Quilt no 38

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12.5x20.5"
My quilt is 12.5" x 20.5" and is made with Lil Plain Jane by Michael Miller and Darlene Zimmerman for the birds. It is all hand stitched with DMC threads and hand quilted with Perle 8 thread. The birds are appliquéd onto 100% linen. I will add a label when I know the recipient.

Quilt no 37

Seminole Quilt
17.75x23.5"
It consists of 6 Seminole patterns.I admit I cheated when I did the Snails trail pattern as I didn't use the Seminole method - I stitched onto gridded vilene to ensure accuracy. It is assembled using the Seminole method of stitching the pattern strips to the wadding/backing. This is a "Quilt as you go" process. There is not any additional ( surface) quilting on it. There is a hanging sleeve on the back.

Quilt no 36

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size tbc
This has been inspired by Hundertwasser. I have used gesso, markals and acrylic paint to create the background. Elements have been appliqued on. Button and bed embellishments. 3 layers machine quilted together.

Quilt no 35

Summer Magnolia
17x22"
The background is ecru muslin with a blue sky made out of 1.5" square scraps. The tree is English paper-pieced hexagons which were hand-appliquéd to the background. The trunk of the tree is also needleturned appliqué. The tree is embellished with white flower buttons. It's machine quilted in an all over meander, and the sky has some free motion clouds quilted into it. It comes with a hanging pocket on it, and I'll add a label once I know who it's going to.

Quilt no 34

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17.5x18"
This is all cotton fabric and wadding. Machine applique and mainly hand quilted - a little machine quilting in the border.

Quilt no 33

Inspired by William Morris
24x24"
All cotton fabric. Stitchery backstitched with Variegated Thread on cotton. Quilted in the ditch around the borders and free motion quilting in the outer border.

Quilt no 32

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24x24"
Shiva Paintsticks were used on the background fabric, and a really fun new (to me) technique of piecing and insetting the leaves was used. The backing and border was hand dyed.

Quilt no 31

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18x18"
The quilt measures about 18"x18" and consists of one background quilt and four small "quilts" that can change positions on the background. The green background fabric and the back of the quilt are hand dyed fabric. The background quilt has cotton batting and the small "quilts" have fast2fuse as batting. They are made from scraps and small pieces of ribbons and also some beads and buttons.



background quilt



closeup of one small interchangeable quilt square



another square



alternative layout for quilt squares

Quilt no 30

Happy Go Lucky
16.5x16.5"


On one side it is a black and white string block and on the other is a kaleidoscope block. I can’t decide which side I like better! The materials used were black and white assorted prints from my stash and the lime green and black print is from the kiwi collection and the black and white print fabrics are Michael Miller & Jennifer Paganelli prints. It is quilted using cotton batting with straight line quilting (my favorite) and the black binding sets off the quilt and is machine stitched to the front and hand stitched to the back.

Quilt no 29

Flower Garden
57x82cm
Pieced from hand-dyed cotton, some Shiva and textile paint details, heavily quilted with variegrated thread.