Amitie Textiles

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Friday Aug 3

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Saturday Aug 4

9.30 am – 4 pm

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1st timer......

This is Felicia's first attempt at quilting and what a first attempt it is!!!
Made using Judy's Vintage Comfort pattern, we changed the layout a little and the result is stunning.
Well done Felicia! Oh I forgot to add Felicia's 1st class was May 31, and it is all hand pieced.........

Judy's cushion class........

....... was a great hit during the holidays.
These are some photos from group 2....sorry group 1, I didn't have the camera with me. 

This is Anita and Lucy. It's lovely to see mothers and daughters stitching together.
[ doesn't happen at my house]

Such concentration!!! Beautiful stitches were the result though.

The finished items. Thanks for being such a nice group of girls.

quilt show

We have a stall at the Melbourne Quilt and Craft Fair  stall # C31
Mark it in your diary and then come on down and say hi!
26th -29th July
9-5 Thursday, Friday and Sunday and 9-8pm Saturday

Teacher Profile : Kerry Harley

My mother, kath, was always ‘making’ and taught my sisters and brothers and I to appreciate colour,texture, and beauty of fabrics and arts in general.  Quilting was a natural progression from tapestry, rug making and knitting.  My first quilt was made in the late 1960s  - very bright, very big.  My mother and sisters all had the bug and we exchanged scraps  of fabric and stitched hundreds of hexagons using paper templates which our father printed for us.
Since then my passion has been traditional hand piecing and applique using the american sewing method.  My inspirations are a small collection of antique quilts from north America, my personal library of quilting histories, and my quilting friends.
My own creations are varied and live with family and friends here and overseas, while others are stacked at home and used in everyday living. I have as many as four or five quilts ‘on the go’ at any given time, and always complain that there are many more in my brain.  I dream quilts, so I must have inherited the quilt ‘gene’ along with my sister and nieces. I do admit to being a quilt tragic.
Teaching was my life so moving to the quilt classroom on retirement was easy for me.  I love helping others to appreciate fabric and pattern and realise their dream of making a quilt and hope that they derive as much pleasure from this pastime as many others do.
I have to express my gratitude to my husband Jim, whose critical eye is invaluable and also to my niece's husband Kym, for his continual support and encouragement to all of my quilting family."

Photo's of a few quilts I have made:
of Boston Beauty, Sunshine and flowers & American Beauty

You can check out the latest class list by clicking here