Quilt Gallery

New York Beauty Block Quilt
This lovely Asian themed quilt was created by Pamela Westmacott and uses a middle feature Geisha panel surrounded by a series of New York Beauty blocks. To complete this quilt we utilised echoing around the Geishas, ditch stitching around the New York Beauty Blocks and then quilted outlines of the New York Beauty Blocks in the open areas to continue the theme of this wonderful piece of work.

Sampler quilt
Gail Stewart created this beautiful flower inspired sampler quilt. To match the intricate applique of her middle feature block and hand embroidery we decided to use a combination of feather blocks with matching borders and stippling around these feature blocks.

Winnie the Pooh
Judy Dwyer created this lovely Winnie the Pooh embroidery sampler quilt. Each sampler square had a unique ‘Pooh’ scene that was hand stitched with care. We added some subtle quilting in each embroidered block to compliment this wonderful exampling of custom quilting and embroidery.

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African Animal Quilt
This wonderful piece of work was created by Bronwyn Lee. In this quilt Bronwyn fussy cut multiple African animal fabrics and we finished off this unique quilt with a stitching in the ditch around animals and frames as well as a separate African border.

Asian Quilt
Pat Houston designed this lovely quilt complete with a 3D shadowbox effect. For this quilt, Pat decided to utilise an echoing effect around a range of stars that she placed along the border of this quilt.

Mariner's Compass Quilt
This is a stunning Mariner's Compass quilt. We chose a simple use of lines and stitching in the ditch on a large portion of this quilt to highlight the amazing compass feature in the middle of the quilt as well as the beautiful border fabric. On the inner brown border we chose scallops - I find scallops work well on many types of quilts on both small and large borders. The large brown triangles and the black border feature a pattern made by Ann Bright.

Sampler Quilt
Louise Kimbell made this lovely sampler quilt at a quilting class. With this quilt we used an echoing technique as shown on the butterfly below. This is a fantastic way to accentuate a pattern the quilter has created. The plain green border has more intricate quilting with swirls and feathers.

Ocean Waves
This Ocean Waves quilt was made by Robyn Evans, a quilter recently featured in The Quilter's Companion. To help compliment this wonderful quilt we used a shell edge to edge pattern.

Memorial Quilt
One of my customers asked me to make several memorial quilts out of her late mother's clothing so she and several of her close relatives would have something special to help preserve the many great memories in their family. For one of these quilts I used a simple nine-patch quilting design and a red, cream, and dark blue fabrics (this quilt was for her nephew who is 12). After I completed the quilt tops she help me to choose the quilting design for each quilt I made - this quilt has a firework quilting pattern.

Memorial Quilt #2
For another of the memory quilts we used a traditional log cabin design which is a brilliant way to use scraps of fabric. We focused on combining light and dark fabrics together to create a contrasting overall design. For this quilt we chose the same red centre for each log cabin square to create a consistent theme throughout the quilt. I quilted this quilt with an edge to edge heart and butterfly pattern.

Girl Guide Centenary Quilt
This lovely quilt was created by the St. Ives Quilters group and was donated to the Girl Guides. Sandra Chatterton and Belinda Allen presented this wonderful quilt to the State Commissioner, Belinda Allen at an official ceremony at Parliament House last May. This is a nine patch design that was quilted with an edge to edge Trefoil pattern.

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High School Memory Quilt
This is a new idea that I started to create for my son. This quilt puts together pieces of clothing that were important during their school years and keeps you from having closets full of old school uniforms that you just can't throw out!

1000 Hexagons
This amazing quilt was made by Sandra Worton with nearly 1000 hexagons. Each and every hexagon was hand stitched with 30 stitches per side. Sandra paper pieced this quilt over four years. I believe every hexagon was unique - I could not find any matches, can you? We put a simple yet elegant edge to edge design to finish off this amazing labour of love.

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Fussy Cut at its best
This lovely quilt was made by Shayne Littley with a pattern she found online. She used 18" squares in putting this quilt together but the true time came from the precision fussy cutting to make the middle squares look so precise.

Baby Alphabet Quilt
This lovely quilt was made by Leanne Stoll for her grandchild. She used applique for the letters and bears and we quilted this with a stitch in the ditch around the letters. We added a cute 'Bear and Train' border to finish off this lovely quilt.

Ricky Tims Variation
Singer / Quilter (yes that is correct) Ricky Tims inspired this quilt made by Shayne Littley. Shayne based this lovely quilt off of Ricky Tims' Convergence Quilt by using this theme in each of the 12 blocks of this quilt. We used a custom quilt design to finish this project by mixing a wavy cross hatch with maple leafs.

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Double Wedding Ring
This beautiful quilt was made by Leonie Hillard using the classic Double Wedding Ring design. This quilt was a long term project of Leonie's and we did custom quilting with a special double wedding ring design. This pattern was another one from the Tammy Finkler collection and complimented this lovely quilt perfectly.

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Spectacular Scraps
This quilt used the Spectacular Scraps design by Judy Hooworth from Morisset NSW. As the name suggests this is a great quilt to make with scraps especially when you have two primary colours and there are over 15 variations of this quilt pattern to choose from. Judy is an Australian quilter and can be contacted at judyhooworth@ozemail.com.au. The quilting on this project was a baptist fan pattern that went across the entire quilt.

