Quilt no 8

Quilt no 8: Dancing in the Rain

15.25" square

This quilt emerged from a doodle on a yellow post note.  It is machine and hand appliqued. The elements are from my Batik stash, and the backing is Story Book by Kate and Birdie Paper Co. for Moda. There are some iron-on crystals on the umbrellas.

Quilt no 7

Quilt no 7: Hexie's Rock

11.5" square

This piece is machine quilted.

Quilt no 6

Quilt no 6: The Silk Road

15" square

The background fabric is old kimono silk, the green silk batik I bought in India many years ago, the yellow silk once was a favourite blouse and the back is a piece from my sister's skirt. (She gave it to me!!) I added some shisa mirrors and pearls.

Quilt no 5

Quilt no 5: Blue Windows

16" square

This is hand and machine pieced, machine quilted, and made with cotton fabrics.

Quilt no 4

Quilt no 4: untitled

12.5x13.5" (ALMOST square!)

This quilt is cotton, with both hand and machine stitching.

Quilt no 3

Quilt no 3: Journeying

12" square

The quilt features raw edge applique, inking, thread painting, and hand stitching.  The background plaid is an up -cycled Indian madras cotton.

Quilt no 2

Quilt no 2: Endless Pawsibilities

12" square

Thi is traditional piecing and machine quilted on a straight-line grid. Made from cut off ends and scraps from a larger quilt and other scraps from my stash.

[This is the back of the quilt.]

Quilt no 1

Quilt no 1: Christo's Gates in Spring

12" square

This is inspired by the work of Christo in Central Park New York. Fabrics used are my own hand-dyed ones, the orange squares are samples from a dyeing group. Technique used is free motion quilting and applique. Additional seed beads are added to the leaves.

Deadline Extension

Hi everyone, sorry to be a bit out of touch, but I've been kind of snowed under with one thing and another. And from the fact that I've had only a couple of handfuls of quilts in, I think everyone else has been, too...

Therefore, I'm going to extend the deadline. I was going to add another week, but I see that would take me to the 4th of July, which is a big holiday for many of us, and a holiday weekend, so I'm actually going to add two weeks and make the final deadline Monday, 11 July. I promise it won't be changed again after that; apologies to those of you who sent quilt photos early; I hope you won't mind too much - I hope the wider selection of quilts to choose from will make up for the added delay.

If you haven't made a little quilt yet - get sewing!

Deadline reminder!

Just a reminder that the deadline is fast approaching for photos of finished quilts - it's the end of the month, 27th June. It's possible I may stretch this another week, especially as I have another deadline at the end of June and may need an extra week myself... Watch this space.

Also watch this space for some photos of quilts in so far, probably will start this week to post those that I do have.