Was a very Aussie themed quilt show which was awesome.
There was some lovely quilts, I particularly love this one below of the 12 apostles.
This lovely quilt was made very close to the above quilt! Linda from
Gum Valley Patchwork won with her amazing teeny tiny hexagon quilt, Elenor Jean, she won Best quilt in Australia no less! fanbloodytastic!! I have been watching Linda make this quilt via her blog and its not her first one.... noooo! this insane woman has made 2 using I believe 1.5" hexagons. Her first one was called Dear Prudence, also a show winner. Go to her blog and check it out and if you feel the overwhelming desire to own one of these quilts, Linda has written books about them with the patterns. Also if you are going down the coast towards Port Campbell I can highly recommend you pop in to see Linda at her shop.
There was some bling, which was very nice.
The ANZAC's were honoured in many ways with quilts made from the heart.
Aussie Hero Quilts were at the show with Jan Maree and her 'army' of women to educate other quilters on how they can help her to show to our Aussie Military how much we appreciate what they do. The quilt below was made for the True blue competition of Jan Maree! I reckon the lady who made this quilt did an awesome job and was certainly captured a 'true blue' theme.
I loved the applique and colour used in this quilt below.
I enjoyed my day out looking at the quilts and doing a bit of retail therapy but my highlight was making a laundry bag at the Bernina class which only cost a mere $5 I was told that Bernina are matching the $5 and all the money is going to Aussie Hero Quilts!! The laundry bags that were made over the weekend are also going to be sent overseas to our troops.
I received a great badge that says I sew for Aussie hero's! I'm very proud to wear this badge and will be continuing to support AHQ I can now add laundry bags to my growing list.
