I was tempted to sign up as soon as Wendy @ The Next Stitch announced the Free-Wheeling Single Girl Sewalong! I need a corporate project to get myself sewing again. I purchased the PDF pattern from Denyse Schmidt and have been agonising over fabric choices ever since!
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I had an unexpected opportunity to go to the Sydney Quilt Show last weekend. So many stunning quilts to see! The intricate workmanship and time invested in these quilts was mind blowing. Here are just a few that took my eye!
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It was an obvious choice to make her a snuggle quilt to remind her of how much she will be missed.
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I have finished my scrap quilt top! Now to find some time to quilt it. I have a cunning plan to use this Lotta Jansdotter 'Echo' print for the backing.
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We had a brief trip to Sydney in the school holidays, and I finally got to visit Quiltsmith in Annandale. Another one to tick off my 'quilt shop bucket list'! I snapped these impressive hand pieced quilts while I was there
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I'm channelling my inner 1930s with some half inch hexies in pretty little prints. I am loving paper piecing - it is precise and methodical, which suits me just fine right now.
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Making 'Candy Coated' by Amanda Jean @ Crazy Mum Quilts. It is a really easy project, not requiring too much thought in terms of fabric placement or colour - the things that usually slow me down!
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I guess every quilt has a story, reflecting what is happening in the quilt maker's life at the time. I turned 40 in July ... eight years ago!
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My Mum has been keeping herself busy making cuddly, shaggy quilts for her grandchildren.
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I sewed up this little quilt not long ago for one of my nieces. I have used my 'go-to' baby quilt, the smaller quilt in my 'Abracadabra' pattern, simply because it can be made up so quickly.
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I have put a quick tutorial together on how I made this quilt, and what cutting measurements I used.
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My latest quilt design is in the March issue (No. 130). It is a soft and pretty number, called 'A Kind of Hush'.
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I have long admired Brigitte Giblin's work for her adventurous use of colour and pattern, but always with serious respect given to historical designs.
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Does this look familiar to anyone?
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In true White Rabbit style, I'm late to the tea party.
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A hot, hot January was spent enjoying the tennis, both onscreen and off. I made some progress on this quilt, and it seemed only appropriate that its first appearance be on court. Quilt top is on your forehand side, backing on your backhand :)
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The newly 18-year-old daughter of my last post has deemed that she needs a birthday quilt. She spotted this collection of 'Daisy Chain' by Amy Butler in my stash and swooned.
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The quilt is made predominantly from cuddly Anna Maria Horner flannels and I've made it up in a similar way to my raw-edge layer cake quilt.
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