Here is some foundation strip piecing that I have been working on to make a bag (something like this) for my mother-in-law: The selected colour scheme is influenced by the Red Hat Society as Mimi belongs to a social group of widows that, much to Mimi’s chagrin!, has red hat affiliations.
Other Projects
From this to this
Today I put my quilting, quilt show admin and chores to one side and joined three friends for a day of felting. I’d love to take you step by step through the process but…well I took my camera but left the memory card back at home (duh). So here’s a snapshot. Start with 50 grams […]
Early Inspiration
A few years ago now, I undertook an online City & Guilds patchwork and quilting course with Linda Kemshall. One of the course modules involved selecting and researching three contemporary quiltmakers and making a piece inspired by their style or technique. For my three quiltmakers, I chose: Judy Hooworth (Australia); Vikki Pignatelli (USA) – because […]
A hive of industry
Whoops, Maggie’s Mum was meant to be much too busy to be reading my blog and seeing what we are up to. To preserve the surprise element, yesterday was decreed to be a no-blog day. Besides, Maggie and I have been very busy. Together we have made 15 small quilts in less than two days! […]
Making things with Maggie
This is for my sister Amy who, perhaps with an eye to monitoring my aunt potential, sent me this e-mail: “I keep looking at your blog to see what you and Maggie have been up to – but there are no more updates yet!” Yesterday Maggie went to riding school and got to hang out […]
Bags Too
Here’s a photo of my two fruit bags finished: My sewing machine is a Bernina 150QE. I deliberately chose this machine because it doesn’t have a multitude of decorative stitches. However, I do find the wavy stitch (No 4) very useful for these kinds of projects – just make sure that you adjust the stitch […]