Quilt no 47

On the Beach

My quilt is called "On the Beach", it was inspired by the many visits we used to make with our dog to beaches in Essex. The techniques used are those demonstrated by Sally Holman, where she combines nautical fabrics and hand dyed ones and manipulates them create her scenes. I have attended several of her workshops and love to create scenes of my own by manipulating the fabric and adding hand embroidery to add texture and interest.

Quilt no 46

St Malo Waterfront

Material: hand-dyed cotton

Technique: fused, machine quilted.

Quilt no 45

Tulips

If you've ever wanted a wall hanging that fairly screams "spring" then this is the quilt for you! Luscious pink flowers with brilliant green leaves on a cheerful aqua background. Border is in blue and green tones with touches of purple. Bright teal binding matches back. Paper pieced and hand appliqued batiks, quilted in the ditch. I will also personalize the label for you.

Quilt no 44

Clematis

My quilt 'clematis' is based on a painting I did in 2004 of a clematis growing in our garden. I used 100 % cotton throughout including the wadding. The petals and leaves are appliquéd to the background using chain and buttonhole stitch and the stem is created using Portuguese knotted stem stitch. Beads are used for the stamens.

Quilt no 43

Hurricane Season

This piece is called Hurricane Season, inspired by current weather events in the Atlantic Ocean.  My method is applique and fabrics are all batiks, colours of dark gray for storm clouds, green and gold for land, and the lighter blue for wind and sea.  I've added some outline quilting as well as some hand-quilting to the center pinwheel.  There are two  little pinwheels on the back, as well as two small pockets if one wanted to hang it with a dowel.

Quilt no 42

Marigold Seedheads

Technique: Hand drawn seedheads which I free-machined with whip stitch on space dyed cotton.  Cotton/polyester wadding and cotton backing.  Hand quilted with space dyed thread and bound with machine made cords.  Two ring hanging on rear of  quilt.

Quilt no 41

More is Less

Felt as wadding (batting) covered in scraps of procyon-dyed silk & cotton organzas sewn with various embroidery stitches with variegated coloured threads.  The quilt is then embellished all over with embroidery, buttons, etc.  The backing is a second square of felt covered with a piece of cotton, then the layers are quilted from the back through the cotton backing, the second layer of felt and partway through the first layer of felt so the quilting stitches do not show on the front.

(back of quilt)

Quilt no 40

Roses are Red

Made with  left over fabric scraps, and free motion stitched.

Don't panic - and thanks for your patience!

Just to say that yes, I do have quite a decent sized handful of quilt photos in which I haven't posted to the site yet. Soon, I hope. It's been a busy week & weekend...

edited to say: And of course, you still have until the 8th to get your photos to me if you haven't yet done so!

Quilt no 39

Love Lives Here (El Amor Vive Aqui)

I used a mix of fabrics, and the principal technique is Paper piecing with a little bit of log cabin. Hand quilted.