SPRING IN AUSTRALIA - FLOWERS, QUILTS, LIGHTS

I recently went to the annual Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers with a friend and this is what we saw.
Garden beds of flowers, flowers, and more flowers !!!!

 

 

 

 

 







 



We also took time to visit two quilt shows and the local quilt shops while we were there.  I found a beautiful Jo Morton fat 1/4 bundle and some King Tut quilting thread which just begged to go home with me.  How could I refuse?

  

There were many beautiful quilts, but I have never seen quilts as small as the ones in this display.  The hexagon quilt is on a little bed approximately 6 x 8 inches. The crazy quilt on the other bed was beautifully detailed, and there was a quilt with the tiniest pieced triangles on the cot.

 

 

We also visited my favourite country wares shop Gottabee Country where you can find all kinds recycled timber furniture, textiles and decorative household items.



 

But as a self confessed chocaholic I was confronted with the most alarming piece of information!!!

 

On another trip during the ten day Carnival of Flowers festivities, this time with my husband, I visited the Spring into the Country craft show at Geham, a small community outside Toowoomba.
I found an old ice cream scoop to add to my collection of kitchenalia of rolling pins, beaters, bottles and bowls.  My husband remarked that it looked very old, probably dating to the 1950s, probably as old as us.  That was a comforting thought!!!

Also during September we went to see the laser light show as part of the annual Brisbane Festival.  We met up with a relative from the country down in Brisbane for a conference.  After a lovely dinner at the Treasury Casino in the city, we walked across the bridge to South Bank to watch the display.  





 

 

I've also spent lots of time this month learning about my new sewing machine, practising machine quilting and using up more of that never ending supply of antique floral fabric. 



 

 

 

And I've made a small pumpkin quilt for Halloween, one block from the Pumpkins on Parade pattern in the Fall 2013 edition of Primitive Quilts and Projects magazine.



And the swans on our local lake are growing up beautifully.

Happy Quilting,

Bronwyn