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Last night I was the guest speaker at Pinestream Quilters in Upper Hutt, Wellington.  

I've spoken to Pinestream Quilters previously, so I decided to take along some of my bags and tapestry cushions, as well as my most recently finished quilts of course. 

Everyone loved my Giraffe tapestry cushion designed by Kim McLean.  I thought that they were no longer available, but upon checking I see that they are back in stock at the Crewel Gobelin in Sydney here.  You can read more about my cushion and how I attached the tassels here. 

On Wednesday I was the guest speaker at Town & Country Quilters in Levin.  

It was nice to be invited back because I was a guest speaker there back in 2015 when I was just starting my la Passacaglia.  

I took along ALL my Millefiori quilts, plus some of my bright Kaffe Fassett quilts.  

People were interested in the difference between English Paper Piecing and Hand Piecing.  You can read more about hand piecing here and find links to the videos I made.  

It's been very hot and humid across much of New Zealand this week.  Fortunately my garden ...

Last week I was the guest speaker at Rose City Quilters in Palmerston North, this week I was the guest speaker at Capital Quilters in Lower Hutt.  

Yes, I had a last minute invitation to be the guest speaker at Capital Quilters last weekend.  Unfortunately I couldn't let you know, because like Palmerston North, the meeting was restricted to members only, with a maximum of 100 attendees.  

I hadn't really unpacked from my Palmerston North trip, so it was easy enough to scoop up a few quilts and put them in the car.  I changed my talk up ...