Yellow Brick Road
This quilt was made using a Yellow Brick Road pattern. We added a custom quilting design in each of the sets of squares. The quilting design is called 'Pretty Posies" from the Tammy Finkler

Kaffe Fassett quilt
This quilt used a range of Kaffe Fassett fabrics which are well known for their colourful and unique designs. The quilt is done in a Triple Four Patch pattern and we used custom quilting primarily using a Twilla design.

Heart Quilt with Applique
Jo Eslick created this lovely heart applique quilt. The careful stitching around the hearts on this quilt were accentuated as we only quilted around these appliques. We used a heart edge to edge pattern and added stitch in the ditch around the hearts.

You Can Sew Quilt
This quilt used the 'You Can Sew Quilt' pattern that was created by Linda Sherony of Wisconsin, USA. This was quilted with a Deb Swirl edge to edge design to compliment the random colour patterns.

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Stack n Whack Quilt
This beautifully detailed quilt is one of the many quilts made by Shayne Littley. This was a wonderful quilt to work with and the care taken with each of the fans was perfect in every way. We used a 'Botanical Blossoms' edge to edge pattern by Anne Bright to compliment this quilt. There are a range of Stack n Whack quilt patterns available in books or online.

Hand-Dyed Quilt
This wonderfully unique quilt was made by Helen Richards as part of her Black Quilts family. This queen sized quilt was made with black fabric that was hand-dyed with bleach creating an amazing array of colours that produced a truly beautiful custom quilt. To compliment the uniqueness of this quilt we used a very simple set of random curved lines as the quilt pattern.

Bargello Quilt
I made this unique Bargello quilt for my son. It uses different shades of blue with light purple and green highlights. The dark blue fabrics gradually changing to white creates a nice contrast. This quilt was inspired by Millies Quilting. I quilted this one using the water ripple design in an edge to edge pattern on the Gammill Statler Stitcher to keep the wave motif on this quilt.

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Double Irish Chain Quilt
This elegant design was custom made for a client who was looking for that perfect gift for her mother. Being of Irish heritage she was looking for something unique yet practical for her mother. We decided to forego the traditional Irish Green for some wonderfully soft blue tones but still used the Irish Shamrock quilt pattern to subtly have the Irish theme present throughout this lovely quilt.

Sampler Quilt
I have two Sampler quilts on this page. The first one features green and red colours that contrast and compliment each other well. Twelve different types of stars are used in 12 inch blocks to include: Free Trade, Constellation Star, Rising Star, Martha Washington Star, Album Variation, Maple Star, Missouri Star, Girls Favourite Star, Ribbon Stars, and 54-40 or Fight. It is quilted using a custom method with a leave design in the blocks and sashing. A simple scalloped border has been chosen along the white border.

The second Sampler quilt uses a Gold and Purple colour scheme. I used cream colour blocks in between each sampler block to better highlight the intricate quilting used for this quilt. The 12 inch blocks include a Fence Rail, Blossoming Tree, Sawtooth Star, Maple Star. The six inch blocks include a Log Cabin, Roman Square, Nine-Patch, and Pinwheel blocks. As you can see I have used custom quilting here with each square having its own quilt pattern which adds to the richness of the quilt and highlights the flexibility that the Gammill machine allows. A feather theme has been used on the individual blocks, border triangles, and the borders.

Roman Candle Variation
I made this Roman Square variation quilt with a black, white, pink, and purple colour scheme. This quilt was for my voice teacher who loves music and every year organises a concert with her students to raise money for the Jane McGrath Foundation. The concert features a cabaret style with participants wearing black and just a touch of pink (just like the quilt). The quilt uses pink breast cancer fabric.

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New Zealand Quilt
This simple quilt design is great for beginners! I made this for my very good friend from New Zealand. It features New Zealand fabrics with a black, white and red colour scheme. This quilt uses 3 ½ inch blocks and a diagonal design. In this quilt I used a square block pattern for quilting to keep in line with the motif of this quilt.

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Janet’s Quilt
I designed this quilt which was inspired by Kaffe Fasset’s “Wallpaper Strips" Quilt. I only had fat quarters to make this quilt so I made my own design with the same effect! This bright fabric gives the quilt an exciting modern look. I hand quilted this quilt using embroidery thread of different colours. Visit our Free Quilt patterns to see the fabric requirements and directions for assembly.

Helen’s Quilt
This is a great quilt to make with scraps or extra 2 ½ inch strips. It has an easy design and it great for quilters starting out!! It uses a variety of bright pink, greys, white and black fabric. Visit our Free Quilt patterns to see the fabric requirements and directions for assembly.

Caroline’s Quilt
My daughter and I made this quilt using six inch blocks. She did all the sewing on the blocks herself and did a lovely job for a seven year old!!! I've quilted this quilt using the triple heart butterfly design with a corresponding butterfly border. The quilt has dark purple, turquoise, pink, yellow, green and white multicoloured fabrics- all of which she chose herself! It is bordered the same dark purple fabric used as the middle squares. The outer border compliments the turquoise fabrics in the quilt. I am very proud of her- she did a fantastic job!

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