Cooee Quilting

Home
Australia
Yeppoon, QLD
Cooee Quilting

Professional quilting service and quilt pattern designer. www.cooeequilting.com

16/10/2026

Alrighty then! Last week saw me staggering over the finish line, courtesy of the quilting marathon that ‘girlfriend’ - Kathy Kerr - set for me. Said girlfriend is most emphatically our Quilt Queen this week with her mammoth Double Wedding Ring…although for a period…our friendship got relegated to something decidedly lesser. 😑

I get to be the Quilting Warrior because this was the biggest beast to grace Lizzie’s rollers and took seven very long days to complete. My body started murmuring around Day 3 and was in a full roar by the end of Day 4. Everything hurt - fingers, wrists, back, neck and feet - but I soldiered on cos that is what warriors do. 😜

That said…it is a magnificent quilt and I can love it again now that it is back in its mummy’s hands. I was smirking as I handed it over and pointed out that it was now her turn to grapple with the scallop binding - all 436 inches!!

And yes…I did drink that night. 😋

P.S. Kathy had it professionally valued at a whopping $8000.
P.P.S. Now she tells me she wants to make a scrappy one. 😶 I have gently suggested that perhaps it should be a touch smaller.

11/10/2026

A little tour of Lynore Smith’s quilt hot off Lizzie’s press. Want something simple to do with your jellyroll…then this is your quilt!! It showcases fabrics with a full-on modern vibe.

09/10/2026

Time for something simple, fun, and designed for the jellyroll pre-cut. Lynore Smith has made this beautiful modern quilt. A plain beige background is the perfect foil to make those 2” strips pop and its linen-like look really adds to the modern vibe.

For quilting - I went for texture texture texture baby!! 😋 A playful paisley to soften up all those straight lines. 💖

06/10/2026

September was a busy month and involved:

✅ being a Miss September for the Quilters Companion Diary 2026
✅ finally finishing the binding for version 1 of ‘Posy Parade’
✅ accidentally creating a merged block from my ‘Petalworks’ and ‘Second Chance Circles’ quilts
✅ smashed out a Double Wedding Ring custom quilt over 7 days that had my 57 year old body roaring its displeasure at me
✅ survived - in fact - sailed through my most difficult Bipolar month…
so happy days!! 🤗

02/10/2026

I debated whether I should share this IG post here but have decided that it is part of my story and a large part of the reason why Cooee Quilting exists. So here goes:

I have Bipolar. In sharing this, I am not asking you to feel sorry for me. I am a firm believer that we all have ‘our row to hoe’ and Bipolar just happens to be mine.

I manage it because the other option is unthinkable. I won’t lie…there were a few times when it was thinkable…but the opening to that tunnel has finally been bricked in by Yours Truly.

September is my worst month. Since time immemorial it has been Breakdown Central, delivered on cue, as the calendar ticks over. I have no living memory of a September when this has not been the case. But…this year the delivery has gone astray…and I have sailed blithely through and find myself in uncharted territory. Part of me wonders if I will spend the next few months waiting for my parcel…but I have made a conscious choice. I am calling it a win and will not look this gift horse in the mouth…because, honestly, why poison the well? Bipolar requires constant vigilance and management but, in the end, happiness is still a choice I get to make.

And yes…I celebrated it with bubbles!! 🤗

25/09/2026

I have amassed quite a backlog with my custom quilting so am currently trying to rectify this situation. This week’s quilt was made by Marion Hudson - a lovely candlewick quilt with a few twists. The first is the theme of her blocks - Australian native flora - and, secondly, her use of coloured threads to make everything pop.

Marion tells me that she created the burnt tree blocks to increase the size and I just love their inclusion - so iconically Aussie. Finally, she returned to tradition with the insertion of the beautiful cotton lace which frames everything nicely.

For me…it’s a case of one down…a few more to go!! 🙃

22/09/2026

The design process for my next pattern called ‘Posy Parade’ that shall be released at the end of this year.

18/09/2026

This week our Quilt Queen is Lucy Colahan with her first ever quilt - a striking Trip Around the World. The colours are warm and that black gives this version some serious oomph! But it is also the rest of the fabrics - small florals that shift into larger scales and colours merging light through to dark - that make this composition so harmonious.

Of course, my quilting choice needed to contain florals but I chose this pattern because the addition of feathers and scrolls gave some added elegance to this timeless quilt. Well done Lucy! 👏👏👏

15/09/2026

I am ON A ROLL!! Version 2 for my ‘Posy Parade’ pattern is coming together nicely. I think I may have a new love. It’s a totally different look compared to Version 1.
🖤💜❤️💙🩷💚💛🧡🖤

11/09/2026

Today we have a dose of cuteness with Cecilia Abbott’s ‘Raggedy Anne’ stitchery quilt. The detail and beautiful stitching made this quilt a joy to work on. I have never seen Raggedy Anne portrayed this way and its quirkiness is definitely part of its charm.

Hearts, flowers, swirls and curls seemed appropriate for the quilting to keep the girliness going. Happy weekend All. 💖

Address

Yeppoon, QLD

Telephone

+61458334594

Website

http://www.cooeequilting.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Cooee Quilting posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Establishment

Send a message to Cooee Quilting:

Want your establishment to be the top-listed arts & entertainment in Yeppoon?