ButterZ

She has done an amazing job making this lovely 3D Bow Tie quilt for a male.,it is made with gorgeous Japanese prints. So manly.

It is a large quilt. Now for it to be quilted. It's stunning....

I was lucky enough to go away with 30 great ladies from the Kilmore Quilters for 4 days on a retreat.

We went to Toolangi. The atmosphere was fantastic with lots of stories, laughter and so much work being done. The food was the best I have ever had while being away. I wanted to stay.

I have already shown some of my work that I did.

Bon bons & blankets of love.

Here are some other things I was working on.

My Bow tie Quilt that was a class Andrea showed us last year. Of course mine is a little bit different than what was shown. I am still working on it...

I also taugh a couple of ladies how to crochet the easy Pussy Cat Blanket. Here are  the girls hard at work...

ANNIKA concentrating

 Look at Annikas progress, Cathy starting out...

I managed to get my borders on my Quilters garden Quilt. It is now ready for quilting...

I am still working on my Compass Rose tablerunner and mat... That I was working on at my Phillip Island retreat... They are nearly finished.

So I am linking up with Val over at
http://myplvl.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/tuesday-archives-65-retreats.html

And the Pink Doxies
http://www.pinkdoxies.com/2015/06/pet-project-show-23-saturday-features.html

Middle of the month and we get notified of our new partner. 

I have Anne. She wanted an Hour Glass block or Flying Geese blocks. In 2 colours. 1 plain 1 pattern.

I followed a tutorial for an hour glass. Very basic.

I liked the fabric I recently bought with the buttons and just had to use it.

Then I wanted to try a 3D flying geese block. So I followed this tutorial.
http://www.generations-quilt-patterns.com/3d-flying-geese-quilt-block.html

I had fun with this. I liked it.

Hope Anne does too.

They were done very quickly and are in the mail now...

Just received my blocks from Anne. She only had to do 2 blocks but there was 3 in the envelope. Lucky me.

What I got up to at the retreat 

I worked on a few projects but haven't taken photos yet.

My list of what I did.....

 My dragon fly quilt for AUSSIE HEROS organised by Jan-Maree
(Just finished quilting it a week later)

My LITTLE LETTERS from Temecula Quilt Co

http://temeculaquiltco.blogspot.com.au

I know that Joy loved her quilt.

It was her birthday and a special day for us all. We were all together when we gave it to her.

Here we are all in one photo together.

It came out so lovely with all the buttons on it.

Well done to all the girls.

I AM ON MY WAY TO QUILT RETREAT FOR THE WEEKEND.
MILLROSE RETREAT AT BALLAN HERE I COME.
THERE WILL BE ABOUT 10 OF US MEETING UP & I CANNOT WAIT.
I NEED A WEEKEND AWAY.
I HAVE HAD SUCH A STRESSFUL FEW WEEKS I NEED SOME ME TIME
https://www.millrosecottage.com.au/retreat
this is such a beautiful place to stay. They have a cafe next door and a quilt shop as well.
What a fantastic time away



My partner this month in the 12" block swap was Narelle.

Narelle wanted me to do any block in Black & White.

I know that sounds easy but choosing a block is a big decision.

I went with one that I had made years ago and a member of Kilmore Quilters showed everyone attheir retreat. I have since shown my friends I sew with on a Monday. It is a fun and easy block to do.

The 3D BOW TIE block.

My Monday friends have put together a quilt for a friend. 

She is going through a tough time so needs a little TLC. 

THIS IS WHAT WE DID.

A lovely 3d Bow Tie quilt in pastels.

We all pitched in with fabric. Jill advised, Rhonda assembled it, I quilted it & Barb bound and labelled it.