Welcome to Essendon Quilters
Sharing our love of quilting
We meet regularly to explore the art and craft of quilting.
Visitors and new members are most welcome at our monthly meetings.
Our site has two levels:
PUBLIC - available for everyone
MEMBERS ONLY - available when you join our group (login required)
Public Health Response:
All Quilters, that are part of the Victorian Stitching fraternity, are to be congratulated for hanging in with the many public health restrictions. Some of our special activities cancelled and/or deferred include the Quilt Show, workshops, Paint Chip Challenge, and the Annual Retreat.
We have also sought and received permission to defer our Annual General Meeting. In the same vein, the membership subscription will not be due until 2021.
Melbourne is on track with the Government’s Roadmap out of restrictions. When we can recommence we are insured and have an active membership of Vic Quilters to mid-2021.
We look forward to being able to stitch together again as soon as the Government says it’s safe to do so.
Latest News
Denise S #17: Crazy Modern
Another project from long ago! ... Denise S The foundation (cloth) pieced Crazy Patchwork block (6 inches finished), along with ribbons, and threads & blue fabric is from the 1990s. It’s been in the guilty pile since then. Although it has been pulled out...
Quilt Show Memories #2
Guess who ... Do you remember this quilt at our Quilt Show? What was it that caught your eye? Was it the genre, style, pattern, colour, layout, or quilting? How well do you know our members and their quilts? Do you think you know who made it? Let us know in the...
Lorraine C #19: QFO Challenge
Quilts for foster children ... Lorraine C We are still in lockdown for a while (hopefully not so much on Sunday) and this is an ideal time to make something for a foster child from scraps of material and wadding leftover from other projects. This quilt was made...
Margot L #6: Using up the stash
Thank goodness for granddaughters... Margot L Loved this bag pattern and kept putting it aside as I was unable to read the Japanese instructions. Luckily a 12-year-old granddaughter translated enough to get me through. Became addicted and just kept going using...
Robyn R #19: Crib Creatures
Renith's quilt ... Robyn R Mysteries in the stash - another one of those I couldn't resist. Just had to have it, don't remember why - perhaps it was its cuteness and bright colours. Well, it sat there until being uncovered during the stash tidy-up, but what to...
Quilt Show Memories #1
Guess who ... Do you remember this quilt at our Quilt Show? What was it that caught your eye? Was it the genre, style, pattern, colour, layout, or quilting? How well do you know our members and their quilts? Do you think you know who made it? Let us know in the...
Recent Posts
Denise S #17: Crazy Modern
Another project from long ago! … Denise S The foundation (cloth) pieced Crazy Patchwork block …
Quilt Show Memories #2
Guess who … Do you remember this quilt at our Quilt Show? What was it …
Lorraine C #19: QFO Challenge
Quilts for foster children … Lorraine C We are still in lockdown for a …
Margot L #6: Using up the stash
Thank goodness for granddaughters… Margot L Loved this bag pattern and kept putting it aside …