these quilts in to KoolKat Quilting while on her way home from work yesterday afternoon. The first quilt is being quilted in the budget ribbon candy e2e machine quilting pattern, and the second quilt in the plush e2e.

From Chinchilla to Cairns

The first quilt is designed and made by Ann from Toowoomba who is using up her fabric stash. She chose the budget leaf meander e2e pattern for this quilt. The next three quilts came from Chinchilla the Aboriginal theme quilt is from Glenys who asked for a budget pattern, and the next two from Barbara where we have used the budget Deb’s Swirls and Ribbon Candy e2e patterns. The last quilt from Meryl at Aloomba in Cairns was bought as a strip fabric pack and the Bali Spice pattern from the KoolKat stand at last year’s annual quilt show in Toowoomba. It has been quilted in the Henna Leaf e2e pattern: label, binding and backing supplied by KoolKat Quilting.

Best Mates chosen as finalist in 2015 Australian Quilt Challenge True Blue competition

Best Mates by Kathy Adams. The Australian Blue Cattle Dog – what could be truer or bluer? Nine mini-quilts, thread painted over photographs on fabric. Many thanks to Pam Holland, who showed me how to do this technique.

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Congratulations to entrants for the high stand of works submitted to AQC in 2015.