Red Brolly

Feather your nest:: How to decorate with quilts.

Each Friday a new posting I'll be doing is ideas on how to decorate using your quilts. I'll also be giving tips on caring for and looking after your quilts to ensure they last and become family heirlooms. The thing is, we spend so much time, money and effort in making our quilts, it's  such a shame to tuck them away in a cupboard!

Hopefully these postings will give you food for thought and get you to put your quilts out!

I won't say much, as pictures speak much louder than words. Here's the first display idea...

from moonou.com

 And here's a little something special...earlier in the year in New York was "Infinite Variety-Three Centuries of Red and White quilts." If you missed it, you can read more about it here. Anyway, I found these stunning magnets of the exhibition which would make a gorgeous magnetic quilt display somewhere.

You can purchase them from the Museum's shop, unfortunately, they don't ship overseas. BUT...maybe you have a friend in America you could post them to and they can pass it onto you (???).

Lots of possibilities....

Have a lovely weekend.

AND THE WINNERS ARE .....

Firstly a big thank-you to all my "sisters" on the Red Brolly Blog for all your wonderful- and sometimes very emotional- entries in the "Sisters" competition.

   Sorry for the delay in announcing the winners- but the judges had much difficulty in deciding which ones were the winning entries.

  My sister-in-law, SJVH, said there had to be a prize for the funniest entry. I hadn't thought of that- so she's chosen the winner of the funniest "sister" entry- which will be an extra prize!

  O.K- these are the winners:

 Nadine:   renauxnadine@yahoo.fr

 "I've been blessed with 2 younger sisters, each of us very different , with our own personalities. However I think my sisters are a door leading back to childhood and innocence. Each time I see them, I just can't help remembering those good old days. Being the eldest, I tend to be protective, especially since our beloved mother passed away, 16 years ago... but do not imagine our relationship is only made of nostalgia! No, no, no: we love having fun together, and we know that we can count on each other, come rain or come shine... Some other special sisters have come to embellish my life: these are the close friends that I met through quilting and blogging. I'm calling them my sissies, and they really are. How couldn't I be happy with such blessings in my life?"

 

Pepe:   pepeepep@libero.it

  To have a twin sister means have an additional life memory.(Do you remember when....?),it means open the fridge and find out a slurp-gift (or leave it in her fridge) and looong walking all together in the evening with our dog and husbands talking of anything and feeling the summer together ....

 

Bronwyn:  (not me- a different Bronwyn!)   brickies@primus.com.au

"My sister is a dag! She is rough and tough and protected me at school. She thinks I am crazy cutting up pieces of fabric and then joining them back together. But never says no when I offer her one of my latest creations. Gotta love her!!!"

 

And My Sister-in-Law's Choice:

Silvia Broekhuis:   l.broekhuis1@kpnplanet.nl

"I don't have a sister but my friend Janny is the sister I don't have.She's the one that comes to the hospital(after I had a motor accident)and helps me to remove the black hairs on my chin....When I wqasn't able to go to the bathroom. I didn't want to show them to the doctors....

And now I am at home she's the one that makes things going ok in the house with four daughters..."

My sister-in-law loved this one because her grandmother Doris made the plucking of black chin hairs when in hospital a Family Law for other members of her family!

 

Congratulations to all the winners!

  Could the winners please contact me privately at:

   bronwyn@red-brolly.com.au

  with your address and the extra pattern- besides the Fabulous Gift Quilt B.O.M.- that you would like as your prize.

  Your choices for the extra pattern are:

            1. Tassel Cones

            2. Ginger Snaps

           Great patterns to make now for Christmas!!

 

                Happy stitching-

      Bronwyn ...

 

Look what the postman delivered.

So excited....Look what the postman just delivered to my letterbox. The latest issue of Mollie Makes.

Would you like a peek inside? I bet you would! Lots of lovely sewing ideas and gorgeous bright photos.

(Please forgive my photos as it's a grey and overcast day here.)

