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“Native Birds and Flowers of Australia”
"Viewer’s Choice” for 2002, Canberra Quilter’s Inc. exhibition, Australia.

Such a proud day and such a surprise too.!

Mum and Dad had moved to Canberra and this was mum’s and my first project working together in her newly appointed sewing room. My background in designing combined with mum's love for the Australian bush and her obsession for handwork led me to this inaugural quilt design for their new home. As each block was completed, we started to get the notion that it was going to be a very pleasing result and as naive new members to the Canberra Quilter’s mum thought…….”why not enter it?” So to cut a long story short…..it was a Show stopper!…….and obviously pleased the crowds. Mum and I were both doing volunteer work at the exhibition and were inundated with inquiries about who’s design was it? and where it was available as they could see it was “new” in the quilting world. We had no idea the “egg “had just been hatched for us! So from there we put together our first pattern, and December 2002, “Aussie Applique” was born and we have not stopped since. I always have a head full of ideas I want to explore and luckily combined with mum's sewing skills we have the expertise to take my designs and create new applique designs to keep you all quilting and sewing happily!

Please check our site regularly or add your name to our guest book for “hot gossip” into new designs. Email us any questions you may have, tell us your story, or send us a picture of your finished quilt using one of our designs…….we love to see your work and personal flair with fabric and colour ….is always such a thrill.

~Pat and Helen Godden

"Native Birds and Flowers of Australia"

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See also this quilt which recently won First Place
in the Professional Section of the Royal Canberra Show, 2004; and Savannahscapes

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Title: "Savannahscapes"

Awarded Third Place in the Pictorial section of the Quilter's Guild of NSW Exhibition 2004 in Darling Harbour Sydney.

Size: 145 x 245 cm long

Description: A very heavily appliqued quilt. Lengths of fabric were created first with lots of applique and quilted patterns. These lengths were then cut and themselves appliqued to the base fabric, creating 3 landscape panels depicting the colours and heat of the African Savannah. The beautifully marked animals were featured and their decorative fur patterns emphasised through raw edge reverse applique.
There was a lot of intricate cutting to create the black silhouettes and then the entire piece was extensively machine quilted. An exhausting job but a wonderful result.
The "baby" pattern of this quilt appears in the catalogue as the "African Table Runner".
Helen has recently conducted a workshop teaching this design in Canberra and stunning results were created by some very happy quilters.