Reminder/Thanks

You should all now have had an email from me reminding you that it's only one month to the photo deadline for this swap - many of you have emailed me back to let me know about your progress - thanks for that (it's not necessary, though, so don't worry if you haven't emailed me).

As you know, this swap is set up as it is partly so that people who find they are unable to play as the deadline looms, can drop out without letting anyone down. I hope for everyone's sake that you will all be able to join in and receive one of the fantastic quilts we are making, but if you can't, it's not a problem, so don't worry...

Quilt no 17

The Fireball of Milton Street

based on a watercolour painting

Detail from back

Quilt no 16

Untitled

This is a paper pieced block using a Marcis Hohn pattern for birdhouses.  The openings are yoyos.  Each rooftop is quilted with "feathers" and the house portion have variouse quilt designs on them.  Stippling is the quilting style for the remainder.  The back has cats all over it and contains a label naming this swap, the year and my name.

Quilt no 15

Untitled

The background fabric is batik. It's covered with organza. Between the two layers are some pieces of fabric (vase and stems) and some artificial flowers (silk flowers). I've quilted around the flowers and around the heart prints on the batik. I've put buttons in the centre of the flowers. The batting is cotton and so is the back of the quilt.

Quilt no 14

Time to rest

I am on a rampage to utilize all the bits and pieces that I have not been able to throw away for the past (many) years. This is a silk painted face that didn't make it into the original project but I just couldn't throw away.  So here she is reinvented in a piece titled "Time to Rest"...

Quilt no 13

Garden Fern

Cotton patchwork  background, with fusible web appliqué batik leaves.  Free motion quilted  This 12 inch square quilt is a Miniature version of one block  of a garden quilt I have made.

Quilt no 12

Chocolate and Citrus Fruit

Machine pieced and hand quilted with Pearls 8 cotton. I've also made a pocket in the back to insert a pillow if desired.

Quilt no 11

Struck

Titled "Struck" because the design reminds me of lightening bolts coming from a gray sky.  It is 12" squares and done in aqua and orange on a gray background.  It is machine pieced and hand quilted. The back of the mini quilt has two pockets for hanging if someone desires to do so.

Quilt no 10

Cinnamon Star

I made a dresden plate from some christmas fabric, as this little quilt will probably go to its new home about Christmas time.  I machine appliqued it to a cinnamon coloured background (hence the name). Did some random straightline quilting, stitched cream stars on to the tone on tone holly fabric, and attached a red bead to each point. It has an envelope back to enable it to be displayed, and is embroidered with details of when and who made it.

Quilt no 9

Whose Garden?

A minature version of a 'Don't Look Now' pattern!  The flowers and butterflies have been attached using bondaweb and then stitched in place to secure.  The background is free motion quilted using a flower design.