Member Spotlight – Caroline Gunn

Welcome Caroline Gunn to our Member Spotlight Series.  If you've been coming to our Monday meetings you might have already met Caroline who also blogs at www.hunnigirlquiltdesigns.blogspot.com.au.  (Read to the bottom to find out how you can be part of this fun series.) 1. How long would you say you've been quilting for and what was it that got you interested in quilting? I would say officially I have been quilting since December 2010, but unofficially I did do a patchwork TAFE course back in the early 90's and started a sampler quilt of sorts... No rotary cutters, just rulers, pencils and scissors.  I have always sewn for as long as I can remember, my Nan used to piece clothes at home.  She used to get paid by the seam and gave us bits and pieces to play with.  During the devestating floods in QLD I was blog hopping and found lots of blogs auctioning off goodies, whoever had the highest bid donated the money to the...
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Member Spotlight – Jenna Appleton

This week I'm delighted to introduce you to Jenna who is another Flickr/coffee pal who I met a few months ago.  Jenna is extremely motivated and loves to hunt out fabric bargains, clicking up the KMs on her car to search through forgotten bolts of Anna Maria Horner's Good Folks and other out of print fabrics.  Jenna can be found online through Flickr here.  (Read to the bottom to find out how you can be part of this fun series.)   1. How long would you say you've been quilting for and what was it that got you interested in quilting? Properly - since January - but I've been around quilters before. My mum even worked in a quilt store for a little while when I was about 13. I wasn't a fan of the fabrics available back then... Mum's idea of modern quilting was a lot of zodiac fabric with metallic gold details. (Love you Mum) Late last year I started buying fabric...
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Member Spotlight – Lorena Uriarte

I'm really excited to introduce to you our new Member Spotlight series on the blog.  Every fortnight we will be posting up an interview with one of our members.  Amy came up with this brilliant idea as a great way to find out more about each other.  This week I'm delighted to introduce you to Lorena.  I first met Lorena about three months ago when a few gals on Flickr decided to have a little coffee catch up locally.  Lorena is very down to earth and has great taste  - I just love her version of the Jane Market bag made from Denyse Schmidt fabrics.  (Read to the bottom to find out how you can be part of this fun series.) 1. How long would you say you've been quilting for and what was it that got you interested in quilting? I had a very creative upbringing, there was always sewing, weaving, pottery and so on to be done. Growing up I hated...
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