Charity Quilt - Paper Piecing

Our February charity quilt was new technique for paper piecing.  The day and night group share the task, with the night group taking on the responsibility of finishing.

It is a messy busy table with lots happening

Testing the design

Layout of the quilt

Ruth brought in this sample of a paper pieced centre of block and finished quilt

Close up of Paper pieced block

Westalee Ruler Demonstration Pictures

We had a fantastic day with Leonie and Bill West of Westalee Rulers.

There were many samples on display and some great quilts. We look forward to their return for a workshop in the near future.

Leonie and Bill West

Captivate audience.

Hexagon Quilt

Hexagon Block

Kali Star small

New Year & Westalee Ruler Demonstration

 Back to Quilting


 Well 2014 has arrived and we are starting back at quilting again after a busy Christmas and New Year break.

Venue: Mansfield Community Shed Craft Room

Tuesday 10am - 2pm 

Night quilters 4th Feb until 25th March.  5 - 8 pm.  

Westalee Ruler Demonstration

We are having a visit from Westalee Rulers next Tuesday 4th February.

Contact highcountryquilters@gmail.com for information. Places are limited so bookings are essential.


Visit their website  Westalee Rulers

Christmas Breakup

Rhonda hosted the Christmas Party this year and we had great fun exchanging our Kris Kringle presents.  The meal was fantastic as always and we could not go without Rita's wonderful cream puffs. 

Raffle Winner

On Thursday 12th December 2013 we drew our Quilt raffle.

The Lucky winner was Karen Cooper  of Canberra.

Here is Sue B, Nina Joan Tie (the creator of the quilt top)  Rita and Sue R drawing the winner at MACE

Charity Quilt - Bug Jar

This is the finalization of a quilt we started as a group in September and Kathy has finished the paper piecing of the animals etc.

Dragonfly's were free motion quilted on the boarder.

Cheeky Monkey - Charity quilt

This quilt was the creation of the night quilting group.

fabric selection

On the frame - a stipple pattern was used for quilting

A small sick child is going to love this one

Moon, Stars and Beyond

Rita has put her quilting skills to work with wonderful children's quilt.

She is seen here designing and planing the quilting process on the machine and frame.

Night group test the quilting machine and frame

The night group has been going for a while and we set up a test quilt for them to experiment on.

Here Lyn and Roslyn can be seen examining the work from the floor for view of the back.

Quilt for Jarrah presentation

Jarrah is a local boy having treatment for cancer.   We presented this quilt to his mother and sister to support and comfort him during his treatment and recovery.

Cheeky Monkey Quilt for the Children

The night group and making a cute cheeky monkey applique quilt for a small child.

Here is the fabric and the progress.  More pictures when quilting begins.