Another busy time for the Apatcheez with the usual classes as well as a trip to Maryborough for the Sunrise Rotary Quilt and Craft Extravaganza.

In order to be ready for the show I had the help of Mum and Dad who arrived just in time to help pack the cupcake liners with 5″ squares.

Have you ever tried to roll up 26 small squares and keep them all uniform? It’s not easy – Dad wanted to know how he could get sacked from the job!

Mum helped me put together this tote – inspired by Bec’s suggestion to add quilted houses at the bottom and made out of the “Out of Town” fabric range – one of several ranges recently delivered (that I haven’t had time to photograph – too busy!).

Pozzie was giving it his all as well…..

When end we arrived in Maryborough we managed to set our stall up in record time. We put it down to pre-planning and the family effort. Apart from Mum and Dad, Luvvy packed up the Paj to the roof and unpacked it all when we arrived plus the teenager-in-residence helped put up the quilts in the backdrop – very useful having a tall son. Here’s Mum ready for action.

Also a big thankyou to Jenne for her hack of the bunting kits resulting in the two baby quilts hanging on the back wall on the right – sorry I forgot to take a close-up – too busy!

The girls up in Maryborough liked the hexie projects we took with us and thanks to Jan we had a sample for each project.

Naturally they were also impressed by our block of the month project Fiesta (thanks Jan again).

It was difficult to get photos of the quilts on display because they were either behind a stall or hanging from the balcony in the Town Hall. Here’s what we saw:

There’s no truth in the rumour that the photos above were taken during peak hour!

This quilt (above) was a machine embroidered quilt and caused a bit of controversy when it won the viewer’s Choice award.

After Maryborough it was back to the big smoke and our usual weekly classes. The Apatcheez managed to finish a few projects and I have added them to the gallery. I’ve added them here as well…just in case you’re too busy to go looking for them!

Jan amazed us by finishing this project in 3 weeks!

Angie designed and made this cushion as a special present

Margaret’s original under the sea project is a winner

Chris finished her very festive project – ho ho ho

Suzanne’s been dabbling with jewellery making

Margaret was also very busy this week and managed to finish her under-the-sea quilt – and very nice it was too. It has been a bit chilly here over the past week and Charlie took advantage of the fact that he didn’t have to sit on a cold floor for a while.

Margaret wasn’t worried though – she said the cat had already taken it for a test drive – perhaps that was the attraction?

More action this week with the beginner’s sampler quilt – so many blocks to sew, so little time…

And of course there are more shows to do this year so we have to keep the samples coming – thanks Mum

Until next time, happy quilting

Kaye