http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/main.php First 4 shelves of the library quilt... http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/library_quilt.jpg.html 1939 And now there are eight shelves of the library quilt! I still have to hand stitch some of the 'wooden shelves'. I have been se http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF3133.jpg.html 1962 A.S. Byatt shelf. This title is all appliqued and hand embroidered. A small work of art. http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF3134.jpg.html 1986 Yates Garden Guide - Miss Yates lived in Castlemaine in a dear little cottage overlooking the golf course with amazing and rare http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF3135.jpg.html 1991 I think this is my favourite representation. That mockingbird absolutely carked makes me laugh every time I look at it!!! http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF3136.jpg.html 1996 me, busily hand stitching 'shelves'. http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF3143.jpg.html 2002 Some of "The Workers" at the unveiling on Saturday June 19, toasting their wonderful work and looking stunned AND amaz http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF3176.jpg.html 2009 Back view of some of The Workers and front view of the still unfinished quilt - there is another 'shelf' to be added, as well as http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF3178.jpg.html 2012 Denise Jepson, President of FOCAL (Friends Of CAstlemaine Library) slaving in 35* heat, Oct 12 2004 http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF4621.jpg.html 2015 Librarian and friend Jenny McIntyre who gave support, enthusiasm, tangible help, wine, laughs and great conversation over the la http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF4622.jpg.html 2017 Got the string line out to make sure the edges were straight. The first of the "Toyota Moments" (the bugger ones).. http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF4623.jpg.html 2019 Longer view of the string line and more Toyota moments. Oct 13 2004 http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF4624.jpg.html 2022 What do they say - "Measure once and cut twice"? The ultimate Toyota moment when I find I have cut a 'shelf' too short http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF4627.jpg.html 2024 Jenny helping me, resting after she washed a week's worth of dishes for me. She is reading QMN - maybe she is a convert???? Oct http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF4628.jpg.html 2026 The light at the end of the tunnel...the binding is on and all 10m of it waiting to be hand stitched down. Oc 13 2004 http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF4630.jpg.html 2028 Yee ha!!!! Is all done, black binding outside the 'wooden' edging. It ended up measuring 288 cm x 188 cm, or 113" x 74 http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF4633.jpg.html 2030 The twenty five amazing and wonderful women who really made this quilt. Most of them had never picked up a needle before. Than http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF4636.jpg.html 2049 Jenny isn't really a Hobbit, she just lookslike one here... Setting up for the Grand OPening. Oct 16 2004 http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF4644.jpg.html 2051 From the top of the staircase, Verey Exhibition on rear wall - Ashley rescued over 4,000 glass negs (off to the tip) from Verey http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF4645.jpg.html 2053 View to Poverty Gully from the staircase. http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF4646.jpg.html 2055 Jan from Togs delivering the munchies. http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF4647.jpg.html 2057 Towards the Library entrance, Big Eye window, and the quilt lurking behind the Red Flag of the Workers http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF4648.jpg.html 2059 I had my own private unveiling of the plaque for this photo... http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF4650.jpg.html 2061 Bendigo Member and Minister for Agriculture and Library Openings, Bob Cameron, and Patrick Lacey, only the 7th Librarian in the http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF4653.jpg.html 2063 the crowd doing what crowds do best - crowding. http://jasmine.noraisin.net/gallery/v/Castlemaine-Library-Quilt/DSCF4655.jpg.html 2065