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Left,AftertheLastSkybyJennyBowker
Right,Thisyear’sRaffleQuiltis called
ChuckNoharaandis a collaborativequilt
madebyMareeBlanchardandLorena
Uriarte and quilted by Kat JonesQUILTING DOWN UNDERSydneyQuiltShow
ThebiggestquiltshowintheSouthernHemispheretakes
placethismonthinSydneyfrom19th-23rdJuneandfeatures
over 400 quilts.JennyBowker,whomanyof youwillbe
familiarwith,is partof the 2018 Bestof AustraliaQuilts
gallerypresentedbyBerninaAustralia;herquiltAfterthe
LastSky,whichwonBestinShowlastyear,is basedona
photobyMosa’abElshamy.There’slotstoseeat theshowand
welovethesoundof theQuiltNSW Suitcase Challenge
themedaround“Running
AwaywiththeAmish”aswell
astheir“HoopDisplay”where
smalltextilesareframedin
hoopsandsuspendedaround
a largeframe.Besuretofollow
theshowonsocialmedia
leadingupto,andduringthe
event@sydneyquiltshow and
@quiltnswhttp://www.quiltnsw.com
http://www.quiltersguildnsw.blogspot.comCREATIVE COLLABORATIONBLOOMSBURY
ThelatestcollaborationbetweenFreeSpiritandTheStyleLibrary,celebratingthelegacyof WilliamMorris,is a newfabric
collectionentitledBloomsbury.TheStyleLibraryis custodianof theoriginalMorris& Coarchive,whichcontainsallof
thehandblocksforallMorris& Co.wallpaperseverproduced,theoriginalproductionlogbooks,standbooksandfabric
samples.It’sa treasuretroveofferinga wealthof inspirationtotheirdesignteams.Thisis thefourthcollectionfromthis
fruitfulcollaborationandwasinspiredbythecreationof Morris& Coin1875.Bloomsburyis filledwithrich,earthytones
andfeaturestheiconicStrawberryThiefdesignaswell as a less elusive pimpernel design featuring large curving stems and
flowerheads– a mustforArts and Crafts lovers.
http://www.freespiritfabrics.com