This is Ali’s Churn Dash Trundle quilt all the way from Pasadena, South Australia. Ali chose the daisy chain e2e machine quilting pattern for her quilt.
Monthly Archives: October 2015
Quilt proves popular choice for Kathy Adams of KoolKat Quilting
This year’s Viewer’s Choice winner at Toowoomba Quilters Inc. annual quilt exhibition announced this week was a colourful art quilt marking part of Tasmania’s history.
Kathy Adams of KoolKat Quilting took out the award with her colourful quilt “What a site!”
The quilt was designed to celebrate the site of Tasmania’s Maritime Museum and Art Gallery at the Gallery’s inaugural quilt challenge and exhibition two years ago.
Kathy’s quilt won Viewer’s Choice on that occasion and her quilt has proved no less popular with local quilt enthusiasts during last month’s quilt show held at the Salo Centre, St Ursula’s College during Carnival of Flowers week.
Kathy described her inspiration for the quilt as “The salty sea, ancient land, Port Arthur, the incredible harbour with Hobart at the epicentre – in all, what a site!”
The quilt was made using hand-dyed silk and discharged dyed cotton fabric, along with Google Earth images, her own photos and constructed using machine and hand quilting.
The winners of the Toowoomba Viewer’s Choice award in the professional section were Kathy Adams and runner-up Robyn Ginn, and in the amateur section Norelle White and runner-up Trish Ostwald.
KoolKat free quilt binding offer
If you find binding your quilt a bit of a chore, KoolKat is offering free binding on one side of your quilt for this month only. With your binding already machine-sewn on the back of your quilt, you can sit in front of TV or in a comfortable chair, and complete your binding by hand. Or if you prefer, we will completely machine-bind your quilt at half-price. The offer applies to all quilts machine-quilted by us from now until the end of October, and all quilting will be at the standard pattern rate. The offer excludes fabric for binding, we suggest you supply 2.5 inch wide strips sufficient to bind your quilt, or if you purchase your quilt backing from us, we are happy to use this fabric (if there is sufficient left-over).
Quilting again in the KoolKat studio
The first quilt is from Dorothy from Maleny and this quilt is to be a wedding present. It is being quilted with the Deb’s Feathers e2e machine quilting pattern. The middle quilt is from Toni of Toowoomba and is being quilted with the budget I Love It trailing hearts e2e. The final quilt is from Cate of Cherrybrook, NSW and is being quilted with the budget loop-d-loop e2e pattern.
