Quilt no 19

Regular cotton fabrics and a few glass beads!

Quilt no 18

Tic Tac Toe with Kaffe

Constructed with a natural colored linen and Kaffe Fassett fabrics. The circles are covered buttons and it is machine quilted in a geometric design.

Quilt no 17

This is made from my own shibori dyed fabric and hand dyed backing fabric which has been brought from the back to make a wrap round binding. I have used Sashiko thread for the seeding stitch and embellished with buttons and beads. All hand stitched.

Quilt no 16

All cotton, hand-dyed fabric (with tea bags), thread sketching, gold fabric paint accents with button/paua shell beads.

Quilt no 15

Owls T(h)ree

It is made from brown stripes (all out of the scrapbag). I ironed painted vliesofix (mistyfuse) on it and after this a black chiffon. Then sewed on it with a zigzag stitch. Then made three different holes, put owls behind and between real lace from St. Gallen, Switzerland! Backing and a binding! Finished.

Quilt no 14

Let it snow

This quilt was inpsired by a snowy photo, and a desire to experiment more with texture. Pleats hide icy jewels with larger fabric / buckram snowflakes.

Quilt no 13

Gold Fish

silk, beads and paint. Hand stitched on the front, pillow case binding

Quilt no 12

Desert Country
A square of hand stitched glitz, silk etc button hole stitched onto a flax ( I think) background with coronne stick circles and backed with cotton.

Quilt no 11

Day's Glory

Fused raw edge applique. Machine quilted with a layer of tulle.

Don't panic!

I know I've uploaded some photos - and there will be more before the end of the week - but the deadline is not until 31st January - I just wanted to share some for inspiration, and also, try to avoid having to upload them all at once!

So, the deadline's not quite upon us, but neither is it that far away - so if you want to be included, best get working...