Welcome to my blog, where I post what I am currently up to.. check out my other pages if you want to see some of my completed quilts! And don’t forget to subscribe if you want to see blog updates as they happen!
-
Read more: A Fun Challenge
A Fun Challenge
I usually don’t enter challenges. My mind freezes, and only after the deadline for submission has passed do I think of something I would like to make. But Fabric Spark is running a fabric challenge, and I was inspired by the colours. Actually, when I went to pick up the fabrics, I “spotted” the perfect…
-
Read more: All Orphans
All Orphans
I have quite a collection of orphan blocks. These came from making test blocks, trying out a design for a quilt, or as part of an abandoned project. I decided now is the time to use them, so I started making a quilt which I will call “Orphans No More.” Here are some photos of…
-
Read more: All about the Light
All about the Light
I made a tumbler quilt a while ago to mimic skyline of mountains. In my mind I envisaged the mountains in China.. Here is a photo of the completed quilt.. This was not quite what Imagined…. but the other night, sitting in a darkened room, I looked at the quilt, hanging on wall 20 feet…
-
Read more: A Long, Long Time Ago…
A Long, Long Time Ago…
Cleaning up my quilting space is not my favourite task.. I find fabric I forgot I owned, and projects I started and abandoned. Here is one of those projects. Hmmm. Really not my colour or style, and yet… I can’t decide. Make more blocks and see where it leads? Try playing with this block and…
-
Read more: Star Obsession!
Star Obsession!
I thought my obsession with tumbler blocks was a result of being isolated during COVID… maybe not! I now know if I love something I need to play with it, and take a deep dive making lots of variations to see what emerges. I had already started playing with the lonestar quilt design, inspired by…
-
Read more: Playing with light and dark
Playing with light and dark
I have been playing with Jen Kingwell’s Halo quilt pattern (her version, below).. this is a VERY scrappy quilt! I have been playing with placement of light and dark fabrics… I’m not sure what the final layout will be, but making these is a lot of fun. Half way through, aiming to make one block…