Retreat Station quilt photos 007 (1)

RETREAT STATION QUILT

RETREAT STATION QUILT

 

Introducing…..  this is what I have been working on for the first part of the year.  My latest design Retreat Station, a quilt that just grew by itself as the fabrics and colours made it very easy to work on.

‘Retreat’ is the name of a property that many years ago was very large and had many families and workmen, even a school was established in the middle of it.  It has  now over the years been all divided up and sold to several different  land owners, one of them being us.  When I was making this quilt I wanted to give it a name to suit the grandeur of days gone by and the history behind buildings and the people who worked and lived there.

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I have used fabrics from Judie Rothermels Melodies and 25th Anniversary ranges, it was hard to choose which ones to leave out but used as many as I could and put the rest on the back.

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I had lots of fun with  piecing and applique,

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Just a great mix of colours, and putting black in the mix I was initially unsure about, but it works I think and its there now anyway!!

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It has turned out to be a good queen size, and the pattern is getting printed up as we speak.  I have  entered it in the Canberra quilters guild exhibition this August, so if you get a chance to go over to see it and all the other great quilts that will be one display.

PS  Congrats to Jenny who is the lucky winner from my last blog post, your name was drawn out of the hat to win either a magazine or a pattern, so if you could give me a quick email with your details, I will get it in the post.

It is going to be a cold and bleak weekend, so I will crank up the fire and hopefully get some stitching done with some nice cake and coffee

Till next time and thanks for visiting,   Janelle.

 

1 Comments for : RETREAT STATION QUILT
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    Enjoyed reading about you on Cosy blog. Love the retreat station quilt hopefully there is a pattern to purchase

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