Would you like to try and win yourself a subscription? If you head on over to Pip Lincolne's blog ....Meet me at Mikes, you can enter her competition to win a 6 month subscription to Mollie Makes!

Speaking of competitions...we've been having a wonderful weekend laughing,crying and having a good read through all of your entries into my giveaway. Winners will be announced tomorrow!

Three Days to Go!

I've been reading through all the entries in the "Sisters" competition- and I love them all!

  This is going to be very hard to judge.

  Just a reminder- you have until Friday to get your entry in, if you haven't already.

 Here's a pic of the Gift Quilt- three patterns for this quilt will be given away- with the winners choice of one other of the new Christmas patterns!

  Just tell me what it means to have a sister- or if you don't have a sister- why you would like to have a sister.

Entries close midnight Friday!

 So get writing!!

Christmas in July with QFD

Sounds like a lot of fun...and anyone can join as the patterns are online, you can also win prizes and chat with the designers too! Go to Quilt Fabric Delights or visit their blog to find out more. I can't wait! Think of all the Christmas projects that you'll make all in time for December!!

 

A "Sisters" Give-away!!

Firstly an announcement- (fanfare of trumpets) or two.....

MY NEWEST PATTERNS:

   My new patterns have now all been finished and are in shops- the latest one "Tassel Cones" should be at your favourite Quilt Shop at the end of next week!!  Just in time for Christmas!

 

Second Grand announcement...

  Sarah- you all know Sarah- of Quilt Fabric Delights.. Has a new Christmas Club  (Yay!)

.. And I'm one of the contributors!  I've designed two Angel Boxes for her club- and she's very kindly using one of the designs as her Christmas Club Button!!

  Tear on over to Quilt Fabric Delights and have a look!!

  www.quiltfabricdelights.com.au

 

   Now for the Big "Sisters Competition"Announcement-

I'm giving away Three pattern packs of my newest designs!!

  The give-away pattern packs will contain:

   One Gift Quilt B.O.M. pattern and one other of the new Christmas patterns of the winnner's choosing!  (Either Tassel Cones or Gingersnaps).

 

What you have to do to enter is:

  Tell me in no more than two or three sentences what it means to have a sister.

  So- you have no sister?  Tell me why you would like to have a sister.

Prizes will be drawn next week- Friday 22nd. 7. 11. and winners announced on Monday 25th. 7. 11.

  Judges will be myself and  Sanchia -senior Red Brolly computer chic and Ava -junior Red Brolly computer chic (in training).

  We will each choose an entry.  Our decisions will be final.

Prizes will be posted to the winners on Tuesday 26th. 7. 11.

  Best of Luck!!

    Bronwyn ...

Sisters- a video and a pattern

Here's a lovely video from Sisters- The world's largest outdoor quilt festival.

It gives some great insight into the background of the show. It goes for 10 mins...but is really inspiring to watch.

 

This video shows wonderful images from the festival, with music and interviews with the Quilter's from Gee's Bend. Gospel singers who get together to sing and make quilts. Currently they are making a documentary on the singer's. Very inspirational, with one woman quilting for over 64 years!

Not forgetting my "Sisters" pattern...

 

 

Sisters-The largest outdoor quilt show.

On Saturday a small town in Oregon, called Sisters, aired out their quilts and threw down the welcome mat. The town closed all of it's streets for their annual outdoor quilt festival. What started as a quilt shop owner hanging out 12 of her students quilts, it has now blown out to the world's largest outdoor quilt festival-with over 1400 quilts on display this year. It is now an annual event which has been running for over 34 years.

Sisters is now a marvelous festival with workshops, sewing tutorials, with opportunities to meet designers, have books signed, listen to lectures, participate in children's activities- all whilst walking the streets admiring the wonderful quilt display. Sisters completly covers the town in quilts, with every shop displaying quilts-Wouldn't it be wonderful to visit?

Anyway, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves....

 

A close up of some stunning quilts. Couldn't help myself with the red one!

A collage of gorgeous quilts.

Finally something fun...!!!