Meadow Cottage

 Meadow Cottage is our newest design now available.

If you know our designs, you know we each like to make our quilts in different colour ways.

We have done this, but we also offer two options for the blocks in the quilt.  The pattern has the complete instructions for both options.  

Lisa's quilt:

Lou's quilt:

New Pattern - Homelea House

 We are very happy to share our latest design with you.

Presenting Homelea House aka Nan's Rainbow Quilt.

Lisa's little granddaughter loves this and has already slept under it! 

Lisa's Quilt

Lou's Quilt

Large Quilt 96 1/2” square

 Medium Quilt 57 1/2” x 69 1/2” 

Small Quilt 32 1/2” square

Homelea is a fun scrappy quilt!

Featuring applique & machine piecing, we provide full size colour pattern & instructions for three quilts of varying size.    

Available in USA and Australia (so far...)

 Happy sewing,

Lisa & Lou

xo

 

New Small Treasure patterns

Where does the time go?
We are excitedly stitching with our fantastic first range of fabrics, Nicholson Street, by Andover, we can't tell you how amazing it is to sew with fabrics we have created...with our name on the selvedge.  It really is the "stuff of dreams".  Nicholson Street is due in shops in September.... Stay tuned...

In the meantime let us show you our most recent new patterns:

We hope you like them.  

Have a great week and happy stitching.

               Lisa & Lou

workshops and book signing

We are working on an upcoming patterns for teaching at Lilly Patches in Boronia on Saturday 21st July and at Patchwork Passion in Cranbourne on Saturday 28th July.

As we often do we are making our projects in two different colour ways with a twist!  Lisa is working on a very cool picture...something a little different that we think you'll love. Lou decided to turn the project into a cushion with wool felt applique.  But it's been a while since we have sewn an invisible zip. Not something we need to sew with quilts! We found a really great tutorial for sewing an invisible zip on You Tube. The link is below.

We also have a small quilt/wall hanging almost finished.  With a little applique and piecing.  You can make this out of two charm square packs or from fabrics from your stashes or the wonderful new fabrics both shops have in.

Pictures for these projects will be on our Instagram and Facebook soon.

If you'd like to join us for a great day of sewing and friendship give June (9761 2088) or Lorraine (5995 4455) a call to book in.





We are also doing a workshop at the Delahey Community Centre in Delahey on Saturday 14th July.  Two different projects for this day are all set to go and starter kits will be supplied to make a start on one of the projects on the day.

To book in call the council on 9249 4900 or email delaheycc@brinbank.vic.gov.au

Hope to see you soon.

PS:   Lisa is at the Sydney Quilt Show at the International Convention Centre Sydney at Darling Harbour tomorrow.... be sure to get her to sign your book if you see her. 
The Quiltmania stall will have lots of fantastic books available including our book "Vintage Quilts and Friendship".

Old Courthouse 1890

We are so very happy to be able to show you our newest design.
Old Courthouse is our newest quilt measuring approx 51" square. Super easy to make bigger by making more blocks. The maths for the setting triangles stays the same.
We love it and hope you do too!  We had great feedback from quilters at the Everything Patchwork and Quilting show at Gembrook on Saturday.  Thanks so much to all of you for popping over and chatting too.  
Oh and did we mention ......there is NO CURVED PIECING involved.

  
Our photo shoot was at the site of the original Healesville Courthouse at 42 Harker Street, Healesville which was built 1889 to 1890.

OUR NEWEST DESIGNS ARE:

Circa 1903

Circa 1903 is a large quilt. The blocks can be hand (or machine pieced) and English Paper Pieced. 

Circa 1903 features an original block design and machine pieced borders. .

Acrylic templates are included with all patterns.  You also have the option of buying the pattern with papers for EPP and the templates.

A wonderful large quilt with great opportunities to fussy cut your fabrics.
For those of you trying to guess.... Lisa's version has the brown and pink sashings and Lou's has the dark background fabric.

 

Eadie

Eadie is the collection of projects.  An applique quilt, lap or wall quilt (which can be made bigger) a small candle mat (great gift size project) and a table runner.

Hand or machine piecing, EPP and applique.....something for everyone!

Marna

Marna is the fourth project in Max & Louise Pattern Co’s Small Treasures series.  

We have used civil was reproduction fabrics appliqued onto linen.  It is a table runner.  It would look fantastic in any fabrics including modern/contemporary fabrics or wool felt.

 

Beverley

Beverley is the fifth project in Max & Louise Pattern Co’s Small Treasures series.  

We have used civil was reproduction fabrics.  It is a doll sized quilt/wall hanging.  It would look fantastic in any fabrics including modern/contemporary fabrics.

Ryrie

Ryrie is the third project in Max & Louise Pattern Co’s Small Treasures series.  

We have used civil was reproduction fabrics.  It is a small hand pieced or machine pieced doll size quilt. A perfect introduction to hand piecing. It would look fantastic in any fabrics including modern/contemporary fabrics.

New Patterns - Greenhills, Olive Bank and Monda

We are very pleased to present our three newest quilts including to first two of our "Small Treasures" collection.

Greenhills

This patterns includes a wall handing, mini quilt and table runner.

I really love seeing this in my dining room.... might have to make another to keep....

& our new "Small Treasures"

Monda:

A wonderful table runner.  A great combination of EPP and appliqué.

Olive Bank:

Designed as a table topper or lap quilt. 

Lisa had some fun with these shapes and choose some brighter fabrics. 

We hope you like them...
AS always, thanks for your support.
Happy stitching,
Lisa & Lou

We were so excited to see our Quilt "Allambee" on the cover of Quilters Companion this month. This is Lisa's colourway.  It has photographed beautifully.

This is Lou's version. I took a photo of the magazine, please forgive the quality!

And this is the two together

This fantastic graphic is from Lilly Patches.  Thanks heaps.

So head down to your local quilt shop or newsagent for your copy! Full pattern is in the magazine.

Happy Stitching 

(& Happy mothers day for all the Aussie mum's for Sunday).

Lou & Lisa

Nearly ready

Where does the time go?  Have you heard? There's only 110 day till christmas!  That's only 15 more Fridays!!! Freaky huh!  So where is this leading, apart from scaring you into shopping?
We'll it also means that's only 116 days until 2015.  So guess what we bought yesterday from June at Lilly Patches?

Yep, our diary for next year, and as much as we love the diaries in our phones, we couldn't resist this:

We're calender girls....Miss June.  We love Betty's Medallion and are so excited to be featured in Quilter's Companions 2015 diary.

Our next quilts for Quilter's Companion magazine get posted off on Monday.  If you've been on instagram, you'll have seen Lisa's sneak but here is is again:

and here is the sneak of Lou's:

have fun sewing (and shopping for that special day in December...mmmm...how many diaries can we give as christmas presents!!!!)

Lou & Lisa