Chocolate-y Goodness

This lovely chocolate-y masculine quilt by Nadene from WA is our 16th quilt (out of a hoped for 25) to go to Egypt.  Not all have been posted yet.  A bunch go tomorrow and more will go on Thursday.   The current twenty-five Aussies are there till mid August so I am hoping that we can get one to each of them by the time they leave and then start sending some for the new group.

I have to say that I really like this pattern.   It is a fabulous way to stretch your stash of expensive aussie fabrics.  The Aussie fabric squares are 5 1/2" and the sashing strips are 2 1/2" making the resulting squares  36".  The borders are about 3".  Of course you could vary the sizes with each quilt depending on what fabrics you have to work with.  I think there is one of these in my future!

Great job Nadene!!!

 And here is the back  - love this too.  Great boomerang fabric!

This is a similar quilt completed by Liz.  I am going to use some of the orphan blocks I was sent to make one (or more) of these.

Selvedges have become a really popular material to work with but not all of us are using them for one reason or another.  There is a lovely Aussie Heroes Friend, called Erika, who would is collecting hers and is wondering if anyone out there has any they don't want.  She would love yours if you are not using them and she is happy to cover the cost of the postage.  Erika does a lot of sewing for charity so it would be nice to be able to help her out.  Leave a comment if you want me to put you in touch with her.  I know she would appreciate it. 


Till next time...............keep spreading the word and happy stitching!

More from Turramurra and other lovely ladies!

The Turramurra Quilters have sent off another lovely bundle of quilts.

A gorgeous Aussie 9 patch by Heather H

Blissful Blues by Judy E

Great greens and mustards wtih koalas by Mary.  It has a real Aussie feel because of the colours and they aren't your typical green and gold.

Fabulous Aussie squares by Claire  - I just love some of the fabrics in this.

These lovely soft squares are by Mary.

These next two are Quilt as You Go - joint projects by these lovely ladies.

A great bunch of quilts and would you believe they are not finished yet!

A couple of weeks ago we had a couple of requests come in for quilts.  This was completed by Nadene for a fellow whose home town is in Victoria.   

Nadene added special squares in each corner featuring a nifty fabric with iconic Melbourne buildings on it.  Love it!

And finally, these two quilts are headed off to Egypt this week.   This was made by Erika

 and this by Sue S.  Both really lovely quilts.  

I hope to get a couple at least in the mail next week from my neck of the woods and there will be a couple going from WA next week as well.  If anyone else has a quilt ready or nearly ready to go just leave a comment if you want the address.

Till next time..................keep spreading the word and happy stitching!