Hello, I’m Judie Bellingham and I live in Brisbane, Australia. I have been quilting since the year I married – 1976! My husband and I, like most newly weds, had taken a rather large mortgage and didn’t have a lot of money left over for clothes, outings etc. So darling husband (DH) decided to buy me a sewing machine so I could learn how to sew clothes. (His father was a tailor, so this seemed an obvious thing to do!!)

I went to sewing classes and learned how to make wrap-around cotton skirts and Knitwit T-Shirts. I hated making clothes with a passion. BUT what I loved was the scraps that were left over! These scraps were like gold. This was one of a few “light bulb moments” in my life and I was hooked on QUILTING!!.

Over the past 31 years I have made a multitude of quilts, in many different genres. I’ve been teaching a variety of classes since 1997 and have taught both locally in Queensland and as a visiting tutor to Victoria and New South Wales.

I joined the Queensland Quilters Inc, (2Q) the state Quilting Guild of Queensland, and have served as a committee member for 3 years and in June just passed, I was elected to the role of Vice President. Since 2005 my main contribution to the Guild has been as Editor of the “Material Facts”, a quarterly magazine published by Queensland Quilters (2Q). This magazine covers a multitude of subjects to do with quilting in our neck of the woods and the world over, and I love the challenge.

I’m really looking forward to corresponding with you and getting to know you. My main focus with quilting is to always make it fun and keep a sense of humor.

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