Quilt no 27

Crow Haiku

 It is made entirely from silk fabric from Oakshott, front and back. The background was pieced and then the crows were sketched on in thread. The haiku was printed onto transfer paper and then fused onto a piece of silk before attaching it to the quilt. The feathers were stencilled with a markal paintstick. The quilting was done with monofilament thread because I didn't want any distraction to the design but did want texture.

Quilt no 26

untitled

The block was made with some triangles made of strips.  The triangles were also scraps of a big quilt I've  made in the past...

Quilt no 25

Fragments of the Coronation

Materials and techniques:  Original tissue paper apple wrap from the Coronation, tissue silk, fusible web, silk satin, cotton scrim, vintage laces from the early twentieth century, cotton thread; stamped, stencilled and hand stitched.

Quilt no 24

Folk Art

Techniques: sunprint on cotton, photoprint on cotton and organza, hand embroidery, hand quilting

Quilt no 23

Freedom to Fly

The mini quilt is made with all shades of blues. A few have been repeated. The birds are my own pattern and have been fused on. They have decorative stitching on them to mimic feathers. The lace was hand stitched on as were the flowers.  While I was making this I kept thinking about freedom to express myself and the freedom that we have when writing dream.

  The backing is brown and teal.

Quilt no 22

The Perfect Home

Inspired and named by my 6 year old daughter, as a beginner and new to quilting this is only the second quilt I have every made. Images applied by machine and machine quilted.

Quilt no 21

Bright Summer

Made with microwave dyed cotton and including some of the plastic bag that I dyed the fabric in!  Raw edge strip pieced its machine quilted and embellished using hand stitching a little beading and a small amount of paint. Its backed with natural calico and has 80/20 wadding. I’ve included a sleeve for hanging and a label with my details on the back.

Quilt no 20

Coffee with Vincent

Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's "Still Life with Coffee - Blue Enamel", this block is machine appliqued with hand embroidered outlines and the quilting was done using variegated thread  and decorative stitches.

Quilt no 19

High Summer II

Most of the fabric used in this quilt was inked and painted in a guild workshop several years ago.

Quilt no 18

Dahlia

This quilt is hand pieced with the English paper technique, hand quilted with Perle 8 thread and embellished with French knots in the centre with DMC threads.