Quilt Exhibition at Pentzplaas

Need to take a break from city life or just spend a fun day with your best quilting buddy?  I have the solution, escape to a farm.

The ‘Tolbosse’ group from our guild is having a quilt exhibition on Mariëtte Venter’s farm, Pentzplaas  near Bultfontein on 26 October 2011 and invites everyone interested in quilting to spend the day with them.

Entrance is a mere R10,00 per person and eats and handmade goods will be for sale on this day.

Gates will open at 08:30 until 16:00 the afternoon.  So mark your diary, put in a days’ leave if need be and support our quilters from the country.

Do tell your group members about this day and if you cannot find this entry again, please check under the page for DATES TO REMEMBER as I will have it there as well.

Metal tape snap bag tutorial

I’ve seen these way-way back but never wondered how it was made but with time it seems I become more inquisitive as to how things are put together, so I was extremely grateful when I got an e-mail from Ludlow Quilt and Sew with Rose announcing that she just completed a tutorial on how to make these.

It doesn’t even sound that difficult and with a picture tutorial as well as a video to go along with it, I am sure you cannot go wrong.  To take a look at this tutorial, please click HERE

Third quarterly meeting : The busy bees

No guild meeting can take place without a couple of people working really hard and never being seen.  Firstly I would like to thank all the members of the ‘Vingerhoede’ (Thimbles) and ‘Goue Drade’ (Golden Threads) groups for hosting this meeting.  These 2 groups were responsible for setting up the venue, tablecloths on the tables, lucky draws, delicious snacks, pretty flowers, gifts and help at the door, serving tea and cleaning afterwards.

Then there are those people who have to keep us informed and I’ve explained what everyone contributed to this meeting on the photos below.  Thank you all for taking time from your busy schedule to talk to us and explain how the gears work to keep the engine running.  Click on any photo to enlarge it.

And as usual a very nice meeting but there is more to follow soon.

Hot Cross Buns quilt from Moda bakeshop

I recently did a couple of workshops with the Stack & Slash (also known as Stack ‘n Whack quilt by some) and it was such a fun project with so many different outcomes depending on the fabric used.  This morning while blog hopping, I came across something very similar and I can only imagine how different colored fabrics and changing the sashing color can turn out.

To get this tutorial, click HERE  

Kwilt-Ini-Bos

I got this e-mail from Gerda Grobler and like to share this with our guild members and/or other South Africa quilters and unfortunately for our foreign readers, this is in Afrikaans.

2- 5 Oktober 2011

Hierdie is 'n wegbreek wat jy nie kan misloop nie.

Die wat verlede jaar daar was sal onthou dat Rita ons lekker bederf het en dat ons baie pret gehad het.

Akkomodasie 3 nagte en alle etes ingesluit:

Alleen kamer = R1000
Deel kamer = R750

Klas fooi: R450
Registrasie fooi: R50

Navrae: Rita Cloete

Sel: 071 609 6099
Tel: 014 736 3568
Faks: 014 736 2222
Email: wenru@telkomsa.net

Onderwysers:

Debbie Du Toit
Almari Potgieter

Ek hoop regtig daar is sommer baie van julle wat Kwilt Ini-Bos gaan bywoon. Onthou dit is regtig 'n geleentheid waar ons vriendinne maak en sommer baie leer. Ek kan nie wag om almal daar te sien nie. Rita doen altyd moeite om dit vir ons lekker te maak en daarom geniet ek dit so baie. Dit is 'n lekker bederf !!!!!

Gerda Grobler

groblerrj@telkomsa.net

Secret Pocket Hangers

I found this tutorial by Cindy from Catsongstitchery and thought about the times I travel and wanted to keep matching jewelry with every outfit.  I could never find a decent plan, so all my jewelry would end up in one little bag but this hanger cover will be the answer to that problem.

For this easy tutorial, click HERE

Now this is also for all those ladies planning to come to our National Quilt Festival in 2013 wanted to safely hide their valuables underneath their clothing on the hanger.  Even though everybody knows about this, it just makes it a little harder to just take and disappear. 

Clear zipper bag tutorial

Becky from Patchwork Posse has this clearly explained tutorial for a zipper bag which you can find by clicking HERE.

Remembering the mess my toiletries end up every time I travel, I too can do with a couple of these.  Will you make me some?