Australasian Quilt Convention

Bron and I went to the Australasian Quilt Convention (AQC) today in Melbourne. I have arranged to meet up with blogger friends from the Civil War Bride Quilt blog as well. It was great to finally put names to faces. We had a lovely time looking at all the beautiful quilts and of course all the stalls with a gorgeous range of fabrics.

This is me in front of this gorgeous art quilt. Unfortunately I didn't get the name of the maker, I have to apologise. This quilt is more like a painting than a quilt. I just love it.

"Roses from the Heart" is an organisation involve in making these bonnets for each female convict in Australia. If you have convict ancestor/s and would like to make one you can get in touch with Christina Henri at http://www.christinahenri.com.au/ Christina will provide you a bonnet pattern and you can have fun making and embellishing to personalize it. I picked a copy of the pattern at the show and I will make one too.

A group of us from the Civil War Bride Quilt blog. From left is Lizzie, Deb, Nat (me), Ronnie (no blog) and Kali. Everyone brought their show and tell except me. Sorry ladies. I really enjoyed meeting them all and we were chatted like old friends. Bron took a lot of good photos for us, thanks Bron.

This was Bron's first visit to a quilt show since she became interested in quilting. Bron is planning to make a wool quilt for my DGD. You will see her quilt on Honey and Lemon soon.

I fell in love with this gorgeous quilt "Oriental Dreaming" by Chris McIndoe and Sharon Parkinson from SA. You must click to see the quilting details and the appliqué panels on either side of the circle. 

The overview of the hall where the quilts are hung. By chance the quilt hanging on the right is a crazy quilt made by Ronnie, the lady on our table. I met Ronnie 5 years ago when we first moved to Melbourne. I remembered Ronnie working on this quilt and I remembered it ever since. I'm so glad to have met up with Ronnie again today. 

Bron was enjoying the sun after a long ride home on the train. We were waiting to be picked up outside the station.

My turn to relax and to rest my tired feet. My last year's boots are still serving me well.

Ronnie has finished her Civil War Bride quilt and brought it in to show us. She is in the process of quilting it. We were inspecting the fringes on the table block.

I'm so glad to see this quilt, Stars and Sprigs by Kim McLean in person. I first saw Janet working on it on her blog recently, and I fell in love with it again this time. It's such a beautiful quilt. I hope the pattern will be come available soon. 

We had a really good day today. Hope you enjoy seeing my photos.