Meet the Makers Quilt-In

Fortunately the hall where the Lions Club Quilters held their Quilt-In today was air-conditioned:

Otherwise there may not have been nearly 90 attendees. I wouldn't have been there, anyway! It was a hot day outside. I was happy to sit and stitch in the aircon, and finish the binding on my Good Fortune quilt. That's it on the chair at the bottom right of the photo.

In stitching down the binding I managed to empty another spool of thread (Hooray), but I won a door prize which added 4 more spools to my stash (Oops)!

The main event of the day was a talk by Susan Mathews, about her artistic journey. I love her work, particularly those based on Australian native plants. I've shown one piece of her Banksia series on my blog previously, at the Golden Textures exhibition 2 years ago.

Today this piece, Ode to Banksias 7, was unveiled as the latest acquisition for the Quilt and Textile Collection the Lions Quilters are putting together:

This quilt has been awarded Highly Commended, Art Quilt Australia 2017, and Best Use of Colour (Innovative), World Quilt Competition 2018.

Susan used lino printing and screen printing to create the design, then added amazing quilting. A couple of close-ups to show how her quilting adds to the depth of the design:

Unfortunately I didn't catch the name of the thread she uses for her quilting, but its beautiful sheen adds to the sense of light in her quilts.

All in all it was a great day out, with good company, yummy morning and afternoon teas, refreshing aircon, and a finished quilt to show for it.