Animals.
The film”How To Make An American Quilt”, (1995), led to a visit to Australia by Patty McCormick. She was the advisor for the quilts in the film. Patty conducted several workshops and I was able to attend one of them at Pakenham’s Sewing Connection. Patty displayed her quilts and gave talks on the making of […]
Stars and Stripes.
I have always enjoyed the Thimbleberries designs – fabrics, patterns and books. I chose one of their designs for an early quilt making effort. It involved a small amount of applique around the stars and then some simple piecing. Sometimes I enjoy making the smaller quilts just because they come together so quickly. And then […]
Houses.
This post has a mixture of patchwork and embroidery with a house theme. The quilt with houses and trees was another class at Primarily Patchwork many years ago. I started the quilt there and then finished it at my LQS in Pakenham. Colourful and simple. I have also completed several cross stitches with a house […]
Autumn Leaves.
A long time back I found a stall at the Gembrook market where a lady was selling fabrics she had dyed herself. I really liked the colours and put the fabric aside while I waited to find a quilt pattern I thought suitable. I later found a quilt in the Australian Patchwork and Quilting magazine […]
Cabins in the Forest.
This quilt has an interesting combination of just a few blocks. It has a house block that is split with a log cabin and it has a tree block also split with a log cabin. It then has flying geese in the border. The house blocks are supposed to be placed in the centre and […]
Making Progress.
I have had some time at the sewing machine over the last weeks and have made good progress on two quilts. The dotty quilt top is together and has had a thin white border added. I am going to add an orange border as well to frame it, then will have to decide how to […]
Post and Rail.
Sometimes there are fabrics you just want to play with and end up using a simple pattern to show them off. I liked the colours and chose a basic post and rail pattern. It ended up being a small lap sized quilt. The quilting was an overall butterfly pattern. Here’s a better look at the […]
Red, White and Blue.
I like a lot of red, white and blue so it is not surprising to see many of my quilts using these colours. The only difference in this quilt is that I have used cream instead of white. It is made using several charm packs from an old Moda range named Coming Home. I have […]
Red Biscuit.
In the days before I had discovered stitcheries, I saw a quilt made up in a shop. It was a pattern from Leanne Beasley of Leanne’s House. It was made with red and biscuit coloured fabrics and had stitcheries inside the squares. At the time I didn’t appreciate the stitcheries and only wanted to make […]
Square in a Square
This quilt was made in a workshop at Quilters Barn when it was still located at Arawata. The shop has since moved to Loch, but I understand that it is now returning to its original site. The quilt was constructed as a square in a square and also as quilt as you go. This backing […]
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